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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN A SPECIAL SUBJECT.

The degree of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject will be conferred
upon regular students who have completed not less than sixty-three (63)
session-hours of undergraduate courses, taken in conformity with the following
program:

(1) Required Subjects: Candidates must complete 33 session-hours of
required subjects as stated below, of which 3 must be in Physical Training
B1. Of the remaining 30 session-hours of required subjects not less than
24 must be taken during the first two years, and the remaining 6 not later
than the third year.

Foreign Languages: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in French and
3 in German.

Mathematics: 6 session-hours.[3]

Natural Science: 12 session-hours in 2 subjects.

English: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English B3.

Physical Training: 3 session-hours, which must be completed during the
first two years.

A candidate entering with advanced standing or with college credit, shall
in his first, and, if necessary, continuously in subsequent sessions, take such


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courses as are necessary to complete the requirements for the first and second
sessions.

(2) Major-Electives: 30 session-hours. At least two years before the
date of graduation,
the candidate must select one of the schools of the Natural
or Mathematical Sciences as his Major School, and during the remainder of
his candidacy must pursue work in that School, with such other courses as shall
be prescribed by the professor or professors in charge of his Major School and
approved by the Academic Faculty.

 
[3]

Students applying for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Biology may substitute Biology
C1 for 3 hours of Mathematics; students applying for the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Geology may be permitted, at the discretion of the professor of Geology, to substitute Astronomy
B1 for 3 hours of Mathematics.