BULLETIN OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NEW SERIES NO. 39 SEPTEMBER 1910 The State University of Oklahoma CORRESPONDENCE WORK IN THE School of Teaching NORMAN, OKLAHOMA The University Bulletin, published by the University, is is- sued every three months on the fifteenth as follows: March, June, September and December. Entered at the postoffice at Norman, as second class matter, under act of congress of July 16, 1894. The State University of Oklahoma CORRESPONDENCE WORK IN THE SCHOOL OF TEACHING PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE UNIVERSITY NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. PROVISIONAL ENROLLMENT IN THE SCHOOL OF TEACHING FOR WORK DONE BY CORRESPONDENCE Persons prepared under the rules for entering the School of Teaching who find it impossible to do all of the work in residence at the University may secure provisional enroll- ment in that school and complete by correspondence a limit- ed amount of work toward the B. A. degree. REGULATIONS 1. Those desiring to enroll for this work must make application to the director of the school and furnish the Committee on Advanced Standing a certificate of the work previously done for which they expect credit. 2. Students will be enrolled in any of the courses listed below for which they have had the required prere- quisites. 3. A course for which one enrolls must be completed within six months from the time of enrollment and no stu- dent will be permitted to take more than one course at a time. 4. The student must do the work under the direction of the instructor and take an examination when the work is completed. This examination must be taken either at the 4 The University of Oklahoma University or at some place designated by the instructor in charge of the course. The enrollment will be considered provisional only and the credits so gained may not count toward graduation until the student has completed all the remaining requirements for the B. A. degree in residence. 5. To cover the cost of postage and to pay for steno- graphic labor a small fee of one dollar for each hour's credit will be charged. Thus the fee for a three hour's course will be three dollars, and for a five hour's course, five dollars. COURSES OFFERED ASTRONOMY Astronomy I. Elementary Astronomy: From the text the student will be given a general review of the subject, and the class work will be supplemented by direct observa- tions of the sky. The student will learn to identify the prin- cipal constellations, will follow the varying motions of the moon and planets, and make such observations as he may continue in after life without instruments. This is a course for beginners and does not require mathematics. Text Moulton's Elements of Astronomy. Professor Meier. 2 hours. ECONOMICS Economics III. Money and Banking: The work will con- sist of recitations and assignments, and will be made as practical as possible. The rise, history, and development of the various banking and money theories are presented and discussed. White's Money and Banking; Report of the Mon- etary Commission. Professor Dowd. 3 hours. EDUCATION Education la. History of Education to the Renaissance: A study of the ideals that controlled various ancient na- tions, and of their attempts to realize these ideals through educational systems. Attention will be given especially to the schools of the Greeks, of the Romans, and of the He- brews; the education of the early Christian centuries; and the rise of the university. Professor Barrett. 3 hours. Education III. Secondary Education: This course is de- signed first, to give a knowledge of the historical develop- 6 The University of Oklahoma ment of the American high school, and to make a compara- tive study of secondary education in England, France, and Germany. Second, following this prehminary survey, a practical study will be made of the problems of the high school, including its place in an educational system, its rela- tion to the community, its courses of study, the educational value of high school subjects, the physical, intellectual, and moral characteristics of the adolescent period. Prerequisites: Education la or lb and Education II. Professor Erwin. 3 hours. Educaton IV. Organization and Administration of Pub- lic School Systems: This course embodies a comparative study of public school systems, of the methods by which ed- ucational and financial administration are being separated, of means of fixing responsibility, of the organization of day, evening, and vacation schools. Prerequisites: Education la or lb, and Education II. Professor Barrett. 2 hours. Education V. Educational Classics: A historical and critical study of the writings of Comenius, Fenelon, Rous- seau, Spencer and other famous educators of Europe and England. Professor Floyd. 2 hours. ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE English VI. Engljsh Literatute from Spenser to Pope. 1575-1645: A study in movements, with special attention to the secondary dramatists of the Elizabethan time, the Restoration and the rise of classicism. Professor Hadsell. 