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Show 14 The Curriculum Sensitive to the fact that the positive needs of its students and its community take shape wih the times, the College maintains a continuous curriculumbuilding program. It aims to keep its curricula flexible and adaptable to social changes and to individual need. The curriculum includes: 1. The in-class studies. 2. The out-of-class activities. 3. The off-campus cooperative training programs. The In-Class Studies The program of studies is organized into seven areas of instruction, called Divisions, each one of which is further organized into Departments to designate more specific course and subject areas, as follows: 1. The Division of Economics and Business: The Departments: Business Administration, Economics, Secretarial Science. 2. The Division of Humanities: The Departments: Art; English Language, Literature, and Speech; Foreign Languages; Music. 3. The Division of Life Sciences: The Departments: Bacteriology; Biology; Botany, Agriculture, and Forestry; Home Economics; Nursing Education; Zoology and Physiology. 4. The Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: The Departments: Aeronautics; Architectural, Engineering and Radio Technology; Chemistry; Geology and Geography; Mathematics and Engineering; Physics. 5. The Division of Physical Education: The Departments: Health Education, Physical Education, Recreation. 6. The Division, of Social Sciences: The Departments: History and Political Science, Orientation, Psychology and Education, Sociology and Philosophy. 7. The Division of Technical Education: The Departments: Aircraft Engine and Repair; Auto Body Reconditioning; Automotive Service and Repair; Carpentry, Joinery, and Millwork; Commercial Art; Cosmetology; Diesel Mechanics; Industrial Arts; Machine Shop; Maintenance Mechanics; Radio Mechanics; Refrigeration; Watchmaking; Welding. The Extension Division, which includes the Evening School, is an eighth administrative division. The Sessions: Courses are selected or adapted from all seven areas of instruction designated above, in regularly conducted evening school and summer session. 15 The Division, which conducts classes in the Evening School, held from 6 p. m. to 10 p. m., is an integral part of Weber College. By serving as a center of adult and community education, the adult Evening School and Extension Division provides means for achieving the aims of the College by scheduling: 1. A variety of training in business, trade, industry, and semi-professional courses in civic, cultural, personality, and human relations so that the individual may improve his capacity for living. 2. Courses of pre-professional and university training basic to continuing work for advanced degrees. The Evening School is designed particularly to meet the needs of: 1. Veterans who must enroll in courses related to on-the-job training. 2. Adults who desire to further their education. 3. All college students. The counseling service of the regular day school is a functional part of the adult school. Further information is available at the office of the Registrar or of the Chairman of the Extension Division. The Out-of-Class Activities The program of out-of-class activities is organized particularly as the means of achieving the foremost and constant purpose of Weber College: The development of its students and community along socially desirable lines. Such activities are more directly and immediately concerned with giving students experiences in the democratic way of life, with placing them in situations for creating personality and ethical character, and extending to them cultural opportunities for enriching their personal and social lives. The out-of-class activities are organized into three areas of activity, as follows: 1. Student government (student-sponsored) 2. Student activities (department-student sponsored) 3. College-community activities (college-community sponsored) Student Government, student initiated and participated in by all members of the student body, provides a living laboratory for the everyday practice of democracy, for the development of character, social responsibility, and the qualities of leadership, followership, and good citizenship. Organizations administered by students are: 1. The Associated Students of Weber College, The Sophomore Class, The Freshman Class. 2. The Associated Men Students, The Associated Women Students, The Women's Athletic Association. 3. The Board of Control. 4. Student committees, councils, and clubs: All of these organizations offer experiences in voting, in becoming a candidate for office within the rules of the Constitution of the Associated Students, or of particular organizations; in holding elective or appointive office; or in acting in a governing body, as a responsible member or representative for some campus group. (See Weber College Handybook.) |