1941-1942 Academic Catalog

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES PHYSICS PROFESSOR GIBSON 1-2. GENERAL PHYSICS 65 Mechanics and heat. Electricity, sound and light. Prere– quisite one semester of trigonometry and one semester of collega algebra. Elective. Three hours recitation and two hours laboratory a week throughout the year. POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSORS STEELE AND JURKAT 1. INTERNATIONAL LAW Elective. Three hours a week. First semester. 2. AMERICA AND THE ORIENT A study of the industrial resources of the Orient:- Asiatic markets;. relations of the United States and the Far East. Elective. Three hours, second semester. 3. POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES A study of the political parties and party problems in the United States. Three hours a week, one semester. 4. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Treaties, commerce, laws and leagues of nations, arbitra– tion, courts. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. 6. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL SCIENCE A course on government in general, and on our national and local governments in particular, with especial attention to the needs of teachers of high school civics. Three hours a week, one semester. PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR McCHESNEY 1. GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY Consciousness, sensation, perception, memory, feelings, imagination, thought, reasoning and the will. Required. Should be taken before Junior year. Three hours a week, one semester. 2. ADOLESCENCE A scientific study of the development of the adolescent mind and life. Various texts and lectures. Elective. Two hours a week, one semester. 4. EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Elementary experiments in the various phases of conscious phenomena. Elective. Prerequisite, General Psychology. Three hours a week, one semester.