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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. CIVIL ENGINEERING.

The design is to furnish a course of theoretical instruction, accompanied and illustrated by a large amount of practice, which will enable the student to enter intelligently upon the various and important duties of the civil engineer.

INSTRUCTION.

While the instruction aims to be practical by giving the student information' and practice directly applicable in his future professional work, the prime object is the development of the mental faculties. The power to acquire information and the ability to use it, is held to be of far greater value than any amount of so-called practical acquirements. The method of instruction consists in coupling the development of intellectual power with the acquisition of information directly useful to the civil engineer in his profession. The instruction is given by lectures, text-books, and reading, to which are added numerous problems and practical exercises, as will serve best to explain principles completely and fix them in the mind. Models and instruments are continually used, both in lectures and by the students.

COURSE OF STUDY.

The complete course occupies four years. The several subjects included therein are shown in the list below. Each study requires five recitations per week and should receive daily from three to four hours of the student's time. Some of the class exercises occupy one hour daily, while others require two hours; as a rule the latter require less time for preparation. The order of studies as given by the year and term in the tabular view of the course, should be closely followed to avoid interference in hours of recitation, and because the studies are there given in the order which best meets the preparation of the student.

COURSE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, FIRST YEAR.

1. Advanced Algebra; Elements of Draughting; Shop Practice; French, German, or English; Military. 2. Trigonometry; Descriptive Geometry and Lettering; Shop Practice; French, German, or English; Military. 3. Analytical Geometry; Advanced Descriptive Geometry; Shop Practice; French, German, or English; Military.