 | University of Virginia record February, 1912 |  |
THE JAMES WILSON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS.
Professor Page (Thomas Walker).[3]
Mr. Hunley.
Adjunct Professor Bidgood.
Mr. Didlake.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
Entrance Examination.
Students are advised not to take the work in Economics or Political
Science before their second year in college.
I. Economics.
Professor Page (Thomas Walker).[4]
Mr. Didlake.
Adjunct Professor Bidgood.
For Undergraduates.
Course B1: The Principles of Economics.—A survey of the
principles of economics in the first and second terms is followed in
the third term by a study of the bearing of these principles upon
present American conditions. Instruction will be given by lectures,
assigned readings, reports, and discussions. (B. A. or B. S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10-11. Cabell
Hall. Professor Page[5]
; Adjunct Professor Bidgood.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Course C1: The Growth of American Industry and Commerce.
—This course attempts to show how American experience illustrates
has been influenced by economic conditions. The work is
mainly topical and the topics receiving chief emphasis vary from
year to year. This course alternates with Course C2. Professor
Page.
Course C2: Public Finance, Money and Banking.—The first
term of the session deals with public finance, emphasizing the principles
of taxation; the second term takes up the financial history of
the United States; and the third term is devoted to a study of money
and banking. Students may register for one or more terms of this
course at their discretion. The course alternates with C1. Hours
by appointment. Cabell Hall. Professor Page.
Course C3: Industrial Evolution.—The principles of the evolution
of economic society are studied in the first term; the theories
of Ely, Bücher, Commons, Marx, and Kidd are examined at greater
or less length. In the second and third terms general principles are
applied in the study of topics selected from American commercial
history. The second term is devoted wholly to a study of tariff history.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1-2. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor
Bidgood.
Primarily for Graduates.
Course D1: A Course of Research.—In this course competent
students are guided in the intensive and methodical investigation
of selected topics and the results are presented for discussion.
Hours by appointment. Professor Page.
II. Political Science.
Mr. Hunley.
For Undergraduates.
Course B1: American and Comparative Government. This
course begins with a brief discussion of the formation of the federal
system of the United States. Then are taken up in detail the
various departments. The second term is devoted to State and city
government and the third term to a study of the governmental systems
of other countries and to a brief discussion of American political
theory. Instruction is given by lectures, assigned readings,
and discussions. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, 1-2. Cabell Hall. Mr. Hunley.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Course C1: Political Theory and Practice. The object of this
course, in the first term, is to study the Nature of the State. The
American system of government and foreign forms of state life,
and the third term to varying topical discussions. Lectures, journal
meetings, reports, and special assignments for reading. Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 1-2. Cabell Hall. Mr. Hunley.
For summer-school courses in Economics, in which college-credit
will be allowed, see p. 258.
| University of Virginia record February, 1912 | |