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THE following programme of the Natural Science Courses int Trinity College, Dublin, may be of interest to our readers:—In the Junior Sophister year natural science is represented by two courses—one in zoology, the other in botany. Students attending a course of lectures in natural science are examined three times during the term on the subjects of the lectures, and no student is allowed credit for his attendance who does not answer sufficiently. In the Senior Sophister year natural science is represented by one course in geology. In each term examinations are held of those students in the Junior and Senior Sophister classes who are qualified to become candidates for honours. At the Michaelmas examination in the Junior Sophister year prizes of 4l. and of 2l. are awarded by the Board, on the recommendation of the Honour Examiners, to the best answerers among the candidates. At the Hilary and Trinity examinations of the Junior and Senior Sophister years honours without prizes are awarded—of which honours there are two ranks. At the Michaelmas examination of the Senior Sophister year, examinations for Moderatorships are held. The Senior Moderators receive gold medals, and the Junior Moderators silver medals, which are given to them publicly before the University, by the Chancellor, at the commencements, when they are admitted to their degrees. The First Senior Moderator receives a large gold medal if specially recommended by the Court of Examiners. The subjects of examination for the Moderatorships in natural science are the following, each of which has equal weight:—I. Physical Geography, Geology, and Palæontology. All the ordinary and honour courses of the Sophister years. A limited course to be announced each year. Course for 1879:—The Silurian Period. 2. General and Physiological Anatomy. A limited course to be announced each year. Course for 1879:—Circulation and Respiration. The Circulatory and Respiratory Organs in Mammals. The Respiration and Assimilation in Plants. 3. Zoology and Botany. All the ordinary and honour courses of the Sophister years. A limited course to be announced each year. Zoological Course for 1879:—The Non-Placental Mammals. Botanical Course for 1879:—The Fucoids. The Professors of Zoology, Botany, and Geology, give each a course of demonstrations and a course of lectures in each term, especially meant for Junior Sophisters. The Museum of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology is open, under the superintendence of the professor, to all students, to whom every facility is given for the prosecution of their studies. For the purposes of study fresh specimen of plants are, under the superintendence of the professor, to be had by the student from Mr. Frederick Moore, at the College Botanical Gardens, at Lansdowne Road; and a large number of mounted specimens of cryptogamic plants are also to be seen and examined in the herbarium. The Museum of Geology and Paleontology is open to the students attending the course.
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University and Educational Intelligence . Nature 19, 234 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019234b0
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