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HOME ECONOMICS—COOKING AND SEWING.

Prerequisites for Course.

• a. Graduation from accredited high school.

• b. Two high school units in Home Economics, or sufficient evidence
  of skill in cooking and sewing.

• c. Two session hours of college chemistry.

• 1. Clothing:

           

  a.	Plain Sewing	1 session hour
  b.	Elementary Dressmaking	1 session hour
  c.	Advanced Dressmaking	1 session hour
  d.	Design	1 session hour
  e.	Textiles	1 session hour

• 2. Foods:

           

  a.	Cookery	1 session hour
  b.	Menu Making—Marketing	1 session hour
  c.	Dietetics	1 session hour
  d.	Food Study	1 session hour
  e.	Household Management	1 session hour

• 3.

   

  Home Nursing

  1 session hour

• 4.

   

  Care and Feeding of Children

  1 session hour

• 5.

   

  Elective

  1 session hour

• 6.

     

  Methods and Practice Teaching	2 session hours
  	15 session hours

• 1.

   

  History

  six session hours credit

  Suggested distribution of credits:

  • European

  • English

  • American

  • Government

  • Elective

  • Teaching of History

• 2. Languages:

                     

  a.	English	six session hours
  	Rhetoric and Composition	two session hours credit
  	English Literature	one session hour credit
  	American Literature	one session hour credit
  	Elective	one session hour credit
  	Teaching English in high school	one session hour credit
  b.	French	six session hours credit
  c.	German	six session hours credit
  d.	Spanish	six session hours credit
  e.	Latin	six session hours credit

• 3. Manual Arts:

  • 1.

     

    Elementary Schools

    six session hours

                 

    a.	Drawing	three hours per day for thirty days
    	Credit	two session hours
    	This course should include one hour of lecture and two hours of laboratory work.
    b.	Industrial Arts	four hours per day for thirty days
    	Credit	three session hours
    	This course should include two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory work.
    c.	One course of thirty hours in elementary education.

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  • 2.

     

    Drawing for secondary schools

    six session hours

                   

    a.	One course of thirty hours in Art Appreciation or History of Art.
    	Credit	one session hour
    b.	Composition and Design	five hours per day for thirty days
    	One hour lecture and four laboratory.
    	Credit	three session hours
    c.	One course of thirty hours in Theory and Practice of teaching drawing.
    	Credit	one session hour
    d.	One course of thirty hours in secondary education.

  • 3. Manual Training for Secondary Schools:

                     

    a.	Mechanial Drawing and Design	two hours per day for thirty days.
    	Credit	one session hour
    b.	Shopwork	five hours per day for thirty days
    	Credit	one session hour
    	One hour lecture and four hours shop.
    c.	One course of thirty hours in Theory and Practice of Manual Training.
    	Credit	one session hour
    d.	One course of thirty hours in Secondary education.
    	Credit	one session hour

         

  g.	Mathematics	six session hours credit
  h.	Music:
  	Skill and six session hours in teaching public school music.
  i.	Physical Education.

The applicant must be a graduate of a four year high school, and in
addition must have pursued a course of college grade for at least two
years, offering the following approximate content:

Anatomy, physiology, three (3) session hours; History, general principles
of physical education, and physiology of exercises, three
(3) session hours; Medical inspection, preventive medicine and corrective
exercises, three (3) session hours; Organization and administration
of physical education, theory of play, practice teaching,
gymnasium and related training, three (3) session hours; Participation
in at least one major and one minor sport with athletic
practice.

The graduate of a three or four term summer course given in an institution
of recognized standing will be given this special certificate,
provided the total number of hours devoted to physical education and
related studies approximate the requirements set forth above.

j. Science:

                               

(1)	Agriculture—six session hours distributed as follows: Animal Husbandry Plant Husbandry Elective in Science Method of teaching Agriculture
(2)	Biology	six session hours
	Botany	two session hours credit
	Zoology	two session hours credit
	Human Biology	one session hour credit
	Teaching Science in high school	one session hour credit
(3)	Chemistry	six session hour
(4)	General Science—six session hours distributed as follows: Economic Geography Biology Physics Method of Teaching General Science in high school.
(5)	Geography	six session hours
	Physical Geography
	Commercial Geography
	Geology
	Meterology
	Education
	Sufficient laboratory work in each course to meet requirements.
(6)	Physics	six session hours