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Primarily for Graduates.
Geology D1: Advanced Geology: Courses B1 and B3 prerequisite.
—This course aims to fit the student for independent and original research.
He will study as thoroughly as possible the broader problems
of the science, involving the knowledge of stratigraphical principles.
Especial attention will be given to imparting a practical
knowledge of the various rocks, and of the animal and plant fossils
of the different eras, with a view to using them in determining unknown
formations. Stress will be laid upon field work, and the
To impart such knowledge the student will be required to work up
some particular region or formation, and report his results. Topics
involving a knowledge of the literature and growth of opinion in
relation to particular questions may be assigned to form the subject
of theses. Hours by appointment. Professor Watson, Associate Professor
Grasty.
Geology D2: Advanced Mineralogy and Petrography.—Adapted
to the needs of the individual student. Properly qualified students
may pursue work directed in the line of crystallography (crystal
measurements and drawings, and crystal optics), chemical mineralogy
(mineral or rock analysis), or petrographic research. Hours
by appointment. Professor Watson, Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology D3: Advanced Economic Geology.—Lectures, laboratory
and field work, reading, reports and theses. Open to those students
who have had Courses C2 and C3 or their equivalent. This course is
designed to supplement Courses C2 and C3 by giving advanced students
an opportunity to follow out more thoroughly special topics in
mining geology. The course will necessarily vary with the needs of
the individual student. Hours by appointment. Professor Watson,
Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology D4: Economic Geology of the Southern Appalachians.
—Open to those students who have had Courses C2 and C3 or their
equivalent. In this course the mining geology of the region, especially
that of Virginia, is covered in considerable detail. Excursions
to various parts of the region will be taken and individual
reports required. Original investigation of an assigned area, based
upon field work, is required of each student. Hours by appointment
Professor Watson.
Geological Seminary.—Review and discussion of the more important
current geological literature, and the preparation of papers
on special subjects based on field and library investigations. All instructors
and advanced students in geology are expected to take part
in the discussions at these meetings. Time to be arranged.
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