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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 should 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 of Arts
and Sciences. 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 baccalaurate 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 15
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 18 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 243.

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.