1c. Elementary Physiography. Associate Professor HOLWAY. An introduction to the study of land-forms. Crustal movements and the resulting initial land-forms. Volcanoes and lava flows. Erosional forces and the processes of degradation. Classification of land-forms. The evolution of topography in a geographic cycle under humid, arid, or glacial conditions. Not open to students who have taken course la prior to 1916. Laboratory, four 3 hrs., first half-year. M W and alternate F, 8. UPPER DIVISION COURSES 102. Field Physiography. MAJOR COURSES Associate Professor HOLWAY. The topography in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay. The observation and interpretation of topographic forms. 3 units, first half-year; eight field days. Agreed Saturdays and one trip, Th to S, inclusive. Lectures, Tu Th, 2. Prerequisite: elementary physiography or geology. Traveling expenses may amount to $15. Prescribed for the major in physical geography. 103. Special Field Studies. Associate Professor HoLWAY. Additional field investigation under direct supervision of the instructor in charge, either during the academic year or as intersession work. Open to qualified students by special permission, 1 to 4 units, to be arranged. 113. Climatology. Mr. VARNEY. The broader aspects of climate, and a consideration of the conditions responsible for the diversity in character of various climates. The climatic features of the western United States, and the factors governing the climates of the different regions. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: course 1B. *114. Oceanography. The ocean and the oceanic circulation in their geographic relations. Tides and ocean currents; the use of maps and charts in navigation; trade routes and their significance. 3 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th S, 8. Prerequisite: course 1в and Astronomy 1 and 2A. 115. Physiography of California. Associate Professor HOLWAY. The physical features of California, with particular reference to the causes and processes involved in the evolution of topographic forms. 3 hrs., second half-year: 3 units. M W alt. F, 9, and two hours laboratory work to be arranged. Prerequisite: elementary physiography. *Not to be given, 1917-18. 116A. Geography of the Americas: North America. Mr. VARNEY. Lectures, with reading of selected references, on the physiography, climate, and the political, economic, and commercial geography of North America, with special emphasis on the United States. 2 hrs., first half-year. M W, 11. Prerequisite: course 1A or 1B. 116c. Geography of Europe. Mr. VARNEY. Lectures, with references to reading in descriptive publications, on the topography and climate of Europe as a continent; the political, economic, and commercial status of the constituent countries. 2 hrs., second half-year. M W, 11. Prerequisite: course 1A or 1B. 117. Relief Modeling. Laboratory work in making relief models. Mr. VARNEY. Either half-year. The consent of the instructor must be obtained before enrollment. Normally 1 unit of credit. 118. Advanced Physiography. Associate Professor HOLWAY. Recent physiographic publications and the principles controlling the evolution of topography. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: courses 102 and 115. Prescribed for seniors taking physical geography as a major subject. 119. Advanced Physiography. Associate Professor HOLWAY. Special assignments and the preparation of a thesis in connection with course 118. Hours and credit to be arranged. 219. Research. GRADUATE COURSES Associate Professor HOLWAY. Students who register for field work should have at least two days free each week or, preferably, should register for summer work. This course may also include library study in collating geographical data from scientific reports of Pacific Coast work in geology, botany, irrigation, and other allied subjects. Not less than 2 units each half-year. W, 3-5. 220. The Teaching of Physical Geography. Associate Professor HOLWAY. The teaching of physical geography in secondary schools, with a study of recent text-books, laboratory manuals, and laboratory and field work. Particular attention is given to the selection from the elementary sciences of experimental and observational work that is fundamental to the appreciation of geographic processes and relations. The plan of work is based upon the customary assignment of physical geography to the first year of the high school. 