Although my major has not required me to take a foreign language, I was really hoping I could have continued studying Latin while in college.
Unfortunately, UTM doesn’t offer this language as an option. While UTM offers courses in five languages, Latin is certainly not one of them. I have found this rather upsetting throughout my time spent at UTM.
I took Latin in high school and fell in love with the language; I was hoping to continue growing my love for and knowledge Latin outside of high school. While I understand Latin is a dead language, meaning it is no longer spoken, and may appear pointless to some, I believe Latin is an essential part of the languages spoken today. Almost all spoken languages evolved from Latin, because of this I believe it is important to understand the language itself.
Without Latin, we probably wouldn’t have many other languages to choose from.
I find it disheartening that UTM doesn’t offer at least a few courses in the language. I’m not asking for an entire major or even minor in Latin, but at least having the opportunity to take a few courses would have been nice.
Yes, I understand that I could continue to study the language on my own outside of school, however as a student I would very much appreciate an expert in the field helping me advance in my understanding of the language.
I understand five languages may seem like a decent variety, but to me it seems rather limited. Not to offend any person that studies one of the offered foreign languages, but I don’t honestly care to learn any of the languages currently offered at UTM. I decided to take other courses where I could have taken a foreign language simply to avoid the offered languages. I do wish Latin was offered on campus.
While I appreciate the fact that UTM does offer five languages, I only wish my favorite language was an option. Perhaps in the future Latin will be offered.
