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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES.
FOR UNDERGRADUATES.
Education B1: An Introductory Course.—First term: The school as
a governmental agency. Second term: The school as a social institution.
Third term: A survey of the psychological factors involved in Education.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professors Manahan,
Maphis and Ferguson.
Education B2: Educational Psychology.—First term: The learning
process. Second term: General methods of teaching. Third term: Psychology
of the school subjects.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
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.) Professor
Smithey.
Education B4: History of Education.—First term: Ancient and
mediaeval periods. Second term: Modern period. Third term: Modern
educational classics.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor
Ferguson.
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.) Professor
Manahan.
Education B6: Mental Tests.—Philosophy B3 or Education B2 prerequisite.—First
term: Tests of separate functions. Second term: Intelligence
scales. Third term: A study of selected investigations.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Ferguson.
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.) 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;
electives-at-large.) Professor Smithey.
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.) 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.
FOR UNDERGADUATES AND GRADUATES.
Education C1: Advanced Educational Psychology: Education B2 or
Philosophy B3 and one other B course in Education, prerequisite.—First term:
Original nature. Second term: Learning. Third term: Individual differences.
Hours to be arranged. Professor Ferguson.
Education C2: Educational Surveys: State, City and County: Education
B5 or B7 and one other B course in Education, prerequisite.—First term:
Organization, aims, scope and methods of school surveys. Second term:
A detailed study of selected school surveys. Third term: The limitations
and possibilities of educational surveys in the fields of elementary and secondary
education. Hours to be arranged. To be given in alternate years
with Education C3. Professor Manahan.
Education C3: Standard Tests in School Subjects: Education B5 or
B7 and one other B course in Education, prerequisite.—First term: Problems
in the application of the principles of scientific management to education.
Second term: Standard tests in school subjects; their derivation and
standardization. Third term: Application of educational tests, and the
interpretation of the results. Hours to be arranged. To be given in
alternate years with Education C2. Professor Manahan.
Education C4: Problems in Secondary Education: Education B7 or B5
and one other B course in Education, prerequisite.—An advanced course in
secondary education. Students will be required to make original investigations
of special problems relating to secondary education. Hours by
appointment. Professor Smithey.
Education C5: Sociology and Education: Education B3 and one other
B course in Education, prerequisite.—First term: The family as a social
and educational institution. Second term: Social education in the public
schools. Third term: The sociology of rural life. Hours to be arranged.
Professor Smithey.
FOR GRADUATES.
Education D1: Seminar in Educational Psychology.—Experimental
investigation of selected problems. Hours by appointment. Professor
Ferguson.
Education D2: Seminar in School Administration: Research studies
in state, city and county school organization and administration will be
made and reported for class discussion by each student. Hours by appointment.
Professor Manahan.
Education D3: Seminar in Secondary Education: Research studies
in secondary education. Each student will be given a special problem
which will be reported to the class for discussion. Hours by appointment.
Professor Smithey.
CULTURAL COURSES IN EDUCATION.
Six courses in Education (Education B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6) are
included in Group VI of the Group Electives. Candidates for the B.A.
and cultural B.S. degrees may fill the requirements of Group VI by selecting
two of these courses. The other courses in Education count as
Electives-at-large toward the above degrees.
COLLEGIATE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE.
Recipients of the Bachelor of Science in Education will receive the
Collegiate Professional Certificate, the highest form of certificate for high-school
teachers issued by the State Board of Education. This certificate
is valid for ten years, renewable for a similar period, and entitles the
holder to teach in both high and elementary schools in Virginia.
Holders of Collegiate Certificates, the certificate of second rank issued
by the State Board of Education, may obtain the Collegiate Professional
Certificate by attending the University one session and taking
four three-session-hour courses in Education.
Curricula organized to meet the requirements for the Bachelor of
Science in Education will fulfill the professional requirements for the
highest form of professional and collegiate high school certificates issued
by the state departments of education in the other southern states.
SPECIAL CERTIFICATES IN HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS.
Students who find it necessary to leave college to teach before completing
their full course may be issued special certificates by the State
Board of Education to teach any high-school subjects in which they have
completed two full years of study of college grade. These students should
plan to take two courses in Education during their second year in order
to become familiar with school problems.
COURSES FOR TEACHERS IN SERVICE.
Saturday courses in any subject offered in the Department of Education
will be arranged at the University for teachers in service, if requested
by at least five teachers. Degree credit will be allowed on the same basis
as in the regular courses, provided that not more than one and one-half
session-hours' credit shall be given for the work in any course for one
year.
EXTENSION CENTERS.
The Department will encourage the organization of extension courses
in convenient centers, for teachers in service. Members of the Education
Faculty will personally instruct any such classes organized. Arrangements
can be made to offer courses in Educational Psychology and Mental
Tests, Secondary Education and Educational Tests and Measurements.
The Professors in charge will meet the classes regularly, probably once
each week. Credit toward meeting the professional requirements for certificates
will be allowed by the State Board of Education.
BUREAU OF TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS.
Educational Tests.—The Department of Education maintains a Bureau
of Tests and Measurements as a feature of its extra-University
service. Select standard tests in school subjects will be supplied to cities,
counties and individual schools at cost. Members of the Faculty of Education
will visit the schools to be tested, train teachers in the use of the
tests and personally direct the giving and scoring of them, provided the
necessary travelling expenses are borne by the schools served.
Mental Tests.—In connection with its work in educational psychology,
the Department undertakes to assist school authorities in the diagnosis
and training of backward and gifted children. Assistance will be
rendered in the making of mental surveys and the establishment of special
classes. A clinic will be maintained for the study of cases accessible
to the University and the services of the professor in charge will be available
to any community in Virginia at the cost of the necessary test materials
and traveling expenses.
