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B. A. COURSE.
In this course there are two classes, each of which
meets three times a week (three hours) throughout the
session.
Class A.—This class meets three times a week, and
devotes about three months to each of the three subjects,
Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry.
In Algebra the class begins with Ratio and Proportion,
proceeding to the Progressions, the Binomial Formula,
Convergence and Divergence of Series, Logarithms, Determinants,
and the Theory of Equations.
In Geometry the work begins with the Solution of
numerous original exercises in Plane Geometry, proceeds
through Solid Geometry, with exercises, and terminates
with a short course in Geometrical Conic Sections.
The year is closed by a course in elementary Plane
Trigonometry, embracing the Solution of Triangles by
means of Logarithms, the usual applications to the problems
of Heights and Distances, etc.
The preparation necessary to enter this class is a good
knowledge of Arithmetic, of Algebra through Simultaneous
Quadratic Equations, and of Plane Geometry.
Text-Books.—Charles Smith's Algebra; Venable's Legendre's Geometry,
with Exercises; Venable's Notes on Geometric Conic Sections; and
Wells' Plane and Spherical Trigonometry.
Class B.—The preparation for this class consists in a
thorough knowledge of the topics worked over in Class A.
This class devotes about three months to each of
the three subjects, Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry, and
Calculus.
The subject of Trigonometry, plane and spherical, is
carefully worked over and followed by the study of the
Conic Sections analytically. The last three months of the
session are devoted to the study of the elementary principles
and applications of the Differential and Integral
Calculus.
Text-Books.—Loney's Trigonometry, Part I; Charles Smith's Conic
Sections, or Bailey and Wood's Analytic Geometry. In the Calculus a book
of the grade of Osborne's Calculus is used.
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