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Show 66 3. Plant and Animal Life of Utah. An elementary study course with emphasis upon ecology and conservation. Identification, conservation, ecological relationships, and distribution of the common plants and animals of the State. Credit may not be received for this course and Wildlife Conservation. Two lectures and one laboratory or field trip a week. Three quarter hours. Summer. Hardy 6. Heredity. General principles of genetics, with emphasis upon human heredity. Three lectures a week. Prerequisite: Biology 1, Zoology 1, Botany 1, or Physiology 1. Three quarter hours. Winter, Spring. Hardy,Young 7. Field Biology. A course in field study and observation of the ecological relationships of plants and animals. Collections required. Each summer a six weeks' field trip through some part of the United States or Mexico is conducted. Two lectures and field work equivalent to one laboratory period each week. Three quarter hours. Extra laboratory and field work may be taken for one extra credit hour. Making a total of four quarter hours. Summer. Hardy 10. Conservation of Plant Resources. A course devoted primarily to the study of the proper utilization and conservation of agricultural, forest and other plant resources. Special emphasis is given to present day problems of national and local conservation. Two lectures a week. Two quarter hours. Autumn, Summer. Pendleton 11. Aquatic Resources. A course dealing with conservation of fish both for recreational and economic purposes, and with husbanding the factors supporting the growth of fish. Two lectures a week. Two quarter hours. Winter. Young 12. Wildlife Conservation. The principles, practices, and needs of the wildlife of America with respect to conservation. Emphasis upon the terrestrial vertebrates, especially of Utah and the Intermountain Region. A course for the general student. Two lectures a week. Two quarter hours. Spring, Summer. Hardy DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, AGRICULTURE, AND FORESTRY E. L. Miner, R. W. Monk, R. C. Pendleton CURRICULUM Agriculture In the field of agriculture a student may choose a major in any one of the following courses: Agricultural Economics, Agronomy and soils, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture, and other related courses. 07 Freshman Year A. W. S. Agriculture 2 3 Agriculture 10 3 Botany 2, 3 5 5 Chemistry 1, 2, 3 or 4, 5, 6 5 5 5 English 1, 2, 3 3 3 3 Health Education 1 - - 2 Mathematics 1 or 4 - 5 Orientation 1 - - 2 Physical Education Ill 17 18 17 Sophomore Year A. W. S. Agriculture 1 4 Agriculture 3 3 Agriculture 5 - 4 Agriculture 8 2 Bacteriology 4, 4a - 5 Biology 6 3 Economics 1, 2 3 3 Geology 11 4 Physics 1 5 Sociology 5 - — — 4 Speech 1 5 Zoology 1 - 5 16 IS 16 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Agriculture 1. Soils. A survey of the field of soils designed as a foundation course for students in agriculture and forestry. Prerequisite: Two quarters of college chemistry. Three lectures and one laboratory period a week. Four quarter hours. Spring. Monk 2. General Farm Crops. A general introductory course in the principles of crop production. Two lectures and one laboratory a week. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Monk 3. Animal Husbandry. A survey of the field of animal husbandry, emphasizing breeds and breed types. Two lectures and one laboratory period a week. Three quarter hours. Winter. Monk 5. Irrigation and Drainage. A study of the principles and practices of irrigation and drainage, emphasizing the relation of soils audi crops to irrigation, measurement of water, duty of water, irrigation of common crops, methods of irrigation, design of farm ditches, and essentials of farm drainage. Three lectures and. one laboratory period a week. Four quarter hours. Autumn. Monk |
