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ACADEMIC COURSES SUPPLEMENT
The following is a list of academic courses offered in the University from
which students may choose in meeting the academic group and elective requirements
for degrees in the Department of Education. Students attending other
institutions during their first two years should elect those courses that correspond
most closely to the ones they would take if attending the University during the
same period.
ENGLISH
English A1: Composition and Literature: First term: Composition with
weekly themes and parallel reading. Second and third terms: A partial survey
of English literature with parallel reading and frequent themes. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 1 course.) Sixteen sections.
Associate Professor Johnson, Assistant Professor Shepperson, Mr.
Black, Mr. R. B. Davis, Mr. Gravely, Mr. Langford, Mr. McEwen, Mr.
Varner, Mr. Vaughan.
The following B courses are, in general, arranged chronologically and are
open to students having credit for one year of college English.
English B1: Medieval Literature in England: English A1 prerequisite.
—Early English literature, Chaucer, and some of the writers of the fifteenth and
early sixteenth centuries. Much of the reading is in translation. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)
Professor Hench.
English B2: Shakespeare: English A1 prerequisite.—A few representative
comedies, tragedies, and historical plays will be discussed in class, while others
will be assigned for parallel reading. Frequent written reports throughout the
session on individual plays, dramatic history, and the social backgrounds of the
Elizabethan Age. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Professor Metcalf and Assistant.
English B3: The Seventeenth Century: The Age of Jonson, the Age of
Milton, the Age of Dryden: English A1 prerequisite.—A survey of the poetry
and prose, but with less attention to the drama, of the period that extends from
the later Elizabethans through the great writers of the Restoration: Cavalier,
Metaphysical, and other poets; Sir Thomas Browne and the writers of great
prose; Milton and the Puritans; Dryden and the Restoration. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Davis.
English B4: The Eighteenth Century: The Age of Pope, the Age of
Johnson: English A1 prerequisite.—The work of this course will begin with
the earlier poets of the eighteenth century and extend to Blake. It will also
include the important prose writers from Defoe, Swift, Steele, and Addison to
Johnson. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Johnson.
English B5: Prose and Poetry of the Nineteenth Century and Later:
English A1 prerequisite.—A study of the poetry and non-fictional prose of England
from the close of the eighteenth century to the present. The major Romantic
and Victorian poets and essayists; contemporary British poetry and prose.
B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Professor Wilson and Assistant.
English B6: Composition: English A1 prerequisite.—The course affords
the student an opportunity to practice writing under critical supervision. Designed
primarily for those having some interest and ability in writing, it does
not exclude those who desire to overcome their disabilities in expression. Weekly
themes vary from simple exposition and description to the finished essay and
short story. Considerable parallel reading, with the writing of reviews, is called
for throughout the year. Scope is left for individual preference in the choice of
reading and in the types of writing. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.) Two
sections.
Associate Professor Davis and Assistant Professor Shepperson.
English B7: American Poetry and Prose: English A1 prerequisite.—A
survey of American literature by types, with emphasis on poetry, the essay, and
the short story. Parallel readings in the novel and the drama. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Gordon.
English B8: Introduction to English and General Philology: English A1
prerequisite.—Some knowledge of a foreign language is advisable. The Nature
and Structure of Language: a. origin of language. b. elements of language including
phonetics. The Study of Language: The historical method, language and
cultural history, linguistic geography. The History of English: An introduction
to Old English and the later development of the language. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Hill.
The following courses are for graduates and advanced undergraduates.
English C1: The Novel: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—The first and second terms are devoted
to a study of the history and technique of the novel, English and American,
through the nineteenth century. The last term is devoted to a special study of
the technical development of the British novel from Butler and James to the
present time. The novels read begin with the period of Jane Austen.
Professor Wilson.
English C2: The Drama, Elizabethan and Later: Any two B courses in
the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—The Elizabethan
drama (exclusive of Shakespeare). Restoration and Eighteenth Century drama.
The modern British drama.
Associate Professor Gordon.
English C3: Literature and Thought in England, 1789-1832 (Romantic
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is
presumed, but is not prerequisite. English literature of the earlier nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought of
the period. The course will link the fields of history and literature.
Associate Professor Davis.
English C4: Literature and Thought in England, 1832-1900 (Victorian
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is presumed,
but is not prerequisite. English literature of the middle and later
nineteenth century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and
thought of the period. The course will link the fields of history and literature.
(Not offered in 1936-37.)
Associate Professor Davis.
English C5: Chaucer: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—A study of Chaucer's writings and background.
Professor Hench.
English C6: Literary Composition: Any two B courses in the Schools
of English Language and Literature prerequisite. This course, the enrollment
in which is restricted, is open only to those of proved aptitude in Composition
who have obtained the consent of the professor in charge.—Weekly practice in
the particular field or form of composition best suited to the needs and abilities
of the individual student. Parallel reading. Conferences. By consent, also, this
course may be taken two years in succession.
Associate Professor Gordon.
English C7: Old English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Old English prose and poetry including
the whole of Beowulf.
Professor Hench.
