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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 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; 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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