I had rather a shock today when I found out that Latin is the unspoken requirement in the Medieaval Lit degree.
Suddenly my courses have gone from really manageable (1 on Monday, 2 on Thursday) to rather overwhelming (2 on Monday, 1 on Tuesday, 2 on Thursday...plus another one on Monday to start in week 8. YEAH.)
Also, Latin? Latin? I mean, if I stop to think about it, yeah, of course. Ya gotta have some Latin under your belt if you're not gonna take, say, Middle French. But they should definitely list that under the course requirements if they're going to "strongly suggest" upon arrival that you should take an extra course.
So, on the upside, this is really useful to all the things I'm going to study, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity--particularly the lack of extra cost.
On the downside, there is literally no way to do this degree without becoming totally and utterly useless to the real world.
Ivory tower, here I come!
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