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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Degree requirements are stated in terms of courses. An academic course
is the work covered in an organized, scheduled class, meeting at least three
hours a week throughout the session. Beginners' courses in foreign languages
and certain first-year courses in mathematics may meet four or five
hours weekly. Science courses with three hours of class work and six hours
of laboratory work weekly are designated double-courses and are counted as
two courses.

For graduation from the College of Arts and Sciences the candidate
must have taken and passed a total of twenty courses, completed in conformity
with the regulations prescribed for the several degrees.

Exemption from certain Required Courses may be obtained as set forth
below. Such exemption increases the student's freedom of election, but does
not reduce the total number of courses (20) required for a degree.

Qualifying examinations are scheduled at the beginning of the session,
and no such examination may be taken more than once.