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The Group System of Election.

The requirements for each of the baccalaureate cultural degrees,
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, are such as to permit of the
large measure of freedom of election on the part of the individual
student which has characterized the work of the University from the
beginning: such restriction only being placed upon this liberty as is
necessary to insure at the same time the thoroughness and the
breadth of culture for which these degrees stand. In order to secure
to the recipient of either degree in due measure an acquaintance with
the methods of study and of thought characteristic of each of the

leading departments of knowledge, as well as with their subject matter,
as far as possible, his courses must be chosen,—subject to certain
restrictions and exceptions detailed below,—from the following groups
of subjects:

• GROUP I: LANGUAGES.

  • Latin: Latin 1A, and Latin 2B or 3B.

  • Greek: Greek 2A and Greek 3B.

  • French: French 2B.

  • German: German 2B.

  • Spanish: Spanish 2B.

• GROUP II: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES.

  • Mathematics: Mathematics 1A, and Mathematics 2B.

  • Mechanics: Mathematics 1A, and Mechanics 1B.

  • Astronomy: Mathematics 1A, and Astronomy 1B.

• GROUP III: NATURAL SCIENCES.

  • Chemistry: Chemistry 1B.

  • Physics: Physics 1B.

  • Biology: Botany 1B or Zoölogy 1B.

  • Geology: Geology 1B or

  • Economic Geology: Economic Geology 1B.

• GROUP IV: SOCIAL SCIENCES.

  • History: History 1B.

  • Economics: Economics 1B.

• GROUP V: ENGLISH.

  • English Literature: English Literature 1A, and English
    Literature 2B or 3B.

  • English Language: English Literature 1A, and English
    Language 1B.

  • English: English Literature 1A, and English 1B.

  • Biblical History and Literature: English Literature 1A,
    and Biblical History and Literature 1B or 2B.

• GROUP VI: PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES.

  • Philosophy: Philosophy 1B (Logic).

  • Philosophy: Philosophy 2B (Ethics).

  • Philosophy: Philosophy 3B (Psychology).

  • Education: Education 1B or 2B.

Detailed information with regard to the A and B courses enumerated
above will be found on pp. 115-157. In each course the instructor
meets the class at least three times a week, for a period of at least fifty-five
minutes: and each course extends through the whole session.

No elective offered by a successful candidate for one of the cultural
baccalaureate degrees can be offered, by the same candidate, for
the other cultural baccalaureate degrees also.