The Book I Independent Learner Course is a 40-week tutored email correspondence course. 

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The Book I Course is suitable for complete beginners in Latin - previous experience of the subject is neither necessary nor expected. The course may, however, also be suitable for those coming back to Latin after a number of years. To find out whether the content of the course is appropriate for you, please visit the course content page. 

Book I is divided into 12 Stages, or chapters, and each Stage normally takes about 3 to 4 hours to complete. The whole course takes from 35 to 50 hours to complete. You may wish to study for an hour a day or an hour a week - the pace at which you go is entirely up to you! Your E-tutor will be available for up to 40 weeks and will be happy to receive work from you, by email or post, at whatever pace you prefer. 

When you enrol for the course, you will receive a set of materials including an Independent Learner's Guide, which divides the course into 35 sessions, each designed to last between 1 and 1.5 hours. For almost every session, some work is marked for you to submit to your e-tutor and he or she will aim to assess that work and return it to you, with advice for improvement, within 48 hours. Assessment and certification are available at three points during this course. 

CSCP is a not-for-profit department of the University of Cambridge, and therefore we keep the costs of our courses as low as we can, to allow as many people as possible to gain access to the study of Latin and the Roman world. 

If you would like to enrol for this course, please visit the enrolment page, where you will find the Book I Course Enrolment Form.