English C8: Middle English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Lyrics of the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries and representative metrical romances. (Not offered in 1936-37.)
Professor Hench.
English C9: Prose Fiction of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries:
Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—Types
of pre-novel fiction, including the picaresque tale and the pastoral
and heroic romance. The major eighteenth century novelists. The Gothic romance
and the novel and manners in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries.
Assistant Professor Shepperson.
English C10: The History of the English Language: English B8 and
one other B course prerequisite.—A reading knowledge of Old English is
desirable. Old English and its pre-history. Old English Dialects. Middle
English dialects to the development of a standard language. Lectures, reading
of texts with interpretation of forms and constructions. Hours by appointment.
Associate Professor Hill.
English C11: Middle English: Two B courses prerequisite.—Prose and
Middle English Didactic Poetry. Hours by appointment.
Associate Professor Hill.
English C12: Spenser and Milton: Two B courses in English Literature
prerequisite.—Spenser's Minor Poems. The Fairie Queene. The Poetry of
Milton. (Not offered in 1936-37.)
Professor Metcalf.
English C13: English and American Biography: Two B courses in the
Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—The development of
biography as an art will be traced from Plutarch to the present, with a study
of representative biographies in English from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.
Parallel reading in the old and new biography, with frequent reports on
topics assigned.
Professor Metcalf.
BIBLICAL LITERATURE
Biblical Literature B1: The literature to the destruction of the kingdoms
of Israel and Judah with special reference to historic background and sources.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Professor Forrest.
Biblical Literature B1: Repeat Section: Will begin with the second
term and continue through the third term for the benefit of students needing
to take up new courses in those terms. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course when
third term of Biblical Literature B1 is completed.)
Mr. W. K. Smith.
Biblical Literature B2: The literature from beginning of the Babylonian
exile to the close of the New Testament. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Professor Forrest.
Biblical Literature C1: Any two courses from the English Group prerequisite.—Comparative
literature. Ecclesiastes, Job, the Mosaic Law, and Ezekiel's
Ideal State in comparison with related masterpieces in English Literature and
translations into English.
Professor Forrest.
Biblical Literature C2: (Philosophy C34): Any two B courses in Biblical
Literature or Philosophy prerequisite.—An investigation of the Jewish and
Hellenistic elements entering into the theology of Christianity during the first
century. (But one C course will be given, the selection being left to a majority
of the class electing a C course in this school.)
Professor Forrest.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Public Speaking B1: English A1 prerequisite.—Writing and delivery of
speeches on topics of the day; extemporaneous and impromptu speaking.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.) Six sections, each limited to a minimum of
8 and maximum of 20.
Associate Professor Paul and Mr. Seward.
FINE ARTS
Art
History of Art B1: A general course in the history of Ancient Art and
Medieval Art carried through Romanesque, with especial emphasis on architecture,
painting and sculpture. Three lectures each week with assigned readings.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B2: Not open to first-year students.—A general course in
the history of Gothic Art carried through the Art of the Renaissance to 1800,
with French Art carried to 1900. Especial emphasis on architectural history.
course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand.
History of Art B3: First term: History of Art since the Renaissance in
Europe. Second term: History of Art in the United States, with especial
emphasis on architecture. Third term: History of City Planning including
modern housing. Three hours of lecture each week with assigned reading.
(B.A. credit, 1 course.)
Assistant Professor Hammarstrand—First and third terms.
Professor Campbell—Second term.
Music
Music B0: Music Fundamentals and Elementary Harmony: Intensive
drill in the underlying rudiments of Music; solfegge; ear training; sight reading;
dictation. Progressive formation of scales; intervals and triads; inversions;
principles of chord connections. Melodic leadings and metrical material.
No previous musical knowledge necessary. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Music B1: Musical History and Appreciation: Not open to first-year
students.—The development of music from antiquity to the present time with
typical examples of each phase. Illustrations and analysis of works of the
epoch makers, treating of their style, influence and historic import. The development
of musical instruments and of the orchestra. Illustrated lectures.
Collateral reading. No previous musical knowledge required. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B2: Harmony: Students taking this course are required to have
had ear training and a preliminary knowledge of musical notation, intervals
and scale formation, or to take concurrently Music B0. Also to have or to
acquire sufficient piano technique to play simple chord successions. Harmonic
relationships and their tendencies, construction of chords, voice progressions,
dissonances, suspensions, sequences, cadences, the pedal point and modulation.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Music B3: Counterpoint: Students taking this course are required to
have had ear training and a preliminary knowledge of musical notation, intervals,
and scale formation or to take concurrently Music B0. Counterpoint
from the First to the Fifth Species in two, three, and four parts; combined
counterpoint. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Professor Fickenscher.
Students or others not desiring the course for credit are invited to join
the orchestra.
Music B5: Composition: Music B2 and B3 prerequisite.—Advanced Harmony
and Counterpoint. Construction and drill in various rhythmic and melodic
dance forms; the study of these and larger forms, including the sonata form,
through the works of the masters. Application of contrapuntal devices in the
homophonic forms. Students will be given the opportunity to have works performed
by the Choral, Glee Club, Orchestra or Band. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
Choral Singing: Fundamental principles of sight reading. Study of part
songs and other choral works of various masters from the Netherlands School
to the present day. Three concerts during the Academic year. One to two
hours a week.
