CATALOG 1952-1953


 GL. 302.-Children's Science. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours laboratory.
3 credits. A continuation of GL. 301. Offered 1, 2.
 GL. 305.-Teaching Science in High School. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 The guiding philosophy will be that of modern science. The chief aim will be to
 develop teachers who can teach in keeping with the method of science and develop
 scientific mindedness on the part of their pupils.

 GEOGRAPHY

 Instructional Staff 1951-52
 Diettrich, S. deR., Head; Cross, C. I., Day, R. L., Dyer, D. R., Miles, E. J.,
Pierson, W. H.
 An undergraduate major in the College of Arts and Sciences consists of a minimum
of twenty-four semester hours, including GPY. 203, 204, 323, 330, 381, and 382. Work
in other departments which is required as subsidiary to this major includes ES. 205,
ES. 206, and GY. 203.

 GPY. 203.-Elements of Physical Geography. 1 hour and 2 hours lab-
oratory. 2 credits. Corequisite or prerequisite: C-21. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 The physical elements of geography including mathematical geography, landforms,
climates, vegetation and soils. Physical maps and their uses.
 GPY. 204.-Elements of Human Geography. 3 hours and 2 hours lab-
oratory. 4 credits. Prerequisite: GPY. 203. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 Population problems, race, language, and religion, and especially the regional dis-
tribution of occupations and environmental adjustments that lead to the interdependence
of peoples and nations, and the political influences of geographic factors. Prerequisite
for all other geography courses except GPY. 203.
 GPY. 305.-Geography of Florida. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 1, 3.
 The geographic conditions and human adjustments in the major regions of Florida.
The distribution of population, routes of communication, industries, resources, and stra-
tegic location in their geographical and historical aspects; explanation and interpretation
of major phenomena such as weather and climate, geologic structure and land forms,
surface and underground drainage, shoreline characteristics, natural vegetation, soil types,
and animal life. Optional field trips.
 GPY. 323.-Elementary Climatology. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 1.
 The elements of climate, weather types and storms; classifications and distribution
of climatic types; descriptive and explanatory analysis of the climates of the world.
 GPY. 330.-Maps, Charts and Graphs. 2 hours and 2 hours laboratory.
3 credits. Offered 2.
 Elementary cartography and map interpretation; map projections; geographic and
geologic symbols; methods of graphic presentation used in the different sciences, in-
cluding block diagrams, structural diagrams, statistical maps, cartograms, slope, soil
erosion and land utilization maps; field mapping and field techniques essential to the
preparation and use of geographic and geologic maps.
 GPY. 342.-Political Geography. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 2.
 The concepts and axioms of political geography; geographic influences in the po-
litical development of the world; geopolitics; the major powers of the world.

The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.