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.
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. Selections from Latin Writers (3)
Prerequisite: Latin 1A or one year of high school Latin. 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. Advanced 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. Spanish Literature (3-3)
Prerequisite: Span 2B, 103A prerequisite to 103B. An introduction to the
principal authors, works, and movements of Spanish literature.
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.
120A-B. Spanish in the Elementary School (2-2)
Prerequisites: Spanish 2A-B with grade of "B." (a) Intensive drill
upon phonetics through individual attention and audio-visual aids; pronunciation,
enunciation, intonation. (b) Folklore of Spanish-speaking countries; songs,
dances; methods, materials, bibliography.
190. Independent Study (1-5)
Spanish (Span)
201A-B. Spanish Linguistics and Historical Grammar (2-2)
Prerequisite: Latin 1B. (a) Scientific study of words, by means of philology,
morphology, analogy, phonetics from classical through Vulgar Latin to Romance
Languages. (b) Historical evolution of irregular, radical-changing, inceptive
verbs, and other parts of speech.
290. Independent Study (1-5)