For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Course 2C: Botany and Plant Morphology: Course 1B prerequisite.
—The course in structural and systematic Botany is largely devoted to the
study of the anatomy and histology of representatives of the principal
divisions of the vegetable kingdom, and to their comparative morphology,
beginning with the lowest and passing to the highest plants; as far as possible,
representative life-histories are also studied and discussed. The
concluding portion of the course is devoted to the specific study of the
classification and distribution of the higher plants; and of the local flora,
particularly in its ecological relations.
Course 3C: Invertebrate Zoölogy and Morphology: Course 1B
prerequisite.—In this course a study is made of a series of forms representative
of the principal groups of the invertebrate division of the animal
kingdom, their anatomy, histology, and, as far as practicable, their embryology
being studied. The practical work of the laboratory is supplemented
by lectures upon the organization and life-history of the forms examined,
and that of allied forms, and upon their relations as thereby indicated.
One or more of the leading groups is discussed and studied somewhat in
detail in such a manner as to illustrate the principles and the meaning of
zoölogical classification as based upon structure and development.
Course 4C: Vertebrate Zoölogy and Morphology: Courses 1B and
3C prerequisite.—The work of the course begins with a study of the elements
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 most nearly related to the vertebrate stock.
The work of the laboratory is accompanied by illustrative lectures, and by
a discussion of the classification of the vertebrates and their distribution
both in space and in time.
The work of each of the three courses just described will consist of
two laboratory exercises per week, with the accompanying lectures; and
a third lecture period, at a convenient hour, when the three classes will
meet in one body: this weekly period will be devoted to the discussion of
questions common to all three lines of study.
The completion of the work thus outlined will satisfy the requirements
for students who offer either of these courses as an elective at large for the
degree of Bachelor of Arts. Students who offer either of these courses
as an elective for the degree of Master of Arts will be required to perform
independently (upon subjects individually assigned) additional work in
amount about equal to a third laboratory period per week.
Course 2C will be given yearly: Courses 3C and 4C are offered yearly,
but either may be withdrawn at the beginning of the session if not elected
by at least four students.
