Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1884 [PAGE 27]

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31 School are steadily growing in favor with those seeking engineering services. During the pact summer the demand was greater than the supply. Nearly all of the graduates are filling positions of responsibility and trust in their profession. Students in Mining Engineering have all the facilities of the School of Civil Engineering, but instead of pursuing the special studies not closely related to their course, they have instruction in Metallurgy and Analysis of Coal, Mineral Waters, etc. The Geological and Mineralo^ical cabinets are well furnished with useful specimens, and the Metallurgical and Assaying laboratories have stamp-mill, furnaces, and other apparatus required for practical instruction in this department.

CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSE.

Required for Degree of B. S., in School of Givil

FIRST YEAR.

Engineering.

1. Trigonometry; Projection Drawing; French or German. 2. Analytical Geometry; Descriptive Geometry and Lettering; French or German. S. Calculus; Free-Hand Drawing; French or German.

SECOND YEAR.

1. Advanced Algebra; Land Surveying; German or French. 2. Advanced Analytical Geometry; Theory of Instruments and Surveying; German or French. 3. Advanced Calculus; Topographical Surveying and Drawing; German or French.

THIRD YEAR.

1. Advanced Descriptive Geometry; Chemistry and Laboratory Practice; Railroad Engineering. 2. Analytical Mechanics; Chemistry and Laboratory Practice; Physics. 8. Analytical Mechanics; Astronomy; Physics.

" O U R T H YEAE.

1. Resistance of Materials and Hydraulics; Mental Science; Geodesy and Practical Astronomy. 2. Bridges; Constitutional History; Geology. 3. Stone Work; Political Economy; Bridge Construction.

In each of these two courses the student will take two years of German or French, but not one year of each. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTUEB.

OBJECT OF THE SCHOOL.

The School prepares students for the profession of Architecture. For this a thorough knowledge of scientific principles applied to building, ability and correct taste in design, and a technical knowledge of the various building trades, with skill in the use of tools, are necessary, and are prominent objects of the course of instruction.