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B. A. COURSE.
In this course there are two classes, each of which meets three times
a week throughout the session.
Class A.—This class meets three times a week (three hours), and
devotes about three months to each of the three subjects, Algebra,
Geometry, and Trigonometry.
In Algebra the class begins with Ratio and Proportion, proceeding
to the progressions, the Binominal Formula, Convergence and Divergence
of Series, Logarithms, Determinants, and the Theory of Equations.
In Geometry the work begins with the Solution of numerous original
exercises in Plane Geometry, proceeds through Solid Geometry, with
exercises, and terminates with a short course in Geometrical Conic
Sections.
The year is closed by a course in elementary Plane Trigonometry,
embracing the Solution of Triangles by means of Logarithms, the
usual applications to the problems of Heights and Distances, etc.
The preparation necessary to enter this class is a good knowledge of
Arithmetic, of Algebra through Simultaneous Quadratic Equations,
and of Plane Geometry.
Text-Books.—Charles Smith's Algebra; Venable's Legendre's Geometry,
with Exercises; Venable's Notes on Geometric Conic Sections; Wells's Plane
and Spherical Trigonometry.
Class B.—The preparation for this class consists in a thorough
knowledge of the topics worked over in Class A.
This class devotes about three months to each of the three subjects,
Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry, and Calculus. Four and a half
hours each week.
The subject of Trigonometry, plane and spherical, is carefully
worked over and followed by the study of the Conic Sections analytically.
study of the elementary principles and applications of the Differential
and Integral Calculus.
Text-Books.—Loney's Trigonometry, Part I; Charles Smith's Conic Sections;
Echols's Calculus.
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