MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



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REPORT ON THE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN 

 GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. 



During the Academic year 1895-96, the following named courses 

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

 instructors of the Department of Geology and Geography. 



Instruction in General Geology. 



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

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

 by R. A. Daly, assisted by F. C. Schrader, and with required reading 

 and field-work. Attended by two hundred and sixty-two students. 



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

 week by J. B. Wood worth, with an additional hour for review. During 

 the autumn and spring ten half-day excursions were made in the field to 

 points in the vicinity of the University. Eacli student prepared a thesis 

 during the winter months, and a map and report upon some localit}' in 

 the neighborhood. Twenty-two students took this course. 



3. (Geol. 22 a.) A course in Field Work and Geological Mapping, 

 designed to afford training in original investigation, with work in the 

 library and in the preparation of geological reports, supplemented by 

 special training in the experimental method of solving field problems. 

 Conducted by T. A. Jaggar, Jr., under the direction of N. S. Shaler, 

 W. M. Davis, and J. E. Wolff. Conferences were held once a week 

 during the }'ear. The course was attended b} T three students. 



4. (Geol. 22 b.) An advanced course of research for special geological 

 investigation in the field and laboratory, designed for second-year stu- 

 dents who have already passed in the work of 22 a. The work in this 

 course is under the personal supervision of the different instructors of 

 the Department. It was attended by one student. 



Instruction in Meteorology and Physical Geography. 



5. (Geol. 2.) A half-course in Physiography, by W. M. Davis, as- 

 sisted by L. S. Griswold. Two or three lectures a week, with laboratory 

 work and recitations, first half-year. Attended by thirty-four students. 



6. (Geol. 1.) A half-course in Elementary Meteorology, by R. DeC. 

 Ward. Two or three lectures a week, with laboratory work and reci- 

 tations, second half-year. Attended by fifty-eight students. 



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