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 p. 235). For credit for
work done at other colleges, see p. 150.
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.
French B2.
Spanish B1.
Spanish B2.
Italian 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, unless otherwise stated, a credit value of 6
session-hours.
Chemistry B1.
Chemistry B2.
(Analytical Chemistry B1.)
Physics B1.
Biology B1.
Biology B4 (3 session-hours)
Zoölogy B1.
Geology B1.
Geology B2.
Geology B3.
(Geology B4—1 session-hour).
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.
Bachelor of Arts.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts must complete 63 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 in two subjects. Six session-hours 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: 15 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training (see p. 248). Not less than 9 session-hours must be in some one
group, to be known as the candidate's Major Group.
C courses may be offered as electives-at-large with a credit value of
3 session-hours each, except courses in the natural sciences, which have
a credit value of 6 session-hours each. One C course must be offered in
the candidate's major group, with the credit value above stated.
English B1, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.
Journalism B4 may be offered as an elective-at-large either in Group
IV or in Group V.
For 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
63 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 at least 6 must be in at least two
modern languages.
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: 15 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training (see p. 248). Not less than 9 session-hours must be in some one
group, to be known as the candidate's Major Group.
C courses may be offered as electives-at-large with a credit value of
3 session-hours each, except courses in the natural sciences, which have
a credit value of 6 session-hours each. One C course must be offered in
the candidate's major group, with the credit value above stated.
English B1, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.
Journalism B4 may be offered as an elective-at-large either in Group
IV or in Group V.
For 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 63 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: 33 session-hours, of which three may be in
Physical Training (see page 248). Thirty session-hours must be 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 the
Natural or Mathematical Sciences 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 Education.
Candidates for the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Education must
offer 63 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: 3 session-hours in Mathematics A1 or A2.
Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.
Group IV: 3 session-hours.
Group V: 6 session-hours, of which three must be in English Literature
A1 or A2.
B. Electives-at-Large: 33 session-hours, of which 15 must be in
Education B1 or B2, Education B3, Education B5 or B6, Education B7 or
B9, and one other course in Education. Of the remaining 18 session-hours, 3
may be in Physical Training (see p. 248), and 15 must be elected from two
of the six groups (not more than 3 session-hours to be chosen in Education),
subject to the approval of a committee of the professors of Education.
Students preparing for administrative positions must take Education C3
(3 session-hours), and of the remaining 12 session-hours may elect not
more than 6 in Education.
Bachelor of Science in Medicine.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medicine must offer
63 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, 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.
Electives-at-Large: 33 session-hours, of which three may be in Physical
Training (see p. 248). For thirty session-hours, the first two years of the
regular course in the Department of Medicine are to be substituted.
