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Caption: Course Catalog - 1897-1898
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DESCRIPTION OF DEPARTMENTS 105 oughly familiar with the facts, principles, and methods of the science, but who desire a general acquaintance with its present state and some idea of how this state has been reached; (b) engineers whose work necessitates a practical knowledge of some parts of it; (c) those students of the college of science who wish to specialize in the geological and biological sciences, and who require a more intimate acquaintance with astronomy than can be got in one term's work; (d) those students who wish to make astronomy their specialty. In the first courses of instruction the work of the laboratory is subordinated to that of the recitation room, but as soon as the general notions of the science become fixed in his mind, the student is required to take data and solve practical problems in the observatory. After the student has been given sufficient practice to enable him to comprehend and appreciate the more advanced subjects of theoretical astronomy, an opportunity is provided him to familiarize himself with these subjects by the lectures and work of the senior year. For students of class (a) course 4a, presupposing mathematics through trigonometry only, is offered; for the second, courses 4a and 6, requiring the same preliminary mathematics and a term's experience in practical work with instruments, is given; for the third, courses 4a, 4b, 5, and 6, extending through four terms and requiring the same mathematical preparation as course 4a; and for the fourth class, all astronomical courses from 4a!—13, inclusive, are offered. Courses 7, 8, and 9 are to be given in alternate years with 11, 12, and 13. The courses in astronomy 7, 8, and 9, as also 11, 12, and 13, count either as graduate or as undergraduate work, but neither set can count for both. The subjects treated in the astronomical seminary will be related to those considered in courses astronomy 7, 8, and 9 and 11, 12, and 13 respectively.
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