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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 regular work of the college leading to a baccalaureate
degree.

Five 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, and the Bachelor of
Science in Commerce, 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 degree, 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
Quarter for which college credit is given. For credit for work done at
other colleges, see page 169.

The requirements for the baccalaureate degrees 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.