Glazebrook and Shaw-"Practical Physics". CHEMISTRY. FOUNDED IN 1505. Patrons-THE UNIVERSITY COURT. Professors-1860 (1844) Andrew Fyfe, M.D., died 1861. 1862 James Smith Brazier, F.C.S., retired 1888, died 1889. 1890 Francis Robert Japp, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., retired 1914. I. GENERAL LECTURE COURSE, SYSTEMATIC CHEMISTRY.-(Daily during the Winter Session at 3 P.M.) These Lectures treat of: (1) The Laws of Chemical Combination and the General Principles of Chemistry, including Chemical Calculations; (2) the Elements classified according to the Periodic Law; (3) Organic Chemistry; (4) Applications of Chemistry to the Arts and Manufactures. Two written Class Examinations are held. A Tutorial Class (without fee) is held in connection with the General Lecture Course. Text-books: Modern Inorganic Chemistry, by J. W. Mellor (Longmans). For Science students Perkin and Kipping's Organic Chemistry" (Chambers). For Medical studentsOrganic Chemistry for Students of Medicine, by J. Walker (Gurney & Jackson), and Knox's “Elementary Chemical Theory and Calculations" (Gurney & Jackson). For more advanced reading for Science students-Roscoe and Schorlemmer's "Treatise on Chemistry" (Macmillan). Fees, for first attendance, £4 4s.; for subsequent attendance, £3 3s. II. ELEMENTARY PRACTICAL COURSE FOR ALL STUDENTS.(Spring Term.) Demonstration on Monday at 12 noon. For practical work the class will be divided into two groups; one group will meet on Tuesday and Thursday, and the other on Wednesday and Friday, from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. This course is devoted to practice in Chemical Methods and in Elementary Qualitative Analysis. The instruction is under the direction of the Professor of Chemistry and the Assistants. One practical examination is held at the end of the course, namely, the Degree Examination, but it must be attended by all, those not sitting the Degree Examination taking it as a Class Examination. Students in all faculties are required to pass this practical examination as well as the written examination, as part of the requirements for the Degree. The practical course should be taken, whenever possible, concurrently with the Systematic course. Text-book-Practical Chemistry for Medical Students, by A. C. Cumming (J. Thin, Edinburgh). Fee, £3 3s. This fee includes the necessary apparatus and appliances, with certain exceptions such as platinum foil and wire. Breakages must be made good by the student. III. SPECIAL LECTURE COURSE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.— (Daily during the Summer Session at 12 noon.) In this course the subject of Organic Chemistry is treated much more fully than is possible in the General Lecture Course. One written Class Examination is held. Text-book: Perkin and Kipping's "Organic Chemistry" (Chambers). Fee, £3 3s. IV. RADIO-ACTIVITY. - A course of thirty lectures on Radioactivity is given by the Professor in alternate Summer Sessions (next course, 1917). The course is free to those who have attended the Systematic Course. For others the fee is £2 2s. It covers the advances made since 1895 in our knowledge of the Ultimate Constitution of Matter and the Transformations of the Elements which give rise to Radio-activity. V. CHEMICAL LABORATORY.-The Laboratory is open daily from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Each student on entering will be allowed to arrange his hours of work so as to suit his own convenience, but must adhere to these hours when once fixed. The aim of the Laboratory Courses is to train the student in the practical methods of the science, so as to enable him to conduct chemical analysis and original research, and to apply chemistry to the arts and manufactures. Weekly Demonstrations, attendance on which is compulsory, are held in connection with the Laboratory Courses. (For further information as to fees and other conditions, see "University Fees ".) Text-books: "A Junior Course of Practical Chemistry" (latest edition), by Francis Jones (Macmillan); "Text-book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis," by A. C. Cumming and S. A. Kay (Gurney & Jackson). For the Final B.Sc. Examination in Chemistry the following courses of Practical Work must be taken: First and Second Gravimetric Courses, First and Second Volumetric Courses, Elementary and Advanced Qualitative Inorganic Courses, Organic Course and Supplementary Course. The Time-table for the Practical Work and Demonstrations in connection with these courses is as follows:: A. WINTER COURSES: First Gravimetric -- Hours for Weekly (Attendance Oct.-March, Tues., 2-3) Second Volumetric. Oct.-March, Frid., 2-3 Organic Advanced Inorganic Oct.-March, Mon., 2-3 Jan.