Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2003
Latin (LATI)

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LATI 102   ELEMENTARY LATIN II                      Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Continuation of LATI 101. Also offered as MDST 102.
001 RH 205 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Wallace, Kristine         Enr: 4 Max: 0

LATI 202   INTERMEDIATE LATIN II                    Credits 3.00  Spring 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Reading in Vergil's "Aeneid". Also offered as MDST 212.
001 TBA - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM         Wallace, Kristine         Enr: 3 Max: 0

LATI 302   ADVANCED LATIN: ROMAN EPIC               Credits 3.00  Spring 03
The course will take as its subject epic poetry in the Roman tradition.  We
will read early fragments of epic verse and selections from Virgil's Aeneid,
Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lucan's Bellum Civile, Statius' Thebaid, and the Biblical
epics of late antiquity.  Topics of interest will include the nature of the
epic genre, the development of Roman epic and its relation to the Greek
tradition, the styles (including meter) of the individual epic poets, imitation
in the epic texts, and the Christianization of Classical epic poetry.
001 RH 121 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM      McGill, Scott             Enr: 4 Max: 0

LATI 492   DIRECTED READING                         Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Independent work for qualified juniors and seniors in genres or authors not
presented in other upper level courses.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 3 Max: 0

LATI 493   COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION                Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Reading courses taken by all classics and Latin majors in the spring semester
of their senior year in preparation for the comprehensive examination given the
last week of the semester. Open to classics and Latin majors only.
001 TBA - TBA                           McGill, Scott             Enr: 0 Max: 0