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B. A. COURSE.
In this course there are two classes, each of which meets three times a week
(three hours) throughout the session.
Class A.—This class meets three times a week, 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 Binomial 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
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; and Wells' 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.
The subject of Trigonometry, plane and spherical, is carefully worked over
and followed by the study of the Conic Sections analytically. The last three
months of the session are devoted to the 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;
Osborne's Calculus.
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