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INDUSTRIAL ARTS

INDUSTRIAL ARTS CURRICULUM

INDUSTRIAL ARTS ELEC1"IVES

This special four-year curriculum provides shop courses in
wood, metal, printing, machine, ceramics, and electricity, to­
gether with preparation in basic arts and science subjects and
the professional field. Persons who complete this curriculum
are qualified to teach industrial arts and one arts or science sub­
ject in the public high schools of Pennsylvania.
The College has been designated by the Department of
Public Instruction as the Western Pennsylvania center for the
education of industrial arts teachers.

In the foregoing curriculum for the preparation of teach­
ers of industrial arts, students must take 14 semester hours in
drawing and design and 32 credits in shop courses. These must
be selected, with guidance from the Dean of Instruction, from
among the following courses which are completely described on
pages 69 to 98 of this Catalog:

PROGRAM OF COURSES IFOR THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS CURRICULUM
The sequence of courses is subject to change for administrative
reasons. The first number after each course refers to clock hours, while
the second indicates the semester hours of credit.
FIRST SEMESTER
inEnglish Composition,
cluding Library ........ 4
Place and Purpose of Edu­
cation in the Social Order 3
Applied Science ........... 4
Health and Physical Education for Freshmen ...... 3
Intro. Meclhanical Drawing . 4
Fund. of Woodworking ... 8
Orientation .......... .... 1
Total

..................27

THIRD SEMESTER
General Psychology .......
Applied Mathematics ......
Sheetmetal Drafting ... ...
Fund. of Sheetmetal ......
Health and Physical Education for Sophomores ... .
Minor Field Elective ......

Total

Total

1
2
4
16

3
3
4
8

3
3
2
4

3
3

1
3

..................24

FIFTH SEMESTER
American Government .....
School Law ...............
Educational Measurements .
Electrical Drafting .......
Fund. of Electricity ......
Health and Physical Education for Juniors ........
Minor Field Elective ......

3
3

16

3
1
2
4
8

3
1
2
2
4

3
3

1
3

..................24

16

SEVENTH SEMESTER
Visual Education ......... 2
History of United States
including Pennsylvania .. 2
Shop Sketching ........... 4
Elective Shop ............ 8
Elective Shop ............ 8
Physical Activit:v for
Seniors ................. 3
Minor Field Elective ...... 3

2
2
4
4

..................30

16

Total

SECOND SEMESTER
English Composition ......
Fundamentals of Speech ..
Health and Physical Education for Freshmen ..... .
Social and Industrial
History of U. S. ........
Graphic Arts Design .....
Fund. of Graphic Arts .....

3
3
3
3
4
8

3
2
4

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DRAWING AND DESIGN COURSES
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1
2
23
24
35
36
37
48
49
50
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Introductory Mechanical Drawing
Sheetmetal Drafting
Graphic Arts Design
Machine Drawing and Design
Electrical Drafting
Industrial Arts Design
Shop Sketching
Architectural Drawing and Design
Advanced Mechanical Drawing
Art Structure
Drawing and Painting

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

credits
credits
credits
credits
credits
credits
cre<lits
credits
credits
credits
credits

SHOP COURSES
Total

..................24

FOURTH SEMESTER
English or American
Literature .... ..........
Principles of Economics
Educational Psychology ...
Fund. of Machine Shop ...
Machine Drawing and
Design .................
Health and Physical Education for Sophomores ....
Minor Field Elective ......
Total

3
2
3
8

16

3
2
3
4

4

2

3
3

1
3

..................26

18

SIXTH SEMESTER
Principles and Practices of
Industrial Ar�ts .........
Industrial Arts Design ....
Health and P ,hysical Education for Juniors ........
Minor Field Electives .....
Advanced Woodworking ...

3
4

3
2

3
5
8

1
5
4

..................23

15

EIGHTH SEMESTER
Student Teaclhing ........18
Curriculum Materials - Selection and Adaptation .. 4

12

..................22

15

Total

3

0
3
Total

Shop 1
Shop 2
S'hop 23
Shop 24
Shop 35
Shop 36
Shop 37
Shop 47
Shop 48
Shop 49
Shop 50
Shop 51
Shop 52
Shop 53
Shop 54
Shop 55
Shop 56
Shop 57
Shop 58
Shop 59
Shop 60
Shop 61
Shop 62
Shop 63
Shop 64
Shop 65
Shop 66
&hop 67

