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Courses of Instruction 63
2b. GENERAL ZOOLOGY. First term; three hours; four
laboratory hours; five credits.
An examination of the great principles of Zoology, together
with a study of the structure, activities and relationships of repre-
sentatives of the different groups of animals.
2d. TAXONOMY OF THE HIGHER PLANTS. Prerequi-
site, General Botany or its equivalent. Second term; one hour
lecture; laboratory or field work, four or eight hours; three or
five credits.
A study of the kinds of ferns and seed plants and field work
on the flora about Williamsburg. Emphasis is placed on wild plants,
but the common cultivated plants receive some attention. The
course should be useful both in preparation for special work and
as an aid ir^ teaching. Each student prepares an herbarium.
2e. SOILS. Prerequisite, Elementary Chemistry. First term;
two hour lectures; laboratory and field zvork, two hours; three
credits.
Origin and formation of soil material; classification of soils;
physical properties, fertility, manures and fertilizers ; activities of
soil micro-organisms ; work of experiment stations.
3d. GENETICS. Prerequisite, ten credits in the department.
Second term; three hours; three credits.
The principles of variation and heredity in plants and animals,
including man ; and the practical application of these principles.
3e. VERTEBRATE ANATOMY. Prerequisite, ten credits in
the department; five of these credits should be for General Zoology.
First term; two hour lectures; six laboratory hours ; five credits.
This course takes up in a comparative way the structure of
vertebrate animals.
3f. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. Prerequisites, General Botany
and ten credits in Chemistry. First term; two hours lectures; six
laboratory hours; five credits.
A study of the chemistry of plant cell activities, plant nutrition,
and the chemistry of plant products. The laboratory work is de-