SCIENCE IN ADULT EDUCATION 321 



2. Ecology, Heredity and Evolution. 



3. The History of Man and the impacts of the subject on the affairs of 

 man. 



1 . Animal architecture. The general organisation of a Vertebrate animal 

 and comparison with an Invertebrate type to show Nature's ways for 

 obtaining the same functional ends by different types of structure. 



2. The functions of living matter. 



3 . An introduction to functional morphology in some easily demonstrable 

 type, e.g. the Frog, as a basis to human physiology and hygiene. 



(a) The alimentary canal, digestion and ingestion. 



(b) Respiration, the mechanism of breathing and the physiology of 

 internal respiration. 



(c) The circulatory system. 



(d) Excretion. 



(c) Conductivity, sensitivity, reaction to environmental change. 



(/) Harmonious working of the body as controlled by nerves and the 



ductless glands. 

 (g) Growth and reproduction. 



4. A review of the animal kingdom. Where facilities exist, as in the form 

 of museums or collections, this can be made fairly comprehensive but reduced 

 to a minimum where such helps are not available. 



5. Animals in relation to Environment. Problems of adaptation. Food 

 chains. Effects of season and climate. Resistance to environmental 

 change as a factor in Distribution. 



6. Heredity, Variation and Evolution. 



(a) Evidences for evolution. 



(b) Theories of evolution. 



(c) Mechanism of inheritance. 



7. The History of Man. Prehistoric and existing races of man. 



8. Economic Zoology. Production. The Scientific aspects of Fishery 

 investigations. Animal Domestication and other animal industries, e.g. 

 Silk, Lac and Honey. 



9. Economic Zoology. Problems of destruction ; Agricultural, Veterinary 

 and Medical. 



Animal Biology. 

 Course for i year, of twenty-four lectures. 



The subjects suggested for the three year course will serve equally well 

 here, but the academic aspects such as those relating to comparative mor- 

 phology (review of the animal kingdom) and to evidences of evolution must 

 be greatly curtailed. 



Special emphasis should be put on the application of Biology to human 

 affairs. 



Literature List. 

 Books marked * are suitable for members of the class. 



* BoRRADAiLE, L. A. : Manual of Zoology. 



* Bourne: Comparative Anatomy of Animals. 

 Brachet : Embryologie des Verlibris. 

 Brumpt : Precis de Parasitologie. 



* Crew : Sex Determination. 



* Darwin: Origin of Species. 



