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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.)
Associate Professor Snavely, Associate Professor Berglund
and Mr. Starnes.
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.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor
Berglund.
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.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate
Professor Snavely and Mr. Pinchbeck.
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. Associate Professor Snavely.
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 monetary
and banking problems. 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 Kincaid.
Economics D1: History of Economic Theory.—Hours to be arranged.
Associate Professor Snavely.
Economics D2: Recent Economic Theory, with special attention to
problems in the distribution of wealth.—Hours to be arranged. Associate
Professor Kincaid.
Economics D3: Recent Schools of Economic Thought.—Hours to
be arranged. Associate Professor Berglund.
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.) Associate
Professor Williams, Mr. Coleman and Assistants.
Government B2: International Relations: Government B1 prerequisite.—The
nature of international law; the attributes of soverign 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
by lectures, assigned reading, and class reports.—(B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.) Associate 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. Associate
Professor Williams.
Government D1: Political Theory.—The political theory of Hobbes,
Harrington, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Bentham, J. S. Mill.
Hours by appointment. Associate Professor Williams. Omitted in
1921-1922.
Government D2: Modern Political Theory and Institutions.—
Hours by appointment. Associate Professor Williams.
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