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GRADUATE COURSES.
School of Latin.—This work is intended for students who desire
to pursue their Latin studies beyond the requirements for graduation.
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 forms of 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,
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.
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