4 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. Tu Th, 3–5. The opportunity for research work in the physical geography of California is almost unlimited. No state in the Union has a greater variety of topographical forms and as yet practically nothing but the most general study of these forms has been made. Within a short distance of the University the coast line topography is most striking and many special problems in connection with ocean terraces and sea-cliff erosion will yield valuable results. Peculiarities of drainage, fault zone topography, and remnants of former geographic cycles are almost at our doors. Within the limits of the state, problems varying from the study of living glaciers to the erosion conditions of the most arid deserts are available for investi gation by qualified students. The meteorology and climatology of the state also offer abundant work for original observations, and the extensive data collected by the Weather Bureau may be used for study in this field. In addition to the field work suggested above, there is need for extensive research in the University Library in order that geographical data scattered throughout the various scientific reports on the geology, botany, water supply, etc., of the coast may be gathered and made available in connection with direct geographic surveys. Opportunities are by no means confined to physical geography, for problems of equal interest in commercial geography are multiplying with the rapid growth of the coast cities and with the transportation changes under modern conditions. GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY ANDREW C. Lawson, Ph.D., Professor of Mineralogy and Geology, and Dean of the College of Mining. JOHN C. MERRIAM, Ph.D., Professor of Palaeontology and Historical Geology. GEORGE D. LOUDERBACK, Ph.D., Professor of Geology. ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mineralogy. ELMER F. DAVIS, Ph.D., Instructor in Mineralogy and Geology. Honor-students in the Upper Division. The programmes of honorstudents, must be approved by the department not later than the beginning of the senior year. All such programmes must include Geology 102A-102B and Geology 112, or Mineralogy 106A-106B. Honors will be awarded on the basis of excellence in the major. GEOLOGY There are no laboratory deposits in this department. LOWER DIVISION COURSES 1A. General Geology: Dynamical and Structural. Professor LAWSON. Lectures. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: elementary chemistry and physics. NOTE. Students who intend to make geology a major study in the later years of their course are advised to take this course as early as possible. 1B. General Geology: Historical. Lectures. Professor MERRIAM. 2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 10. Prerequisite: course la or Palaeontology 1. UPPER DIVISION COURSES 102A-102B. Field Geology. Professor LOUDERBACK. An inquiry by the student into the geological conditions which obtain in the region around the Bay of San Francisco, with occasional more extended excursions to points of special interest; training in methods of field observation and in interpretation of results. Year course; 2 units each half-year; at least fifteen field days during the year. Credit in this course is given only to students who take the year's work, but supplementary credit may be given at the rate of one unit for eight days additional field work. Concurrently with the field work the class meets for lectures, exercises in geological mapping, discussion of methods, interpretation of observations and reading of geological maps. Prerequisite: Geology 1A and Mineralogy la. Students taking this course may be called upon to make excursions entailing an outlay for traveling expenses of $25. Saturdays. 102c. Economic Geology. Metalliferous Deposits. Professor LAWSON. Lectures. 3 hrs., second half-year. Mineralogy 1A, 1B. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: course 1A and 102D. Economic Geology. Non-metalliferous Deposits. Professor LAWSON. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 9. Prerequisite: course 1a and Mineralogy 1A, 1B. 103AB. Introduction to Petrology. Professor LOUDERBACK. (A) The general characteristics, origin, mode of occurrence, and nomenclature of rocks and description of the more common types. (B) Laboratory practice in the determination of textures, mineral components, and systematic position of rocks by direct observation of hand specimens. 5 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. Lectures, M W, 10; laboratory, two sections: I, W, 1–4; II, Th, 1–4. Prerequisite: Mineralogy 1A and 2A, 2B. 104A. Petrographical Laboratory. Dr. DAVIS. The optical properties of crystals and methods of investigation by means of the polarizing microscope. Laboratory and lectures. 7 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. Tu, 11; Th F, 1-4. Prerequisite: Mineralogy 2A, 2B. 104B. Petrographical Laboratory. Professor LOUDERBACK. Study of rocks with the aid of the microscope. A general introduction to practical petrology. Laboratory and lectures. 6 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. Th F, 1-4. Prerequisite: courses 103AB and 104A. |