The University of Virginia record :: February 1, 1920

The general requirements for admission to the University may be
found on page 72. For admission to the College, the candidate should
possess an amount of preparation which is at least the equivalent of that
represented by four years of successful work in an accredited school. He
must offer, either by certificate or by examination (see page 74), fifteen
units, of which three must be in English, two and one-half in Mathematics,
and one in History. The remaining eight and one-half units may be
selected at will from the list on page 73, unless the candidate expects
to apply for a baccalaureate degree. In that case he should offer, if he
is an applicant for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, four units in Latin or
two units in Greek; if he is an applicant for the degree of Bachelor of
Science or Bachelor of Science in Commerce, two units in each of two
modern languages (French, German, Spanish); if he is an applicant for
the degree of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, or Bachelor of
Science in Medicine, two units in French and two units in German. For
definitions of the entrance units, apply to the Dean.

Advanced Standing is given to any candidate who, in addition to
meeting the minimum requirements for entrance above stated, can show
by passing an examination that he has done work equivalent to that covered
by any of the following courses offered in the college: Latin A1,
Greek A1 or A2, Greek A3, English A1 or A2 or A3, German A1, Mathematics
A1. Such a candidate will be admitted to the corresponding B
course, and upon his successful completion of the same will be entitled
to count toward a baccalaureate degree the credit value of both the A
and the B courses in question. The examinations for advanced standing
are set at some time during the first month of the session.

College Credit.—Candidates who desire credit for work done at other
colleges must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students, and
must, in addition, file with the Dean of the College a certificate covering
the courses for which college credit is desired. This certificate must be
acceptable both to the Dean and to the professors in charge of the courses
accredited. The certificate must bear the official signature of the head of
the candidate's college, must specify the character and content of the
courses passed by the candidate, and must give his grades. The final validation
of such certificates is effected by the successful completion of the
courses taken in this university. In no case will credit be given on more

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than forty-eight session-hours of work done elsewhere, and any candidate
who receives this maximum amount of credit can count among the
remaining fifteen session-hours required for his degree only the credit
value of the courses he has passed as a resident student in the College, exclusive
of any credit for work done in the Summer School or in any of
the professional departments. In every case the candidate must spend at
least one regular session exclusively in college work in this university.

Conditioned Students.—A candidate for entrance must offer fifteen
units as defined by the Southern Commission on Accredited Schools. At
least thirteen of the units offered must be included in the list of units accepted
for admission on page 73. A student not able to offer fifteen
units as defined in this list may be conditioned on any two units except
English A and B. All conditions must be absolved before the beginning
of the session following initial registration. This may be done by private
study or by taking courses in the University or in the Summer School.
But no course taken to remove a condition may be counted as part of the
work credited toward a degree. No conditioned student may be later
registered as a special student.

Special Students.—A candidate may be admitted as a special student
without fulfilling the entrance requirements above specified, provided he
is more than twenty years old on the day of registration and gives adequate
evidence of serious purpose and of the training needed to pursue
with profit the courses for which he is registered. No special student
may be a candidate for a degree; but such students are permitted and encouraged
to make up their deficiencies by private study or by taking
courses in the University or in the Summer School. They will then be
admitted as regular students, and may be accepted as applicants for degrees,
provided all entrance requirements are met at least one academic
year before the date of graduation.

REGULATIONS.

The Session-Hour.—All courses are measured in terms of the session-hour
as a unit. A session-hour is one hour a week throughout the session
of lecture or recitation, or two hours a week throughout the session of
laboratory work.

Maximum and Minimum of Session-Hours in One Session.—Each
student is required to undertake each session courses aggregating at
least fifteen session-hours. This number may be increased in the following
cases:

(1) First-year students may take eighteen session-hours, provided (a)
three of these be in Greek A1, Greek A2, German A1, French 1, or Spanish
1; or (b) the student in question is credited with six hours of advanced
standing.

