Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 207]

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UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS.

The casts, p h o t o g r a p h s , etc., of the a r t gallery. In the University library are m a n y of the best English, German, French, a n d American architectural works and periodicals. A large and well-equipped carpenter and cabinet shop, cont a i n i n g cabinet benches and sets of fine tools for class in s h o p practice; foot and power lathes; machine saws, planer, moulder, tenoner, shaper, jig saw, etc. The use of the large testing machine, capacity 50 t o n s .

ARCHITECTURAL COURSE.

Bequiredfor the Degree of B. $., in School of Architecture.

FRESHMAN YEAR.

1. Advanced Algebra; Projection Drawing; French or German; Shop Practice. 2. Trignometry; Descriptive Geometry and Lettering; French or German; Shop Practice. 3. Analytical Geometry; Advanced Descriptive Geometry; French or German; Shop Practice.

SOPHOMORE YEAR.

1. Differential Calculus; Physics: French or German (optional); Wood Construction. 2. Advanced Integral Geometry; Physics; French or German (optional); Stone, Brick, and Metal Construction. 3. Integral Calculus; Physics; French or German (optional); Sanitary Construction.

JUNIOR YEAR.

1. Analytical Mechanics; Chemistry; Architectural Drawing. 2. Resistance of Materials; Chemistry; History of Architecture; Architectural Drawing. 3. Graphical Statics; History of Architecture; Astronomy, or Geology, or Drawing and Modeling.

SENIOR Y E A R .

1. Mental Science; Esthetics of Architecture; Architectural Perspective. 2. Constitutional History; Designing; Heating and Ventilation. 3. Political Economy; Designing; Estimates and Specifications. F o r t h e Junior class in the current year the course will n o t b e changed, b u t remains as follows: 1. Architectural Drawing; Analytical Mechanics; Chemistry. 2. History of Architecture; Resistance of Materials; Physics. 3. History of Architecture; Advanced Descriptive Geometry; Physics.

BUILDERS' COURSE.

The Trustees permit persons desiring* t o fit themselves for foremen and builders t o t a k e a course of a single year, p u r s u i n g only the selected studies of the architectural course prescribed in the following course of study.