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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE

The candidate must complete a total of twenty courses, chosen in accordance
with the following regulations:

I. Required Courses

The eight courses prescribed below must be completed at least one year before
graduation. Not less than six of them must be completed at least two years before
graduation.

English: English A1 and one B course in English.

Students passing a qualifying examination on English A1 will be exempted
from that course, but must pass one B course in English.

Foreign Language: Two courses from one of the following languages:
French, German, Italian, or Spanish.

A student who presents admission credit for two units of German, or for
three units of French, Italian or Spanish, must enter the A2 course if he
wishes to study the language in question. In any event, the student must
pass two courses in the College in one of the languages mentioned above.

Mathematics: Mathematics B1.

Natural Science: Biology B1 or Chemistry B1 or Geology B1 or Physics B1.

History: One B course in History.

II. Field of Concentration

At the beginning of the second and all subsequent years of candidacy
for this degree, and before registration, a student must have his program
of study approved in writing by an official adviser for the School of Commerce.

Ten courses are required in the Field of Concentration, seven of which
are prescribed for all candidates for the degree. The remaining three courses
must be approved by the official adviser for the School of Commerce. The
seven prescribed courses are as follows:

Economic Geography B1

Commercial Law B1

Economics B1 (The Principles of Economics)

Economics B2 (The Growth of American Commerce and Industry)

Economics B3 (Money and Banking)

Economics B4 (Elementary Accounting)

Economics B5 (Statistics)

III. Electives

The remaining courses needed to make up the required twenty may be
elected from courses in the Academic Schools for which the candidate has
adequate preparation.

Final Comprehensive Examination

A candidate for this degree must make a satisfactory standing in a final
comprehensive examination on his Field of Concentration, set by the faculty
of the School of Commerce. This examination shall be in lieu of separate
final examinations in all courses in the Field of Concentration, taken in
the session of graduation, which the School of Commerce may include in it.
It may be wholly a written examination, or partly written and partly oral.

Professional Course in Field of Concentration

The first-year course in the Department of Law, of this University, may
be substituted for four academic courses. This substitution cannot be
made unless the candidate has spent three full sessions in the College of
Arts and Sciences of this University and has obtained credit for sixteen
courses, including:

1. The eight Required Courses (not less than six of which must be
completed at least two years before graduation).

2. Eight courses in the Field of Concentration, six of which must be
passed by all candidates for the degree. The remaining two courses will
be prescribed by an official adviser for the School of Commerce: The six
Required Courses are as follows: Economic Geography B1, Economics B1,
Economics B2, Economics B3, Economics B4, Economics B5.

3. Such additional courses as may be necessary to make up the required
sixteen, which must be approved in writing by an official adviser for
the School of Commerce.

A candidate who includes the first-year course in Law in his Field of
Concentration is exempted from the Final Comprehensive Examination.

Physical Education

In addition to satisfying the requirements for graduation stated above,
a candidate must complete a two-year course in physical education, unless
excused on a physician's certificate. This work must be taken during the
first two years and must be completed at least one year before graduation.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE

First Year: English, Foreign Language, Mathematics B1, Natural Science, Physical Education.

Second Year: English, Foreign Language, Economic Geography B1, Economics B1, Economics
B4, Physical Education.

Third Year: History, Commercial Law B1, Economics B2, Economics B3, Economics B5.

Fourth Year: Government B1, one B and one C course or two C courses in Economics
or Commerce, two Elective Courses.