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1945]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Fifth Year

For the Degree of Master of Arts in the Teachmg of Latin The work will be planned to meet the needs of the individual student on the basis of his preparation and of the demands of his teaching position. Since all the classes he attends will be small, special attention will always be given his professional needs. Latin courses to be chosen from the following t list. At least 2 of these units must be in courses numbered loo or o v e r ; the other 2 units, may be chosen in whole or in part from the following list: ° UNITS Latin 21—Tacitus and Juvenal; Latin 22—Martial, Suetonius, Apuleius; Latin 23—Livy, Tibullus, P r o p e r t i u s ; Latin 24—Seneca's Epistles and Tragedies; Latin 30a-3ob— H o n o r s Course 4 Ed. 125—Advanced Educational Psychology 1 Ed. 101—Philosophy of Education; or Ed. 30—History of American Education I Electives 2 Total '. ~& It is strongly recommended that students who have completed one year of Greek as undergraduates take Greek 3 (Xenophon, Yz unit) and 4 (Homer, l /2 unit) in their fifth year, and that those who have had no Greek take Greek l a (Y2 unit) and lb (yi u n i t ) . Undergraduate Minor in Latin Latin 11a and lib—Elementary L a t i n ; or 2 years of school Latin Latin 6—Cicero; or Latin la—Ovid; or 3 years of school Latin Latin lb—Vergil's Aeneid; or 4 years of high-school Latin 5a and 5b—Composition Latin 12a—Plautus, Terence, and Catullus; and Latin Sallust and Cicero's De Senectute HOURS high8 highLatin 12b— 8 4 4 4

Latin 12a and 12b may be omitted when the study of Latin is begun in college. Latin 3 (3 h o u r s ) , in addition to Latin 12a and 12b, is required for those entering college with four years of high-school Latin. T h e total number of hours in Latin required for a minor will thus vary

as follows: HOURS

a. W h e n Latin is begun in college 20 b. When 2 years high-school Latin have been accepted for entrance 20 c. When 3 years high-school Latin have been accepted for entrance 16 or 20 d. W h e n 4 years high-school Latin have been accepted for entrance 15 Summary of Requirements for Teaching of Latin I. General Education Oral and Written Expression: HOURS Rhetoric 1 and 2 and Speech 1 or 10; or D.G.S. ia-ib 8 or 9 Natural Science or Mathematics 11 Social Science: Political Science l a 3 History 3b 3 Humanities (satisfied by study in major, minor, or e l e c t i v e s ) . . . 6 Hygiene 2 or 5 2 Psychology 1 4 Total 37-38