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Biology B1: General Biology: An elementary study of organisms and the
relations between animals and plants. Plants will be studied from the standpoint
of metabolism and growth, and animals from that of structure and response.
Types will be chosen which illustrate the fundamental biological laws and throw
light on the place of man among living things. Three hours of lecture and six
hours of laboratory per week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)

Professors Lewis and Kepner, Associate Professor Reynolds, Assistant
Professors Betts and Davis and Assistants.

Biology C1: Evolution and Heredity: Biology B1 prerequisite.—Evolution,
the theory and its history; the principles of heredity and their application to
human problems. Three hours of lecture per week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3
session-hours.)

Professor Lewis.

Biology C2: Genetics: Biology B1 prerequisite.—A study of the fundamental
principles of heredity, with special emphasis on their various applications
and on the origins and relations of characters. First and second terms only.
Three hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week.

Professor White.

CHEMISTRY

A fee of $20.00 and a breakage deposit of $5.00 are required for each course
involving laboratory work, and for research courses.

Chemistry B1: General Chemistry: The fundamental principles of chemistry.
The first term is devoted to an introduction to the atomic theory and the
chemical view of matter and a study of acids, bases, and salts. The second term
occupies a consideration of the electrolytic dissociation theory, oxidation and
reduction reactions, equilibrium, and typical nonmetallic elements. The third
term is devoted to an introduction to the chemistry of carbon, the descriptive
chemistry of the more important metals and a brief introduction to qualitative
analysis. Three hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week. (B.A. or
B. S. credit, 6 session-hours.)

Professor Carter, Dr. Bell and Assistants.

Chemistry B2: Qualitative Analysis: Chemistry B1 prerequisite.—A course
devoted to the study of systematic qualitative analysis. In the lecture work
special emphasis is given to the theoretical foundations of analytical chemistry.
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Yoe and Assistants.

Note: This course is specially recommended to pre-medical students who
wish to obtain more chemistry than the minimum requirement of the Medical
School.

Chemistry B3: Organic Chemistry: Chemistry B1 prerequisite.—An introductory
study of the compounds of carbon and their reactions, including the
application of modern chemical theories in this branch of science. It meets the
requirements of those who enter Medical Schools and the advanced courses in
Organic Chemistry. Three hours of lecture and six hours of experimental study
per week throughout the session. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)

Professor Bird and Assistants.

Chemistry B4: Quantitative Analysis: Chemistry B2 prerequisite.—An
introductory course in volumetric and gravimetric methods of analysis. Nine
hours per week, including one lecture or recitation on the technique and theory
of quantitative analysis. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Yoe and Assistant.

Chemistry B5: Undergraduate Research: To be eligible for this course a
student must have completed at least two of the three courses, B3, B2 and C1,
and must either have taken or be taking the third.—Properly qualified undergraduate
students are given opportunity to undertake an original investigation of
some problem in chemistry under the direction of a member of the teaching staff.
The student will be expected to devote to his problem a minimum of nine hours
per week throughout the year. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Chemistry B7: Introductory Theoretical and Advanced General
Chemistry: Chemistry B2 and B6 prerequisite.—A course designed to give students
specializing in chemistry a more advanced introduction to the fundamental
principles than is possible in general chemistry. No laboratory. 3 lectures per
week. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Carter.

GEOLOGY

Geology B1: General Geology: Principles of dynamical, structural and
historical geology designed to give a general survey of the forces operating upon
the earth, the phenomena of earthquakes, vulcanism, mountain making, the form
and structure of the earth, and its past history. Three hours of lectures and six
hours of laboratory. Laboratory fee, $3. Two lecture sections. Six laboratory
sections. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)

Professor Roberts and Assistants.

Geology B2: Applied Geology: May be taken by first-year students.—This
course is primarily for those who wish to obtain a general knowledge of the place
that geology occupies in our present day civilization, the relation of geological
phenomena and conditions to human activities. The course gives first a resumé
of the geological history of the earth and the present day physiography. It includes
a study of geological environmental factors and their effect on the industrial
development of the different regions of the United States; a study of water
supply; a study of the principal minerals, methods of mining, cost, distribution,
and the part they play in the industrial development of the world; followed, at
the end of the last term, with special lectures on geology and engineering, geology
and industry, etc. No laboratory. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Nelson.

Geology B4: Mineralogy: Open to all college students.—First term:
Principles of crystal structure and its relationship to the properties of minerals.
Second and third terms: Descriptive, physical and chemical mineralogy. Three
hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory. Laboratory fee, $5. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 6 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Pegau.

Geology B5: Elementary Mineralogy: Lectures and recitations with laboratory
work on the simple rock-forming and leading ore-forming minerals.
One two-hour laboratory period to be arranged. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Pegau.

PHYSICS

Physics B1: General Physics: A knowledge of the elements of plane
trigonometry through the right triangle is prerequisite.—(The course is open to
first-year students who have received this preparation in the high school.) Three
hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory and recitation per week. Laboratory
fee, $15. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)

Professor Hoxton, Associate Professor Brown and Assistants.

Physics B2: Physics B1 or its equivalent prerequisite. Calculus is not required.—This
course is designed to give the student a more thorough background
for advanced work in Physics and other sciences. May be withdrawn unless
elected by at least four students. Not more than twelve students will be admitted.
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Laboratory
fee, $7.50. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Associate Professor Brown.

