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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.[3]

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.