(2) Other than first-year students may take eighteen session-hours,
provided the student (a) has passed in the preceding session courses aggregating
fifteen session-hours, or (b) is repeating a course on which

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he failed in the preceding session, or (c) is in his graduating year and
needs eighteen session-hours for his degree.

(3) Other than first-year students may take twenty-one session-hours,
provided they have passed in the preceding session courses aggregating
fifteen session-hours, with a general average of at least ninety per cent.

Exceptions to the above regulations will be allowed only by special
permission of the Academic Faculty.

Physical Training is not counted in the maximum and minimum requirements
detailed above.

Grade.—The grade of a student in any course, either for a term or
for the session, is determined by his class standing and his examination
grade, combined in such proportion as the professor in charge of the
course in question may decide. Class standing in any course is determined
by the regularity of the student's attendance upon the lectures
(and laboratory or other similar exercises) of the course, and by the
quality of his work, as indicated by his recitation grades, written tests,
laboratory work, etc.

Grade Required for Passing.—For passing in any course a grade of
seventy-five per cent is required.

Grade Required for Reëxamination.—A student whose session grade
in any course falls below seventy-five per cent, but not below sixty-five
per cent, may, upon the written recommendation of the professor in
charge, be admitted to reëxamination upon that course, or upon such portion
of it as the professor shall determine, during the registration week
of the following September. The fee for each reëxamination is five dollars,
and must be paid to the Bursar on or before July 15.

An applicant for a degree who fails on a single term of not more
than one of his courses during the last year of his candidacy, is entitled
to a special examination before Final Day on the work of that term, and
will receive credit for the course, provided the result of this special examination
entitles him to a grade of seventy-five per cent for the term in
question, considered independently and without reference to his grade
for the other two terms. In such cases no reëxamination fee is charged.

Minimum Grade Required.—Any student whose average grade in all
his courses for any term is less than fifty per cent, will be dropped from
the rolls.

Any first-year student whose average grade for any term is fifty per
cent or more, but who attains in no one of his courses a grade of sixty-five
per cent, will be put on probation for the term next ensuing, and if
he again fails to attain for the current term a grade of sixty-five per cent
in at least one of his courses, he will be dropped from the rolls.

Any student other than a first-year student whose average grade for
any term is fifty per cent or more, but who attains in no one of his courses
a grade of seventy-five per cent, will be put on probation for the term
next ensuing, and if he again fails to attain for the current term a grade

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of seventy-five per cent in at least one of his courses, or sixty-five per
cent in at least two of his courses, he will be dropped from the rolls.

A student who through neglect of his work is evidently making no
real progress in a course may at any time, after due admonition, be required
to drop the course in question; and if, for the current term or for
any succeeding term of the current session, his grade in any one of his
remaining courses falls below forty per cent, he will be put on probation.

Advisers.—To each first-year student is assigned, before his registration
is completed, a member of the faculty as his adviser, whose acquaintance
he should cultivate, and whom he may feel free to consult on any
question touching his work or his life as a student of this university.

Subjects of Study in a student's schedule may be changed, dropped, or
added to, only with the consent of his adviser and of the professors concerned,
and only within the first two weeks of each term, except that first-year
students may make such changes at any time during the first month
of the session.

Absence from Lectures may be excused by the professors, but only
for sickness or like providential cause. Any explanation of an absence
which a student has to offer must be made on the day of the first lecture
after the absence. Unexcused absences from lectures render the student
liable to such penalties as his professors may impose, or, in serious cases,
to faculty discipline. No student who has, for any reason, been absent
from more than fifty per cent of the lectures of any one term, can receive
a grade on the work of that term.

Absence from Examinations will not be excused except for sickness
on the day of the examination, attested by a physician's certificate, or for
other cause which the faculty by special order may approve. An unexcused
absence is counted as a total failure.

