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Show Division of Technical Education Lorenzo E. Peterson, Chairman The Technical Education Division is set up to give instruction in the following: Industrial Technology, Day Trade, Exploratory, and Trade Extension. Maximum utilization of the shop space is made by scheduling classes, either day or evening, according to the needs of students and the availability of the shop. The Divisions of Weber College cooperate by offering courses for related and transfer programs. The Technical Education Division is equipped to give, for the other divisions, special courses designed to meet the needs of students who require practical and technical work experiences. Industrial Technology is a program leading toward a bachelor's degree in the following fields: Auto Body Technology, Automotive Technology, Carpentry Technology, Diesel Technology, Machine Shop Technology, Electronics Technology. A combination program may be elected depending upon the needs of the individual, providing the program is approved by the chairman of the division of technical education. The Exploratory Program is designed to assist students who are not yet aware of their potentialities, capacities, and interests in the mechanical fields. Courses in this area are planned to give students physical contacts with beginning units in the basic trades. The Day Trade Program is designed to provide instruction in actual and stimulated work experiences obtained through the completing of exercises, projects, and jobs, carefully selected by the instructor, in keeping with the policies of the institution. The Day Trade Preparatory Courses are of two types: The Type A or Type B Trade Course. The Type A Trade Course is one in which the related subjects are taught in segregated classes apart from the practical shop work. In courses of this type, fifty percent of the school time, which must be not less than three consecutive clock hours in one day, and not less than fifteen hours a week, is given to practical work on a useful or productive basis, and a minimum of twenty-five percent of the school time to related subjects. The balance is given to general subjects. The time used may exceed the standards which are stated. A total of thirty clock hours of instruction a week must be carried. The Type B Trade Course is one in which the related instruction is given by the shop teacher, incidental to the shop instruction, with no separation of the total time into definite periods for the teaching of related subjects. In such courses, fifty percent of the school time, which must not be less than fifteen hours a week, is given to the |