III. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND GUIDANCE

240. The Learning Processes. Two hours credit. Fall and summer. A
study of the current theories and descriptions of the processes of learning.
The basic problems of biological and environmental factors are reviewed and the
principles of motivation and learning techniques are emphasized. The problem
of transfer of training in modern educational methods is investigated. Pre-
requisite, the Fundamentals Group. Nash.

241. Nontypical Children. Two hours eredit. Spring and summer. The
nature of individual differences. Basic theories of intelligence, particularly
as applied to deviates. Types and incidence of deviates. Special emphasis upon
school problems of mentally subnormal and giften children, delinquents and other
maladjusted children, blind, deaf, and hard of hearing, and other special types
of nontypical children. Especially for teachers of special classes, school psy-
chologists, anc counselors. Prerequisite, the Fundamentals Group. Turney.

242. Mental Hygiene. Two hours credit. Fall and summer. A study of
basic problems of adjustment of schocl children. Incidence and nature of emo-
tional maladjustments are studied with a view to their early recognition and re-
direction in children and adolescents. The course is designed tc help teachers
and other school people in their task of promoting normal development cf person-
ality. Some attention to case study methods as they apply to school children.
Prerequisite, the Fundamentals Group. Turney.

243. Clinical Problems in Education. Two hours. Spring and summer. This
course has three major aspects: first, the clinical study of children; second,
counseling and guidance; third, reading and study difficulties. They are pre-
sented so as to give students an overview of these areas and an understanding of
how they relate to the teacher's work. The work in this course will be carried
on largely in the educational clinic and the teachers laboratory. Prerequisite,
the Fundamentals Group. Nash.

257-357. Special Fields of Study in Educational Psychology and Guidance.
Two to six hours. Both semesters and summer. The following special fields of
study are presented for those students who wish to pursue more intensively var-
ious aspects of this area. This list is suggestive but not all inclusive: .

‘Improvement of reading and study (including laboratory work)
Guidance, counseling, and clinical techniques (laboratory practice)
Learning processes

Psychology of school subjects

Personality problems

Measurement of mental and other abilities

Character education

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Prerequisite for 257, the Fundamentals Group and satisfactory completion of

course credit in Psychology and Guidance; for 357, 15 hours of Education and

satisfactory completion of course credit in Educational Psychology and Guidance.
Staff

358. Seminar in Educational Psychclogy and Guidance. Maximum of 2 credit
hours... Prerequisite, permission of an instructor. Staff.

359. Thesis in Educational Psychology and Guidance. Both semesters and

summer. Credit to be arranged. Prerequisite, permission of an instructor.
Staff.

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