Continuing Education — Arts, Letters and Science Continuing Education — Arts, Letters and Science DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Geology COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 061. Gemology—Physical and other properties of the minerals and rocks used as gems in jewelry or decorative pieces. (4) 062. Mineralogy for Prospectors—A course designed to acquaint prospectors, miners, hunters, and hikers with common ore minerals and their associated gangue minerals. Emphasis on simple physical and chemical tests for the identification of these minerals and on their mode of occurrence. (2) DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY Political Science COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 051. Municipal Administration—This course in management training is designed to produce skills for handling managerial problems in accordance with sound principles. (5) 052. Municipal Planning—Planning the effective utilization of city resources and facilities, with particular emphasis on transit lines, sewage system, parks and playgrounds, public buildings, zoning and water supply. (5) 053. Municipal Personnel—Practical analysis of municipal personnel problems. The course deals with organization, classification, training, promotion, disciplining, and paying city employees. (5) 054. Municipal Finance—Practical analysis of the operation and techniques of municipal finance. The course will study local problems in connection with revenue, budget making, accounting, assessments, purchasing and storage, long-term financing, and other financial controls. (5) 056. Municipal Fire—Examination of the important fire safety principles and use of equipment for effective operation will be studied. (5) 057. Municipal Public Works—Practical analysis of procedures and techniques for the efficient management of munici- 394 pal public works. Particular attention is given to streets, sewage, waterworks and airport operation. (5) 058. Municipal Recreation—Practical analysis of the planning and operation of community recreation. The history of local problems will be noted. Planning for city wide participation is emphasized. (5) 059. Municipal Public Relations—Practical analysis of the public relations process. Involves study of communications between city and community, use of news media, and intraorgani- zational communication. (3-5) 060. Practical Politics—A practical course designed for the layman to aid him in understanding the political processes. Philosophy COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 114. Introduction to Religion—Major problems of religion in the Western world, such as conceptions of God, ways of knowing God, religious values, possibility of immortality, human freedom. (5) 118. Types of Religious Philosophy—Intellectual foundations of some major contemporary movements in religious philosophy, such as Protestant Modernism, Scientific Humanism and Existentialism. (5) 120. Introduction to the Bible—Background of the Bible. In addition to selected readings, special consideration is given to the dating of the books of the Bible, authorship, canonization of the books, and preservation and transmission of the English Bible, including Protestant and Catholic versions. (5) 121. Introduction to the Old Testament—Major books of the Old Testament, considered in their historical context. The Pentateuch and writings of the great prophets are the major focusing points. (3) 122. Introduction to the Apocrypha—This course continues the history of the Jewish tradition of Old Testament times ending in about 200 B.C. down into New Testament time ending about 150 A.D. This is a history of intertestamental times and the writings that played an important role in early church history. (3) 123. Introduction to the New Testament—Corpus of New Testament literature in its chronological setting. Letters of Paul, 395