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In Medieval universities, the trivium comprised the three subjects taught first, before the Quadrivium . The word is Latin, meaning "the three ways" or "the three roads", the beginning of the Liberal Arts . It also serves as a root for the concept of Trivial ity. At many medieval universities, such as Oxford , this would have been the principal undergraduate course. In medieval educational theory, the trivium consisted of Grammar , Rhetoric , and Logic (or Dialectic - logic and dialectic were synonymous at the time). (As Latin was both a second language and the international language of scholarship and thought, it had to be learned intentionally and thoroughly.) Grammar is the mechanics of a language; logic is the "mechanics" of thought and analysis; rhetoric is the use of language to instruct and persuade. These were considered preparatory fields for the Quadrivium , which was made up of Arithmetic , Geometry , Music , and Astronomy . In turn, the quadrivium was considered preparatory work for the serious study of Philosophy and Theology . This schema is sometimes referred to as Classical Education , but it is more accurately a development of the 12th and 13th Centuries rather than a direct descendant of the educational systems of Antiquity . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |