THE WORK OF THE FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEARS OF ENGINEERING COURSES. BY FRED A. FISH, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Iowa State College. Some three years ago the engineering faculty of the Iowa State College began the work of revising its engineering courses of study. This revision was undertaken mainly for two reasons: first, because it was desired to raise the standard of admission; second, because it was felt that the curriculum was overcrowded at some points and that a better balance could be secured by a rearrangement and perhaps by a reduction of the amount of work required in some studies. It was further recognized that some attention should be given to the subjects of governmental and business economy. Up to the present time, the work for only the freshman and sophomore years has been revised; but the courses for the remaining two years will be revised during the coming year. As a preliminary to the determination of the courses, it was decided to obtain and tabulate what other institutions were doing. An effort was made to reduce the material found in the various college catalogs to a common basis by figuring the total number of credit hours required in each subject. This was rendered somewhat difficult in some cases by the fact that the exact number of working weeks per term or semester was not given, and also by the lack of knowledge as to how many laboratory, shop, THE WORK OF THE FRESHMAN AND SOPHO- BY FRED A. FISH, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Iowa State College. Some three years ago the engineering faculty of the Iowa State College began the work of revising its engineering courses of study. This revision was undertaken mainly for two reasons: first, because it was desired to raise the standard of admission; second, because it was felt that the curriculum was overcrowded at some points and that a better balance could be secured by a rearrangement and perhaps by a reduction of the amount of work required in some studies. It was further recognized that some attention should be given to the subjects of governmental and business economy. Up to the present time, the work for only the freshman and sophomore years has been revised; but the courses for the remaining two years will be revised during the coming year. As a preliminary to the determination of the courses, it was decided to obtain and tabulate what other institutions were doing. An effort was made to reduce the material found in the various college catalogs to a common basis by figuring the total number of credit hours required in each subject. This was rendered somewhat difficult in some cases by the fact that the exact number of working weeks per term or semester was not given, and also by the lack of knowledge as to how many laboratory, shop, |