Fundamentals of Woodworking
Fundamentals of Sheetmetal
Fundamentals of Graphic Arts
Fundamentals of Machine Shop
Fundamentals of Electricity
Advanced Woodworking
Fundamentals of Ceramics
Advanced Maohine Shop
Advanced Electric Shop
Advanced Graphic Arts
Fundamentals of Art Metal
Patternmaking
Advanced Sheetmetal Shop
Advanced Typogra])'hy and Book Design
Advanced Art Metal
Special Machine Shop
Fundamentals of Welding
Cold Metal (Wrought Iron)
Fundamentals of Weaving
Comprehensive General Shop
Metal Work
Elementary Industrial Arts Activities
Textiles
Graphic Presentation and Bookbinding
Radio
Costume Jewelry
Fundamentals of Leatherwork
Introduction to Plastics

4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
3 credits
2 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits
4 credits

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CONTENT OF AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
ELEMENTARY

INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION

(Grades 4, 5, and 6)

SCHOOL TEACHING

Total, 12 credits

Required:

GENERAL ELEMENTARY

Teaching American History and
Government

(Grades 1 to 6 inclusive)

Students who do not elect one of the areas of elementary special­
ization will have Elementary written on their certificate. They must,
however, take 12 credits in elective courses.

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

3 credits

and additional courses for nine credits from among electives
approved for Early Childhood Education.

Required:
Total, 12 credits
These may be selected from courses listed under Early
Childhood Education, Intermediate Education, or Rural
Education, and from courses in academic fields or special
curriculums.

In addition to the foregoing requirements, students wishing to
specialize in this area must, in the core curriculum work, do Student
Teaching in the Elementary School in grades above the third, 12
credits; and Curriculum Materials-Selection and Adaptation for the
Intermediate Grades, three credits. Three of the 12 credits required
in student teaching may be observation and participation at other age
levels of the elementary field.

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

RURAL EDUCATION

(Nursery School, Kindergarten and Grades 1, 2, and 3)

Required:
Early Childhood Education

Total, 12 credits
3 credits

and additional courses for nine credits from among:
Child Adjustment
3
Child Psychology
3
Diagnostic and Remedial Instruction
3
Education for Family Living
3
Mental Hygiene
3
Safety Education
2
School Finance
1
Teaching of Aritlhmetic
3
Red Cross First Aid Standard Course
and Advanced Course
2
Red Cross Home Nursing
1
Clinical Psychology
variable
Workshop
3
Education of Exceptional Children
3

credits
credits
credits
credits
credits
credits
credit
credits
credits
credit
credits
credits
credits

Total, 12 credits

Required:

3 credits

Rural School Problems

and additional courses for nine credits from among electives
approved for Early Childhood Education.

In addition to the foregoing requirements, students wishing to
specialize in this area must, in the core curriculum work, do Student
Teaching in the Elementary School under rural school conditions, 12
credits; and Curriculum Materials-Selection and Adaptation in Rural
Schools or in grades 1 to 6 or 1 to 8 under conditions approximating
rural schools, three credits. Three of the 12 credits required in stu­
dent teaching may be observation and participation in Early Childhood
Education or Intermediate Education.
SPECIAL EDUCATION

and courses in academic fields and special curriculums
approved at the College in which the student is registered,
provided that to achieve breadth of background not more
than six semester hours may be selected from the fore­
going courses listed above and that not more than six
may be selected from any one academic field or special
curriculum.
Student Teaching in the Elementary School for 12 credits must
be completed in grades below the fourth and Curriculum Materials­
Selection and Adaptation, 3 credits, must be at the Early Childhood
level. Three of the 12 credits required for student teaching may be
observation and participation at other age levels of the elementary
field.

(Mentally Retarded Classes)

Total, 24 credits

Required:
REQUIRED:
Psyclhology of Exceptional
3
Children
Diagnostic and Remedial
Instruction or Mental
3
Hygiene
Art Crafts for Special
3
Classes
Advanced Art Crafts
3
Special Class Student
Teaching
1
2
Special Class Methods

credits
credits
credits
credits
credit
credits

ELECTIVES:
Education of Exceptional
Children
Mental or Educational
Hygiene
Clinical Psyc•hology
Abnormal Psychology
Mental Tests
Speech Correction
Mental Tests (Individual)
Corrective Physical
Education

3 credits
3
3
3
3
3
3

credits
credits
credits
credits
credits
credits

2 credits

Students who choose this area of specialization may take all 12
credits of electives in special education courses. In addition they
may take six more semester hours by eliminating from the core cur-