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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.—This course aims to apply the

principles and resources of modern psychology to the needs of the teacher. Memory, attention, imagination, emotion, and will are analyzed, and the methods of their cultivation and control treated. Tests of the sense organs and of mental ability, and the principles of economy and mental hygiene, are taken up. Also the systematic observation of children, mental development and its physiological accompaniments, the child's instincts, emotions, and social relations. The course is amply illustrated by views, drawings, apparatus, and experiments. / ; daily; 1; (5). Assistant Professor HYLAN. Required: At least one year of University work.

5. PSYCHOLOGICAL SEMINARY.—It is the plan of this course to

take up the work of contemporary psychologists more exhaustively than is provided for in other courses. The work is preceded by a systematic study of the history of psychology, beginning with Hobbes. and the development of the various phases of the subject is traced to the present time. A knowledge of the history of modern philosophy will be found a valuable preparation. /. and II.; arrange for two hours a week; (4 each semester). Assistant Professor HYLAN.

COURSE FOR GRADUATES 101. RESEARCH COURSE.—Though primarily for graduates, the

course may be taken by seniors who give evidence of suitable preparation. If laboratory work, it must be preceded by Psychology 1 and 2. For other than laboratory work, the required preparation will depend upon the subject. PUBLIC LAW AND ADMINISTRATION

1. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.—Comparative study of modern

political systems, their historical development and practical operation. Lectures, assigned readings, reports, and discussions. The first semester is devoted to the leading features of national and state government of the United States; in the second semester the governments of the leading European states are studied. In connection with History 2 this course makes a full study running through the year. (See announcement under History 2.) /. and II.; M.,

W., F.; 2; (3). Assistant Professor TOOKE.

2. JURISPRUDENCE.—Elementary course in the origin, development, and classification of law, followed by an introduction to the fundamental principles of the English Common Law. /. and II;

Tu., Th.; 3; (2). Assistant Professor TOOKE.