1948-1949 Academic Catalog

intertE'brate animals. dc:itional work especially in the field of e111- bryology and genetics will be studied . Two lectures and two lab– oratory periods per week. Credit, eight semester hours . Reqim·ed of freshmen who do not have high school credit. 3-4 :Nature Study Designed to cultivate observation and appreciation of the com– mon things about us in plant life, animal life, and the earth and sky with suggested methodc; for teaching nature-study in the elementary schools. One hour credit each semester thr.Qughout the year. 5. Zoology - Invertebrate A course in the study of animal life to give the student some knowledge in the classification, morphology, physiology and some genetics of the lower forms of animal life. Two lecture periods and ty.ro laboratory periods per week. Credit four semester hours. 6. Zoology - Vertebrate A continuation of course 5 which includes the study of the mus– cular system, circulatory, urogenital, digestive, and nervous systems; also the ear, eye, and brain of the frog. Dissection by the student. Embryology of the chick, frog, nect urus is studied. Two lectures and two laboratory periods per week. Credit, four semester hours. Advanced courses offered if there is sufficient demand: Parasitology Genetics Comparative anatomy Eugenics (also for sociology credit) Histology The pre-requisites for advanced courses are Zoology 5 and 6 Credit hours to be arranged. · DRAWING Drawing: Professor Elwood Shaw 7-8 Mechanical Drawing Mechanical drawing and descriptive geometry. Instruction is largely individual. Elective. Two hours credit each Semester. Not given every year. 9-10 Isometric - Assembly - Detail Architectural blue prints and maps. Elective. Two hours credit each Semester. Not given every year. EDUCATION Elementary Education: Professor Kling, Rife, Creswell and pro– fe sor to be elected. 1. Language Methods Demonstrations given and studies made of how to present and teach oral and written composition, spelling and writing in the ele– mentary grades. Two hours credit, one semester. 2. Reading Methods The technique of teaching reading in the elementary grades. 29