111c. Middle English: Language and Literature of the 13th Century. Pro-seminar. Dr. BRODEur. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: course 111A. 111D. Middle English: Chaucer and his Contemporaries. Pro-seminar. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 9. 112A. History of the English Language. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 1. 112B. Historical English Grammar. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 1. Associate Professor HART. Historical and Critical Study of the Literature 114A-114B. History of the Drama. Dr. BRODEUR. Dr. BRODEUR. Associate Professor ARMES. Lectures and readings, with reports by the students. (A). From the Beginnings to 1642. (B). From 1642 on. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: courses 1 and 2. This course alternates with 114c-114D (Studies in the Drama). 115A. Elizabethan Poetry. Assistant Professor SANFORD. The principal poets from Surrey and Wyatt to Dryden; their literary forms, types, sources, and historical development. Lectures, reports, and assigned reading. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: courses 1 and 2. 117c-117D. Shakespeare. Associate Professor HART. The reading and interpretation of the plays in the following series: (A) Othello, 2 Henry IV, Twelfth Night; (B) Macbeth, Henry V, Much Ado; (c) Hamlet, Richard II, All's Well; (D) Lear, 1 Henry IV, Winter's Tale. Each series may be taken once. In 1916-17 series (c) will be given the first half-year, and series (D) the second half-year. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M W F, 10. 121A-121B. Nineteenth Century Poets. Professor GAYLEY and a Reader. Lectures, reports, and frequent examinations. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M W F, 2. 121E-121F. Victorian Prose. Professor GAYLEY. Pro-seminar. Intensive study of selected masterpieces dealing with problems of critical, philosophical, and political thought. Topics assigned for investigation. Theses and oral discussions. Open to seniors whose major is English, and who are taking one of the instructor's major lecture courses. Also to those who take it as Oral Debates upon Literary Topics as a sequel to Public Speaking 110A-110B; and to graduates. 3 hrs., throughout the year. W, 4-6, and a third hour by arrangement. 122. Browning. Assistant Professor SANFORD. A systematic study of the complete poetical works of Browning. Lectures and interpretations. Open only to students in the Upper Division and to graduates. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 9. 123B. Representative Essayists. Pro-seminar, 1916-17: Ruskin. Associate Professor KURTZ. 3 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 4, and a third hour to be arranged. 125A-125B. The Development of the Narrative Art. Associate Professors WELLS and HART. (A). Lectures on the types of prose fiction from the saga and early romance to the present-day novel. Ten books to be read, and a critique to be written on each book. Limited to those who have the consent of the instructor. *(B). Lectures on the development of brief narrative from the ballad and folk-tale to the present-day short story. 3 hrs., second half-year (A. The Novel, WELLS), M W F, 2; 3 hrs., second half-year (B. The Short Story, HART), M W F, 3. 127. The Anglo-Celtic Poets. Mr. LYMAN. The poets of the so-called Celtic Renaissance, centering in Yeats and the modern school of Irish writers, with an investigation of their background in Old-Irish literature. Lectures, readings, and reports. 3 hrs., first half-year. Tu, 2; Th, 2-4. American Literature 130. The General History of American Literature. Associate Professor ARMES. A general review, illustrated by copious reading; lectures, reports, discussions, and papers. Introductory to course 131, and to course 249 (Californian Literature). 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: courses 1 and 2. *Not to be given, 1916-17. 131. American Authors. Associate Professor ARMES. Pro-seminar. Each student will make an intensive study of practically all the work of one of the more important American authors, and present papers thereon for class discussion. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: course 130. GRADUATE COURSES Graduates electing these courses must have a reading knowledge of French or German. 231. Philological Seminar. Associate Professor HART. Elizabethan English; studies in semasiology and phonology. 3 hrs., second half-year. Hours to be arranged. *240A-240B. Seminar in Literary Criticism. Professor GAYLEY. From a study at first hand of the principal authorities. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M, 4-6. This course must be preceded by course 109. 241A-241B. Seminar in Literary Investigation. Subject to be announced. Professor GAYLEY. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M, 4-6, and a third hour by arrangement. 