BOTANY WILLIS L. JEPSON, Ph.D., Professor of Botany. WILLIAM A. SETCHELL, Ph.D., Professor of Botany (Chairman of the Department). NATHANIEL L. GARDNER, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Botany and Curator of the Herbarium. THOMAS H. GOODSPEED, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Botany and Curator of the Botanical Garden. 1RICHARD M. HOLMAN, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Botany. HERBERT L. MASON, M.A., Associate in Phaenogamic Botany. HARVEY M. HALL, Ph.D., Honorary Curator in the Herbarium. Letters and Science List.-All undergraduate courses in botany are included in the Letters and Science List of Courses. For regulations governing this list, see page 4. Preparation for the Major.-Required: Botany 2A, 2B, 7, and Chemistry la or its equivalent, taken previous to or in conjunction with 7. The Major. Of the 24 units of upper division work required, 16 units should consist of Botany 104A-104B, 105a–105B, and 111, the remaining 8 units to be taken in botany or selected with the approval of the department from the following courses in allied subjects: Biochemistry 103, 104, 110; Genetics 199; Geology 102A-102; Plant Nutrition 100, 122; Zology 103, 107, 110, 114; Plant Pathology 120; Physiology 100A-100в. Laboratory Fees.-A laboratory fee of $3 is charged in each of the following courses: 2A, 2B, 104A-104B, 105A-105B, 106A-106в, 107A-107B, 108, 109, 111, 112a–112b, 113A–113B, 114, 115A-115в. In course 7, the fee is $5. LOWER DIVISION COURSES 2A. General Botany. (4) I. Associate Professor HOLMAN, Assistant Professor BONAR, Lectures in two sections: Sec. 1, M, 10; Sec. 2, Tu 9; one recitation period weekly, to be arranged; laboratory: Sec. 1, M F, 1-4; Sec. 2, M F, 2-5; Sec. 3, Tu Th, 8-11; Sec. 4, Tu Th, 9-12; Sec. 5, Tu Th, 1–4; Sec. 6, Tu Th, 2-5; Sec. 7, W, 1-4, S, 8-11; Sec. 8, W, 2-5, S, 9-12; Sec. 9, M W, 9-12; Sec. 10, W F, 8-11; two or three half-day field excursions on Saturdays. The fundamentals of the morphology and physiology of flowers, fruits, seeds, seedlings, roots, stems, and leaves. In residence first half-year only 1927-28. 2B. General Botany. (4) II. Assistant Professor BONAR, Miss ROUSH and Teaching Fellows Lecture, M, 10; laboratory as in 2A. Prerequisite: course 2A. A continuation of course 2A, covering the lower orders of plants and an introduction to the taxonomy of the flowering plants. 4. Classification of Flowering Plants. (1) II. Laboratory, S, 8-11. Professor JEPSON, Mr. MASON Lectures on the principles of classification; laboratory exercises on plant structure; practice in determinations by means of a manual. 7. Experimental Plant Physiology. (4) I. Associate Professor HOLMAN Lectures, Tu Th, 1; laboratory, Tu Th, 2-5. Deposit, $10; $7 less deduction for breakage is returnable. Prerequisite: Botany 2A, 2B; Chemistry 1A or its equivalent. The principal functions of plants, including absorption, conduction, carbon and nitrogen assimilation, and respiration. UPPER DIVISION COURSES Botany 2A and 2B are prerequisite to all upper division courses in botany. 104A-104B. Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants. (3-3) Yr. Professor JEPSON, Mr. MASON Tu Th, 1–4, with 3 hours field work to be arranged. Course 104A is not prerequisite to 104B. 104A. Forest Botany. Professor JEPSON, Mr. MASON Laboratory work on the botanical characters of forest trees and chaparral; practice in the determination of important California species; lectures on the classification of Gymnosperms and other groups, and on the essentials of morphology and physiology as applied to trees. 104B. Angiosperms. Professor JEPSON, Mr. MASON Representative orders of flowering plants: their habits and growth, structure, classification, and geographical distribution. 105A-105B. General Cryptogamic Botany. (3-3) Yr. Associate Professor GARDNER Lecture, W, 1; laboratory, M F, 1-4. Course 105A is not prerequisite to 105B. The orders of spore-bearing plants from the points of view of structure, development, and economic importance. 105A deals exclusively with fungi; 105в with the other spore-bearing plants. 106A-106в. Phycology. (3-3) Yr. Lecture, W, 9; laboratory, M F, 9–12. Prerequisite: course 105A-105B. Associate Professor GARDNER Marine and fresh-water algae. Course 106A is not prerequisite to 106B. 107A-107B. Pteridology and Bryology. (3-3) Yr. Professor SETCHELL Prerequisite: course 105A-105B; 107A is not prerequisite to 107B. 108. Forest Fungi. (3) II. Lecture, W, 1; laboratory, M F, 1–4. Assistant Professor BONAR Intended for students of botany, plant pathology, and forestry. 109. Plant Histology. (3) II. Tu Th, 1–4. Associate Professor GOODSPEED The meristems and the development of cell types, tissues, and tissue systems. Lectures and laboratory. 111. Plant Cytology and Microtechnique. (4) II, Associate Professor GOODSPEED Lectures, Tu Th, 8; laboratory, Tu Th, 9-12. 