3 hours. English VIII. Shakespeare: The early comedies, the chronicle plays, the later comedies, the tragedies and the romances are studied in succession. Particular attention is [jaid to the growth of the mind and art of the man Shakes- peare. Ten plays are studied in class and ten or more, to- gether with the life of Shakespeare, are assigned for library reading. Students who have not had at least two years of English if) college should secure permission of the instructor to enroll in this course. Profc^ssor Brewer. 3 hours. Correspondence Work 7 English XVIII. American Literature: A study of the literary productions of America from the settlement of the colonies to the present time. The colonial and revolution- ary periods are treated in a general review. Special atten- tion is given to Irving and Cooper, to the New England and Southern schools, and to recent men of letters. Through- out the course the development of literature in America is studied in relation to its contemporary development in Eng- land. Miss Loomis. 3 hours. FRENCH French VI. Classicism; Study of pohtical, social and literary history of the seventeenth century. Corneille's Cin- na, Horace, Le Cid; Moliere's L'Avare, Les Precieuses Ridi- cules, Les Femmes Savantes; Racine's Athalie, Iphigenie, Andromaque, Les Plaideurs, Prerequisite, French III or V. Professor Dora. 3 hours. GEOLOGY Geology I. Elements of Geology: A study of the chief kinds of rocks and the method of their formation; of volca- noes and earthquakes; of destructive and reconstructive processes of crustal movements and the structure of the principal mountain chains of the world. Each student is expected to make at least one field trip. Text, Scott's In- troduction to Geology. Professor Ohern. 3 hours. Geology II. Historical Geology: A study of the chrono- logical succession in the rocks of the earth's crust, of the de- velopment of the continents and of the crustal movements at various periods. Special attention is given to the progres- sive development of plant and animal Ufe, the classification, structure, range and distribution of extinct forms, and to the origin, development and decline of several representa- tive classes. This course with Geology I and VI is required of all students who take their major work in geology. Each student is expected to make at least one field trip. Text, Scott's Introduction to Geology. Professor Ohern. 3 hours. 8 The University of Oklahoma Geology VI. Physiography: A study of the develop- ment of land forms and of the agents which produce them. Special attention is given to the life history and work of streams, to glaciers, the ocean, etc. This course may be taken by those who have had no geology and is required of all those who take their major work in geology. Text, Sal- isbury. Professor Ohern. 3 hours. Geology XVI. Local Geology: The geology and geo- graphy of Oklahoma, with particular reference to mineral resources, soil, water supply, etc. Reference work, field work, and interpretation of topographic and geologic maps. This course may be taken by those who have no geology. Professor Taylor. 2 hours. Geology XVII. Local Geology: This is a continuation of course XVI and the nature of the work is the same. Pre- requisite, Geology XVI. Professor Taylor. 2 hours. GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE German III. German Prose and Poetry: Two standard works such as Schiller's Wilhelm Tell and Freitag's Journal- isten are read in class. One hour a week is devoted to the study of prose composition and advanced syntax and one hour is given to drill in conversation. Texts, Pope's Prose Composition and Voss and Holt's Conversational German. Professor Meier, Associate Professor Voss and Mr. Holt. 5 hours. German IV. German Prose and Poetry: Reading and critical study of representative German ballads and lyrics. Texts, Dilards aus dem Deutchen Ditcherwald and a prose text such as Heine's Harzreise. Study of Pope's Prose Composition and Voss and Holt's Conversational German continued. Reports upon assigned readings. German is the language of the class room. Professor Meier, Associate Professor Voss and Mr. Holt. 5 hours. German V. Classic German: Lessing and Schiller. Lessing's EmiHa Galotti will be read in class, and the au- thor's literary significance studied and discussed. Reports Correspondence Work 9 upon assigned readings will be received in class. One of Schiller's masterpieces will be studied in class, and an ap- preciative estimate of the of the author's position in German literature will be sought after. Professor Meier. 3 hours. German VI. Classic German: Goethe. A systematic study of the life and writings of the author. Hermann and Dorothea or Faust I will be read in class. Reports in Ger- man upon assigned readings. Professor Meier. 3 hours. German VII. Nineteenth Century Literature: A study of German hterary movements in this century. Especial emphasis will be put on the importance of the romantic school. Parts of Kleist, Grillparzer and Otto Ludwig will be read and studied in class. Professor Meier. 3 hours. German VIII. Nineteenth Century Literature: The novel and drama of more recent times will be studied. Re- ports upon outside readings. Representative authors such as Suderman, Hauptman, Fulda and others, will receive atten- tion in class as well. The literary significance of the Wag- nerian opera will be discussed. Professor Meier. 