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JAMES WILSON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS.

I. Economics.

Economics B1: The Principles of Economics: (Not open to first year
students.)—First and second terms: Survey of the principles of Economics.
Third term: 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.) Professor Page, Associate Professor
Snavely and Mr. Davies.

Economics B2: The Growth of American Industry and Commerce:
Economics B1 prerequisite.—Economic principles as illustrated by American experience,
with a study of the influence of economic conditions upon American
social and political development. The work is mainly topical and the topics
receiving chief emphasis vary from year to year. Professor Page.

Economics B3: Money and Banking: Economics B1 prerequisite.—First
and second terms: A study of monetary systems, forms of money and monetary
standards, value of money, price level and its fluctuations, principles and theories
of banking, foreign banking systems and the national banking system. Third
term: The Federal Reserve System. Associate Professor Snavely and Mr. McNair.

Economics C1: Public Finance: Economics B1 and one other B course
in the School of Economics or Commerce and Business Administration, prerequisite.—First
and second terms: The general principles of public finance, with a
detailed investigation of state and local taxation. Third term: The financial institutions
and methods of the federal government. Professor Page.

Economics C2: Advanced Money and Banking: Economics B1 and one
other B course in the School of Economics or Commerce and Business Administration,
prerequisite.—A course of research in current problems of monetary and
banking theories. An intensive study is made of foreign currency systems, Federal
Reserve System, cyclical fluctuations in business, etc. Topics are assigned
for individual investigation and written papers and problems are required. Hours
to be arranged. Associate Professor Snavely.

Economics D1: A course of research in Economic Theory.—Hours to
to be arranged. Professor Page.

Economics D2: History of Economic Theory.—Hours to be arranged.
Associate Professor Snavely.

Economics D3: Recent Economic Theory, with special attention to problems
in the distribution of wealth.—Hours to be arranged. Professor Page and
Associate Professor Snavely.

II. Government.

Government B1: Constitutional Government.—A description and comparison
of the principles and essential features of the governments of the United
States, England, France, Germany, and Switzerland, with especial emphasis on
the characteristics of the American constitutional system and the operation of
Congressional government. Instruction by lectures, textbook study, assigned
reading, and conferences with instructors.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Williams, Mr. Coleman and Assistants.

Government B2: International Relations: Government B1 prerequisite.
—The nature of international law; the attributes of sovereign states, their rights
and duties as members of the society of nations; the scope of existing international
government; the causes of modern wars; the problem of preserving peace
(peace projects of the past, the adequacy of arbitral machinery and the League
of Nations); international economic relations; the foreign policy of the United
States. Instruction by lectures, assigned reading, and class reports. Assistant
Professor Williams.

Government C1: Jurisprudence and the Elements of American Constitutional
Law: (Primarily for graduates and advanced undergraduates preparing
for law; Government B1 and B2 prerequisite.) First half-year: Various
concepts of the State, of sovereignty, and of political obligation; the nature,
sources, and forms of law, and its philosophical and sociological aspects. Second
half-year: Leading cases on American Constitutional Law. Hours by appointment.
Assistant Professor Williams.

Government D1: Political Theory.—The political theory of Hobbes, Harrington,
Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Bentham, J. S. Mill. Hours by appointment.
Assistant Professor Williams. Omitted in 1921-1922.

Government D2: Modern Political Theory and Institutions.—Hours by
appointment. Assistant Professor Williams.