140 COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE

INDEPENDENT READING AND RESEARCH

Upper-group students who major in economics and who have done dis-
tinctly superior work may undertake special work outside of regular class
instruction. Assignments will be made by professors in charge of the vari-
ous fields and conferences will be held on such assigned work. An examina-
tion will be held toward the end of the junior year on such independent
work as shall have been assigned for that year. Toward the end of the
senior year there will be a general examination which will include general
economics, the field of special concentration, and the independent work done
under assignments in Economics 180. Upon recommendation of the De-
partment, honors in the major may be granted at graduation to any student
who has passed such examinations with distinction.

APPLICATION OF ECONOMICS TO SPECIAL COURSES

 

SCHOOL OF COMMERCE

PROFESSOR CHESTER LLOYD JONES, DIRECTOR

The importance of professionally trained men and women for business
was recognized in the establishment of the Course in Commerce in 1900.
The Course has now become the School of Commerce with work extending
over three years, the junior, senior, and first graduate years, and consisting
in large part of courses offered by the Department of Economics. See
pages 76-79 of this announcement and the special bulletin of the School
of Commerce for details.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
PROFESSOR J. R. COMMONS IN CHARGE

The Department of Economics, in cooperation with the Industrial Com-
mission of Wisconsin, has arranged a sequence of courses preparing stu-
dents for positions as employment managers with business concerns, or for
positions as factory inspectors, statisticians, special investigators with state
and federal departments concerned with industrial labor, and employment
agents in state and federal employment service.

Vocational conferences are held with the Industrial Commission, at
which employment managers and service workers from various establish-
ments, along with the deputies of the Commission, describe the practical
work of the profession. The Industrial Commission provides opportunities
for practical work in safety and sanitation, in handling child labor permits,
and in reports and statistics required of employers, covering accidents,
compensation, wages, etc.

Before or after taking these courses the student must demonstrate his
personality and fitness by serving for a time, usually at his own expense,
as an assistant to a recognized industrial service manager in an establish-
ment carrying on this work. Employers in such establishments are usually
willing to furnish this opportunity to properly recommended applicants.
- The time and expense needed to get this practical experience will depend
on the individual. Persons desiring to register for this apprenticeship may
do so with the Secretary of the Industrial Commission, Madison,

A list of suggested courses follows: