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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, Mr. Starnes and Mr. Pinchbeck.

Economics B2: The Growth of American Industry and Commerce:
Economics B1 prerequisite.—A study of the influence of economic conditions
upon American social and political development. This study is preceded
by a short review of European, particularly English, industrial development
before and during the colonial period. Special emphasis is given to the
influence of various phases of American industrial environment upon the
culture and civilization inherited from Europe.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3
session-hours.) Associate Professor Berglund.

Economics B3: Money and Banking: Economics B1 prerequisite.—During
the first term the principles of money and credit will be considered and
during the second term the principles of banking will be examined. The
third term will be given over to an analysis of the Federal Reserve System.
—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor Kincaid 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. Not given in 1923-24. Associate Professor Snavely.

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 Bebglund.

Economics D3: A Course of Research in Economic Theory.—Hours to
be arranged.

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 and Mr. Braxton.

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. 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.