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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

3. This course consists of the first and third terms' work of course 1. It is intended to serve as a thorough zoological preparation for- Physiology 1, and is especially commended to students contemplating the study of medicine. Winter and fall terms, full study. Required: Chemistry 1 and Art and Design 1 (see Course 1). 4. EMBRYOLOGY.—Lectures, laboratory, and reference work. This course begins with a study of the germ cells, and the process of m'aturaion, fertilization, cleavage, and gastrulation from preparations furnished to the student. The study of the development of the vertebrate form in the chick is then taken up, with preparations of the amphibian embryo for comparison. Instruction is given in methods of preparing embryological material, and of making graphic and plastic reconstructions from serial sections. Her twig--Marks' Embryology of Man and Mammals and Marshall's Vertebrate Embryology. Winter term, ftill study.

Dr. KOFOID.

Required: Zoology 1 or 3. 5. ADVANCED ZOOLOGY.—To students who have had Course 1, 2, or 3, an opportunity is offered for advanced work in zoology. It may be closely adapted to the bent and ability of the student. Four main lines of work will, however, be especially provided for: (a) Systematic reading of general zoology (at present Hertwig's Lehrbuch der Zoologie), together with lectures on the history of zoology and on the. morphology, physiology, and oecology of special groups, (b) Seminary work, consisting of the collating, indexing, and abstracting of a scattered literature on assigned or selected subjects, and the preparation of papers based on these bibliographical and literary studies. These papers will be closely criticised and discussed as a means of education in the preparation of scientific manuscript for the press. Regular instruction in natural history drawing sufficient to enable the student to prepare illustrations for reproduction by the ordinary methods will be made a part of this course. (c) Zoological research work, which will usually take the form of an original investigation of a limited subject, carried forward with whatever aid, guidance, and instruction, the nature of the subject and the ability of the student may require. It is the purpose of this course to make the student acquainted with the general method of science and to prepare him for the thesis investigation of the senior year. Students so desiring may pursue a research course at the University Biological Station on the Illinois River during the summer vacation months, and will receive credit therefor, (d) Pedagogical zoology, offered with special reference to those who wish to become teachers of biological subjects. This course will be conducted in cooperation with the department of pedagogy.