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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

6. HYGIENE.—This course is offered to both men and women, and must be taken by young women who take physical training for credit. It is designed to impart a knowledge of the conditions of bodily health and activity. The course deals with those practical hygienic problems of everyday life that are wholly or in large part under the control of each individual. Fall and winter terms, Tu., at 3.20, one-fifth credit. Professor KEMP. PSYCHOLOGY

1. GENERAL ELEMENTARY PSYCHOLOGY.—This course is de-

signed for those who have not before studied psychology. The whole field of psychology is covered as thoroughly as the time will permit, and a substantial basis is given for later studies in psychology, philosophy, and pedagogy. Fall term, at 8, and at 2.20,

full credit. Dr. HYLAN.

Required: At least one year of University work.

2. EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY.—The object of this course

is to give the student an acquaintance with normal psychical phenomena, and training in laboratory methods and the use of apparatus. The first term will be devoted largely to experiments in sensation, and a development into the higher psychic functions. In the second term, attention, memory, association, habit, emotion, and volition are among the subjects treated. Each student is required to keep a careful record, in notes and drawings, of the experiments performed, and to become familiar with the literature. Winter and

spring terms, Tu., Th., at 8, and 7 hours of laboratory, to be arranged, full credit. Dr. HYLAN.

Required: Psychology 1.

3. COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY.—In this course the develop-

ment of mind is traced through the animal scale, beginning with the lowest animal forms. The higher forms of mental development are correlated with the mental activities of the child and the savage. A special laboratory is accessible for the study of the psychic powers of chicks, frogs, protozoa, etc., and experimental work will form a prominent feature of the course. Romanes and Lloyd-Morgan, with studies in anthropology and child life. Winter and spring terms, M.,

W'., at 3.20, and 3 hours of laboratory to be arranged, three-fifths credit. Dr. HYLAN.

Required: Psychology 1. 4. GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY.—It is the plan of this course to take up in their natural order the various developmental stages of the