REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES.
Full opportunity is given to any student to carry out any definite plan
of work which he may have in view on coming to the University, or which
may have been prescribed for him by those under whose direction he is
completing his education. But when no well-considered plan has been outlined
in advance, and the end in view is that for which the great majority
of students enter college, namely, the attainment of a liberal education, the
student will be expected to enter upon the regular work of the College leading
to a baccalaureate degree.
Four degrees are offered candidates for graduation in the College. Two
of these, the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science, are cultural;
the Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, the name of which is inscribed
on the diploma, is a vocational degree, designed for those who wish to fit
themselves especially in some branch of the mathematical or natural
sciences as a profession; the Bachelor of Science in Medicine is a vocational
degree designed for those who wish special preparation for medical work.
No course offered by a successful candidate for one of the cultural baccalaureate
degrees can be offered by the same candidate as part of the work
credited toward the other cultural baccalaureate degrees, nor can any work
done to remove an entrance condition be counted for any degree.
For a student who enters without advanced standing the normal time
required for obtaining a baccalaureate degree is four years, assuming that
he completes each year courses which aggregate the regular minimum of
fifteen session-hours. A student receiving advanced standing in not less
than two subjects may obtain a degree in three years, provided he is able to
complete each year eighteen session-hours. A student may materially
shorten the time required for obtaining a degree by taking courses in the
Summer School on which college credit is given (see page 256). For credit
for work done at other colleges, see page 162.
The requirements for a baccalaureate degree are such as to allow a
large measure of freedom of election on the part of the individual student,
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 a degree a due
measure of acquaintance with the methods of thought characteristic of each
of the leading departments of knowledge, as well as with their subject matter,
his courses must be chosen, subject to the specific requirements detailed
below, from the following groups, among which are distributed all the
undergraduate courses having credit value toward a baccalaureate degree.
The courses in parentheses may be counted only as "electives-at-large."
Group I: Languages.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
Latin A1.
Latin B1.
Latin B2.
Greek A1.
Greek B1.
Greek B2.
French B1.
Spanish B1.
Italian B1.
Portuguese B1.
German B1.
German B2.
Group II: Mathematical Sciences.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
Mathematics A1 or A2.
Mathematics B1.
Mathematics B2.
Mathematics B3.
Astronomy B1.
Astronomy B2.
Group III: Natural Sciences.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 6 session-hours.
Group IV: Social Sciences.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
Group V: English.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
Group VI: Philosophical Sciences.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
Philosophy B1.
Philosophy B2.
Philosophy B3.
Education B1.
Education B2.
(Education B3.)
Education B4.
Education B5.
(Education B6.)
Bachelor of Arts.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts must complete 60 session-hours,
divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.
A. Group Electives: 48 session-hours, distributed among the several
groups as follows:
Group I: 9 session-hours, of which 6 must be in either Latin or Greek.
Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1
or A2.
Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.
Group IV: 6 session-hours.
Group V: 9 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature
A1 or A2.
Group VI: 6 session hours.
B. Electives-at-Large: 12 session-hours, not less than 9 of which must
be in some one group, to be known as the candidate's Major Group.
English B1, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.
One C course may be offered as an elective-at-large in the candidate's
Major Group, with a credit value of six session-hours.
For the twelve session-hours of electives-at-large there may be substituted
the first-year course in the Department of Law or in the Department
of Medicine, or twelve session-hours of technical courses in the Department
of Engineering.
Bachelor of Science.
Candidates for the cultural degree of Bachelor of Science must complete
60 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.
A. Group Electives: 48 session-hours, distributed among the several
groups as follows:
Group I: 9 session-hours.
Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1
or A2.
Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.
Group IV: 6 session-hours.
Group V: 9 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature
A1 or A2.
Group VI: 6 session-hours.
B. Electives-at-Large: 12 session-hours, not less than 9 of which
must be in some one group, to be known as the candidate's Major Group.
English B1, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.
One C course may be offered as an elective-at-large in the candidate's
Major Group, with a credit value of six session-hours.
For the twelve session-hours of electives-at-large there may be substituted
the first-year course in the Department of Law or in the Department
of Medicine, or twelve session-hours of technical courses in the Department
of Engineering.
Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject.
Candidates for the vocational degree of Bachelor of Science in a Special
Subject must complete 60 session-hours, divided between Group Electives
and Electives-at-Large.
A. Group Electives: 30 session-hours, distributed among various
groups as follows:
Group I: 6 session-hours, which must be chosen from two of the following
subjects: French, German, Spanish.
Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1
or A2.
Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.
Group V: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature
A1 or A2.
B. Electives-at-Large: 30 session-hours, chosen in conformity with
the following regulation. At least two years before the date of graduation,
the candidate must select one of the Schools of Natural or Mathematical
Science as his Major School, and during the remainder of his candidacy
must pursue work in that School and such other courses as shall be prescribed
by the professor or professors in charge of his Major School and
approved by the Academic Faculty.
Bachelor of Science in Medicine.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medicine must offer
60 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and the Department of
Medicine.
A. Group Electives: 30 session-hours, distributed among various
groups as follows:
Group I: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in French and 3 in
German.
Group II: 3 session-hours in Mathematics A1 or A2.
Group III: 18 session-hours in Physics B1, Chemistry B1 or B2, and
Biology B1.
Group V: 3 session-hours in English Literature A1 or A2.
B. Department of Medicine: the first two years of the regular course.
