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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; Conic Sections treated Geometrically; Analytical
Geometry of two dimensions; Spherical Trigonometry, with applications;
more 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 fair 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; Collection
of Exercises in Plane Geometry; Wells's Spherical Trigonometry; Notes on Geometrical
Conics.

Candidates for the B. A. degree who elect Mathematics must complete the
work of this course.