Languages
The courses on this page reflect 2008 offerings.
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The James Geddes Language Center includes two language laboratories,
classrooms especially equipped for language teaching, and extensive
tape production and processing facilities. The center is located
on the fifth floor at 685 Commonwealth Avenue. Orientation to operation
and procedures is given during the first week of classes.
College of Arts And Sciences
ARABIC
CAS LY 112 Elementary Modern Arabic (Modern Arabic 2)
Prereq: CAS LY 111 or consent of the Instructor. The essentials
of standard Arabic, the idiom used in public communications throughout
the Arab world. Listening, speaking, reading, writing. 4 cr.
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CHINESE
CAS LC 111 First-Semester Chinese
Essentials of structure, oral practice, introduction to the writing
system. 4 cr.
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FRENCH
A placement test is required of every student whose most recent
course in French was taken in high school or at a college other
than Boston University. Information on the online placement test
is available at http://www.bu.edu/mlcl/academics/placement/.
The test can be taken at any time, but should be taken only once.
CAS LF 112 Second-Semester French
Prereq: CAS LF 111 or placement examination results. Continues the
CAS LF 111 basic text; grammar, conversation, compositions, with
additional readings. Conducted in French. Lab required. 4 cr.
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CAS LF 212 Fourth-Semester French
Prereq: CAS LF 211 or placement examination results. Conducted in
French. Continues CAS LF 211 grammar review, conversation, and composition.
Selections from contemporary literature, listening to a dramatized
novel in laboratory, with discussions in class. Laboratory required.
4 cr.
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GERMAN
A placement test is required of every student whose most recent
course in German was taken in high school or at a college other
than Boston University. The placement test is given on the first
day of each summer session.
CAS LG 112 Second-Semester German
Prereq: CAS LG 111 or placement examination results. Continues study
and practice of the basic skills of speaking, writing, and reading
German. Conversational dialogues, reading of short texts, grammar
sessions, compositions. Conducted in German. Laboratory required.
4 cr.
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GREEK
CAS CG 112 Continuing Modern Greek
Prereq: CAS CG 111 or equivalent. Review of grammar and syntax of
modern Greek, reading in both prose and poetry, intensive oral practice.
4 cr.
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CAS CL 162 Intermediate Ancient Greek
Prereq: CAS CL 161 or equivalent. Review of grammar. Extensive readings
in classical texts and the New Testament. Emphasis on the acquisition
of reading skills. 4 cr.
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HEBREW
A placement test is required of every student whose most recent
course in Hebrew was taken in high school or at a college other
than Boston University. The placement test is given on the first
day of each summer session.
CAS LH 112 Second-Semester Hebrew
Prereq: LH 111 or placement test results. A continuation of LH 111
with greater conversation and higher level skills development. Conducted
mostly in Hebrew. 4 cr.
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ITALIAN
A placement test is required of every student whose most recent
course in Italian was taken in high school or at a college other
than Boston University. The placement test is given on the first
day of each summer session.
CAS LI 112 Second-Semester Italian
Prereq: CAS LI 111 or placement examination results. Continues the
CAS LI 111 basic text: grammar, conversation, compositions. Conducted
in Italian. 4 cr.
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CAS LI 212 Fourth-Semester Italian
Prereq: CAS LI 211 or placement examination results. For students
who wish to build active use of Italian in speaking, writing, and
reading. Continuation of CAS LI 211: review, development of reading
skills through analysis of contemporary texts, compositions, conversation.
4 cr.
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JAPANESE
CAS LJ 112 Second-Semester Japanese
Prereq: CAS LJ 111. Introduction to spoken and written Japanese
and to fundamentals of Japanese grammar with oral drills and written
exercises. 4 cr.
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KOREAN
CAS LK 112 Second-Semester Korean
Prereq: CAS LK 111 or placement test results. Continues
the text from LK 111; grammar, conversation, reading, writing. 4
cr.
LATIN
CAS CL 112 Intermediate Latin
Prereq: CAS CL 111 or equivalent. Further study of Latin
grammar, acquisition of reading skills, vocabulary building. 4 cr.
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CAS CL 212 Introduction to Latin Poetry
Prereq: CAS CL 211 or equivalent. Intensive reading of
selections from Catullus, Ovid, and/or Vergil. 4 cr.
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SPANISH
A placement test is required of every student whose most recent
course in Spanish was taken in high school or at a college other
than Boston University. Information on the online placement test
is available at http://www.bu.edu/mfll/documents/stu/placement_tests.html.
The test can be taken at any time, but should be taken only once.
1. Four-Skills Sequence: Reading, Writing, Listening,
Speaking
CAS LS 111 First-Semester Spanish
Introduction to grammatical structures. Emphasis on aural comprehension,
speaking, and pronunciation. Introduction to Hispanic culture. Laboratory
required. 4 cr.
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CAS LS 112 Second-Semester Spanish
Prereq: CAS LS 111 or placement examination results. Completes study
of basic grammatical structures. Emphasis on speaking and aural
comprehension. Readings on contemporary Hispanic culture. Writing
assignments. Laboratory required. 4 cr.
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CAS LS 123 First-Year Spanish
For beginners only. Extensive drill of basic phonological and structural
patterns of spoken Spanish. Practice in reading simple examples
of written Spanish. This course is the equivalent of one year of
college Spanish. 8 cr.
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CAS LS 211 Third-Semester Spanish
Prereq: CAS LS 112 or placement examination results. Review and
practice of the structures of Spanish. Use of spoken language in
conversation. Further reading in Hispanic civilization. Writing
exercises involving more complex grammatical and syntactical patterns.
Laboratory required. 4 cr.
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CAS LS 212 Fourth-Semester Spanish
Prereq: CAS LS 211 or placement examination results. Further review
of the structures of Spanish. Intensive practice of spoken language.
Different levels and styles of Spanish through recorded materials.
More advanced readings from Hispanic culture. Frequent compositions.
Laboratory required. 4 cr.
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2. Reading Sequence
CAS LS 222 Fourth-Semester Spanish for Reading
Prereq: CAS LS 221 or placement examination results. Completes intensive
review of grammatical structures. Emphasis on sophisticated sentence
structures and the contemporary idiom. Readings include historical
texts, representative examples of journalism, and a short novel.
Viewing and discussion of films. Weekly written translations leading
to a final project. (Students intending to continue in CAS LS 303
must take LS 212, not LS 222.) 4 cr.
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CAS LS 304 Composition and Conversation in Spanish II
Prereq: CAS LS 303 or placement examination results. Not open to
students for whom Spanish is a first language. Development of skills
in spoken and written language. Grammar review, vocabulary building,
regular compositions. 4 cr.
CAS LS 350 Introduction to Analysis of Hispanic Texts
Prereq: CAS LS 303 or placement examination results. Development
of techniques for reading and interpreting Hispanic literary texts;
reading of lyric poetry, drama, and fictional narrative. 4 cr.
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