For Graduates.
Geology D1: Advanced Geology: Geology 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 methods of determining and describing the
geology of new regions. 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. Brooks Museum. Professor
Watson, Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology D2: Advanced Mineralogy and Petrography: Geology C2
and C3 or their equivalent, prerequisite.—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. Brooks Museum. Professor
Watson, Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology D3: Advanced Economic Geology: Geology C2 and C3, or
the equivalent, prerequisite.—Lectures, laboratory and field work, reading,
reports and theses. This course is designed to supplement Geology 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. Brooks
Museum. Professor Watson, Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology D4: Economic Geology of the Southern Appalachians:
Geology C2 and C3, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—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.
Brooks Museum. 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.
The Lewis Brooks Museum contains collections illustrating the main
subdivisions of Natural History. Each of the collections is arranged so
as to exemplify the principles of the science, and at the same time offers
a large variety of subjects for advanced study. In Geology the specimens
show all the different kinds of rocks, classified according to mineral character
and the formation in which they occur; the collection of fossils,
plaster casts, maps, etc., is exceptionally fine, and fully illustrates Historical
Geology. In Mineralogy the principles of the science are made
plain by well-chosen suits of specimens, models of crystals, etc. The general
collection of minerals contains all the important species, and many
of the rarer ones, in good specimens. In addition to the above, a beginning
has been made of a collection to illustrate the geology and mineralogy
of the State of Virginia, and this is being increased as rapidly as possible.
