M. A.
In addition to the introductory or B. A. courses above described, the
following advanced courses are offered to students prepared to undertake
them. In each the work will be chiefly done in the laboratory,
the student being in large measure independent of his associates; such
lectures will be given from time to time and such reading indicated as
will aid the student in an independent investigation of the subject in
hand. The relation of these courses to degrees is indicated below.
III. Vertebrate Morphology.—An advanced course based on Course
II, the completion of which, or its equivalent, is required as preliminary.
The work of the course begins with a study of Vertebrate
Embryology: this is followed by the detailed comparative study of the
structure and development of one or more systems of organs as existing
in the vertebrates and in those forms which may be regarded as
phylogenetically related to the vertebrate stock. The library of the
department contains a large amount of standard and periodical literature
bearing on the subject-matter of this course, and the reading of
the student will be directed as far as possible in accordance with his
individual needs.
Text-Books.—Marshall's Vertebrate Embryology; Wiedersheim's Comparative
Anatomy of Vertebrates (Parker tr.).
IV. Zoology.—This course, open to graduate students only, includes
the study of Animal Morphology, as illustrated by the anatomy, histology
and, as far as possible, the embryology of a series of representative
species chosen from the principal divisions of the animal kingdom,
the principles of classification, and the arrangement of the various
orders and classes of animals in larger groups as indicated by their
structural affinities.
Text-Book.—McMurrich's Invertebrate Morphology. For reference: Parker
and Haswell's Text-Book of Zoölogy; Lang's Text-Book of Comparative
Anatomy; Korschelt and Heider's Embryology of Invertebrates.
The completion of Courses I and II and either III or IV will be
required of candidates for a diploma of graduation in the School of
Biology, and of those offering Biology as one of their electives for the
degree of Master of Arts. Courses III and IV will not both be given
the same year at present.