112A-112B. Special Taxonomic Studies. (3-3) Yr. Professor JEPSON Tu Th, 9-12; field work, alt. S, 8-5. Prerequisite: course 104A-104B. Course 112A is not prerequisite to 112B. Studies in the special morphology of selected orders or genera. Students of agriculture are here offered opportunity for taxonomic study of the plant group in which their interest is primarily economic. 113A-113B. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Phaenogams. (3-3) Yr. Professor JEPSON M W, 9-12, and 3 hours field work to be arranged. Prerequisite: courses 104A-104в and 105A-105B. Course 113A is not prerequisite to 113B. Characters and affinities of the classes and more important orders of seed plants, accompanied by informal discussions of phylogenetic problems. It is desirable that at least a part of the summer in the year previous to the election of this course should be spent in field work, preferably in California. 114. Advanced Plant Physiology for Undergraduates. (3) I. M W, 1-5. Conference to be arranged. Associate Professor HOLMAN Prerequisite: course 7 or equivalent. 115A-115B. Physiology of Fungi. (3-3) Yr. M F, 1-4. Assistant Professor BONAR Special problems in the physiology and reproduction of fungi, for advanced undergraduate or graduate students. Enrollment limited. Prerequisite: courses 7 and 105A. Course 115A is not prerequisite to 115B. 150. History of Botanical Science. (3) I. M W F, 4. Lectures, discussions and reports. Professor SETCHELL Professor SETCHELL 151. Climatic Distribution of Plants. (3) II. M W F, 4. Lectures, discussions, and reports on the facts, factors, and theories regarding the distribution of plants over wide areas. GRADUATE COURSES Concerning conditions for admission to graduate courses see page 3 of this announcement. In courses 225, 226, 227, 228, and 229, the first half of the course is not prerequisite to the second half. 224. Cytology of Hybrid Plants. (3) I. Associate Professor GOODSPEED Tu Th, 2; laboratory, 3 hours, to be arranged. Lectures, demonstrations and reports. Prerequisite: course 111. Open also to properly prepared undergraduates. 225A-225B. Research in Cryptogamic Botany. Yr. 226A-226B. Research in Phaenogamic Botany. Yr. M W, 10-12. Professor SETCHELL M W, 1-4. 227A-227B. Research in Plant Histology and Cytology. (2-4: 2-4) Yr. Tu Th, 1-5; W, 2. Associate Professor GOODSPEED 228A-228B. Research in Plant Physiology. Yr. M W, 1–5. Advanced study in various fields of modern botany. Topics vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of each semester. 299. Thesis for the Master's Degree. The STAFF COURSES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS Interrelations of Plants and Soils. (See Plant Nutrition 100, 122, 235A235B.) Advanced Plant Nutrition. (See Plant Nutrition 103.) Agronomy. (See Agronomy 108.) Genetics 100. Diseases Affecting Cultivated Plants in California. (See Plant Path ology 120.) CHEMISTRY WALTER C. BLASDALE, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry. GILBERT N. LEWIS, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Chemistry (Chairman of the Department). CHARLES W. PORTER, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, and Assistant Dean of the College of Chemistry. MERLE RANDALL, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry. EDMOND O'NEILL, Ph.B., Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus. GERALD E. K. BRANCH, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry. SIMON FREED, Ph.D., Instructor in Chemistry. JAMES FRANCK, Ph.D. (Professor of Physics, University of Göttingen), Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry. For Letters and Science List.-All undergraduate courses except courses 142A-142B and 145 are included in the Letters and Science list. regulations governing this list, see page 4. These High School Preparation.-At least two of the three subjects-chemistry, physics, trigonometry-should be taken in the high school. prerequisites may be waived for students above the freshman year whose University records are good. See prerequisites for Chemistry 1A-1B. Entrance with Advanced Standing.-All undergraduate students who have not taken courses in the Department of Chemistry of this University for two years, and who desire to take courses in chemistry more advanced than course 1в must present themselves on or before the date of their registration to Professor Blasdale, 221 Chemistry Building, who will determine from their credentials or by an informal examination which courses they may undertake. Students with graduate standing should consult Professor Hildebrand, 115 Gilman Hall. Major in the College of Letters and Science.-(a) Preparation in the Lower Division.-The minimum requirement is Chemistry 1A-1B (10), which * Absent on leave 1927-28; 2 in residence second half-year only. |