1472 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



Junior courses 



Organic Chemistry. 



House-planning.— This course aims to develop in its students an under- 

 standing of good house-planning and of good design, in order that they 

 may have intelligent standards of judgment on the housing problem. 

 Besides the drawing of plans, the course includes discussions of various 

 types of dwellings, of the house and its site, of building material, cost, 

 color schemes, constructive features, entrances, porches, and the like. 

 Special attention is given to kitchen and pantry arrangements. 



Household Art. — A course for the development of artistic expression 

 in the individual. The lectures in this course apply principles of color 

 and design to questions of interior decorating and furnishing. Students 

 experiment with color combinations for decorative schemes, and with 

 textile combinations for curtain stuffs, wearing apparel, and the like. 



Human Nutrition. — A course for the development of a working knowl- 

 edge of human nutrition. A study of methods of investigating dietary 

 problems and of the practical means of applying scientific principles in 

 planning family and institution dietaries; consideration of special prob- 

 lems of nutrition, as in infant-feeding and feeding in cases of abnormal 

 metabolism. Laboratory work includes, as far as possible, practice in 

 planning and preparing dietaries. An excursion of three or four days 

 for the purpose of visiting schools and various industries may occur 

 at the close of the spring vacation; estimated expense, ten to twelve 

 dollars. 



Drawing. — An elementary course for the development of graphic 

 expression applicable to scientific studies. Of especial value to those 

 who expect to enter teaching, nature-study, or biological research. 



Political Science. — A general introduction to economics. This course 

 is a prerequisite for most of the other courses in the field of political science. 



Senior courses 



Household Management. — This course includes a study of the family 

 income, cost of living, household accounts, problems of domestic service, 

 methods of housekeeping, equipment, marketing. 



Institutional Management. — This course is for students in home 

 economics who wish to choose a field of work outside of teaching, in caring 

 for and feeding large numbers. 



Woman and the Family. — This course embraces a study of woman 

 and the family through the early ages to the present time. It treats 

 survivals with reference to various characteristics and conditions of woman 

 in the family and in the state. Woman's work and her industrial and 

 economic condition are studied with reference to the home and to society. 



