Course prescriptions for Latin Extension 2025–2029

About course prescriptions

There are prescribed texts required for study in the Latin Extension Stage 6 course. The HSC course prescriptions should be read in conjunction with the:

• Latin Extension Stage 6 Syllabus and other support documents
• Record of changes for Latin Extension Stage 6 Syllabus.

NESA reserves the right to make changes to the prescribed texts listed on this page.

Prescriptions for 2025–2026: Satire

Texts:

• Juvenal, Satire 3
• Horace, Satire 1.9

Prescribed textbook(s):

• Rudd N and Courtney E (eds) (1991) Juvenal Satires I, III, X, Bristol Classical Press, Bristol, UK, ISBN: 978-0906515037
• Brucia M and Henry M (eds) (1998) Horace Satire I.9 – The Boor, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Illinois, ISBN: 978-0865164130
• Brucia M and Henry M (eds) (1998) Horace Satire I.9 – The Boor: Teacher's Guide, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Illinois. ISBN: 978-0-865164291

Prescription for 2027–2029: Elegy

Texts:

• Ovid, Amores
• Propertius, Elegies
• Catullus, Carmina

Prescribed textbook(s):

• Barsby J (ed) (1991) Amores I, Bristol Classical Press, Bristol, UK (includes Propertius poem 3.2), ISBN: 9780906515457
• Garrison DH (ed) (2012) The Student’s Catullus, 4th ed, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, ISBN: 9780806142326

Notes

• Study of texts prescribed for any HSC course may not begin before the completion of the Preliminary course. This exclusion applies to study in the Preliminary Latin Continuers course and to Preliminary courses in other subjects. It also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film of a play. 'Study' of texts does not apply to attending performances of plays prescribed as HSC texts or to taking part in production of them during the Preliminary course.
• The NESA website contains the most up-to-date reference for prescribed texts.