3 hours. German IX. Scientific German: The aim of this course is to afford students of the sciences an acquaintance with technical, scientific nomenclature and style. Translation of German Scientific texts and articles in current technical per- iodicals will be required oi students. Wait's German Scien- tific Reader will be used as as a text. Professor Meier. 2 hours. German X. Scientific German: Continuation of Course IX. Translation of German scientific texts (Goechen Samm- lung) and articles in current technical periodicals. Brief lectures in German on various topics selected from the dif- ferent sciences will be from time to time required to be given in the class by the student, the subject matter to be subsequently discussed in class. Professor Meir. 2 hours. German XIII. A Course in Commercial German: This is a course embodying commercial nomenclature and corres- pondence, with frequent drill in colloquial mercantile Ian- 10 The University of Oklahoma guage. Text, Whitfield and Kaiser's Course in Commercial German. Prerequisite, German I and II. Professor Meier. 2 hours. German XV. History of German Literature from the Earliest Times to the Time of Lessing: This is a general sur- vey of German Literature up to the classic period, showing its development in connection with the political history of Germany. Open to all students who have taken German III and IV. Thomas' German Literature will be used as text. Reports and collateral reading. Associate Professor Voss. 3 hours. HISTORY History II. Early and Mediaeval England: This is the first half of a general course in English History. Professor Gittinger. 3 hours. History III. Modern England: This is the second half of a general course in Enghsh history. Professor Gittinger. 3 hours. History IV. Eighteenth Century Europe: A study of the development of the modern political and industrial con- ditions. Special attention will be given to the French Rev- olution. Associate Professor Floyd. 3 hours. History IX. Mediaeval Europe: An introductory sur- vey of the period from the barbarian invasions to the end of the fifteenth century. Text and readings. Associate Pro- fessor Floyd. 3 hours. History XI. History of the American Colonies: The object of this course is to make a study of the development of the English political, social and economic principles under American conditions. The work will be based on Thwaite's Colonies, Fisher's Colonial Era, and references to other acces- sible sources. Prerequisite, History la and lb. Professor Buchanan. 3 hours. History VII. Tkkkitokial Expansion: This is an infor- mal course requiring investigation into the geography of the United States, tracing the successive additions to our terri- Correspondence Work 11 tory from the beginning of the government down to the present. Prerequisite, History V and VI. Professor Buch- anan. 2 hours. LATIN Latin III. Cicero's Essays: Two or more, with a study of sources and the author's philosophic style. Comparisons of modern essays on hke subjects. Miller's Composition. Professor Sturgis. 3 hours. Latin IV. Horace's Odes and Epodes: Smith. Study of meters. Reading of essays and monographs on Horace. The Satires and Epistles will occasionally be read instead of the Odes and Epodes. In that case a few of Juvenal Satires will be read in addition. Papers on suggested subjects will be required. Professor Sturgis. 3 houis. Latin V. Plautus and Terence: Two plays will be read. Attention will be given to the history of Latin grammar and to the origin and development of the Latin drama. Prere- quisite, Latin I, II, III, and IV or their equivalent. Professor Sturgis. 3 hours. Latin VI. Tacitus: The Germania and Agricola, or ex- tracts from the Annales, will be read. Attention will be given to disputed readings and to work in the history of Rome. Prerequisite, Latin I, II, III, and IV or their equiva- lent. Professor Sturgis. 3 hours. Latin VIII. Latin Literature in English: A Study of masterpieces of Latin literature translated into English. Prerequisite. English I and II. Professor Sturgis. 2 hours. MATHEMATICS Mathematics I. Advanced Algebra: Embracing the subject of imaginaries, variables and hmits, permutations and combinations, binomial theorem, series, undetermined coefficients, and theory of equations. This course presup- poses a minimum of one and one-half years in algebra cover- ing thoroughly the topics enumerated in the description of entrance units numbered 5 and 7b. Professor Reaves and Associate Professor Duval. 3 hours. 12 The University of Oklahoma Mathematics Ila. Plane Trigonometry: Derivation and use of formulas, solution of triangles, trigonometric equa- tions and identities, graphs of functions, computation of log- arithms, and the elements of complex numbers. Prerequi- site, Mathematics I. Professor Reaves. 3 hours. Mathematics III. Analytic Geometry: Equations and their loci, transformation of co-ordinates, the straight line, circle, and other conic sections, general equation of second degree, some higher plane curves, introduction to solid geo- metry. Prerequisite, Mathematics Ila. Text, Smith & Gale. Professor Reaves and Associate Professor Duval. 