2 courses in the 1963–64 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Minerals and rocks; geological processes and their effects; structural geology; applications of geology; historical geology; mineral and rock specimens; interpretation of geological and topographical maps; field trips.
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
NATURAL SCIENCE
An introduction to the principles of physics and chemistry with emphasis on the historical development of scientific concepts and their significance both to our understanding of the physical universe and to contemporary society.
The extent of the universe, motion, causes of motion, energy; properties of matter, states of matter, basic chemistry, the periodic table; electricity, currents, fields, magnetism; radiation, optics, atomic structure, subatomic chemistry, chemical forces, organic chemistry.
Illustrations of basic principles will be taken from biochemistry, biophysics, geology, and astronomy. The laboratory part of the course is designed to show how scientists gain new knowledge and to point out the difficulties inherent in the use of apparatus. 3 lectures, 2 hours laboratory, alternate weeks.