WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 73 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Weber College has enriched its offerings by establishing a division in vocational education. In the year 1937 Weber College initiated an annual occupational survey of the work opportunities in the college locality. The first survey revealed the fact that there is a shortage of skilled mechanics as well as of competent well-trained persons for distributive and business work. Since there had not been an apprentice program in the state before the year 1936, there had been but few apprentices trained during the depression; period. Men in the trades had grown older, and many of them had changed to other occupations, thus creating room for younger persons with good training. All this emphasized the need for practical vocational and trade work in a vocational school. The aim of the vocational courses, therefore, is to give complete training in the fundamentals of the trade or business occupations, so that the student will be qualified to enter employment or eventually go into business for himself. Instruction is given in the shops, in the laboratories, and on practical jobs. In addition, instruction is given in technical theory and knowledge, and in those related subjects that all occupational workers must master in order to become proficient in their respective occupations. The Vocational Division of Weber College offers instruction in the following fields: Auto Mechanics, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Carpentry and Cabinet Making, Drafting, Machine Trades, Nursing, Shorthand, Typewriting, Office Machines, and Welding. Regular two-year courses are provided for students without previous trade or business experience. Shorter courses and periods of training are available. Stu dents are invited to register in the short courses any time during the school year. Requirements for admission into the Vocational Division are as follows: A student must present fifteen units of high school work or must have attained the age of eighteen years. If the student desiring to enter vocational training does not present the full fifteen units of high school credit, a recommendation from the principal of the high school last at tended must be submitted, providing the student has been in attendance at a high school within one year preceding the time of application for admission. Since the opportunities for placement and the equipment of some departments demand restriction of registration, Weber College reserves the right to limit registrations. Requirements for graduation from the Vocational Division are as follows: Before a student can become a candidate for graduation in the Trade and Distributive Occupations Division, he must show that he will have successfully completed any two-year vocational course as outlined in the catalogue or by the Dean of Instruction. Numbering of courses in the Vocational Division is as follows: Courses numbered 50 and above allow terminal credit. Regular college credit to be applied on a higher degree may not be given for vocational courses. Coordination and placement are responsibilities of the Vocational Education Department.