242. Seminar in the Comparative Study of Literature. Subject to be announced. Associate Professor HART. 3 hrs., first half-year. Hours to be arranged. *244A-244B. Seminar in the Romantic Movement. Assistant Professor SANFORD. The romantic literature from Thomson to Morris, with incidental reference to the parallel movement on the Continent. A critical and historical study of romantic writers from Thomson to Scott (first half-year); from Scott to Morris (second half-year). 3 hrs., throughout the year. M W, 11, and a third hour by arrangement. As preparation for this course, students are advised to take courses 115B, 119A, 119B. It alternates with 245A-245B (Spenser and his School). 245A-245B. Spenser and his School. Assistant Professor SANFORD. 3 hrs., throughout the year. M W, 11, and a third hour by arrangement. * Not to be given, 1916–17. 249A-249B. Seminar in the Development of Californian Literature. Associate Professor ARMES. Investigation, reports, discussions, and papers. Open only to graduates who have had course 130 or its equivalent. 3 hrs., throughout the year. Th, 9-12. 250. Seminar in the Theory of Fiction. Associate Professor WELLS. The structure of the novel and the aesthetics of fiction; investigation of selected types and of special authors. 3 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 4-5:30. 251. Thesis Writing (in the preparation for the master's thesis). Associate Professor HART. First half-year; hours to be arranged. Open to any candidates for the master's degree who desire to avail themselves of training in methods of research and in the organization of materials and results. No credit in units. 253. Teaching of English. Miss BRECK. Principles underlying the teaching of English in secondary schools, and their application to the teaching of oral and written composition, to the selection, grouping, and handling of literature, etc. Lectures, discussions, and reports. 3 hrs., either half-year. Tu Th, 3-4:30. Required of candidates for the teacher's recommendation with English as a major. Primarily for graduates, but a limited number of seniors may be admitted by special permission. This course may not be counted toward the graduate credit required for the teacher's recommendation or the master's degree. 260A-260в. Special Study. The instructors in English hold themselves ready to assist and advise competent students who may propose plans of special study which meet the approval of the department. GEOGRAPHY 1 RULIFF S. HOLWAY, A.B., M.S., Associate Professor of Physical Geography. JOHN P. BUWALDA, Ph.D., Instructor in Geography. Students taking Geography as a major may count certain approved courses in geology, history or economics as part of the prescribed 24 units. A summer school field course in physiography is recommended. Teacher's Recommendation.-Applicants for the teacher's recommendation must be prepared to teach the four subdivisions of the usual high school course in physical geography. The general science preparation must include at least matriculation physics, chemistry and Astronomy 1 and 2A. In addition to courses 113, 102 or 114, 115, and 118, the candidate must offer at least one major course in geology and one in economic geography. The final examination for candidates for the recommendation may preferably be taken as a prerequisite to course 220. LOWER DIVISION COURSES Courses 1B and 1c are the usual prerequisites for upper division work. Either may be taken without prerequisite but Geography 1A is a desirable introduction. Geology 106 should be taken preferably in the sophomore year. Geography 1B and 1c may be counted as prescribed science. 1A. Fundamentals of Modern Geography. Associate Professor HOLWAY and Dr. BUWALDA. Scope and problems of Modern Geography. Present polar exploration as a type of a great problem nearing completion: the scientific investigation and mapping of the elements of geographic environment, a great problem of the present. Maps the technical language of geography; properties and uses of map projections. Geographic elements; land forms, water forms, climate, organic life. Influence of geographic environment on man and his affairs. Major geographic conditions of each continent. Physiographic control of production and of trade routes. The course is designed primarily to meet the needs of students in the College of Commerce. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W and alt. F, 8. Map work and recitations, four sections: I, W, 1–3; II, W, 3-5; III, Th, 1–3; IV, Th, 3–5. 1B. Elementary Meteorology. Dr. BUWALDA. The study of weather. The weather elements and controls of weather. Temperature, pressure, and general winds of the world. Storms and the principles of forecasting. The principal types of climate. 3 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. Lectures, M W and alternate F, 8. Laboratory work in four sections: I, M, 1-3; II, Tu, 10-12; ÍII, Tu, 1-3; IV, Th, 1-3. 1 In residence first half-year only. |