Special Examinations.—A student whose absence from an examination
is excused, is entitled to a special examination on a date to be arranged
between himself and the professor in charge, not later than the
end of the registration period of the following session.

Reports.—Reports are sent at the end of each term to the parent or
guardian of each student. These reports indicate the number of times the
student has been absent from lectures, and give his term grade in each
course. Preliminary reports on attendance and class-standing are made
on November 4 to the parent or guardian of every first-year student. The
Dean will be glad at any time to furnish to the proper person a special
report on any student's standing.

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,

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the student will be expected to enter upon the regular work of the
college leading to a baccalaureate degree.

Six 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, the Bachelor of Science in Architecture, the
Bachelor of Science in Commerce, and the Bachelor of Science in Medicine,
are vocational degrees, designed for those who wish to fit themselves
especially for professional 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 224). For
credit for work done at other colleges, see page 128.

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 academic 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 or A2.)
Greek A3.
Greek B1.
Greek B2.
French B1.
French B2.
Spanish B1.
Spanish B2.
Italian B1.
(German A1.)
German B1.
German B2.
Portuguese B1.

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Group II: Mathematical Sciences.

Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.

Mathematics A1.
Mathematics A2 (2 session-hours.[1] )
Mathematics B1.
Mathematics B2.
Mathematics B3.
(Applied Mathematics B1.)
Astronomy B1.
Astronomy B2.
Astronomy B3.

[1]

When combined with the first term of Mathematics A1, 3 session-hours.

Group III: Natural Sciences.

Each course in this group has, unless otherwise stated, a credit value of
6 session-hours.

Chemistry B1.
Chemistry B2.
Chemistry B3.
Physics B1.
Biology B1.
Biology B5 (3 session-hours.)
Zoölogy B1.
Geology B1.
Geology B2.
Geology B3.
(Geology B4—1 session-hour.)
Geology B5.

Group IV: Social Sciences.

Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.

History B1.
History B2.
Economics B1.
(Economics B2.)
Government B1.
(Commercial Geography B1.)
(Commercial Geography B2.)
(Commercial Law B1.)

Group V: English.

Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.

English A1 or A2 or A3.
English Literature B1.
English Literature B2.
English B1.
English B2.
Biblical History B1.
Biblical Literature B2.
Public Speaking B1.

Group VI: Philosophical Sciences.

Each course in this group has, unless otherwise stated, a credit value of 3
session-hours.

Philosophy B1.
Philosophy B2.
Philosophy B3.
Philosophy B4.
Education B1.
(Education B7.)
(Education B8.)
(Education B9.)
Art B1.
Art B2.

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Education B2.
Education B3.
Education B4.
Education B5.
Education B6.
Art B3 (2 session-hours.)
(Architecture B1.)
Music B1.
(Music B2.)

VII: Out of Group: To be offered as an elective-at-large, but not in any
of the above groups, credit value 3 session-hours:

[2] (Physical Training B1.)

[2]

Candidates for a baccalaureate degree who entered the University prior to 1917 and who
may therefore offer 60 instead of 63 session-hours, are not permitted to count Physical Training
toward their degree unless they offer a total of 63 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.

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 A1 or A2
or A3.

Group VI: 6 session-hours.

B. Electives-at-Large: 15 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training B1. 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 except that
when the Major Group is Group III, the candidate may offer, in lieu of
a C course, any B course in this Group for admission to which another
B course in the Group is prerequisite.

English C2, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I 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.

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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.

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 A1 or A2
or A3.

Group VI: 6 session-hours.

B. Electives-at-Large: 15 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training B1. Not less than 9 session-hours must be in some one
group, to be known as the candidate's Major Group.

English C2, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.

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, of which 3 must be in French and 3 in
German.

Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1.

Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.

Group V: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English A1 or A2
or A3.

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B. Electives-at-Large: 33 session-hours, of which three may be in
Physical Training B1. It is expected that the student shall complete
all or nearly all of his 30 session-hours of group electives during his first
two years, and devote his last two years to specialization in his chosen
field of work. 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, with 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 ARCHITECTURE.

