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REPORT ON THE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN 



GEOLOGY. 



During the Academic year 1893-94, the following named courses 

 of instruction were given in the laboratories and in the field by the 

 instructors of the Department of Geology. 



Instruction in General Geology. 



1. (Geol. 4.) A whole course in Elementary Geology ; two lectures 

 a week by N. S. Shaler, with a third lecture and an hour for special 

 exercises by R. E. Dodge, and with required reading and field work. 

 Attended by two hundred and thirty-eight students. 



2. (Geol. 5.) A half-course in Practical Geological Exercises in the 

 laboratory and in the field, requiring three two-hour exercises a week, 

 with occasional lectures during the second half-}'ear : by T. W. Harris, 

 assisted by G. E. Ladd ; designed especially for those who intend in 

 subsequent 3 T ears to continue the study of Geology and Palaeontology. 

 Attended by forty-three students. 



3. (Geol. 8.) A course in General Critical Geology ; two lectures a 

 week, by J. B. Woodworth, with an additional hour for review. Dur- 

 ing the autumn and spring ten half-da}' excursions were made in the 

 field to points in the vicinity of the UnivershVy. Each student prepared 

 a thesis during the winter months and a map and report upon some 

 locality in the neighborhood. Seventeen students took this course. 



4. (Geol. 9.) A course in the Structural and D3 r namical Geology 

 of the Stratified Rocks, by T. W. Harris. Two conferences a week, 

 with required reading and theses. This course was attended by one 

 student. 



5. (Geol. 22.) A course in Field-work and Geological Surveying, 

 designed to afford special training in original investigation, with work 

 in the libraiw and in the preparation of geological reports, conducted 

 by Mr. Griswold, under the direction of N. S. Shaler, W. M. Davis, and 

 J. E. Wolff. Conferences were held once a week during the year. It 

 was attended by fourteen students. 