5 hours. Mathemcatis IV. Calculus: An elementary course in differential and integral calculus. Prerequisite, Mathematics III. Text, Osgood. Associate Professor Duval and Professor Reaves. 5 hours. PHILOSOPHY Philosophy I. The History of Ancient and Mediaeval Philosophy: A few lectures will be devoted to showing the relation of the early Greek philosophy to the more primitive thought of prehistoric times. The early development of Greek thought will be discussed, then the period of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, Epicureanism and Stoicism. The last third of the course will describe the general course of mediae- val thought. Professor Barrett. 3 hours. PHYSIOLOGY Physiology VII. Physiology and Hygiene: A general course concerning the efficient human body and healthy liv- ing and comprising knowledge and training essential to a modern education. The principles of personal and domestic hygiene are discussed. This course may be used to prepare for teaching in the secondary schools, as the chief method of physiologic investigation and instruction are illustrated. This course and course VIII provide the six credit hours re- required in Physiology under Group VI. Demonstrations,lab- oratory studies, and assigned readings. Open to all students. Not counted as major work. Text, Hough and Sedgwick's Elements of Physiology. Professor MacLaren. 3 hours. Correspondence Work 13 Physiology VIII. Physiology and Sanitation: A gener- al course concerning the efficient human body and the sani- tation of its surroundings, the right conduct of physical hfe and domestic and public health. The simpler home reme- dies, home nursing, and the Red Cross first-aids in emergen- cies are considered. May be used to prepare for teaching in secondary schools. This course and Physiology VII provide the six credit-hours required in Physiology under Group VI. Demonstrations, laboratory studies and assigned readings. Open to all students. Not counted as major work. Text, Hough and Sedgwick's Elements of Hygiene and Sanitation. Professor MacLaren. 3 hours. PSYCHOLOGY Psychology la. General Psychology: The purpose of this course is to famiUarize students with psychological facts, psychological distinctions, and to train them how to best interpret psychological pheonomena. Among the topics studied are: a brief study of the central nervous system; sensation and perception; habit; instinct and emotion; the stream of consciousness; attention, imagination and memory. Professor Erwin. 3 hours. Psychology III. Pathological Psychology : A study of such psychoses as throw light on the general and genetic prob- lems of psychology. Disorders of sensation, memory, associ- ation, emotion and volition; order of failure of mental func- tions; some statement of heredity. A study of certain typi- cal intoxication, exhaustion, and infection psychoses. Read- ings from Kraeplin and Ziehen. Prerequisite, Psychology la. Mr. Brockway. 3 hours. Psychology V. Analytic Psychology: A discussion of the problems resulting from the treatment of psychology as a natural science; theories of mental elements, relations of brain states to mental states. This course is open to stu- dents who are familiar with the facts of general and com- parative psychology. Mr. Brockway. 2 hours. 14 The University of Oklahoma Psychology VIII. Psychology of Education: The pur- pose of this course is to give the psychological basis of teaching. The work will include a brief study of such topics as brain anatomy and the central nervous system as related to psychic activities, nervous plasticity and habit, interest and attention, association, memory and imagination, apper- ception and perception, emotion and instinct, reasoning and volition. Prerequisite, two years of college work or equival- ent. Professor Erwin. 3 hours. SOCIOLOGY SociOLOGV I. Elements of Sociology: A Study of the factors that determine social life, such as chmate, flora and fauna and inherited psychological characteristics. The origin and development of social institutions such as govern- ment, law, the family, economic organizations, religion, art, education, ceremonies and customs are investigated. Professor Dowd. 3 hours. In addition to these courses, others possibly may be taken if the appUcant has access to adequate Ubrary or lab- oratory facilities. The University Bulletin has been established by the university. The reasons that have led to such a step are: first, to provide a means to set before the people of Oklahoma, from time to time, information about the work of the different departments of the university; and, second, to provide a way for the publishing of departmental reports, papers, theses, and such other matter as the university believes would be helpful to the cause of education in our state. The Bulletin will be sent post free to all who apply for it. The university desires especially to exchange with other schools and colleges for similar publications. Communications should be addressed: THE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN, University Hall, Norman, Oklahoma.