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture
must complete 63 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and
Electives-at-Large.

A. Group Electives: 26 session-hours, distributed among various
groups as follows:

Group II: 6 session-hours in Mathematics A2 and B3.
Group III: 6 session-hours in Physics B1.
Group IV: 3 session-hours in Economics B1.
Group V: 3 session-hours in English A1 or A2 or A3.
Group VI: 8 session-hours in Art and Architecture.

B. Electives-at-Large: 37 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training B1. Thirty-four session-hours must be chosen from the
courses in Art and Architecture and related technical subjects, as shall
be prescribed by the Faculty of the School of Fine Arts.

Normal Program for the B.S. in Architecture.

To complete the work required for the degree in four years from entrance,
students without advanced standing or college credit should adhere
closely to the following program in choosing their courses.—(Credit
value in session-hours is given in parenthesis):

First Year: English A1 or A2 or A3(3), Mathematics A2(3), [3] Applied
Mathematics 521-522-523 with 571-572-573(6), Art B2(3), Physical
Training B1 or elective(3): Total, 18 session-hours.

Second Year: [3] Mathematics 108-109-110(3), Physics B1(6), Art
B1(3), Architecture B1(3): Total, 15 session-hours.

Third Year: Economics B1(3), [3] Applied Mathematics 524-525-526
with 574-575-576(5), [3] Civil Engineering 714(1), Art B3(2), Architecture
B2(4): Total, 15 session-hours.

Fourth Year: [3] Business Administration 20-25-30-35(3), [3] Applied
Mathematics 528(1), [3] Experimental Engineering 661(1), [3] Civil Engineering
718(1), [3] Building Equipment(1), Art C1(2), Architecture C1(6): Total,
15 session-hours.

[3]

See Engineering Department.

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE.

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce must
complete 63 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.

A Group Electives: 36 session-hours, distributed among the several
groups as follows:

Group I: 9 session-hours, which must be chosen from at least two
of the following subjects: French, German, Spanish.

Group II: 3 session-hours in Mathematics A1.

Group III: 6 session-hours.

Group IV: 9 session-hours.

Group V: 6 session-hours in English.

Group VI: 3 session-hours.

B. Electives-at-Large: 27 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training B1. Of the remaining 24 session-hours, 18 must be in commercial
subjects in Group IV, subject in each case to the approval of the
Faculty of the School of Economics.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICINE.

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medicine 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, of which 3 must be in French and 3 in
German.

Group II: 3 session-hours in Mathematics A1.

Group III: 18 session-hours in Physics B1, Chemistry B1 or B2, and
Biology B1.

Group V: 3 session-hours in English A1 or A2 or A3.

Electives-at-Large: 33 session-hours, of which 3 may be in Physical
Training B1. For 30 session-hours, the first two years of the regular
course in the Department of Medicine are to be substituted.

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EXAMINATIONS, 1920-1921.

The lecture-hours of courses which meet at hours not corresponding to the periods tabulated
below, will be found under Announcement of Courses (pages 104-127). Their examination
dates will be announced later. Some courses meet at hours not arranged until the
beginning of the session. In case these lecture-hours, when arranged, correspond to periods
tabulated below, the examination will be held on the dates named in this schedule. The
examination dates of other courses will be announced later.

Courses marked below with an asterisk are regarded as especially suitable for first-year
students, except those who are prepared for more advanced courses in the same subjects.

