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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
others desiring to join the class without previously attending the Uni
versity, should state in their applications the amount of zoological
work they have done.
The tuition fee for the summer term is $25.00. Students who have
been members of the University during the year preceding are excused
from the payment of this fee. Applications for admission to the
course should be made before June 1st.
8. Introductory Course. Elementary morphology
of insects and
systematic entomology. Laboratory work. Daily, ex. S., 8-5, White
11, 12, 20. Messrs. MacGillivray and Riley.
9. of CEcology Insects. Two hours. Lectures and field work on
the habits of insects, and on their relations to their environment. T.,
Th., 9-12, White 12. Professor Comstock.
Course 9 is open only to students who are at taking least three hours
of course 8.
10. Morphology and development of Insects. Lectures. M.,
10, Th., 4, White 12. Professor Comstock.
11. Research in Entomology. Special work arranged with refer
ence to the needs and attainments of each student. Daily, ex. S.,
8-5. Professor Comstock and Messrs. MacGillivray and Riley.
PHYSIOLOGY, VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY AND
NEUROLOGY.
The laboratories and lecture-rooms of the department occupy the
entire north wing of McGraw Hall. The museum is in the center of
the building on the main floor and in the first gallery.
Courses of Instruction. With all, practical work constitutes an
essential feature. With the first three, Physiology, Vertebrate Zoology,
and Neurology, one-third of the exercises are in the form of practi
cums, the objects being studied by the students in groups under con
stant supervision and with explicit directions. In the other courses
the work laboratory is adapted to the needs of the individual.
Courses 1,2, and 3 are intended to be taken continuously
same year, but for the present this is not insisted upon.
in the
Course 1 is general and introductory to the others in this depart
ment. It may advantageously precede or accompany courses 1, 2 and
3 in Microscopy, Histology and Embryology, and the courses in
Anatomy, and in the Physiology of Domesticated Animals ( Veterinary
College). Courses 1, 3 and 7 are also designed to serve as a preparation
for Psychology (see Course 1 in Philosophy).
Relations with the Medical College. The Physiology of the
first year in the Medical College includes the lectures of Course 1.
The Anatomy
of the second year includes the whole of Course 3.