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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

together with lectures on the history of zoology and on the morphology, physiology, and oecology of special groups, (b) Seminary work, consisting of the collation, 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. Any one of these four lines of work may be taken separately, proportional credit to be given therefor. Seminary and research courses will, however, be required of all students purposing to graduate with a zoological thesis. Fall winter, and spring tertns, full study. Professor FORBES. Required': Zoology 1, 2, or 3. 6. GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY.—This course of two terms should be taken by preference in the sophomore year. It is practically a sequel to course 2 in general zoology, the work of the second term of that course being directed especially towards entomology. Presuming upon a general knowledge of the Arthropoda, the instruction begins with more detailed work on Insecta. The greater part of the course consists of laboratory studies of the structure and classification of insects; practice in the determination of species and the description and illustration of species and structures ; field work and observation, including