Any school official desiring the services of the Bureau of Tests and
Measurements should address the Dean of the Department.
BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS.
The University of Virginia maintains a Bureau of Appointments in
charge of a committee consisting of Professors J. L. Manahan, C. G.
Maphis, J. C. Metcalf and I. F. Lewis. The services of the bureau are
free to all teachers and prospective teachers seeking positions in secondary
schools (both public and private), normal schools, and colleges. Correspondence
with regard to appointment should be addressed to the Bureau
of Appointments (J. L. Manahan, Director), University, Virginia.
PUBLICATIONS.
For the use of teachers in high schools and school officers, the Bureau
of Extension of the University of Virginia issues the Virginia High School
Quarterly, which will be sent free of charge to all high-school teachers,
principals and superintendents. This publication will offer a medium for
disseminating the results of scientific studies of Educational Problems.
Superintendents, principals and teachers are invited to contribute important
studies which they may make from time to time.
THE SUMMER QUARTER.
The Summer Quarter of the University is an integral part of the University
Year, the Courses in the College of Arts and Sciences being the
same in character, method and in credit value as in the other quarters of
the year. In the Department of Education many additional professional
courses for elementary and high school teachers are given to meet
certificate requirements which are not offered in the regular session. The
Summer Quarter is divided into two terms for the accommodation of
those who can give only six weeks to the work but who desire University
credit. The First Term will begin June 21st, and will close July 31st,
with lectures five times a week. The Second Term will begin August 2nd,
and will close September 3rd, with six lectures a week. Students may
enter for either term or both.
The normal amount of work for college credit which a student may
take, is three courses with a credit value of three session-hours; but in a
few exceptional cases, by special permission of the Director and the approval
of the instructors in all the courses taken, permission may be obtained
to take more work. In all cases an additional fee of $5.00 will be
charged for each extra advanced course, and $3.00 for each extra elementary
course.
The University of Virginia Summer Quarter is conducted for teachers
and students in high schools, academies and colleges and for those who
desire professional training for primary and grammar grade work. It
also offers many courses for college credit, and others to meet the needs
of students preparing for college entrance or who have conditions to absolve.
It takes as its peculiar province, not the ordinary summer institute,
teachers, college students, and teachers of any grade who wish to
procure professional work.
EDUCATION CLUB.
An Education Club is conducted for the purpose of fostering a scientific
study of educational problems. Membership is open to all students
taking courses in Education, teachers, principals and superintendents
now in service, and members of the faculty of the University who are willing
to lend their influence and efforts toward placing the teaching profession
in Virginia and the South on a professional basis.
APPROXIMATE SUMMARY OF NECESSARY EXPENSES.
The figures in the following table may be taken as fairly accurate approximations
of all necessary expenses for a session of nine months. As
necessary expenses are reckoned here university and tuition fees, laboratory
fees, lodging, board, laundry, and books, but not clothing, traveling
expenses, or pocket money. Three estimates are given—a low, an average,
and a liberal estimate. The difference in the three depends on the
difference of expenditure for board, lodging, books, and laundry—in other
words, on the scale of living of the individual student. If a student
shares a room with another student, and practices the strictest economy,
he may possibly reduce his expenses below the low estimate.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
| Virginians | Non-Virginians | |||||
| Low | Average | Liberal | Low | Average | Liberal | |
| University Fee | $ 10 | $ 10 | $ 10 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 |
| Tuition Fee | 135 | 135 | 135 | |||
| Laboratory Fees (Average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service |
50 | 115 | 135 | 50 | 115 | 135 |
| Board | 160 | 225 | 270 | 160 | 225 | 270 |
| Books | 20 | 30 | 35 | 20 | 30 | 35 |
| Laundry | 15 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
| Total for Session of Nine Mos. | $265 | $410 | $485 | $430 | $575 | $650 |
SCHOLARSHIPS.
In order to encourage the training of teachers, the General Assembly
of Virginia, in 1918, founded one hundred and nineteen Virginia State
Teachers' Scholarships, one for each School Division in the State. The
emolument is free lodging, heat, light and janitor service in the university
dormitories. The holder of one of these scholarships must be a Virginian
needing financial assistance in order to attend the University, and
he must pledge himself to engage in some form of school work in the
State for at least two years, or, failing this, to repay to the University the
value of the scholarship. Appointments are made prior to September 1,
upon the recommendation of Division Superintendents of Schools. If
any Superintendent fails to make a recommendation, the vacancy thus
created may be filled from the State at large by the President of the University.
Blank forms of application will be sent upon request.
In addition to the Virginia State Teachers' Scholarships, there are a
number of other scholarships in the University available for students of
Education. A detailed description of them is given in the General Catalogue
of the University.
LOAN FUNDS AND STUDENT SELF-HELP.
The University is in possession of funds from which loans are made
to deserving students in need of such assistance. An account of these
loans is given in the General Catalogue, page 97. Inquiries concerning
them should be addressed to the Bursar.
Opportunities for obtaining remunerative employment are afforded
to students who are desirous by this means of partially paying their way
through the University. It is difficult to give definite assurance of employment
to a student before he reaches the University, but it may be
stated that any student with sufficient resources to carry him through the
first half of the session can be reasonably sure of obtaining work which
will help defray his expense for the rest of the academic year. Information
as to employment may be obtained from the secretary of the Committee
on Student Self-Help, Madison Hall, University, Virginia.
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