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B. A. COURSE.
I. A general course, comprising what is deemed essential to a liberal
classical education. This course extends over two years.
A. First Year Class.—As a preparation for this class an accurate
knowledge of the regular Attic inflections and some experience in
translating are necessary. A thorough study of three books of Xenophon's
Anabasis may be regarded as a minimum of preparatory reading.
The work of the class is directed to the acquirement of practical
familiarity with the simpler Attic prose. The Grammar is carefully
reviewed, and weekly exercises, based on Greek authors, are written.
The authors read are Xenophon and Lysias.
B. Second Year Class.—This class, for which the work of the preceding
year, or some equivalent, is the necessary preparation, continues
the study of Attic prose, and enters upon the study of Epic and
Ionic Greek and the Drama. The Syntax is reviewed, and weekly exercises
are given for translation into Attic prose. The authors read are
Plato, Demosthenes, Euripides, Herodotus, and Homer. Instruction is
given in History, Literature, Antiquities, and the simpler Meters.
Graduation in this course is prescribed for those who select Greek as
one of their studies for the degree of B. A.
In preparing students for the B. A. course teachers are urged not
to use Homer, but to confine the instruction to Attic prose.
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