Physics C1: Mechanics: Three hours of lecture per week. (Given as required.)

Professor Sparrow.

Physics C2: Electricity and Magnetism: Two hours of lecture and two
hours of laboratory per week. Laboratory fee, $7.50. (Offered in 1935-36.)

Professor Hoxton.

Physics C3: Optics: Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory
per week. Laboratory fee, $7.50. (Given in 1934-35.) (Offered in 1935-36.)

Associate Professor Brown.

Physics C4: Heat and Thermodynamics: Two hours of lecture and two
hours of laboratory per week. Laboratory fee, $7.50. (Not offered in 1935-36.)

Professor Hoxton.

PHILOSOPHY

First-year students, entering the college from high or preparatory schools,
are not admitted to the courses in Philosophy or Psychology.

Philosophy B1: History of Philosophy: The history of philosophy from
the Greek philosophers to the beginning of the nineteenth century. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Balz, Dr. Hammond and Mr. Weedon.

Philosophy B11: Logic: Logic as a deductive science, including a study
of recent developments in the logic of classes, relations, and systems, and logic
as a scientific method. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Davenport.

Philosophy B12: Philosophy and the Problems of Science: A critical
survey of the domain of scientific enquiry where such enquiry is not restricted to
the physical sciences. In the light of this extended analysis, an attempt will be
made to evaluate certain crucial problems in contemporary thought. (B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Mr. Weedon.

Philosophy B21: Metaphysics: A study of the elements of the speculative
science of metaphysics with special consideration of the bases and scopes of the
rational and empirical sciences and of the doctrinal positions of Aristotle,
Thomas Aquinas, Spinoza, and Bradley. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Buchanan.

Philosophy B31: Ethics: The historical development of the chief types of
ethical theory. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Dr. Hammond.

Philosophy B32: History of Morals: A descriptive and historical study
of moral ideas and practices. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Balz and Mr. Weedon.

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology B1: General Psychology: A survey of the principles of
psychology, either as part of a liberal education or as preparation for professional
study. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Ferguson, Associate Professor Geldard and Assistant Professor
Dennis.

Psychology B2: Experimental Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite
or to be taken concurrently.—The lectures and laboratory work will enable the
student to familiarize himself with the apparatus and methods used in psychological
experiments. The schedule will consist of one hour of lecture and four hours
of laboratory weekly. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Associate Professor Geldard.

Psychology B3: Abnormal Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite.—A
study of mental and nervous disorders, including a consideration of psychoanalytic
as well as more conventional interpretations, and of the social aspects of
abnormal behavior. The classroom work will be supplemented by clinical demonstration.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Associate Professor Geldard.

Psychology B4: Social Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite.—A study
of the psychological traits of the individual in their interaction with the social
environment. The course includes a treatment of racial and cultural differences,
personality, measurement and psychology of language, belief, prejudice, etc.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Dennis.

Psychology B5: Educational Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite.—
Mental ability and its development. The classroom work will be supplemented by
practice in mental measurement and experiments in learning. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Ferguson.

Psychology C1: Advanced Experimental Psychology: Psychology B2
prerequisite.—A course in experimental method designed primarily for advanced
students. The entire resources of the laboratory will be available. One hour
lecture and four hours laboratory weekly.

Associate Professor Geldard.

Psychology C2: Mental Measurement: Psychology B1 and any other B
course listed in this School prerequisite.—A study of the more important mental
tests and intelligence scales, of the statistical methods involved in their use, and
of the results obtained. (Not offered in 1935-36.)

Professor Ferguson.

Psychology C3: Genetic Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other B
course listed in this School prerequisite.—The development of psychological
functions in the animal species and in the child will be traced as a genetic approach
to adult human psychology. The topics to be considered include the
senses, instinct, memory, learning and intelligence. During part of the year laboratory
work will be included.

Assistant Professor Dennis.

Psychology C4: Theoretical Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—An examination of the more important
positions in psychological theory, with special reference to the structural,

functional, behavioristic and Gestalt points of view. To be given in alternate
years with Psychology C5. (Not offered in 1935-36.)

Associate Professor Geldard.

Psychology C5: Systematic Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—A survey of the psychological literature
pertaining to the special senses, feeling and emotion, and action. The course
is designed to provide an understanding of fundamental methods of research as
well as a knowledge of the status of basic problems. To be given in alternate
years with Psychology C4.

Associate Professor Geldard.

Psychology C6: Special Topics in Genetic Psychology: Psychology B1
and any other B course listed in this School prerequisite.—A seminar course for
advanced students in which the literature of special topics in child and animal
psychology will be reviewed. Second and third terms only. To be given in
alternate years with Psychology C7. (Not offered in 1935-36.)

Assistant Professor Dennis.

Psychology C7: History of Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—A survey of the historical development
of modern psychology. Second and third terms only. To be given in
alternate years with Psychology C6.

Assistant Professor Dennis.

Psychology C8: Statistical Method: Psychology B1 and any other B
course listed in this School prerequisite.—An introduction to the statistical methods
in current use in psychology and allied fields. First term only.

Assistant Professor Dennis.