210A-210B. Field Investigation of Injurious Insects. 3 or more hrs., throughout the year. 211. Growth. The STAFF. Professor WOODWORTH. The utilization of food by organisms; the comparison of the feeding and fasting animal; the effect of temperature, and the effect of poisons and nutrition. Lectures and seminar. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 8. Laboratory hours to be arranged. Associate Professor HERMS. Lectures in the field of recent investigations; laboratory exercises with special reference to advanced technique, and occasional field trips. 215. Advanced Medical Entomology. 5 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. Lectures, Tu Th, 10; laboratory and field excursions to be arranged. Prerequisite: courses 4, 126 and 127 or equivalent. Open to qualified seniors with consent of the instructor in charge. *216. Tropical Parasitology. Associate Professor HERMS. The commoner animal parasites and disease carriers of the tropics and sub-tropics, together with a discussion of the disease which they cause or transmit. Open to qualified seniors. 5 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. Tu Th, 9. Laboratory hours to be arranged. 218. Research in Insecticides. Investigation of special problems. Mr. GRAY and Mr. MILLER. 3 or more hrs., either half-year, to be arranged. Prerequisite: course 118. The student must satisfy the instructor that he is adequately prepared to undertake the work. 221. Death. Professor WOODWORTH and Mr. GRAY. The phenomena connected with death in plants and animals, particularly the action of poisons; an experimental study of insecticides. Lectures and seminar. Second half-year. Tu Th, 11. Laboratory work to be arranged. FARM MECHANICS (Given at Davis) 2. Shop Practice: Carpentry. Mr. BELTON. The care and use of wood-working tools. Laying off work, joining, framing and construction of models and sections of buildings. The practice work is supplemented with lectures and demonstrations. 6 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. M Tu, 8-11. * Not to be given, 1916-17. 3. Shop Practice: Blacksmithing. Mr. INGRIM. Principles of forging and welding; making and tempering hand tools; sharpening and repair of farm implements. 6 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. W Th, 8-11. 101. Farm Machinery and Farm Motors. Professor DAVIDSON. Economics of farm machinery, mechanics of machines, materials of construction. The development, construction, functions, adjustment, operation, and repair of farm machinery. The production and transmission of power. Principles of draft. The study of the horse as a motor; gasoline and oil engines; electric power; tractors. Laboratory work consists in the study, operation and adjustment of the machines discussed in the classroom. 8 hrs., second half-year; 4 units. Lectures: Section I, Tu Th, 8; section II, Tu Th, 9. Laboratory: Section 1, M F, 8-11; section II, M, 1-5; Tu, 3-5; section III, W, 9–11; F, 1–5. FORESTRY 1. Elements of Forestry. Professor MULFORD. The The relations of forestry to the every day life of a nation. influence of forests upon water supply, climate, soil and public health; the products of the forest; the life story of the tree and the forest; general principles of forestry practise; protection of the forest from fire and other enemies; present organization of forestry work in the United States and Europe. Several lectures on fish and game protection will be given by members of the staff of the California Fish and Game Commission. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 9. 2. Forestry Methods. Assistant Professor METCALF. A lecture, field, and laboratory course which gives elementary training in the following branches: identification of common woods used by the carpenter and the cabinet maker; identification of the principal timber trees of the Pacific Coast; uses of various kinds of wood; tree seeds; forest nurseries; starting forests by direct seeding and by planting; measuring the amount of timber, both felled and standing; determination of the value of standing timber. 5 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. Lectures, M W, 9; laboratory, Th, 1-4. 99. Practice in Forestry. Assistant Professor BRUCE in charge; Professors MULFORD and Practice in scaling and estimating timber and the study of its growth; timber survey of a large tract; detailed study of a logging and milling operations; field instruction in silviculture; collection of data for a working plan. Eleven weeks, summer camp; 6 units. To be held in the pine region of the Sierra or in the redwood region, near large logging operations. Woodsmanship. While in camp for course 99, instruction in woodmanship will be given. Students who make forestry their major subject will be required to become reasonably proficient in woodsmanship. No credit. 101. Forest Mensuration. Assistant Professor BRUCE. The measurement of saw logs and other manufactured products, of standing timber, and of the growth of trees and stands. 6 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. Lectures, M W, 11; laboratory, Tu, 1-5. 