University of Virginia Library

GRADUATE COURSES.

School of Latin.—This work is intended for students who desire
to pursue their Latin studies beyond the requirements for graduation.
The value of the course to a student who proposes to teach, or who desires
to equip himself for original investigation in the language, cannot

well be overstated. The scope of the work is such as to familiarize
him with the language in its several periods. An extensive course of
reading is prescribed, and subjects for independent investigation are from
time to time assigned. The Lecture-room exercises consist in translation
and the discussion by the student of the passage translated. He is
invited to propound such questions to the Professor, or to a member of
the class, as he would to a pupil. In addition, a careful translation
from some one of the best Latin prose writers is prepared, and the student
is required at once to write on the blackboard his Latin rendering
of it, and to give his reasons as well for the periods as for the syntactical
constructions employed. Though it requires at least two years to
complete this course, yet one year given to it abundantly repays the
student, as the greater part of the first year of the course is devoted to
the Archaic period of the language, which cannot be considered to any
great extent in the course for graduation.

School of Greek.—This course is designed primarily for those who
intend to become teachers of the classical languages, and who desire
a thorough introduction to Greek philology as a part of their professional
equipment. With such students the professor will read and
discuss the more difficult Greek authors. Courses of private reading
are marked out, including important text-books and monographs; and
by systematic lectures, as well as by constant supervision and advice,
the professor will aid and direct the student's endeavors. As an exercise
in the independent investigation of philological problems, each
student is from time to time expected to prepare a paper, discussing
thoroughly some topic selected by himself. Constant practice is given
in Greek composition.

School of Modern Languages.—Graduates in this school who wish
to extend the study of any one of the idioms there taught (including
Anglo-Saxon) beyond the limits of the under-graduate course, and candidates
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, are expected to do the
following work: They will read additional foreign authors, pursue the
study of Comparative Philology till mastery is secured, and write
monthly essays on kindred subjects, which must give proof of original
research. A thorough knowledge of at least one ancient language,
and graduation in two modern languages, are deemed prerequisite.
Candidates for honors will, however, have the choice between the
two methods of comparing idioms—either by tracing out the kinship

existing between several languages, or families of languages, such
as the Romance, the Germanic or the Slavic, in their lexical, grammatical
or psychological nature; or by comparing with each other the different
aspects borne by one and the same idiom in its successive periods
of life. The writings of Diez, Hovelacque, Sayce, Max Müller, and
others, are carefully studied; and the final result of the whole course
of study is to be shown in a concluding dissertation specially written
for the degree, and evidencing original thought.

School of English.—In this School two separate graduate courses
will be arranged to suit the needs of those students who desire to pursue
further either philological or literary studies. The former will comprise
the further study of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English works,
especially of Anglo-Saxon poetry, or the study of Gothic and the comparative
grammar of the Teutonic languages. The latter will comprise
the study of some distinctive period in English literature, or of some
particular writer, or writers, including the political, social, and literary
characteristics of the age under consideration. In each course a thesis
will be required, giving evidence of independent private study of some
subject cognate with the course pursued, in addition to such examinations
as may be advisable. The selection of the course and subject is
left to the student himself, under guidance of the Professor.

School of Historical Science.—The graduate course in this School
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy will be varied from year to year,
but will always be designed to train the student in original research
and systematic exposition of the results. Some historical period, with
the accompanying social, political and intellectual development of the
people, will be made the subject of study. Such instructions and directions
as may be required to render these pursuits efficacious will be
given throughout the session.

School of Moral Philosophy.—The history of philosophy, ancient
and modern, with a special study of Aristotle and Kant.

N. B. Graduation in a School is prerequisite to admission to the advanced
Graduate Course of that School.