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B. S. COURSES.

Each of these courses leads to a special diploma of graduation. In each
class three lectures a week are given extending through the entire session.

Mathematics.—Professor Venable.

First Year: Todhunter's Algebra; Venable's Legendre's Geometry with exercises;
Todhunter's Trigonometry for Beginners.

Second Year: Venable's Exercises in Plane Geometry; Todhunter's Plane Trigonometry;
Puckle's Conic Sections; Wells's Spherical Trigonometry; Lectures on Geometrical
Conics.

Mechanics.—Professor Thornton.

Arthur Thornton's Theoretical Mechanics; Bovey's Theory of Structures; Lectures
on engineering design.

Physics.—Professor Smith.

Lectures on the doctrines of motion, force, energy, potential, heat, and electricity.
Professor's Syllabus. Everett's Units and Physical Constants.

Astronomy.—Professor Stone.

Young's General Astronomy; Problems and Lectures.

Chemistry.—Professor Mallet.

Lectures on Chemical Physics, Theoretical and Descriptive Chemistry. Fownes's Chemistry;
Professor's Syllabus.

Analytical Chemistry.—Professor Dunnington.

Chemical Manipulation, Blowpipe Analysis, Fire Assays of Ores. Inorganic Qualitative
Analysis. Stoichiometry. Elements of Quantitative Analysis. This course may
be modified to meet the special aims of the student.

Geology.—Professor Fontaine.

LeConte's Elements of Geology; Dana's New Text-book of Geology; Lectures.

Biology.—Professor Tuttle.

(a) Botany: Warming's Systematic Botany; Gray's Manual.

(b) Comparative Anatomy: Wiedersheim's Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates;
Parker's Zootomy; Lectures on Histology and Embryology.

Either course may be offered for the B. S.

Applied Mathematics.—Professors Thornton and Echols.

(a) Descriptive Geometry; Low's Practical Solid Geometry; Waldo's Exercises;
Lectures on Shades, Shadows, Axonometric Projections and Perspective.

(b) Engineering Geodesy:—Johnson's Surveying; Baker's Instruments; Byrne's
Highway Construction; Lectures on Railway Engineering.

(c) Machine Design:—Reuleaux's Constructor; Low's Machine Drawing and Design;
Lectures on the Dynamics of Machines.

Course (a) is required of all students and in addition either of courses (b) and (c).