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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.

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

• 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: HISTORY, ENGLISH LITERATURE and
  ECONOMICS.

  • History: History 1B.

  • Economics: Economics 1B.

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

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

• GROUP V: PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES.

  • Philosophy: Philosophy 1B (Logic).

  • Philosophy: Philosophy 2B (Ethics).

  • Philosophy: Philosophy 3B (Psychology).

  • Education: Education 1B.

Detailed information with regard to the A and B courses enumerated
above will be found on pp. 157-163. 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.