59 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Foreign wnguages Chair: David Dickson, Ph.D.
COURSES French
320 Studies in wnguage and Literature (3)
Students desiring to enroll in French should do so during their freshman and sophomore years. It is impossible to com plete requirement for general education (BA degree) if student starts in his senior year. Students with high school French should consult with department for placement. 101, 102 Elementary French (4,4) Basic principles of pronunciation and grammar, vocabulary drill, graded reading. From the beginning, classroom conversa tions in French. Five hours each week. 201 Intermediate French (4) Intermediate grammar and conversation, with emphasis on reading for meaning and speed. Class conducted in French. Five hours each week. 202 Conversational French (3) Prerequisite: French 201. Typical as pects of French daily life with special em phasis on idioms, useful phrases and con versational patterns. Topics deal with true to life situations and practical aspects of the language. Three hours each week. GERMAN Students desiring to enroll in German should do so during their freshman and sophomore years. Elementary German 101 will be offered during the interterm in phase with Biola Abroad program. Please see Biola Abroad for further details. Students with high school German should consult with de partment for placement. 101, 102 Elementary German (4,4) An intensive course developing the skills necessary for hearing and reading compre hension and simple written German. Five hours each week. 105, 106 Conversational German (2,2) No prerequisite. A course sequence de signed for students needing to satisfy four hours units language or desiring to learn German for European travel. Two hours a week plus one lab session. 201 Intermediate German (4) A grammar review with readings in German literature. Collateral readings in the field of each student's special interest. Five hours each week.
Both standard and specialized offerings; one or more sections offered each year in areas such as: Conversation, Survey of Literature, Folklore. May be repeated with different content (section title). 330 German Civilization and Culture (3) Typical aspects of German civilization anti the significant historical events and major con tributions of the German people. Readings in records of historical, literature and cultural im portance. Conducted in English. HEBREW 101 , 102 Elementary Hebrew Grammar (3,3) Introduction to the language of the Hebrew Bible: accidence, syntax, as well as reading and translation of biblical texts. 201, 202 Intermediate Hebrew Grammar (3,3) Advanced grammar and syntax with em phasis upon rapid reading as well as the devel opment of exegetical skills. Prerequisite: 102. LATIN 101, 102 Elementary wtin Grammar (3,3) Syntax and vocabulary of classical Latin with practice in reading and translation of Latin literature. 201, 202 Intermediate wtin Grammar (3,3) Review and further development in syn tax and vocabulary with extensive reading
FACULTY Professor: R. Buss Associate Professors: Dickson, Dunbar, Porter Assistant Professor: D. Wilkins OBJECTIVES The department's program has two lev els of objectives: academic and practical. At a practical level, the objective of the depart ment is that each student will acquire a de gree of proficiency in a foreign language. For all languages this entails an ability to read and write the language and a knowl edge of the culture and literary traditions that accompany it. For the modern lan guages this also includes an ability to speak and understand the spoken language. At an academic level, as a part of the liberal arts portion of the general education curricu lum, it also is intended that the student ac quire: an appreciation for the role of lan guage as an expression of culture, skills for using a foreign language as a research tool, and a set of attitudes and learning skills for continued language learning after comple tion of the program. DEGREE PROGRAM A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN H UMANITI ES with a FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONCENTRATION is of fered upon completion of the university bac calaureate and major requirements. The concentration requires the completion of 30 units, including 18 upper division units in ei ther language. Advisement for humanities majors with a foreign language concentra tion is through the Department of Foreign Languages. (See humanities section for specifics.) Note: To fulfill the foreign language re quirement for the Bachelor ofArts degree, it is necessary to complete three semesters ofa modern language or four semesters of classi cal language, for a total of 12 units. Competency Requirement In following the sequence of courses in foreign languages the student must have a minimum grade of "C" (not "C-") to enroll is subsequent courses.
and translation of Latin literature. Prerequisite: 102 or equivalent.
GREEK Students desiring to enroll in Greek are strongly encouraged to do so during their fresh man year, and no later than their sophomore year. Upon completion of the 18 upper divi sion units for a Greek concentration of the humanities major, it is intended that the stu dent's proficiency in the Greek language, and particularly in hellenistic Greek, will enable him to read and translate a Greek text with accuracy, using a standard lexicon and grammar; to explain the significance of tenses, cases and important grammatical structures; to designate and cite the contri butions of selected hellenistic and classical writers; and to undertake individual re search in the areas of biblical, hellenistic, and classical Greek.
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