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FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN.
Professor Harrison.
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.
M. A. COURSE.
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. COURSE.
The Advanced or Post-Graduate Course is intended for those students that
elect Romance Languages for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It embraces
two years of post-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
by the Professor on application.
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