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For Undergraduates.

Education B1: History and Philosophy of Education.—A study of the
chief educational ideals of mankind in relation to their social and historical
conditions, and as the expression of corresponding philosophies of life.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H. 2. Assistant
Professor Pott. (Not open to first-year students.)

Education B2: Educational Psychology.—Psychology B1, prerequisite.—
Original tendencies; the nature and laws of learning; principles of teaching.—
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 12:30-1:30, P. H. 8.
Professor Ferguson.

Education B3: Educational Sociology.—First and Second terms: Principles
of sociology. Third Term: Educational Sociology.—(B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 9:30-10:30, P. H. 2. Professor Smithey.

Education B5: Educational Administration and Supervision.—First
term: State and county school organization. Second term: City school
systems. Third term: State and local school organization in Virginia.
A study of State laws.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S.,
11:30-12:30, P. H., 4. Professor Manahan.

Education B7: Principles of Secondary Education.—(A course intended
primarily for students who expect to teach or to occupy some administrative
position in the high school or general educational work.)
First term: Historical development of the secondary school; its social
principles and its present tendencies. Second term: Aims and functions
of the secondary school in organized society, and its relation to elementary
and higher education. Its program of studies. Third term: Junior high
schools: Their organization, standardization and supervision.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 10:30-11:30, P. H. 2. Professor
Smithey.

Education B8: Hygiene and Education.—First term: Personal and
community hygiene. Second term: Characteristics, defects, and hygiene of

physical development. Third term: Hygiene of school buildings; equipment
and management.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) (Omitted in 1924-1925.)

Education B9: Elementary School Administration and Supervision.—
First term: Organization of the elementary school and its relation to the
high school. Second term: Duties and qualifications of elementary school
principals and teachers; the training of teachers in service. Third term:
The curriculum of the elementary school and its reorganization.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 10:30-11:30, P. H., 7. Professor
Manahan.

Education B10: Methods of Teaching High-School Subjects.—Unit
courses of six weeks each in methods of teaching school subjects will be given
by representatives of the various academic schools concerned. These courses
will be required of third-year students who are candidates for degrees in Education.
Each student must take the methods courses in at least two subjects, his
major and minor, which he expects to teach in high school.—(Credit toward
the B.S. in Education.) Hours to be arranged.

In meeting the requirements of Education B10 the student may select
any two of the following courses in the teaching of high school subjects:

(a): The Teaching of Biology in Secondary Schools: Biology B1, prerequisite.—Field
and laboratory study of local fauna and flora with the object
of familiarizing the prospective teacher with the materials he will be
called upon to use, by means of an ecological and systematic study of native
animals and plants. Weekly field trips with laboratory study of the specimens
collected. Course given from September 15 to November 1, and from
April 1 to May 15. Written and graphic reports and assigned reading are
required. Credit: 2 session-hours. Professor Kepner and Lewis.

(b): A brief course on the Teaching of English in Secondary Schools
will be offered if conditions permit.

(c): The Teaching of French in Secondary Schools: French A and B,
prerequisite.—Lectures, assigned reading, class reports. Hours to be arranged.
Associate Professor Graham.

(d): The Teaching of Latin in Secondary Schools: Latin A1, prerequisite.—Hours
to be arranged. Professor FitzHugh.

(e): The Teaching of Spanish in Secondary Schools: Spanish A and
B, prerequisite.—Lectures, assigned reading, class reports. Hours to be arranged.
Assistant Professor Knight.

(f): The Teaching of Health Education: Education B13, B14 and B15,
prerequisite.—Hours to be arranged. Assistant Professor Keister.

(g): The Teaching of Physical Education: The best methods of teaching
and supervising physical education in elementary and high schools and in colleges
are brought to the attention of the student.

