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Choose a year-long sequence. Courses marked # must be taken in sequential order. More advanced courses in any of the foreign language sequences may be applied toward this general-education sequence.
Chinese Studies (CHIN) Sequence CHIN 11, 12, and 13 are first-year Chinese language courses Chinese language courses focus on the basic grammar and usage, with initial emphasis on the spoken language. The written language is progressively incorporated. Advanced classes feature a general introduction to history and culture through reading and writing in Chinese. Students in the first and second years must attend weekly three lectures and two tutorials, which include in-class drill sessions. In addition to the lectures, first-year students spend three hours in the language lab every week; second-year students spend one hour in a conversation class and two hours in the language lab. [top] Japanese Studies (JAPN) Sequence JAPN 10A, B, and C are first-year Japanese language courses Japanese language courses focus on the basic grammar and usage, with initial emphasis on the spoken language. The written language is progressively incorporated. Advanced classes feature a general introduction to history and culture through reading and writing in Japanese. Students in the first and second years must attend weekly three lectures and two tutorials, which include in-class drill sessions. In addition to the lectures, first-year students spend three hours in the language lab every week; second-year students spend one hour in a conversation class and two hours in the language lab. [top] Judaic Studies/Hebrew (JUDA) 1, 2, 3 Fundamentals of Hebrew grammar; exercises in vocabulary, accidence, and reading. [top] Linguistics Courses: American Sign Language (LISL), French (LIFR), German (LIGM), Italian (LIIT) and Spanish (LISP) The linguistics department courses are further divided to reflect two related but different aspects of basic language study; learning a language partly means learning to converse in it-to understand others when they talk and to talk oneself-but it also means gaining academic, analytic insights into language in general and into the particular language under study. Language courses in the sequence numbered 1A,1B,1C,1D are designed to satisfy the conversational teaching function; they consist of small "tutorial" meetings held three times a week with a native speaker of the language, plus laboratory assignments. Language courses in the sequence numbered 1AX,1BX,1CX,1DX are designed to guide the students' reading of the language and to increase their sophistication about language and language learning; they consist of group conferences conducted once a week by a linguistic scientist, plus reading and assigned laboratory work. Unlike some conventional courses, those in the linguistics department discourage students from memorizing paradigms, learning lists of isolated vocabulary items, doing laborious but meaningless grammar and pronunciation drills. Instead, students are thrown immediately into using the language: listening to someone actually saying something that is meaningful to the listener or reading real stories or articles. Of course, given this way of teaching, students aren't expected to understand every word they hear or read; in time the important words will come around again-as they do in real life-and students will get plenty of chances to understand them. There is strong inducement, in the form of grades and tests, to come to class and do all the homework-the total course really requires twelve hours a week of a student's time. Students are encouraged, but not forced, to join in the conversations about what they are reading or doing outside of class. By the end of the second quarter of the sequence, students will be reading major works of literature and talking about them, as well as talking about everyday things in an everyday way. In tutorials the emphasis is on fluency in speaking and reading, rather than on accurate, but painful, coding and decoding of messages from one language to another. In analysis conferences, the language is examined carefully and in detail, and the analysis is expected to be as rigorous as in any other scientific inquiry. Since the language courses in the 1A/AX-1D/DX sequences are actually unitary courses divided into two parts only for purposes of keeping separate track of student grades in the two aspects of language study, each course in the 1A-1D series must be taken concurrently with the corresponding course in the 1AX-1DX series.Before you enroll in language courses, carefully note that: Courses numbered 1A/AX are for students who are just beginning their study. Students with previous exposure (formal or informal) to the language may not take 1A/1AX. Instead they must take the UCSD Language Placement Exam to be placed at the correct level.
Linguistics Courses in Arabic (LIAB) or Portuguese (LIPO) [top] Literature/French (LTFR) 2A-B-C In order to prepare students coming from Ling 1A/AX-1D/DX for work in the upper division and/or for the Education Abroad Program, a full year of study is necessary. Since each of the four language skills requires significantly more time to develop than can be provided by a one-quarter course of ten weeks, this sequence will integrate all of the skills at each level of proficiency. The students will progress from a study-review of the basic elements of the French language to problems of sentence structure and, finally, to aspects of French stylistics. In terms of the literary texts to be read and discussed, the sequence will begin with fairly simple, short texts and will introduce the students to the most elementary techniques of literary analysis, progressing to longer, more difficult works calling for more sophisticated approaches. Correspondingly, the compositions to be written about these texts will initially be approximately one page in length, increasing to three-five pages by the final quarter. The three-quarter sequence will be taught entirely in French and should be completed in the course of one academic year. These courses may not be repeated for credit. The prerequisite for the first quarter of the sequence is Ling. 1C/CX. LTRF 2A-B LTFR 2C: Composition, Conversation, Culture [top] Literature/German (LTGM) 2A-B-C LTGM 2A LTGM 2B LTGM 2C [top] Literature/Italian (LTIT) 2A-B, 50 LTIT 2A, 2B, and 50 are second-year Italian courses. [top] Literature/Russian (LTRU) Sequence LTRU 1A-B-C: First-year language course. [top] Literature/Spanish (LTSP) 2A-B-C LTSP 2A: Readings and Composition LTSP 2B: Readings and Interpretations LTSP 2C: Cultural Readings and Composition LTSP 2D: Advanced Readings and Composition for Native Speakers [top] Literature/Greek (LTGK) 1, 2, 3 LTGK 1, 2, and 3 form a unified and coherent series of courses in ancient Greek. Greek 1 and 2 are devoted to the intensive study of Greek grammar; Greek 3 continues this study of the language as students read a selected work of Greek literature. Questions of grammar and vocabulary are stressed. In Greek 1 and 2 students are assigned a grammar such as Chase and Philips' A New Introduction to Greek; in the third quarter of the sequence they read one book of Homer or a short Platonic dialogue. [top] Literature/Italian (LTIT) 1A-B-C LTIT 1A The Language of the Italian Theater LTIT 1B The Language of the Italian Opera LTIT 1C The Language of the Italian Theater [top] Korean/Language (LTKO) Sequence LTKO 1A-B-C: First year Korean. LTKO 2A-B-C: Second year Intermediate Korean. [top] Literature/Latin (LTLA) 1, 2, 3 LTLA 1, 2, and 3 form a coherent and unified series of courses in the Latin language. Students begin, in Latin 1, with an intensive study of Latin grammar and continue this elementary study in Latin 2. In Latin 3, they apply their knowledge of grammar to a work of Latin literature. In Latin 1 and 2, students are assigned a work of Latin grammar like Wheelock's Latin; in Latin 3 they frequently read one book of Virgil's Aeneid. [top] Literature/Russian (LTRU) Sequence LTRU 1A-B-C: First-year language course. LTRU 1AB and 1BC: A two quarter intensive beginning Russian. Covers material of first year Russian. Winter and Spring quarters. (7.5 units each) LTRU 2A-B-C: Second-year language course. [top] |
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