Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1896-1897 [PAGE 110]

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

eluding a well equipped insectary for experimental investigation. THE PHILOSOPHICAL GROUP AIMS The philosophical group includes those sciences which deal both with man as an individual, in the mental and moral spheres, especially as these are connected with his physical being, and also with man in society. The branches of knowledge included in the group occupy a place among the divisions of biological science, and it is intended to carry the spirit of biology, in the commonly accepted sense, into the investigation of these subjects. The general aim and scope of the group is the study of the character and development of the individual and of society, of the relations of man to external nature, of the influence of natural selection on social development, and, finally, of the possible effect of artificial selection on that development, through both subjective and objective influences. In the treatment of the subjects an effort is made to arouse the scientific spirit, and to keep in close touch with the other work in the College. Under this caption the subjects of psychology, pedagogy, economics, public law and administration, and philosophy are offered in the College of Science as electives to all chemical and natural science students, and to all students who desire to specialize in the philosophical subjects, with studies in the physical and natural sciences as a preparation for them. All the studies of this group are junior and senior subjects, open, as a rule, to those students only who have done two years of University work. CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECTS

PRESCRIBED The same as in either the natural science or chemical group, pp. 80 and 95. ELECTIVE List A (Major Courses) Economics 1 to 8; 2 to 11 credits. Pedagogy r to 7; § to g | credits. Philosophy 1 to 7; 1 to 6 credits. Public Law and Administration 1 to 9; \ to 9J credits. Psychology i to 9; 1 to 9 credits,