CLAN1101 Latin 1 (University of Western Australia): rated 3.4/5 overall across 8 reviews collected on UWA Wall.
CLAN1101 is a University of Western Australia course taught by the School of Humanities in Society and Culture. This page brings together its handbook details and what UWA students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 拉丁语1
Type: Undergraduate unit
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Society and Culture
Faculty: School of Humanities
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This unit is an introduction to Latin for students who have never before studied this language or who have had minimal instruction in it. It introduces students primarily to the changing forms of Latin words (their 'inflected morphology') and in so doing provides a grounding in basic grammar which is of fundamental benefit to English expression (as well as being of great utility for the acquisition of other modern languages).
CLAN1101 has 8 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 · usefulness 3.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.5 stars); 6 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.4/5).
On Reddit: "I’m currently doing CLAN1101 and i personally find it difficult as Latin has to deal with a bunch of different cases and declensions but if you set your mind to it, I’m sure you’ll do well. The book that you’ll be reading introduces each new thing pretty naturally, you just need…"
On Reddit: "I really enjoyed Latin 1 and went on to do Latin 2 and Latin 3 as well. As previously commented, the unit coordinator is quite strict and assigns regular homework which you do have to read out small sections of in class ... however it's not as bad as it sounds... The structure o…"
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Q: Is CLAN1101 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: usefulness 3.5/5, overall 3.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CLAN1101, and when is it offered?
A: CLAN1101 is taught by the School of Humanities. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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