Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1893-1894 [PAGE 42]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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 couplingthe 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 A; French, German, or English; Military. 2. Trigonometry; Descriptive Geometry and Lettering; Shop Practice A; French, German, or English; Military. 3. Analytical Geometry; Advanced Descriptive Geometry; Shop Practice A; French, German, or English; Military.

SECOND YEAR.

1. Differential Calculus; Land Surveying; Physics 1 and 3; Rhetoric and Themes (English 8); Military. 2. Advanced Analytical Geometry; Topographical Drawing and Transit Surveying and Leveling; Physics 1 and 3; Rhetoric and Themes (English 8); Military. 3. Integral Calculus; Topographical Surveying; Physics 1 and 3; Rhetoric and Themes (English 8); Military.

THIRD YEAR.

1. Analytical Mechanics; Railroad Engineering; Chemistry. 2. Resistance of Materials; Railroad and Road Engineering; Engineering Materials. 3. Hydraulics; Astronomy; Roofs.