104. Silviculture: Forest Ecology and Natural Reproduction. Professor MULFORD. The influence of site on the forest and of the forest on site; the behavior of trees as members of a forest community; forest description; the methods of reproducing the forest without planting or sowing; the care of the crop during its growth; timber scale marking. 7 hrs., second half-year; 5 units. Lectures, Tu Th F S, 8; field work, S, 9-12. 106. Silviculture: Artificial Reproduction. Assistant Professor METCALF. Tree seeds; direct seeding; the forest nursery; forest planting; woodlot and windbreak planting; fixation of sand dunes. 5 hrs., first half-year; ? units. Lecture, F, 10; laboratory or field work, Tu, 1-5. 108. Timber Trees and Forest Regions. Assistant Professor METCALF. Brief survey of the forest regions of the world; detailed account of the forest regions of the United States and Canada; the distribution, importance, and silvical characteristics of the leading timber trees of the United States and Canada, and the identification of such of these as do not grow in California. (The identification of California trees is given in Botany 104a.) 6 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. Lectures, Tu Th, 8; laboratory, S, 8-12. Open to students with a major in forestry or by permission. 110. Forest Protection. Professor MASON. The protection of forests from fire, trespass, fungi, and other enemies. 6 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. Lectures, Tu Th, 10; laboratory, W, 1-5. 112. Forest Utilization. Assistant Professor PRATT. The manufacture, seasoning, grading and care of rough and finished lumber; the principal industrial uses of lumber; minor wood-using industries; utilization of products other than wood, such as forage, fish and game. 6 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. Lectures, Tu, Th, 9; laboratory, F, 1–5. 114. Wood Technology. Assistant Professor PRATT. Identification of economic woods; physical, chemical and mechanical properties of wood; utilization of waste; technical forest products; wood preservation; paper pulp; destructive distillates. 6 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. Lectures, M W, 11; laboratory, W, 1-5. 115. Logging. Assistant Professor BRUCE. The manufacture and transportation of saw logs from stump to mill. 6 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. Lectures, M W, 9; laboratory, Th, 1-5. 118. Forest Improvements. Assistant Professor BRUCE. The construction and maintenance of forest trails, roads, bridges, and telephone lines. 6 hrs., second half-year; 3 units. Lectures, Tu Th, 9; laboratory, F, 1-5. 120. Forest Finance and Organization. Professor MASON. Forest valuation; working plans; regulation of yield. 7 hrs., second half-year; 5 units. Lectures, Tu Th F S, 8; laboratory, S, 9-12. 122. Forest Administration and Policy. Professor MASON. Personnel and organization of the forest staff; forest taxation; other forest laws; the relations of state and individual to forestry; historical development of forestry. 7 hrs., second half-year; 4 units. Lectures, M W F, 10; laboratory, M, 1-5. 128. Conference. Assistant Professor PRATT. Round-table discussions of forestry problems; individual topics of study will be assigned. 3 hrs., first half-year, to be arranged. Open only to students with a major in forestry. 202A-202B. Research. Professors MULFORD and MASON, and Assistant Professors BRUCE, Individual advanced study and research in silviculture, forest management, forest engineering, forest utilization, wood technology, forest protection, or forest policy. 3 to 6 hrs., throughout the year, to be arranged. COURSES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS Industrial Hygiene. [See Hygiene 6.] Forest Insects. [See Entomology 114.] Surveying. [See Civil Engineering 1A-1B, 3, 102, 102c.] Strength of Materials. [See Civil Engineering 108ABC.] Elements of Steam Engineering. [See Mechanics 1A.] Elements of Electrical Engineering. [See Electrical Engineering 1B.] Principles of Accounting. [See Economics 14AB.] Factors of Industrial Efficiency. [See Economics 105.] Cost Accounting. [See Economics 114E.] GENETICS 1. Principles of Breeding Plants and Animals. Professor BABCOCK and Assistant Professor CLAUSEN. Study of variation and heredity with relation to plant and animal improvement. Lectures with assigned reading, laboratory, and field work. 6 hrs., second half-year; 4 units. laboratory, section I, W, 2-5; Prerequisite: Botany 2 and 3 120. Special Topics and Pro-seminar. Lectures and recitations, M W F, 8; II, F, 2-5; III, M, 2-5; IV, Tu, 2–5. and Zoology 1A. Professor BABCOCK and Assistant Professor CLAUSEN. Individual study of selected topics, the results to be embodied in a report or thesis. Laboratory or field work with reading. Weekly meetings with reports and discussions on topics in genetics. 7 to 13 hrs., either half-year; 3 to 5 units. Seminar, and laboratory or field work to be arranged. Prerequisite: course 1. May be repeated without duplication of credit with instructors' permission. 200. Research in Genetics. Professor BABCOCK and Assistant Professor CLAUSEN. Units and hours to be arranged. Original investigation of special problems. |