I. Biology and Agriculture
Biology B1: General Biology: An elementary study of organisms and
the relations between animals and plants. Plants will be studied from the
standpoint of metabolism and growth, and animals from that of structure and
response. Types will be chosen which illustrate the fundamental biological
laws and throw light on the place of man among living things. Three hours
of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6
session-hours.)
Professors Lewis and Kepner, Associate Professor Reynolds, Assistant
Professors Betts and Davis and Assistants.
Biology C1: Evolution and Heredity: Biology B1 prerequisite.—Evolution,
the theory and its history; the principles of heredity and their application
to human problems. Three hours of lecture per week.
Professor Lewis.
Biology C2: Genetics: Biology B1 prerequisite.—A study of the fundamental
principles of heredity, with special emphasis on their various applications
and on the origins and relations of characters. First and second terms
only. Three hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week.
Professor White.
Biology C3: Economic Plants: Biology B1 prerequisite.—A study of the
family groups of plants from the standpoint of their value to man. Lectures
and demonstrations, three hours per week. First and second terms only.
Professor White.
Biology C4: Principles of Plant Physiology: Biology B1 and Chemistry
B1 prerequisite.—Designed to emphasize the fundamental principles underlying
the more important aspects of Plant Physiology. The course is intended especially
for those who desire a basic, yet elementary point of view. Experiments will be
performed dealing with such subjects as physiology of the living cell,—osmosis,
permeability, metabolism, respiration, as well as other physico-chemical properties
of protoplasm; physiology of the organism as a whole,—photosynthesis, mineral
nutrition, water relations, growth, reproduction and environmental influences.
Three hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week. First and second
terms.
Assistant Professor Davis.
Biology D1: Advanced Work in Genetics: Each student will be expected
to carry out original investigations bearing on problems in this field.
Hours by appointment. This course includes an evening seminar, meeting
once a week throughout the year.
Professor White.
Biology D2: Advanced Cellular Physiology: Biology B1, Chemistry B1,
prerequisite; Chemistry B3, Physics B1, and Mathematics B2 recommended.—
This course deals with the physiological mechanism of the living cell. Considerable
attention will be paid to the physico-chemical nature of protoplasm, the biological
significance of hydrogen-ion concentration, enzyme studies, plant and animal
pigments, oxidation-reduction phenomena and other metabolic relations of cells and
tissues. The physical and chemical facts and principles prerequisite to the treatment
outlined above will be thoroughly discussed. Topics will be assigned individually
referring to original literature. Three hours of lecture per week.
Assistant Professor Davis.
Biology D3: Plant Physiology Seminar: Prevalent theories in this field
will be discussed from prepared papers on selected topics. Certain problems
will be required. One hour per week through the session. Hours by appointment.
Assistant Professor Davis.
Biology D4: Plant Physiology Research: Original investigation in
some of the lines mentioned above, more especially those enumerated under
Biology D2, or problems associated with the filtrable virus diseases of plants.
Hours by appointment.
Assistant Professor Davis.
