Opportunities will be afforded for special work in the second half-year.
RURAL ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY
Rural economy.—A study of the economic problems of agriculture.
Rural social conditions.—The social history, status and progress of the rural community.
History of agriculture.—An outline of the development of agriculture in its more important phases.
RURAL ART
This is a two-year course comprising the junior and senior years of the regular course in the College of Agriculture; and for those who have attained a certain degree of proficiency graduate work is offered.
Previous to registering in this work the student must have completed the requirements of the freshman and sophomore years, and the following:—Elementary surveying, Lettering and making of titles, Botany, Organography of ornamental plants, Elementary architecture.
Previous to graduation the student must have completed the following subjects in addition to the regular work:—Dendrology, Economic entomology, Greenhouse construction and management, Field engineering, Municipal engineering, French or German horticultural reading.
Theory and æsthetics of rural art and landscape design.—Deals with the principles of landscape design, their application to specific problems, together with discussions on the theory in all its points of application.