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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.

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. 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.






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. 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)

 


 

GRADUATE COURSES

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)

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