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REGULATIONS
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REGULATIONS

(1) The Session-Hour.—All courses are measured in terms of the session-hour
as a unit. A session-hour is one hour a week throughout the
session of lecture or recitation, or two hours a week throughout the session
of laboratory work.

(2) Maximum and Minimum Number of Session-Hours.—Each college
student is required to undertake each session courses aggregating at least 15
session-hours (with the exception noted under Probation below). This number
may be increased in the following cases:

(I) Any first-year student may take 18 session-hours, provided he
is credited with 6 session-hours of advanced standing.

(II) A student not in his first year in the College of Arts and Sciences
may take 18 session-hours, provided he (a) has passed in the preceding
session or in the third term thereof courses aggregating 15 session-hours, or
(b) is in his graduating year and needs 18 session-hours for his degree.

(III) A student not in his first year may take 21 session-hours provided
he passed in the preceding session or in the third term thereof courses
aggregating 18 session-hou