Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (WR 120 or equivalent) - Reading late antiquity and medieval texts in conversation, students compare and contrast pre-modern values of "The Way" one should live and asks: What is the best human life? A focus on oral and written communication helps students to articulate and interpret the influence these texts have had globally, and a visit to the MFA Boston enables students to explore the rich interpretive visual traditions that follow these texts.. Authors include: Aristotle, Confucius, Laozi, Virgil, the Gospels, Hrotsvitha, Dante, and texts from ancient India. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: First-Year Writing Seminar, Oral and/or Signed Communication. Effective Spring 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Writing- Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.