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B. A. COURSE.
A.—First Year. This class meets three times a week (three hours), and
studies the Theory of Arithmetical Notations and Operations; Algebra through
the Binomial Theorem, Indeterminate Coefficients and Theory of Logarithms;
Geometry, Plane and Solid; Geometrical Analysis, with numerous exercises for
original solution; Elementary Plane Trigonometry, embracing the solution of
Triangles, with the use of Logarithms, and some applications to problems of
"Heights and Distances." The preparation desirable for this class is a good
knowledge of Arithmetic, of Algebraic Operations through Equations of the
Second Degree, and of the first three books of Plane Geometry.
Text-Books.—Todhunter's Algebra; Venable's Legendre's Geometry, with collection
of exercises; Todhunter's Trigonometry for Beginners.
B.—Second Year. This class meets three times a week (three hours), and
studies Geometrical Analysis, with exercises for original solution; Plane Trigonometry,
with applications; Analytical Geometry of two dimensions; Spherical
Trigonometry, with applications; Advanced Algebra, including Elements of
the Theory of Equations. The preparation necessary for this class is a thorough
knowledge of Algebra through the Binomial Theorem and Logarithms; of Synthetic
Geometry, Plane and Solid, with a good training in the original solution
of Geometrical problems; and a knowledge of the elements of Plane Trigonometry,
including the use of Logarithmic tables.
Text-Books.—Todhunter's Plane Trigonometry; Puckle's Conic Sections; The Professor's
collection of Exercises in Plane Geometry; Wells's Spherical Trigonometry.
Candidates for the B. A. degree who elect Mathematics must complete the
work of this course.
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