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)
290. Independent Study (1-5)
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.
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.
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)
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)