86 COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE

ECONOMICS
MAJor. A minimum of 80 selected credits including the thesis.

DEPARTMENTAL TEACHERS’ CouRSE. The Department of Economics
does not offer a regular departmental teachers’ course, but will accept a
teachers’ course in a related subject, such as history.

EDUCATION

For general information concerning the equipment and the courses
offered in education, see page 151. For detailed information relative to the
special requirements of courses in education for the University Teachers’
Certificate, see page 82.

ENGLISH

MAsor. A minimum of 384 credits, including freshman composition
and either 6 credits in English 30 or 4 credits in English 33, together with
at least one course from each of the following groups: (a) 34 (3 er.),
85 (3 cr.), or 40 (4 er.); (b) 87, 186, or 187; (c) 120 or 123; (d) a thesis
or equivalent. A thesis is required only of upper-group students; others
are required to substitute four credits in courses of the 100-group in
addition to those offered in satisfaction of the above group requirements.
Those who do not write a thesis must also pass English 2a satisfactorily.
Students entering with advanced standing are generally required to earn
20 credits in English at Wisconsin.

MINoR. A minimum including courses 30 or 33, 340, an advanced
composition course carried throughout a year (2, 5, or 6), and one of the
following groups: (a) 84 and 35; (b) 37, 136, or 137; (c) both semesters
of 40.

DEPARTMENTAL TEACHERS’ CouRSE. English 840. The Teaching of
English. I, II; 3-4 er. Prerequisites: Senior standing and satisfactory
grade in a qualifying examination covering (1) the elements of grammar,
(2) the detection and correction of deviations from standard English, and
(3) the English works commonly studied in high schools. This examination
is given in the second semester of the junior year. English 123 (or 120)
should normally precede English 340. 8 cr. for the minor; 4 er., including
one credit for participation-teaching, for the major. Mr. S. A. Leonard.

All students desiring the departmental recommendation to teach Eng-
lish must pass the qualifying examination referred to above.

FRENCH AND ITALIAN

Students who specialize in French or Italian are advised to elect related
courses in history, art, other languages and literatures, and philosophy.
Those who expect to continue for advanced degrees should note that knowl-
edge of another foreign language is required for the M.A., and that for
satisfactory work in Romance philology some knowledge of Latin is indis-
pensable. Both Latin and German as well as another Romance language
are required for the Ph.D. and should be acquired as early as possible.

DEPARTMENTAL TEACHERS’ CouRSES. French 344. Theory and Prac-
tice of Teaching French. I, II; 3 cr. Includes practical work in the Wis-
consin High School. Miss Johnson.

French 190. Phonetics. I, II; 2 cr. Mrs. Greenleaf.