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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 60 session-hours
of undergraduate courses, taken in conformity with the following
program:

(1) Required Subjects: Candidates must complete 30 session-hours of
required subjects as stated below, not less than 24 hours of which 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.[1]

Natural Science: 12 session-hours in 2 subjects.

English: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English B6.

Physical Education: Two years' course required of all candidates, which
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.