CATALOG 1952-1953


 EN. 518.-Organization and Administration of Secondary Schools. 3
hours. 3 credits. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 The varied duties and responsibilities of the school principal are comprehensively
studied. Competencies necessary for leadership in organizing, administering, supervising,
and evaluating the secondary school center are investigated.
 EN. 519.-Foundations and Problems of Curriculum Construction. 3 hours.
3 credits. This is a basic course for graduates doing major work in the In-
struction or Guidance fields. Offered 1, 3.
 Topics such as the following are studied in this course: conflicting viewpoints in
curricular practice, the relationship of pupil maturity to curriculum development, im-
plications of the guidance emphasis, approaches to writing courses of study, reorganizing
the program of studies, developing core courses, planning the co-curricular and extra-
curricular programs. Each student will present a discussion of some curriculum problem.
 EN. 520.-Laboratory Workshop in Curriculum Development. 6 or 12
hours of laboratory work. 3 or 6 credits. Prerequisite: EN. 519 or equivalent.
Offered 2, 3.
 Each student will be expected to survey the research and best thinking on practices
in the subject fields upon which he works in the laboratory. He will spend most of
his time developing resource units for teaching and writing courses of study.

 EN. 521.-Public School Business Administration and Finance. 3 hours.
3 credits. Offered 2, 3.
 Included in the scope of this course are the following areas: state, local, and fed-
eral financing of education; school financial records and reports; the preparation and
administration of budgets; purchasing procedures; the issuance and sale of school securi-
ties.
 EN. 522.-Educational Organization and Administration. 3 hours. 3
credits. Offered 1, 3.
 The basic course in school administration. It includes the following areas: Federal,
state and local relationships and functions; systems of educational organization in the
United States; duties of superintendents, board members, principals and trustees; the
organization of local school units; and the interrelationships of teachers, administrators
and supervisors.
 EN. 523.-Educational Organization and Administration. 3 hours. 3
credits. The second half of the course EN. 522-523. Offered 3.

 EN. 524.-Organization and Administration of Elementary Schools. 3
hours. 3 credits. Offered 1, 3.
 The organization and administration of the elementary school in the light of its
purposes and functions is studied. Special emphasis is given to the skills and compet-
encies desirable for leadership at a school center.

 EN. 525.-The Community School. 3 or 6 hours. 3 or 6 credits. Offered
1.
 To help the student acquire an understanding of the philosophy and purposes of
the community school, a knowledge of the best community school practices, and to plan
for developing a community school.

 EN. 526.-Problems of School Attendance Service. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 For attendance assistants with emphasis on problems of (1) reporting, study,
diagnosis and treatment of typical attendance problem cases, (2) relationships with the
home, school and community and (3) the legal and child labor aspects of attendance.
The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2. second semester; 3, summer session.