Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1892-1893 [PAGE 159]

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REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION.

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In all cases an accepted thesis is required for graduation. The subject must be announced not later than the first Monday of the winter term, and the completed thesis must be handed to the dean of the proper College by April 30th. The work should be done under the direction of the professor in whose department the subject naturally belongs, and should be in the line of the course of study for which a degree is expected. The thesis should be based upon original research, and must contain at least 2,000 words, or an equivalent in tables, drawings, and illustrations. It must be presented upon regulation paper and will be deposited in the library of the University. 1. The degree of Bachelor of Arts will be given to those who complete a classical course in the College of Literature. 2. The degree of Bachelor of Letters will be given to those who complete one of the other courses in the College of Literature. The name of the course will be inserted after the degree. 3. The degree of Bachelor of Science will be given to those who complete a course of study in the College of Engineering, of Agriculture, or of Science. The name of the course will be inserted after the degree. 4. The master's degrees, M.A., M.L., and M.S., and the equivalent degrees of Civil Engineer and Mechanical Engineer, etc., will be given, after 1894, to graduates of this or other similar institutions who have pursued at this University a year of prescribed graduate studies and have passed examinations thereon, or who have pursued as non-residents three years of such study and have passed the required examinations. Studies for a master's degree must be in the general line of the bachelor's degree already received, and of the degree sought. In all cases an accepted thesis is required and this should be presented at least one month before the close of the collegiate year. It must be based upon original research and must show scholarly acquirements of high order. Graduates of this University who took a first degree before 1892 may obtain a second degree as heretofore, until after 1894.

BOARD.

The University does not furnish board, but there is an abundance of suitable private places in Urbana and Champaign within walking distance of the University; and easily accessible by electric railway, where students can obtain table board and rooms. Boarding clubs are formed, at which the cost of meals is about two and a half dollars per week. Some students prepare their own meals, thus considerably reducing expenses.