Description of Courses 



this or other colleges of University standing are also expected to fin- 

 ish the courses above outlined, or their equivalents, and will gener- 

 ally require two years to do so. 



DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 



A. PRELIMINARY WORK 



The general scope of the courses of study above enumerated is 

 indicated, in brief, as follows: 



Spanish, French and Geiman. A study of the grammar, with the 

 reading of modern prose and practice in speaking and writing. 



Rhetoric. Practical work in English composition, writing and 

 criticising essays. 



Political Economy. Elementary treatment of such topics as Pro- 

 duction, Exchange, Distribution, and the History of Industrial Society. 



Mathematics. Advanced Algebra, together with the Elements of 

 Plane Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry. 



Physics. A year of advanced study of the subjects of Mechanics, 

 Sound, Light, Heat and Electricity. 



Chemistry. After a year's work in general inorganic chemistry, 

 requiring attendance upon lectures, recitations, and laboratory exer- 

 cises, the student enters upon a systematic course of qualitative 

 analysis. 



Mineralogy and Geology. The instruction in these subjects is de- 

 signed to acquaint the student with the most characteristic properties 

 of common rocks and minerals, and with some of the most prominent 

 features of the geological structure of the earth's crust. 



General Biology. A study of typical species of plants and ani- 

 mals with reference to structure, function, development, and relation- 

 ship, designed as introductory to the more advanced work in botany 

 and zoology. 



Botany. General morphology and physiology, involving a study 

 of the structure of the cell and tissue, of organography, cell-theory, 

 mitosis and heredity, and of laboratory technique. 



Zoology (a) Invertebrate Zoology. The structure, classification, 

 distribution, and activities of invertebrate animals. 



The laboratory work consists of (1) the dissection of one or more 

 type-forms of each of the groups studied; (2) a study when possible 

 of the instincts of one or more members of each group. The laboratory 

 work is supplemented by occasional field excursions for the study of 



