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COURSES




French (Fren)

1A-B. Elementary French (4-4)
Beginning course of graded lessons acquainting the student with the basic structure and pronunciation of French through practice in speaking, reading, and writing.

2A-B. Intermediate French (3-3)
(A) Prerequisite: Fr 1B or two years of high school French. Grammar review; modern short storied or plays. Sight reading; weekly compositions; outside reading and reports. (B) Prerequisite: Fr 2A or three years of high school French. French civilization, selected poems, prose or dramatic works and one novel by French men of letters. Class discussion; occasional compositions; sight reading. Conducted in French.

101A-B-C-D. Prose Composition (2-2-2-2)
Prerequisite: Fr 2B. Idioms of modern French. Translation of short narratives into French; free composition on assigned topics.

109A-B. French Literature, Earlier Period (3-3)
Prerequisite: Fr 2B History of French literature, principal documents and authors from Chanson de Roland to Andre Chenier; renaissance, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Lectures and discussions; one paper each semester.

112A-B. French Literature, Nineteenth Century (3-3)
Prerequisite: Fr 2B Chief movements, works, and authors from 1789 to the present; Romaniticism, Realism, the Parnasse, Naturalism and Symbolism. Lectures and discussions; one paper each semester.

120. Classical Drama (2)
Prerequisite: Fr 2B. Interpretation of plays of Corneille, Racine, and Moliere. Outside readings and lectures on background of literature in seventeenth century France.

150A-B. The French Novel (2-2)
Prerequisite: Fr 2B. History of the novel in France from its origin to the present.

190. Independent Study (1-5)

 

GRADUATE COURSE

290. Independent Study (1-5)




COURSES

German (Germ)

1A-B. Elementary German (4-4)
Beginning course with graded lessons acquainting the student with the basic structure and pronunciation of German through practice in speaking, reading, and writing.

2A-B. Intermediate German (3-3)
Prerequisite: Germ 1B. Translation; sight reading; conversation; grammar review.

Sc. 2A-B. Scientific Reading (3-3)
Prerequisite: German 1B, or two years of high school German. Scientific vocabulary; quick and accurate comprehension of articles in fields of chemistry, physics, geology, and biology.

50A-B. Oral German (2-2)
Prerequisite: Germ 1B. May be taken concurrently with Germ 2A or 2B. Conversation on assigned topics, brief talks by students, short scenes from plays.

101A-B-C-D. Composition and Conversation (2-2-2-2)
Prerequisite: Germ 2B. Advanced prose composition and conversation adapted to majors and teacher candidates.

115A-B. Survey of Literature, Earlier Period (3-3)
Prerequisite: Germ 2B. Reading and discussion of representative selections from the Nibelungenlied, Wolfram, Gottfried, Luther, Lessing, Goethe, Schiller.

116A-B. Nineteenth Century Literature (3-3)
Prerequisite: Germ 2B or permission of instructor. Reading and discussion of representative selections from major 19th Century German authors.

161. German Chemical Literature (2)
(See Chem 161)

190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.

 

GRADUATE COURSE

290. Independent Study (1-5)

 



Latin (Lat)

1A. Elementary Latin (3)
Grammar, composition, and reading of simple selections.

1B. Caesar (3)
Portions of Caesar's Commentaries and shot selections from other Roman and medieval authors.

2A. Cicero's Orations (3)
Prerequisite: Latin 1B or 2 years of high school Latin. Derivation of English words; rhetorical devices; review of syntax; public life in ancient Rome.

2B. Virgil's Aeneid (3)
Prerequisite: Latin 2A or 3 years of high school Latin. Literary qualities of epic poetry; analysis of metrical form; ancient mythology; selections from Ovid; art of translation.

3A-B. Survey of Latin Prose and Poetry (2-2)
Prerequisite: two years of high school or one year of college Latin. Historical development, social and political background of literature; selections in drama, satire, lyrics, pastoral, didactic and epic poetry, history, epigrams, philosophy; influence of Latin literature on contemporary writing.






Spanish (Span)

1A-B. Elementary Spanish (4-4)
Beginning course tof graded lessons acquainting the student with the basic structure and pronunciation of Spanish through practice in speaking, reading and writing. (4 lecture, 1 lab hour)

2A-B. Intermediate Spanish (3-3)
Prerequisite: Span1B or two years of high school Spanish. (A) review of grammar; tenses with emphasis upon subjunctive mood and irregular verbs; prose composition; reading of typical modern novels and plays. Outside and sight reading. (B) Composition; conversation; forms of correspondence; talks on Spanish civilization; modern prose and drama. Written report on private reading. Conducted in Spanish.

50A-B. Oral Spanish (2-2)
Prerequisite: Span 1B. May be taken concurrently with Span 2A-B. Enrollment limited. Common idioms; correct expression; simple dialogues and plays. (2 lecture, 1 lab hour)

55A-B. Practical Conversation (2-2)
Prerequisite: Span 1B or two or more years of high school Spanish. More advanced than Span 50A-B. Common idioms and correct usage; expressions and gestures; practical vocabulary for daily life and travel. (2 lecture, 1 lab hour)

60A-B. Spanish Rapid Reading (2-2)
Prerequisite: Span 1B or two or more years of high school Spanish. Fluent and accurate reading from modern books and periodicals.

101A-B-C-D. Composition and Conversation (2-2-2-2)
101A-B are not prerequisite to C-D. Prerequisite: Span 2B or equivalent. Finer points of expression in oral and written composition; commercial correspondence.

103A-B. Survey of Nineteenth Century Literature (3-3)
Prerequisite: Spanish 2B. (a) Poetry; drama; prose of Romanticism. Reading of typical authors; oral reports and discussion; one written report; costumbristas. (b) Realism in novel and drama. Oral reports and discussion; one written report. Conducted in Spanish.

104A-B. Spanish-American Literature (3-3)
Prerequisite: Span 2B (A) Colonial period; historical: epics of conquest; poetry of Sor Juana Inez and others. Oral reports and discussion. (B) Republican period; novel, short story and essay; poetry of modernistas.

105. Contemporary Spanish Drama (3)
Prerequisite: Span 2B. Typical plays of Benavente, Martinez Sierra, Alvarez Quintero brothers, Marquina, Grau, Casona and Garcia Lorca. Reading and reporting on at least one play from each; three plays in class for laboratory. Lectures in Spanish.

107A-B. Survey of Literature, Earlier Period (3-3)
Prerequisite: Span 2B. (A) Beginnings of Spanish language and literature. Epic; lyrical and didactic poetry; beginnings of prose and national drama; picaresque, chivalric, and pastoral novel. Reports and discussion. (B) Cervantes and other prose writers; national drama with Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Ruiz Alarcón, and others. Oral reports and discussion; one written report. Lectures in Spanish.

190. Independent Study (1-5)

 


 

GRADUATE COURSES

Spanish (Span)

290. Independent Study (1-5)


Educ 133. Directed Teaching: Junior High or Secondary (1-6)
(See Education)

Educ 160. Methods and Materials in Secondary Teaching (2)
(See Education)

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