 | University of Virginia March, 1907 |  |
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY.
| Professor Mallet. | Mr. Manly. |
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
Entrance Examination. In this School the following courses are
offered:
Primarily for Undergraduates.
Course 1: General Chemistry.—This course consists of three lectures
and one oral examination a week throughout the Session. The fundamental
ideas of chemical science, the relations of Chemistry to Physics,
with the main facts on which the modern so-called Physical Chemistry
rests, the laws expressing the facts of chemical combination by weight and
by volume, the atomic theory as at present developed in connection with
Chemistry, the chemical nomenclature and symbols now in use, the foundations
of our knowledge of chemical structure, and a general survey of the
Descriptive Chemistry of the elements, and their compounds, inorganic and
organic, are brought forward in order, with incidental allusion to the
applications in the arts and manufactures of the facts mentioned.
Text-Books.—Syllabus of the Professor's Lectures; Richter's Inorganic
Chemistry, translated by E. F. Smith, and Bernthsen's Organic Chemistry,
translated by G. McGowan. Recommended for reference: Roscoe and Schorlemmer's
Elements of Chemistry; Lothar Meyer's Outlines of Theoretical
Chemistry (English translation); Watt's Dictionary of Chemistry; Ernst
von Meyer's History of Chemistry.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Course 2: Industrial Chemistry: Course 1 (or equivalent knowledge)
prerequisite.—This course, in which also three lectures a week are delivered,
is concerned with the applications of chemistry to the purposes of human
life. It examines in detail the chemical principles and processes specially
concerned in the more important arts and manufactures, upon which the
development of the natural resources of the country in large measure
depends, the opportunity being thus presented of preparation for such
positions as those of the miner and metallurgist, the chemical manufacturer,
the dyer, bleacher, tanner, sugar-refiner, etc.
Text-Books.—F. H. Thorp's Outlines of Industrial Chemistry; Huntington
& McMillan's Metals, their Properties and Treatment. Recommended for
reference: Richardson and Watt's Chemical Technology: T. E. Thorpe's
Dictionary of Applied Chemistry; Girardin's Leçons de Chimie Elémentaire
appliquée aux Arts Industriels; W. E. Roberts-Austen's Introduction to the
Study of Metallurgy; Sadtler's Hand-Book of Industrial Organic Chemistry, etc.
The collections of the University in illustration of the processes and
products of Industrial Chemistry have been procured at much expense
and pains in this country, England, France, and Germany, and are
Atlantic.
In both courses there are one or more reviews each week of the
subjects under discussion, involving questions put by, as well as to, the
students; and exercises in writing are given out to afford practice in the
calculations which are needed by the chemist.
For Graduates Only.
For admission to a Ph. D. course in the School of Chemistry or in
the school of Analytical Chemistry, the previous completion of Courses 1
and 2 in both the Schools named will be required; but this part of the
requirement may be waived, provided satisfactory evidence be furnished
that the student has already made equivalent attainment elsewhere.
Graduate work is offered in either course, and either or both may be
taken by the candidate for the Ph. D. degree. Laboratory work will be
applied to subjects involving original investigation. It is desirable that
the student shall, himself, as far as possible, select subjects for investigation,
but when he cannot do so, suitable questions will be presented to him,
and he will be encouraged to work them out for himself, with only such
aid and guidance as may prove to be indispensable. Advanced reading
may also be prescribed, especially in the shape of the literature of particular
topics, to be looked up from various sources and condensed by the
student.
No one can join the medical section of the class in General Chemistry,
or stand the corresponding examinations, unless he be a regular student
in the medical department of the University.
☞ An important change in the programme of this School is in contemplation
and will probably become effective for next session (1907-8). Due
notice of this will be given by a separate published circular at as early a
date as possible.
| University of Virginia March, 1907 | |