FRENCH AND SPANISH: General.
The courses offered in this School are General (B. A.), Special
(M. A.), and Advanced, or Post-Graduate (Ph. D.).
B. A. COURSE.
The General Course embraces such a knowledge of the selected language
as an intelligent student may be expected to acquire in one year.
Some previous preparation is most desirable. The aim of this course is to
acquaint the student with the pronunciation, phonology, grammar,
and general syntax of the language through systematic oral and written
practice, to initiate him into the literature through easy and
abundant reading, and to lay a solid foundation for the prosecution of
his Special and Advanced courses, if he elects to continue his studies
in this School.
GRADUATE COURSES.
M. A.
The Special Course embraces a systematic extension of the General
Course along the same lines, but is at once more comprehensive and
more specialized in certain directions; incessant practice in translation
and composition, gradually increasing in difficulty, is continued;
instruction in syntax, in historical grammar, and in literature is given
by lecture and abstract; and an orderly reading of the great writers
in each language, chronologically arranged, is planned and accomplished
by class work and collateral reading.
PH. D.
The Advanced course is intended for those students who elect
Romance Languages for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It
embraces three years of graduate work in any two languages of the
group, and is especially adapted to students who have graduated in
Latin and Greek. Study of the comparative grammar, vocabulary, and
literature of these languages is made a special feature of this course.
Most attractive combinations can be made in this department, such as
French-Italian, Spanish-French, Portuguese-Spanish, Provençal-French,
Latin-French, etc. Graduation in Latin is indispensable for the prosecution
of a Ph. D. course in Romance Languages. Instruction will be given
by conference, assigned private work, and stated examination, and a
dissertation evincing original research in some department of grammar,
phonetics, syntax, literature or history, will in every case be
required. Detailed courses for intending students will be arranged by
the Professor on application.