Professor Fickenscher.
Glee Club: Study of cappella and accompanied choruses both classic and
of a lighter character. Students with reading knowledge of music will be given
a preference. Two to three hours a week.
Associate Professor Pratt.
Band: Open to students who have had training in playing the usual band
instruments.—The University Band was organized to play and study the various
types of band music and to serve the University at the important athletic
events and on other occasions by performances given before and during the
events. Whenever possible the band will accompany the teams on their out of
town trips. All men interested in the Band should bring their own instruments,
if possible, since the Band equipment is limited. Two to three hours
a week.
Associate Professor Lutz.
Technical Training: Technical training under special instructors in Singing,
Pianoforte, Organ, Violin, Cello, Clarinet and other wind instruments.
University students may arrange for tuition in these branches at a reduction
in rates by application to Professor Fickenscher or Associate Professor Pratt.
Concerts: a. A series of five concerts by artists of international reputation
at moderate prices gives opportunity for extended musical knowledge and appreciation.
b. A series of ensemble recitals by the faculty of the Music School affords
opportunity for intimate acquaintance with the best in musical literature and
through familiarity to become intelligent in appreciation of the masters.
c. Concerts by the Glee Club and Orchestra.
Equipment: The work offered re-establishes the instruction outlined in
the first curriculum of the University, 1818, the earliest proposal for instruction
in art, architecture, and music in any American university. An unrivalled
background is provided for it by the buildings and environment of Charlottesville;
the University group, with its old buildings specially designed to
furnish examples of the various orders "as specimens for the architectural lectures,"
its new buildings designed by Stanford White; the works of sculpture
by Houdon, Ezekiel, Bitter, Borglum, Keck, Shrady, and Aitken; the concerts
and exhibitions of paintings brought to the University with part of the
income of the McIntire fund.
For Music, the Carnegie Foundation has recently presented the school
with the "Carnegie Music Set," comprising a Capehart Phonograph, 900
records, several hundred orchestral, piano and vocal scores, and 300 books for
the General Library covering the historical, biographical, technical and
popular aspects of musical art. The school has also two concert grand
pianos, an Ampico reproducing grand piano and several phonographs. The
equipment for radio reception includes microphone and mechanism for making
aluminum records of home performances. A set of band instruments purchased
by the Alumni Association, double basses, kettle drums, and various
other unusual instruments for the use of students in the orchestra, a comprehensive
library of chamber music, orchestral scores and parts, operas and
piano classics, as well as books of reference on musical subjects and collateral
reading. There are also available for the Music School a three-manual Skinner
organ in Cabell Hall and a three-manual Moeller organ, the gift of Paul
Goodloe McIntire in connection with the McIntire Amphitheatre, and a two-manual
practice organ in the University Chapel. The following gifts have been
made to the musical library: by Mr. Iredell Jenkins, a valuable collection of
operas, oratorios, light operas, piano music, first editions; by Professor Gardner
Lloyd Carter, piano music and books on musical subjects; by Mr. Charles
Orchard, a set of biographical works; by Mrs. W. H. Sage, a collection of piano
music, violin and cello sonatas, trios, quartettes and quintettes.
Dramatic Art
Dramatic Art B1: Playwriting: Not open to first-year students. Other
students will be admitted only after a personal interview with Mr. Boyle.
English B2 or B4 or B5 prerequisite or must be taken concurrently.—The reading
and analysis of plays throughout the year. The dramatization of the short
story and the writing of original one-act plays. Emphasis will be placed on
the present-day life and historical traditions of Virginia. Students from other
sections will be expected to use the materials and background with which
they are familiar. Plays considered worthy of production will be staged by
the Virginia Players. Monday evenings, 7:30 to 10. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B2: Play Production: The technique of acting and stage
directing. The essential arts involved in the producing of plays: scene design
and construction, costuming, lighting, etc. Lectures and practical work. Each
student will direct a one-act play and act in two others. This course in the
theory and practice of the theatre is designed for the training of students
participating in the work of the Virginia Players and for those who plan to
become directors of school and community drama work. Afternoon hours to
be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B4: Advanced Play Production: Dramatic Art B2 prerequisite.—Students
who have had considerable experience in the theatre may
secure the consent of the instructor to take this course concurrently with Dramatic
Art B2.—Lectures, parallel reading and reports. Members of this class will
Players. Afternoon hours to be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Associate Professor Pratt and Mr. Boyle.
Dramatic Art B5: History of the Theatre: The changing conventions
of the theatre and their relation to the problems engaging the interest of playwrights
and audiences. The Greek theatre, the Renaissance, and the modern
intimate playhouse. The technique of the movies. Modern problems; Realism,
Symbolism, Expressionism, etc. The technique of playwriting illustrated
by private performances and readings from the plays of Sophocles, Shakespeare,
Ibsen and others. Lectures and discussions. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1
course.)
Associate Professor Pratt.
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