-March, Mon., 4-5) B. SUMMER COURSES: Hours for Weekly Second Gravimetric. May-July, Mon., 2-3 Inor ganic Qualitative. May-July, Mon., 10-11 C. SUPPLEMENTARY COURSE:— Place and Hours for Science Laboratory, any time between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. Place and Hours for Science Laboratory, any time between 9 A. M. and 5 P.M. This Course consists of exercises which are not included in any of the above Courses, but which are mentioned in the syllabus of work for the Final B.Sc. Examination. It may be taken in winter or in summer, or in both. Exercises from this Course should be performed after finishing the week's work belonging to the regular Winter or Summer Courses. ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Lecturer.-JOSEPH KNOX, D.Sc. The course comprises two lectures a week during the winter session on selected portions of Inorganic Chemistry. One written class examination is held. Students are recommended to take the Physical Chemistry Course before attending this class. Fee, £2 2s. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. Lecturer, 1911-FRANCIS W. GRAY, M.A., D.Sc. This subject was taught by an assistant with the status of Lecturer up to 1911, when the Sub-Department of Physical Chemistry was instituted. By this new arrangement, the Lecturer in charge gives his whole time to Physical Chemistry. During the Winter he conducts the following courses : COURSE A (Oct. to Dec.). Fee, £2 2s. Practical (3 meetings a week of about 2 hours each) and Elementary Theoretical (2 hours a week). In this Theoretical Course, portions of Physical Chemistry of special interest to students of Biology and Medicine are treated in an elementary and non-mathematical way. COURSE B (Jan. to Mar.). Fee, £1 1s. In this course the theoretical part of Course A is continued, the theory already discussed being subjected to fuller and more mathematical treatment. In addition there are taken up portions of Physical Chemistry of interest to students of Geology, Physics, Engineering and Chemistry. Students of Botany, Zoology, Physiology and Medicine are recommended to take out Course A, even if they do not intend to go forward to the Final B.Sc. Examination in Chemistry. Students of Geology, Physics, Engineering and Chemistry should take both Course A and Course B. Students are recommended to take out the Graduation Course in Natural Philosophy before attending Course A and the Graduation Course in Mathematics before attending Course B. Research in Physical Chemistry.-The Laboratory is open for original work during both the Summer and Winter Sessions. Research Students must have attended Courses A and B or similar courses. Text-books. For reference and more advanced reading: Series of "Text-books of Physical Chemistry," edited by Sir William Ramsay (Longmans). For Calculations: "Physico-Chemical Calculations," by J. Knox, D.Sc. (Methuen). For Practical Work: "Manual of Practical Physical Chemistry," by F. W. Gray, M.A., D.Sc. (Macmillan). SUGGESTED ORDER OF STUDY FOR B.Sc. STUDENTS. Winter. First Gravimetric and a part of Supplementary Course. Summer. Second Gravimetric, First Volumetric and Elementary Inorganic Qualitative. Winter. Organic, Second Volumetric and Advanced Summer. A part of Supplementary Course. Physical. Radio activity. Advanced Inor ganic. (b) FOR STUDENTS BEGINNING IN SUMMER. Practical Cour-es. Advanced Summer. Elementary Inorganic Qualitative, First Winter. First Gravimetric and Second Volumetric. Summer. Second Gravimetric and a part of Supple Winter. mentary Course. Advanced Inorganic Qualitative, Organic Advanced BOTANY. FOUNDED IN 1860. Patron-THE CROWN. Inor ganic. Professors-1860 George Dickie, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., retired 1877, died 1882. 1877 JAMES W. H. TRAIL, M. A., M.D., F.L.S., F.R.S. GENERAL LECTURE COURSE.-This course is attended during the summer session in Marischal College, meeting at 8 A.M., from Monday to Friday, and consists of "not fewer than fifty meetings". During past years the number of meetings in each session has been considerably above this minimum. The Senatus has sanctioned the distribution of the fifty meetings as follows: Forty lectures, six oral examinations with tutorial instruction, two written examinations, and two excursions to enable students to observe plants in their native habitats. Additional meetings are at the discretion of the Professor. The lectures are fully illustrated by means of living specimens, microscopic and other preparations, diagrams, models and experiments on living plants. The course includes an account of the following: The characters distinctive of plants; the life-histories of a number of types selected to illustrate in the greater groups of plants the characteristic structures, processes of self-nutrition and reproduction, and gradual advance in complexity; classification, with special reference to groups of plants of importance from a scientific point of view, or as affording products of value to man, or as causing diseases in plants and animals; and vegetable physiology, in so far as required to supplement the references to the subject under the former heads. |