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BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

The candidate must complete a total of twenty courses, chosen in accordance
with the following regulations:

I. Required Courses

The eight courses prescribed below must be completed at least one year before
graduation. Not less than six of them must be completed at least two
years before graduation.

English: English A1.

Students passing a qualifying examination on English A1 will be exempted
from further requirement in English.

Foreign Languages: A first-year college course (A1) and a second-year
college course (A2) in each of two foreign languages. A candidate for the degree
of Bachelor of Arts must offer two courses in Greek or Latin. A candidate
for the degree of Bachelor of Science must offer two courses in French or German.

A student who presents admission credit for two units of German, Greek
or Latin, or for three units of French, Italian or Spanish, must enter the A2
course if he wishes to study the language in question. If he passes the A2 course
he will be exempted from further requirement in that language.

Students passing a qualifying examination on the A2 course in any language
will be exempted from further requirement in that language.

Mathematics: Mathematics A1 or A2.

Students passing a qualifying examination on Mathematics A will be exempted
from further requirement in mathematics.

Natural Science: Biology B1 or Chemistry B1 or Geology B1 or Physics B1.

II. Field of Concentration

A student who has passed not less than six of the Required Courses
two years before graduation, shall at the beginning of his next session select
as his Field of Concentration a Major Subject taught in one of the Academic
Schools. Before registration he must present, as part of his plan of study
for the next two years, a program of not less than five nor more than seven
courses approved in writing by an official adviser for his Major School. This
program must include not less than three courses offered in the Major
School and not less than two courses in subjects related to the Field of
Concentration. No course offered by the candidate as a Required Course
may be counted as part of the major program. All courses included in a
Field of Concentration must be completed in this University.

III. Electives

The remaining courses needed to make up the required twenty may be
elected from courses in the Academic Schools for which the candidate has
adequate preparation.

Final Comprehensive Examination

A candidate for a degree must make a satisfactory standing in a final
comprehensive examination on his Field of Concentration, set by the
faculty of his Major School. This examination shall be in lieu of separate
final examinations in all courses in the Field of Concentration, taken in the
session of graduation, which the Major School may include in it. It may be
wholly a written examination, or partly written and partly oral.

Professional Courses in Field of Concentration

The first-year course in the Department of Law or the first-year course
in the Department of Medicine, of this University, may be substituted for four
academic courses in the Field of Concentration. This substitution cannot be
made unless the candidate has spent three full sessions in the College of
Arts and Sciences of this University and has obtained credit for sixteen
courses, including:

1. The eight Required Courses (not less than six of which must be
completed at least two years before graduation). Exemption from Required
Courses, as provided above, increases the student's freedom of election,
but does not reduce the total number of courses (16) which must be
completed in the College.

2. A program of four courses, to be taken during the candidate's third
year in the College, and to be approved in writing before registration by
an adviser designated by the Dean of the College.

3. Electives, chosen from courses in the Academic Schools for which
the candidate has adequate preparation.

A candidate who includes the first-year course in Law or Medicine in
his Field of Concentration is exempted from the Final Comprehensive Examination.

Physical Education

In addition to satisfying the requirements for graduation stated above,
a candidate must complete a two-year course in physical education, unless
excused on a physician's certificate. This work must be taken during the
first two years and must be completed at least one year before graduation.

SUGGESTIONS TO STUDENTS ON PLANNING A BACHELOR OF ARTS OR
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Since all but two of the Required Courses must be completed two years before graduation,
the student is in general advised to confine himself to such courses in his first
year and to postpone freedom of election.

In the second year, election of courses should be made primarily with a view to exploring
academic fields in which the candidate may wish to major. In general the B1
courses in important subjects which are not represented among the Required Courses
should be elected in the second year. The following are suggested as suitable electives
to introduce a student to possible Fields of Concentration: Archaeology B1, Astronomy
B1, Biblical Literature B1, Economics B1, Government B1, History B1, B2 or B5, Philosophy
B1, Psychology B1, Rural Social Economics B1, Sociology B1. Courses in Commerce,
Education, the Fine Arts, Forestry or Public Speaking may be elected by students
interested in these subjects.

As many as two of the Required Courses may be completed as late as the third year.
However, it should be noted that an A1 course in a Required language should not be
taken later than the second year. If such a course be postponed until the third year, the
A2 course in that language must be completed in the following summer, since all Required
Courses must be passed at least one year before graduation.

It is not advisable to take A1 courses in two foreign languages in the same year.

Examples of degree programs are given below. Variations are often desirable. A
student who passes qualifying examinations will have greater freedom of election than is
indicated. A Field of Concentration, in the programs, is assumed to include six courses.

1. For students who present less than two entrance units in foreign language:

First Year: English A1, Language A1, Science B1, Mathematics A1 or A2, Physical
Education.

Second Year: Language A2, Language A1, Elective, Elective, Elective, Physical Education.

Third Year: Language A2, Major, Major, Major, Elective.

Fourth Year: Major, Major, Major, Elective, Elective.

2. For students who present entrance units sufficient to enter the A2 course in one
foreign language:

First Year: English A1, Language A2, Science B1, Mathematics A1 or A2, Physical
Education.

Second Year: Language A1, Elective, Elective, Elective, Elective, Physical Education.

Third Year: Language A2, Major, Major, Major, Elective.

Fourth Year: Major, Major, Major, Elective, Elective.

3. For students who present entrance units sufficient to enter the A2 course in each
of two foreign languages:

First Year: English A1, Language A2, Science B1, Mathematics A1 or A2, Physical
Education.

Second Year: Language A2, Elective, Elective, Elective, Elective, Physical Education.

Third Year: Major, Major, Major, Elective, Elective.

Fourth Year: Major, Major, Major, Elective, Elective.