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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
requires much more extended study of the three sciences of
chemistry, physics, and mathematics; also two years' study of
scientific German and French. In its junior and senior years
there are offered a series of Options which, when supplemented
by the corresponding fifth-year Courses, afford definite prepara­
tion for various scientific professions, as outlined in the following
statement.
The Option in Chemistry and the Option in Physics and the
fifth-year Courses in Chemistry and Physics prepare students,
on the chemical and physical sides respectively, for research and
teaching in universities, colleges, and high schools, and for research
positions in government laboratories and especially in the
research and development departments of the larger chemical,
metallurgical, and electrical companies.
The Option and the fifth-year Courses in Chemical Engineer­
ing differ from those in Chemistry in that they include, in place
of some of the science work, general subjects in mechanical and
electrical engineering, and (in the fifth year) an extended treatment
of chemical engineering itself. This Course is designed to
fit men for the installation, operation, and the research develop­
ment of industrial chemical processes.
The Geology Option and the Graduate Course in Geology and
Paleontology prepare for teaching and research positions in
colleges and universities, for government posts in connection
with geological and mining surveys, for places as directors and
field explorers of museums and, above all, for expert work in
geology in the oil and mining industries.
The Biology Option and the Graduate Course in Biology will
prepare for teaching and research in colleges and universities,
for government service in agriculture and public health, and for
field studies and laboratory research in connection with museums.