A kind of "capita selecta" (= selected topics) lecture. Stems from the Latin: head, chapter.

An explanation:

http://www.niii.ru.nl/dynamic/db/info/vakdetail.cfm?vakafkor...
Het is nl. een ³caputcollege², dat wil zeggen aan de hand van een aantal leuke en belangrijke onderwerpen worden allerlei belangrijke technieken en inzichten gepresenteerd en bestudeerd, zoals:
* Snelheid winnen ten koste van geheugenruimte;
* Wat ieder weten moet van polynomen (toep. o.m. in de cryptografie);
* leuke en slimme constructies van logische circuits;
* hoe ver kan ik een string samenpersen?
* ... etc...

Selected googles:

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: Gids
For the remaining credits several specific cardiovascular courses (see below)
and/or a caput lecture can be chosen. In principle the courses are only open ...
studiegids.vu.nl/home_file.cfm?objectnaam=PROGRAMMAFASEN& ruid=33734606&vak_ruid=0&datum=06-De... - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: Gids
For The remaining credits several specific Cardiovascular courses (see below)
and/or a caput lecture can be chosen. In principle The courses are only open ...
studiegids.vu.nl/home_file.cfm?objectnaam=PROGRAMMAFASEN& ruid=33734606&vak_ruid=0&datum=01-Se... - 16k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Studiegids
The aim of the caput lecture cycle is to provide the student with an insight in
novel developments and new visions on selected topics from the field of ...
www.studiegids.science.ru.nl/ 2004/Scheikunde_(master)/vak/2435/ - 31k - Cached - Similar pages
Rooster voor ruimte College-LUMC
... Tijd, Activiteit, Naam, Activiteitstype, Groepen, Ruimten. 09.30-10.30, G2Im, Caput
lecture, HC, G2Im, LUMC-ZL-1. 14.30-16.00, 20041018-151405, HLK, SP-IP, LUMC ...
www.lumc.nl/Iris/5_1/5_1_LUMC-collegezalen_1.html - 20k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Topics in Eukaryotic Cell Biology
Within the framework of the masters Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, profile
Biochemistry, the following Caput Lecture Series will take place: ...
www.rug.nl/gbb/news/lectures/ archive/topics_Eukaryotic_Cell - 32k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 49 mins (2006-02-04 22:27:23 GMT)
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You could even consider "selected topics lecture" as a possibility.

Example:
[PDF] CONTENTS INTRODUCTION i 1. STATICS AND KINEMATICS IN MATERIAL ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
is the privilege of *** a "selected topics" lecture series ***. I begin with a brief
representation of vectors, tensors and equations of motion in ...
www.esscc.uq.edu.au/~muhlhaus/WWW-Solidmech/ Personnel/HansMuhlhaus/MuhlhausLectureNotes1.pdf - Similar pages