PAGE 42 WEBER ACADEMY Education. College. Prof. H. A. Dixon. Educational Psychology.A discussion of the organizations which are developed in the nervous system and in consciousness through school training, and of the facts of learning in general, including memory practice, formal discipline, etc. The development of the child from infancy through adolescense is followed. Four periods per week, first semester. Three hours credit. Principles of Education.A study of the meaning, scope and aim of education. Methods of learning involved in various school subjects; corresponding methods of teaching. Four periods per week, second semester. Three hours credit. Review of the Common Branches.The purpose of this course is two fold: to review the subject matter of the courses given in the elementary schools, and to give instruction in the methods of teaching these courses. Four periods per week throughout the year. Six hours credit. History of EducationA brief review of mediaeval social life in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries is made and a brief survey of the development of vernacular schools in mediaeval cities. The following topics are then studied: the influence of the reformation upon the development of school systems and practices; the development of modern social forces, including nationalities, vernacular literature, natural sciences, and democracy; the consequent and gradual secularization of social life and education; the revolutionary development during the nineteenth century in public elemen- WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 43 tary-school systems and elementary-school practices. Four periods per week throughout the year. Six hours credit. (Not given in 1916-7.) Training and Methods.This course consists in observation and practice teaching in the Weber County schools. All work will be done under the supervision of the director of the Normal School and the County Superintendent and his supervisors. Students will be required to attend the County Teachers' Institutes as well as special critic meetings held at Weber. Sufficient additional time will be spent in class work to fulfill the requirements of a six-hour course. The methods of teaching in the Elementary schools will be considered in these class discussions. Training is primarily for second-year college studentsit may be elected by first-year college students who find it necessary to teach before they complete the Advanced Normal course. Physical Science. General Science.The purpose if this course is to arouse an interest in the study of science. The subjects of physics, chemistry, meteorology, botany, zoology, physiology, astronomy, physiography, forestry, and agriculture are treated in an elementary manner with the view of leading the student to find out for himself which sciences he wishes to study later in his course. Numerous experiments will be performed to illustrate the subjects studied. Snyder's First Year. Science is the text used. Three periods per week throughout the year. One-half unit credit. Geology.The course involves a study of dynamical and structural geology with special reference to the development of land forms. Special attention will be given to the geology of Utah, and to the coal and