Education B11: Directed Teaching: Education B10, prerequisite.—
(For candidates for the degrees in Education and must be taken during the
candidate's fourth year.) Students will be grouped in pairs and will teach
one class each day in their major or minor subjects for 18 weeks, one student
teaching the first half of the school year and the other student teaching
the second half. The student not teaching will serve as an assistant
and critic of his associate who will in turn become an assistant and critic
when his period of teaching is completed.—(Credit, 2 session-hours toward
degrees in Education.) Hours to be arranged.

Education B12: School Hygiene and Sanitation: Course prescribed by
the State Board of Education and State Board of Health for all students
desiring certificates to teach in public schools. The following topics are considered:

• 1. General Public Health and Medical Inspection of Schools.

• 2. Physical Defects and their Control.

• 3. Personal Hygiene.

• 4. Communicable Diseases and their Control.

• 5. First Aid.

• 6. The Sanitary School.

• 7. Community Health.

Credit will be apportioned on the basis of the time and work prescribed.
Hours to be arranged.—Assistant Professor Keister.

Education B13: Public Health and Health Education: Biology B1,
Medical Bacteriology, Education B14, and Anatomy and Physiology, Education
B15, prerequisite.—First Term: The control of communicable diseases and immunity.
Second Term: The water supply and sewage disposal, refuse disposal,
milk, foods and diet. Third Term: Child and maternity hygiene, mental hygiene,
industrial hygiene, vital statistics, public health education, etc.

Journal Club. One class period each month will be devoted to meetings
of the Journal Club, at which time various public health topics, assigned by the instructor,
will be discussed by the class. (Credit, 4 session-hours.) Assistant
Professor Keister.

Education B14: Medical Bacteriology for Teachers of Health Education:
Biology B1, prerequisite. Bacteria in nature; life habits of bacteria. Elements
of public health bacteriology. Cultural study of selected disease-producing
bacteria. Modes of transmission and portals of entry. Changes produced
during infection. Immunity. Modes of exit of bacteria from infected body.
Carriers. Given only during first term. (Credit, 2 session-hours.) Professor
Marshall.

Education B15: Anatomy and Physiology.—(Lectures, demonstrations,
recitations and reports.) A study of the anatomy and physiology of the human
body, especially adapted for the student of physical education and health.
First and Second Terms: A brief general study of the structure and function

of the various parts of the body. There will be frequent demonstrations of
anatomical dissections, models, microscopic preparations and physiological experiments.
Third term: A more detailed consideration of the physiology of movement
and exercise, including discussion of such topics as the following: the
general physiological effects of muscular exercise; the effects of muscular overwork
including fatigue, breathlessness, exhaustion, stiffness, chronic overwork,
habituation to work or training; the special physiology of the various forms of
exercise—gymnastics, games, dancing and athletics. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)
Hours to be arranged. Associate Professor Speidel.

Education B16: History and Principles of Health and Physical Education.—The
history of health and physical education with particular reference
to progress in Europe and America within recent times. The purpose of the
course is to acquaint the student with the various programs of health education
and systems of physical education, with leaders in these fields and with present-day
conceptions of these subjects. It would also consider the place of health
and physical education in the general scheme of present-day educational endeavor
and the principles governing the organization and administration of health and
physical education study in order to realize their aims, values and ideals.
(Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Education B17: Kinesiology.—Deals exclusively with the mechanical
problems of bodily movement of bones, joints and muscles. The principal
types of muscular exercise in gymnastics, athletics, etc. are studied as to their
reaction on the body, their relation in bodily development, efficiency of movement,
and the prevention and correction of certain physical defects and deformities.
(Credit, 2 session-hours.)

Education B18: Anthropometry, Corrective and Medical Gymnastics.—
The influence of family and personal history upon the present condition of the
individual; laws of growth; bodily measurements and examinations of special
senses; practical work in measuring, testing, and recording, and coordination
with the physical inspection program of school children in Virginia; examination
of heart, lungs, and for hernia; prescription of exercise for common structural
and postural defects of trunk and feet; functional defects and their treatment
by exercise and massage; the use of massage in health, athletics, and disease.
(Credit, 2 session-hours.)