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For Undergraduates.

Education B1: History of Education.—(A course for both college and
professional students.) First term: Ancient and mediaeval periods. Second
term: Modern period. Third term: Education in the United States.
—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 10-11. P.H., 8. Professor
Ferguson.

Education B2: Educational Psychology.—First term: The learning
process. Second term: General methods of teaching and study. Third
term: Psychological factors in school management.—(B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 11-12. P. H., 8. Professor Ferguson.

Education B3: Educational Sociology.—First term: Principles of applied
sociology that most concern various types of education as determined
by the needs of democratic society, modern economic life and present-day
culture. Second term: The social aim and current problems in
curricula making. Third term: Social significance of various types of
extra-school education.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S.,
9-10. 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.,
9-10. 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 of electives-at-large.) T. Th. S., 10-11. 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 of
electives-at-large.) Professor Smithey. (Omitted in 1921-1922.)

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 of electives-at-large.) T. Th. S., 12-1. P. H., 7.
Professor Manahan.

Education B10: Methods of Teaching High-School Subjects.—Unit
courses of six weeks each in methods of teaching high-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 the B.S. 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, 1 session-hour toward the B.S. in Education.)
Hours to be arranged.

Education B11: Directed Teaching.—Education B10, prerequisite.—(For
candidates for the B.S. 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
the B.S. in Education.) Hours to be arranged.