LATIN SPECIAL TOPICS

Catalog description

The course is designed to accommodate students who have a particular interest in authors or topics not covered in the regular curriculum. It may be taught as a tutorial or as a seminar, depending on enrollment. Examples of topics are the Latin of Jerome’s Vulgate, Lactantius’ Divine Institutes, Augustine’s Confessions, Latin Epigraphy and Paleography, Medieval Lyric Poetry, Liturgical Latin, Early Christian Documents, and Conciliar and Post -Conciliar documents. Prerequisites are at least three semesters of Latin study (or equivalent competence), LATN 203, permission of the instructor.