Indiana university, 1820-1904; historical sketch, development of the course of instruction, bibliography . tional Law (Halleck); or Social Science. Astronomy,completed. English Literature and Criticism. Geology—Dynamical. Two lines of The third period in the development of the educational policy of the Uni- transition tu the yg^gj^y jg one, as lias been stated, in which specialization is combined with a Third Period of .7 ? ? i ^ -,..-, , . , . the Course of considerable breadth of interest. The student is expected fairly early m hisInstruction. college course to select as his major subject th


Indiana university, 1820-1904; historical sketch, development of the course of instruction, bibliography . tional Law (Halleck); or Social Science. Astronomy,completed. English Literature and Criticism. Geology—Dynamical. Two lines of The third period in the development of the educational policy of the Uni- transition tu the yg^gj^y jg one, as lias been stated, in which specialization is combined with a Third Period of .7 ? ? i ^ -,..-, , . , . the Course of considerable breadth of interest. The student is expected fairly early m hisInstruction. college course to select as his major subject the work of some one Department, and from the other Departments to elect a sufficient amount of work to makeup the prescribed number of hours of credit for graduation. This last change in the general educational policy of the University seemsto have worked itself out along two distinct lines which finally contributed toa single result. There was first the gradual ditterentiation of the course ofinstruction itself into several different courses, representing emphasis upon 56 Departments of Liberal Arts. (1) Further dif-ferentiation ofthe curriculum. NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS, COURSES,AND HOURS OF INSTRUCTION different lines of work to suit thechoice of the student; and secondly,the introduction and development ofthe elective system. It is interesting,therefore, to find that in the sameyear in which the course of instruc-tion itself begins to be differentiatedbeyond the twofold division alreadynoticed, we find also the first system-atic introduction of elective was in 1878, the third yearof the administration of PresidentMoss. For a period of eight years, begin-ning with 1878 and ending with thefirst year under President Jordan,we find three parallel courses of in-struction. In 1871 German andFrench had ceased to be special stud-ies and were incorporated in theregular course. The Classical Course The three-coursewas differentiated, therefore, into epoch(isys-so).The Cour


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