(ii) Regulations. The Diploma in Agriculture and Rural Economy is granted to Candidates who have pursued a course of study approved by the Committee, and have passed certain Examinations. I. ADMISSION OF STUDENTS. Before admission to a course of study Candidates must satisfy the Committee constituted under the provisions of Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. iv. § 2, that they have received a good general education. II. COURSE OF STUDY. The course of study must extend over two academical years, and must be pursued in Oxford; but the Committee may dispense with this requirement in the case of members of the University who have kept by residence all the Terms required for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. The course of study shall comprise the following subjects : Principles of Agriculture (Syllabus A). The Elements of Chemistry (Syllabus B). The Elements of Botany (Syllabus C). Together with at least one of the three following subjects: The Elements of Economics (Syllabus H). The Elements of Forestry (Syllabus I). A. Principles of Agriculture. The elements of Agricultural Science as included in the Pass School, Group C. (6). (See p. 58.) B. The Elements of Chemistry, as included in the Preliminary Examination in the Honour School of Natural Science. C. The Elements of Botany. The morphology of the flowering plant: the members of the body and their modifications. The anatomy and histology of the different parts of the body. The physiology of the vegetative organs; the food of plants; absorption, assimilation, transpiration, respiration, fermentation, growth, irrita bility. The physiological chemistry of the tissues, reserve-materials, and waste-products. The physiology of the reproductive organs; pollination, fertilization, development of fruit and seed; germination; vegetative propagation. The oecological relations of plants; habitat; plants and animals; symbiosis; parasites; saprophytes; annuals, biennials, perennials, evergreens, &c. The general classification of plants. The characters of the following Natural Orders of Phanerogams: Cruciferae, Leguminosae, Rosaceae, Umbelliferae, Compositae, Solanaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Liliaceae, Gramineae; the characters of the principal groups of Fungi. D. Rural Economy. Farm live stock, their characteristics and distribution. Principles of breeding and feeding. The outlines of estate management. Farm leases and agreements. Legislative Acts and Departmental Orders directly affecting agriculture. Outlines of the history of agriculture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. E. Agricultural Chemistry. The function of the soil in the nutrition of the crop. The chemistry of foods and feeding. Composition, properties, and valuation of the more important foods. Factors affecting digestibility. Manurial residues and their valuation. Changes during the making and storage of farmyard manure. Conditions affecting the purchase of fertilizers and feeding stuffs; detection of adulterants and impurities. The chemistry of dairying. Fermentation. F. Agricultural Zoology. The anatomy and physiology of domesticated animals. The skeleton and its parts. The cause and seat of osseous outgrowths._Dentition. The physiology of parturition, circulation, and digestion. The elements of entomology. The more important insects that attack crops and stock. The outlines of animal parasitology. G. Surveying. The mensuration of regular areas and volumes. Chain surveying and simple levelling. Use of Ordnance Survey Maps and of the Prismatic Compass. H. Elements of Economics. Wealth, capital, value, price. The problem of consumption. The agents of production. The law of diminishing returns. Competition, monopolies, trusts, exchange, money, credit, banking. Rent, wages, interest, profits. Labour combinations, co-operative societies. The relation of Government to labour. I. The Elements of Forestry. The botanical and silvicultural characteristics of the more important trees cultivated in Britain. The principles of silviculture: the main silvicultural systems. Elements of forest mensuration and valuation. Outlines of forest protection. K. The Elements of Geology. Igneous and sedimentary rocks. Development of the earth. The scenery, structure, and geological history of Britain. Fossils as a means of identifying strata. Economic geology. III. EXAMINATIONS. An Examination for the Diploma shall be held annually about July 1. It shall include written work, practical work, and a viva voce examination. Every Candidate for admission to the Examination must 1. have been admitted as a student for the Diploma; 2. present a Certificate showing that he has attended an approved Course in Elementary Chemistry; 3. present certificates showing that he has attended approved courses of instruction in the subjects which he offers. The subjects of Examination for the Diploma shall be— Elements of Botany (Syllabus C), Rural Economy (Syllabus D), Agricultural Chemistry (Syllabus E), Agricultural Zoology (Syllabus F), together with at least one of the following:-Elements of Economics (Syllabus H), Elements of Forestry (Syllabus I), Elements of Geology (Syllabus K). Candidates may offer the subjects of the Diploma at separate Examinations, and may offer more than one subject at the same Examination. Before receiving the Diploma a Candidate must— 1. have satisfied the Examiners in the Preliminary Examination in the Honour School of Natural Science (or in some other Examination accepted by the Committee as equivalent) in Chemistry; 2. have satisfied the Examiners in the Pass School, Group C. (6), (Elements of Rural Economy); 3. have satisfied the Committee that he possesses a sufficient knowledge of Surveying. Candidates who have obtained Honours in Botany or in Geology in the Final Honour School of Natural Science will be exempted from the Diploma Examinations in the Elements of Botany or the