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DESCRIPTION OF DEPARTMENTS ECONOMICS

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The study of economics by undergraduates may extend through three years. The work is so arranged that the student can take a continuous course for from one to three years. The introductory courses are repeated each year, and the advanced courses are divided into two groups and given in alternate years. Text-books are used in the introductory courses, but only as guides. The assigned readings are designed to cover as large a field as possible in the literature of the subject, to present all disputed matters from different points of view, and are supplemented by diseussions and lectures. Educational development, acquaintance with the subject, and training for good citizenship are ends kept steadily in view. Minor courses in sociology are provided for in the department.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

The courses are designed to give a continuous view of the twofold subject from the earliest times to our own day. In the junior and senior years double courses are offered, so that students, having had the fundamental work of the sophomore year, may, if desired, confine themselves either to philology or to literature. The aim in the study of literature is to approach the works of an author from the philosophical, emotional, and esthetic, as well as from the merely linguistic and historical, points of view.

FRENCH

(See Romance Languages, p. 61.)

GERMAN

Four years of instruction are offered in this subject. The first year's class is taught in two divisions : one comprised of students whose purpose is to acquire a knowledge of German literature; the other of those who wish merely a reading knowledge of the language for scientific or technical purposes. The methods of instruction in each division are adapted to the ultimate aims of the study. The work of the second year is carried on according to the same plan. Course 2 offers a full year of readings in classic