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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

Professor TIMOTHY FETLER; Associate Professors E. CHESTER BURWELL, ANTONIO SERRANO (head); Instructor LEONARD HILLSTROM. Obiectives. The objectives of this Department are to increase linguistic aptitude, to provide a basis for future graduate work, to meet the needs of the mission field, and to give an insight into cultural and literary values of other nations.

FRENCH

201, 202. Elementary FRENCH. (3, 3) Basic principles of pronunciation and grammar, vocabulary drill, graded reading. Classroom conversation in French from the beginning. 301, 302. INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. (3, 3) Advanced grammar and conversation, with stress placed upon reading for meaning and speed.

GERMAN

201, 202. ELEMENTARY GERMAN. (3, 3) Essentials of grammar, basic vocabulary, reading comprehension, elementary composition, and conversational method from the beginning. 301, 302. INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. (3, 3) Grammar review. Advanced reading in German classical literature with con­ tinued stress on conversation. Collateral reading and reports.

NEW TESTAMENT GREEK

201 -202. NEW TESTAMENT GREEK. (4-4) An introduction to the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of New Testament Greek with practice in reading simple passages from the Greek New Testament. 301-302. READINGS IN NEW TESTAMENT. (2-2) Further drill in grammar, syntax, and vocabulary with a view to facility in reading. 401, 402. READINGS IN HELLENISTIC GREEK. (2-2) Selected readings in the Septuagint and in the New Testament. Selections from various types of literature including Philo, Josephus, Apostolic fathers, and pagan writers. Prerequisite: Two years of Greek. SPANISH 201, 202. ELEMENTARY SPANISH. (4-4) A course designed to give the student a background m the fundamentals of pronunciation, grammar, conversa.tion and graded reading. 42

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