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PROGRAM OF STUDIES FOR THE NORMAL PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATE

(A total of 30 session-hours is required.)

                                                                                                   

	For convenience of students for checking courses taken.
I. Required Subjects: 25 session-hours:
English—5 session-hours to be chosen from the following: Eng. s41, sA1-I, sA1-II, sA1-III, sA2-II, sA2-III, Dramatic Art sB3-I, Ed. s32 (P†) or s43 (G†), any B English courses. (No more than 3 A English courses may be taken.)	—
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History and Social Science—3 session-hours:
History sB3-I, sB3-II, or sB3-III	1—
Political Science sB1-I or sB1-II	1—
Any American History or Government course	1—
Geography—1 session-hour:
Ed. s46 or Economic Geography sB1-I or sB1-II	1—
Arithmetic—1 session-hour:
Ed. s45	1—
Science—1 session-hour:
Ed. s31, or Biology sB1-I, sB1-II, or sB1-III	1—
Industrial and Fine Arts—1 session-hour:
Ind. and Fine Arts s20, s21, or s22	1—
Music—1 session-hour:
Music sA1-I or s24	1—
Health and Physical Education—3 session-hours:
Ed. sB12-I (West Law course)	1—
Physical Ed. s92	½—
Physical Ed. s94	½—
Ed. sB12-II	1—
Education and Psychology—9 session hours:
Ed. sB2-I Educational Psychology	1—
Ed. sB2-II Educational Psychology	1—
Ed. sB2-III Principles of Teaching	1—
Ed. s36 or s38 (P†), or s37 or s43 (G†)	1—
Ed. sB1-I, or sB1-II, or sB1-III History of Education	1—
Ed. sB3-III Educational Tests	1—
Methods course	1—
‡Ed. sB4-IIIa Observation	1—
‡Ed. sB4-IIIb Practice Teaching	1—
II. Electives: 5 session-hours. They may be chosen as follows:
No more than 1 session-hour in English
No more than 3 session-hours in History and Government
No more than 2 session-hours in Geography
No more than 2 session-hours in Science	—
No more than 2 session-hours in Fine and Industrial Arts	—
	5 —
No more than 2 session-hours in Music and Music Appreciation	—
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No more than 3 session-hours in Education
No more than 3 session-hours in Biblical Literature
No more than 3 session-hours in Rural Social Economics
No more than 3 session-hours in Sociology
Total	—

P†—For Primary Teachers

G†—For Grammar Grade Teachers

‡From July, 1932, to July, 1936, Virginia teachers who can obtain
from their Division Superintendents statements of five years of successful
teaching experience may substitute 2 session-hours in any education courses
for Observation and Practice Teaching.

Appropriate credit will be allowed on this certificate for courses taken
in other standard teachers colleges or normal schools.