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158 faculty of natural science GEOLOGY Head of the Department Professor James Haward Taylor Ph Students taking the Sc Special Degree in Geology are required to take either two one-year ancillary subjects or one two-year ancillary subject chosen from Biology Botany Chemistry Physics Zoology Geography Mathematics Where two subjects are offered at least one must be chosen from the first five and Biology must not be offered with Botany or Zoology Biology and Geography may not be offered as two-year ancillary subjects The final examination in Geology is taken at the end of the third year First Year Arts and Science Course Sc General Part Sc Special and Ancillary to Sc Special and Subsidiary to Honours Geography -Physical Geology hr The larger surface features of the Earth Processes of weathering denudation and deposition The cycle of erosion Vulcanicity and earth movements Structural geology Nature origin and occurrence of sedimentary igneous and metamorphic rocks Elementary economic geology Z2-Mineralogy and Petrology hr Elements of Crystallography the common crystal forms and combinations Principles of crystallographic notation and stereographic projection Elementary Mineralogy the physical properties including atomic structure chemical composition and modes of occurrence of the commoner minerals Principles of the determination of rock- forming minerals by microscopic examination z3-Historical Geology hr The principles of the interpretation of rock-successions-the geological systems as developed in Great Britain their lithology fauna and distribution Zt-Practical Geology hrs The interpretation of simple geological maps The study of crystals and crystal models Examination and identification of common minerals and rocks in hand specimens and sections under the micro- scope The study of common invertebrate fossils