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Show 20 WEBER COLLEGE: - OGDEN, UTAH # roarain o, Weber College aims to realize its objectives through its curriculum which includes the students' out-of-class activities as well as their in- class activities, the instruction proper. At considerable expense, the College conducts a continuous curriculum-building program to meet the needs _ of its four major groups of students. It aims to keep its curricula sensitive to social changes, and to community and individual needs. The Program of Studies is recommended to the President by the chairmen of the following divisions of the College: Division of Economics and Business (Business, Economics, Secretarial Science) Division of Humanities (Art, English Language, Literature and Speech, Foreign Languages, Music) Division of Life Sciences (Bacteriology, Botany, Agriculture and Forestry, Home Economics, Nursing, Zoology and Physiology) Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (Chemistry, Civilian Pilot Training, Geology and Geography, Mathematics and Engineering, Physics and Radio) Division of Physical Education (Health Education, Physical Education) Division of Social Sciences (History and Political Science, Orientation, Psychology and Education, Sociology and Philosophy) Division of Technical Education (Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Aircraft and Engine Mechanics, Auto Mechanics, Carpentry, Commercial Art, General Trades, Machine Shop, Power Sewing Machine Operation, Welding, In-plant Training, Supervisory Personnel Development, Unit Trade Training) ! Programs of Evening School and Summer Session (including courses from any one of the above divisions) are administrated by the Director of these sessions and recommended by the Director to the chairmen of the respective divisions, and to the President. Students who enroll in Weber College should decide between twt programs: (1) a program that takes them through the university and leads to a professional career, or (2) a program that ends with the junior college and leads into the semi-professions and industry. Courses paralleling the work of the lower division of the universities preparatory to junior standing in the liberal arts and sciences and in the professional courses of the universities are designed for those who choose the first program. These courses are called "transfer courses." Transfer courses offered in Weber College are the following: Agriculture, Art, Bacteriology, Botany, Business, Chemistry, Civil Pilot Training, Economics, Education, Engineering, English, Forestry, French, Geography, Geology, German, Health Education, History, Home Economics, Mathematics, Music, Nursing, Orientation, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Physiology, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish, Speech, and Zoology. Courses numbered from 1 to 49 inclusive allow college transfer credit. Courses of instruction of a cultural, semi-professional, trade, industrial, business, or other occupational nature that will qualify students to enter the industrial or commercial world at the end of two years or less of study are designed for those who choose the second program. These courses are called "terminal courses." Terminal students are not interested in graduation from senior institutions of higher learning. WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 21 Terminal courses offered in Weber College are the following: Agriculture (Floriculture and Gardening), Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Aircraft and Engine Mechanics (including Aircraft Mechanics and Aircraft Engine Mechanics), Auto Mechanics (including Auto Body Reconditioning and Automotive Service and Repair), Bacteriology (Sanitation for Food Handlers), Carpentry, Civilian Pilot Training, Commercial Art, Engineering (Industrial Electronic Control, and Slide Rule), English (Composition for Terminal Students), General Trades, Home Economics (Cafeteria Management), In-plant Training, Machine Shop, Power Sewing Machine Operation, Radio, Secretarial Science (Shorthand, Typewriting, and General Secretarial Courses), Supervisory Personnel Development, Trade-related Subjects (Drafting Problems, Internal Combustion Engines, Labor Problems, Vocational Orientation, and Vocational Science), Unit Trade Training, Welding, Zoology (Conservation of Wild Life). Courses numbered 50 and above allow terminal credit. Terminal courses are offered for junior college credit only and are accepted by Weber College toward graduation of the terminal student. Evening School Program The Evening School is an extended day session beginning at 5:30 p.m. and continuing until 12 p.m. The classes are open to all college students and to anyone over eighteen years of age. In special cases those under eighteen may enter upon the recommendation and approval of the principal of the high school last attended. Registration is held the same time and place as it is for day school. Fees are $2.00 a quarter hour with a minimum fee of $5.00. The School is administered by the President of Weber College, the Director of the Evening School, and the Evening School Committee. The College staff and faculty assist; however, the faculty of the Evening School is augmented by accredited teachers and expert craftsmen selected from other schools and from industry. It is the plan of the Evening School to build a permanent group of men and women as instructors. The purposes of the Evening School are: (1) to provide college courses leading toward a degree, (2) to train intensively in all business skills and techniques, (3) to upgrade those employed in trades and industries, (4) to train workers for peace-time activities, and (5) to provide general training in the cultural arts. Two kinds of courses are offered: (1) courses which fulfill requirements for college graduation in the arts, sciences, and professions, and (2) courses which increase vocational proficiency in trades, industry, and business. Courses of the first kind allow transfer credit. Those of the second allow terminal credit. The classes in the main are of the same duration except for terminal and laboratory classes which may begin and end any time within a quarter. The courses of the session are numbered in the Catalogue the same as those offered in the day sessions. On the student's record, however, courses taken in Evening School are designated by the prefix E. Summer Session Program The Summer Session Program is conducted throughout the Summer Quarter from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. in day and evening classes that give transfer or terminal credit. The courses of the session are numbered in the Catalogue the same as those offered in the day sessions. On the student's record, however, courses taken in Evening School are designated by the prefix S. |