Chair of Architecture, Sydney

Progress, Volume XII, Issue 7, 1 March 1917, Page 907

Chair of Architecture, Sydney

Tho University of Sydney proposes to adopt the following course in connection with the newlyendowed. Chair of Architecture:—

Examination of leaving certificate of High Schools in the following subjects:Mathematics (trigonometry plane), algebra ( bi-nominai theorem, geometry), English, French, or German, ancient and modern history, elementary plane and solid geometry, elementary physics, elementary cliemistry, elementary freehand and model drawing.

The subjects for the course in architecture should beFirst year: Architectural drawing, freehand drawing, elements of architecture, elements of design, descriptive geometry, shades and shadows, perspective, physics (light, heat, electricity), inorganic chemistry (quantitative), mathematics, geology, construction.

Second fear Architectural design, freehand drawing (antique), water-colour drawing, architectural history, construction, mathematics, petrology.

Third Year Freehand drawing from life, architectural history, architectural design, historic ornament, construction (including graphic statics), water colour, sanitary science, mathematics.

Fourth Design, freehand (life in colour), water colour, pen and ink rendering, history of sculpture, history of painting, professional practice (including ethics, jurisprudence, and business), special lectures (including town planning).