Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1894-1895 [PAGE 121]

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GENERAL LIST OF SUBJECTS.

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1. PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (Elementary Course).—This course is preliminary to all others. It is intended to serve as an introduction to the courses which follow and also to give a general survey of the field of the science for the benefit of those who cannot pursue the subject further. Fall and winter terms, full study. Professor KINLEY. 2. PRACTICAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.—The purpose of this course is to give the student a general knowledge of some of the more important practical questions of the times. No te,xt book is used, but topics are assigned for investigation, and the results presented in debates, followed by general discussion. Written reports will, as a rule, be required from those who lead the debates, in addition to the oral presentation, and a written summary of each debate from each member of the class. The class will meet twice a week, two hours at a time. Spring term, full study. Professor KINLEY. Required: Economics 1. 2a. MONEY AND BANKING.—In this course a study of the history and functions of money is followed by a critical study of the monetary and banking history of the United States and of such topics as the theory of prices, credit, government paper, etc. The method pursued is that of Economics 2, supplemented by lectures. Spring term, full study. Professor KINLEY. Required: Economics 1. (Not given in 1895-96.) 3. PUBLIC FINANCE.—The purpose of this course is the historical, comparative, and critical study of the methods and purposes of public expenditure, and of the different sources of revenue, and also the discussion of public debts, their placement, refunding, and redemption. Those who enter the course must take both terms' work. Graduate students will receive credit as such for the course, provided they have had Economics (1) and (2), or their equivalent, do additional reading assigned in Wagner, Cohn, Beaulieu, and other writers, and also prepare one extended paper, or two shorter ones, on topics connected

with the course. Fall and winter terms, three-fifths study. Professor

KINLEY.

Required: Economics 1.

(Not given in 1895-96.)

3a. FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. — This course begins with Hamilton's administration of the treasury. It deals with the growth and management of the national debt, and with the industrial expansion and the tariff history of the