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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN A SPECIAL SUBJECT

The degree of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject will be conferred
upon regular students who have completed not less than sixty-three
(63) session-hours of undergraduate courses, taken in conformity with the
following programme:

(1) Required Subjects: Candidates must complete 33 session-hours of
required subjects as stated below, of which 3 must be in Physical Training
B1. Of the remaining 30 session-hours of required subjects not less than
24 must be taken during the first two years, and the remaining 6 not later
than the third year.

Foreign Languages: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in French and
3 in German.

Mathematics: 6 session-hours.[2]

Natural Science: 12 session-hours in 2 subjects.

English: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English B3.

Physical Training: This course must be completed during the first two
years.

A candidate entering with advanced standing or with college credit shall,
in his first, and, if necessary, continuously in subsequent sessions,
take such courses as are necessary to complete the requirements for the
first and second sessions.

(2) Major-Electives: 30 session-hours. 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.