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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

Nursing Education B1: History of Nursing: A study of the development
of nursing and the care of the sick from ancient times under religious, military
and secular forms of organization, up to the present—including the beginnings and

growth of modern professional nursing in England and America and a survey of
nursing in foreign countries. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Oates.

Nursing Education B2: The Curriculum in Schools of Nursing: This
course deals with the construction of curricula for schools of nursing of varied
types, the aims that determine the content, the selection and arrangement of subjects
and a consideration of method suitable to different subjects. It includes also
discussion of classroom management and equipment, text and reference books,
types of examinations and ways of grading. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Oates.

Nursing Education B3: Methods of Teaching Nursing Practice: A study
of the aims and scientific principles underlying nursing procedures, the proper
teaching methods, and the selection and organization of subject matter for a
course for student nurses. Each student will be expected to do some independent
planning and demonstration within the group. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Mayo.

Nursing Education B4: Supervision in Hospitals and Schools of Nursing:
A course designed primarily for supervisors and head nurses giving a general
knowledge of hospital and nursing school management and organization. It will
deal with the more common problems encountered in the direction of ward or
department, with the principles underlying effective supervision and with the
teaching of student nurses through the proper correlation of classroom and ward
experience. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Mayo.

Nursing Education B5: Administration in Schools of Nursing: This
course deals with the varied problems of nursing schools in their interrelation
with hospitals, other health and social agencies and educational institutions. It
considers the questions of organization, management, finance, staff appointment and
development and student education. And discusses the duties and responsibilities
of the principal of the school to the board, the staff, the student, the patient and
the community. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Oates.

Nursing Education B6: Materia Medica: A course designed for those
who expect to teach the subject in nursing schools. Proper methods of teaching
solution problems will be demonstrated, the general subject-matter of materia
medica reviewed and the newer use of laboratory and illustrative material discussed.
(Credit, 2 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor McLeod.

Required and Suggested Courses to be found in General Catalogue as follows:

In the College—

                                 

	Page
Biology B1, General Biology	169
Biology C1, Evolution and Heredity	169
Chemistry B1, General Chemistry	172
Economics B1, Principles of Economics	178
English A1, Composition and English Literature	181
English A2, Composition and American Literature	181
English B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6	182
History B2, Modern European History	189
History B3, General American History	189
Philosophy B2, Ethics	193
Philosophy B3, History of Morals	193
Psychology B1, General Psychology	194
Psychology B3, Abnormal Psychology	195
Public Speaking B1	199
Sociology B1, Community and Society	203
Sociology B3, Prob. of Public Welfare and Social Adjustment	203

In the Department of Education—

             

Education B1, History and Philosophy of Education	231
Education B2, Educational Psychology	231
Education B12, School Hygiene and Sanitation	234
Education C1, Advanced Educational Psychology	234
Education C6, Mental Measurements	235
— Anatomy and Physiology
— Medical Bacteriology