Elements of Geology respectively. Candidates who have satisfied the Examiners for the Diploma in Forestry in subjects auxiliary to Forestry will be exempted from the Diploma Examinations in the Elements of Botany and the Elements of Geology. Candidates who have obtained the Diploma in Economics or the Diploma in Forestry will be exempted from the Diploma Examinations in the Elements of Economics or the Elements of Forestry respectively. Candidates who have satisfied the Examiners in Group B. (3) of the Final Pass School will be exempted from the Diploma Examination in the Elements of Economics. Names of Candidates for Examination must be sent to the Secretary to the Committee, together with the necessary certificates, and a fee of £2, not later than the fourth week of Easter Term. DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES IN MILITARY SUBJECTS. (i) Statute. [Statt. Tit. VIII. Sect. XII.] OF DIPLOMAS AND OTHER CERTIFICATES IN MILITARY SUBJECTS. 1. There shall be holden in every year one examination or more in Military Subjects for the purpose of granting certificates of proficiency therein. Candidates who show proficiency in such Military Subjects as shall be prescribed by the Delegates for superintending the instruction of Candidates for Commissions in the Army shall receive certificates which shall be styled 'Diplomas in Military Subjects'. 2. It shall also be lawful for the Delegates to grant Certificates of proficiency (a) in Military History and (b) in Tactics. 3. Subject to the approval of Convocation, the Delegates shall make from time to time regulations for the admission to the examination in Military Subjects of members of the University who have passed Responsions and have pursued an approved course of study and training. 4. The Delegates shall fix the dates for the holding of examinations, and for the entry of names for examination, and shall determine the fees to be paid by candidates. They shall also issue from time to time lists of books and particulars of subjects to be offered in the examination, and shall make such further regulations as they may deem expedient for carrying out the provisions of this section. 5. There shall be three examiners nominated subject to the approval of Convocation to serve for three examinations. The examiners, if members of the University, shall be Masters of Arts or Bachelors of Civil Law or of Medicine or of Letters or of Science at the least, or they may be persons not members of the University. 6. The nomination of examiners shall be made by a Committee of six persons, of whom three shall be the ViceChancellor and Proctors for the time being, and three shall be chosen by the Delegates for superintending the instruction of Candidates for Commissions in the Army. The tenure of office of the elected members, and the procedure of the Committee, shall be subject to the regulations of Statt. Tit. VI. Sect I. E. §§ 2 and 3. The Delegates shall make regulations as to the dates for the nomination of examiners. The Secretary to the Delegates shall act as Secretary of the Committee for the nomination of examiners in Military Subjects. 7. At the close of each examination the examiners shall enter and sign in a book to be kept by the Delegates for the purpose a list of the candidates who have satisfied them or have obtained distinction in the subjects of the examination. They shall also make and sign two copies of this list, and shall cause one to be sent the same day to the Assistant Registrar, and the other to be affixed to a notice-board at the Schools. 8. When a candidate has satisfied the examiners, or has obtained distinction in the subjects of the examination, the Delegates shall issue a Diploma to the candidate in the following form:— 'This is to certify that A. B. of College, or of Hall, or Non-Collegiate Student, has pursued at Oxford an approved course of study in Military Subjects, and (on such a date) satisfied (or was adjudged worthy of distinction by) the examiners appointed by the University to examine in Military Subjects. Signed on behalf of the Delegacy, C. D., Vice-Chancellor. E. F., Secretary to the Delegacy.' When a candidate has satisfied the examiners in one of the parts of the examination enumerated in clause 2, he shall receive a Certificate in the following form: 'This is to certify that A. B. of College, or of Hall, or Non-Collegiate Student, has pursued at Oxford an approved course of study in Military Subjects, and (on such a date) having been examined in Military History (or Tactics) satisfied the examiners appointed by the University to examine in Military Subjects. Signed on behalf of the Delegacy, C. D., Vice-Chancellor. E. F., Secretary to the Delegacy." Notice of all Diplomas and Certificates so issued shall be published in the usual manner, and shall also be sent to the Assistant Registrar. 9. The Delegates shall pay from the funds at their disposal to each Examiner such remuneration as the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors shall determine. 10. It shall be lawful for the Delegates to entrust the discharge of any of the duties imposed on them by this section to a Committee, and to appoint persons who are not members of the Delegacy to be members of the Committee, provided that at any time more than one half of the members of the Committee shall be members of the Delegacy. Such a Committee, if constituted, shall make an annual report to the Delegates. (ii) Regulations. The Regulations for the Diploma and Certificates will be published at as early a date as possible. I. It shall be lawful for the Board of the Faculty of Mediæval and Modern Languages and Literature to grant Certificates in French or in German to Candidates who have satisfied the conditions prescribed in this Section. 2. (a) There shall be holden twice in every year an Examination for the purpose of granting Certificates of proficiency in the colloquial use of French or of German. |