C—3a

91.

Table (4) —Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich: Forestry Course Syllabus, 1948-1952

39

Hours Per Week. Lectures. Practical. First Year— First Term (October to February)— Mathematics .. .. 5 2 Inorganic Chemistry 5 General Botany 4 Special Botany—I 1 Zoology 3 Genetics 1 Geology 5 Mineralogy 1 Climatology 2 Introduction to Silviculture 1 Zoological Anatomy 2 Forest Entomology—I i Practical Work in Entomology 2 Second Term (April to July)— Experimental Physics 3 1 Organic Chemistry 4 4 Mineralogy 3 Special Botany—II 5 Botanical Excursions 4 Plant Physiology 3 Botany (Microscopic)—I .. 2 Geology of Switzerland 3 Forest Entomology 2 I Entomology Excursions 4 Dendrology 1 2 Recommended studies — Plant Identification 1 Geology Excursions By arrangement First Examination Second Year — Third Term (October to February)— Experimental Physics (Mechanics, Electricity) 3 1 Ecology 2 4 Forest Legislation—I 2 Bacteriology 2 Plan Drawing 2 Wood Technology—I 4 3 Plant Pathology 3 2 Forest Plant Associations 1 Soils (Agricultural Chemistry I) 3 Microscopic Identification of Rocks Surveying 2 Recommended studies — Forest History 1 Fourth Term (April to July)— Forest Legislation—II .. .. .. 2 Methods of Determining Growth and Increment (Mensuration) 3 Wood (Properties and Uses) 3 Silviculture 3 4 Exercises in Plant Associations 4 Forestry Buildings—II 2 2 Surveying 2 8 Forestry Buildings and Woodworking (at end of term) 3 weeks Recommended studies— Geology Excursions and Practical 5