40 THE WEBER COLLEGE 4. Elementary School Curriculum. This course is given in response to the general demand for a greater mastery of subject matter by prospective teachers. The information to be taught will be studied and organized so that it can be taught efficiently. The subjects in the curriculum of the six grades of the elementary school will each receive detailed consideration. This course will include, therefore, (a) a review the state and city course of study, (b) a study of the sources of information called for by these courses, (c) actual finding and recording of special information not readily obtainable in text books and (d) organization of subject matter by grades. T., Th. Autumn and Winter quarters. Four credit hours. Text: Freeman's "Psychology of Common Branches." 5. Special Methods. A survey of the field of elementary school teaching, involving (a) a study of the outstanding characteristics of children, (b) the specific educational problems of the grades, and (c) the treatment of subject matter in these grades. Observation of class work will be a feature of the course. All the work in this course will deal with special methods as in individual subjects. M., W., F. Autumn and Winter quarters. Six credit hours. Text: Parker's "Elementary Methods." 6. Observation and Elementary Training. This is essentially a laboratory course affording opportunity for practice teachers to apply the principles of teaching developed in the theoretical courses. Preliminary THE WEBER COLLEGE 41 to actual teaching about three weeks will be devoted to the problem of plan-making. During the course fifty hours will be spent in systematic observation of superior classroom teaching and discussion of the activities observed. Students will actually teach not less than one hundred hours, receiving the benefit of frequent constructive criticism of expert supervisors. Spring quarter. Twelve credit hours. 7. Health EducationHygiene and Sanitation. Designed to meet state requirements in health education. The early part of the course is devoted to fundamental physiological processes, personal hygiene, hygiene of the school child, sanitation of school building, and surroundings, (public and home sanitation) and recognition of defects in children. As far as practical all phases of the work are intensified and made practicable by laboratory experiment and dem-onstration. M. W. F. Autumn quarter. Three credit hours. 8. Rural Education. Study of rural life and rural school problems. Special attention will be given to the creation of an appreciation of rural community life. Winter quarter. Two credit hours. 9. Mental Measurements. A course dealing with the application of various mental tests to normal and subnormal children. During the course definite surveys will be made, and first hand information will be obtained. Autumn quarter. Two credit hours. 10. Education Sociology. A course designed to study the influence of past and present forces and institutions of society upon education. Spring quarter. Two credit hours.