Hours	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday	Hours
8 to 9	*English A2 (Sect. III)	Economics B2	8 to 9
	*French 1 (Sect. I)	Education B9
	French B1 (Sect. C)	*English A1 (Sect. III)
	*Geology B1 (Sect. I)	French B1 (Sect. D)
	*Mathematics A1 (Sect. I)	French B2 (Sect. I)
	*Spanish 1 (Sect. I)	Tuesday, Dec. 21
	Tuesday, Dec. 14	Thursday, Mar. 17
	Thursday, Mar. 10	Tuesday, June 7
	Tuesday, May 31
9 to 10	Economics B1	Applied Mathematics B1	9 to 10
	*Education B1	Art B2
	*English A1 (Sect. I)	Biblical History B1
	English B1	*Chemistry B1 (Sect. II)
	*French I (Sect. V)	Chemistry B3
	German B1	*Education B3
	Greek A2	Education B5
	*Mathematics A1 (Sect. II)	English B2
	*Portuguese B1	*French 1 (Sect. II)
	Monday, Dec. 13	Greek A3
	Wednesday, Mar. 9	*Mathematics A1 (Sect. III)
	Thursday, June 9	Public Speaking B1 (Sect. I)
		*Spanish 1 (Sect. III)
		Friday, Dec. 17
		Monday, Mar. 14
		Friday, June 3
10 to 11	Art B1	Art B3	10 to 11
	*Chemistry B1 (Sect. I)	Biblical Literature B2
	*Education B2	Commercial Geography B2
	*English A2 (Sect. I)	Education B7
	Greek B1	*English A1 (Sect. IV)
	History B2	English Literature B1
	Latin A1 (Sect. I)	*French 1 (Sect. VI)
	Mathematics B1	Geology B1 (Sect. II)
	Philosophy B2	Greek B2
	*Spanish 1 (Sect. II)	Latin A1 (Sect. II)
	Zoölogy B1	*Mathematics A1 (Sect. IV)
	Thursday, Dec. 23	Physics B1 (Sect. I)
	Saturday, Mar. 19	Public Speaking B1 (Sect. I)
	Monday, May 30	*Spanish 1 (Sect. IV)
		Saturday, Dec. 18
		Tuesday, Mar. 15
		Saturday, June 4
11 to 12	Astronomy B1	*Biology B1	11 to 12
	Education B4	Education B8
	*English A1 (Sect. II)	*English A1 (Sects. V and VI)
	*English A2 (Sect. II)	French B2 (Sect. II)
	English Literature B2	Geology B2 (Tue.)
	*French 1 (Sect. III)	*History B1
	Geology B2 (Mon., Wed.)	*Italian B1
	German B2	Latin B2
	Latin B1	Mathematics B2
	Philosophy B4	Philosophy B3
	Spanish B2	Public Speaking B1 (Sect. II)
	Monday, Dec. 20	Spanish B1 (Sect. II)
	Wednesday, Mar. 16	Wednesday, Dec. 22
	Monday, June 6	Friday, Mar. 18
		Wednesday, June 8
12 to 1	Astronomy B3	Chemistry B2	12 to 1
	Biology B5	English A3 (Sect. II)
	Commercial Law B1	*French 1 (Sect. IV)
	Education B6	French B1 (Sect. B)
	*English A3 (Sect. I)	*German A1
	French 1 (Sect. VII)	*Government B1
	French B1 (Sect. A)	*Greek A1 (Tues. & Thurs.)
	*German A1	Philosophy B1 (Sect. II)
	*Greek A1	Physics B1 (Sect. II)
	Philosophy B1 (Sect. I)	Public Speaking B1 (Sect. II)
	*Spanish B1 (Sect. I)	Thursday, Dec. 16
	Wednesday, Dec. 15	Saturday, Mar. 12
	Friday, Mar. 11	Thursday, June 2
	Wednesday, June 1

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THE COLLEGE.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

REGULATIONS.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES.

Group I: Languages.

Group II: Mathematical Sciences.

Group III: Natural Sciences.

Group IV: Social Sciences.

Group V: English.

Group VI: Philosophical Sciences.

BACHELOR OF ARTS.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN A SPECIAL SUBJECT.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE.

Normal Program for the B.S. in Architecture.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICINE.

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EXAMINATIONS, 1920-1921.