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UNIVEESITY OF ILLINOIS.

[June 9,

.„ i List B. Units. Botany y ! Chemistry . .• . . . i ___2 Geology ....;... !...*! Vo 1 Physics * '2 J Physiography '**' y i Physiology ". y i Zoology \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ y2—l IV. Three (3) units chosen from List B above or from List C below. List G. Units. Agriculture 1 —2 Bookkeeping 1 Business law y2 Domestic science l Drawing y2—1 f Manual training ,. 1 —2 Music 1 —2 After September 1, 1916, no student will.be admitted to the University who lacks 15 acceptable units including the 6 units of List A and 6 units from List B. A student deficient not more than 2 units in the special prescriptions of the college which he desires to enter may be admitted to such courses as he is prepared to take, provided that such deficiencies must be made up within one year.

On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mrs. Henrotin, the requirements for admission as outlined above were approved.

R E Q U I R E M E N T S FOR G R A D U A T I O N . C O L L E G E OF L I B E R A L ARTS A N D SCIENCES.

(e) A recommendation that the following conditions for graduation in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences be established, viz: Requirements for the A.B. Degree. A. Prescribed.—Rhetoric 1; Physical Training 1 and l a for men; 7 and 9 for women; Military Science 1 and 2 for men. B. Group Requirements.—Every candidate must offer the minimum of work specified in each of the following groups: I. English (the offering in this group must include at least a one-semester course in literature). II; Foreign Languages and Literatures.— (Exclusive of courses in translation.) NOTE.—Candidates for the degree who have not offered Greek or Latin or French or German for entrance m u s t offer one of these languages for. graduation. If a student has offered but two units of a foreign language for entrance to the University, he must pursue the study of foreign languages through two year courses . or the equivalent. If he has offered for entrance three or more units of foreign language, he must continue the study of foreign language through one year of his college course. III. History, Political and Social Science.—History, Economics, Political Science, Sociology; 8 hours. IV. Mathematics and Physical Science.—Mathematics, Astronomy (Courses with college mathematics as prerequisites), Physics, Chemistry; 8 hours. 'V. Botany, Entomology, Geology, Physiology, Zoology; 8 hours. VI. Education, Philosophy, Psychology; 6 hours, of which 3 shall be in Philosophy, or Psychology. C. Major. Subjects.—Ea,ch candidate must select some one subject to be designated as his major. A major consists of courses amounting to 20 hours chosen from among those designated by a department and approved by the faculty of the. college. Such courses are to be exclusive of those elementary or beginning courses which A are open to freshmen and inclusive of some distinctly advanced work. . . . The subjects at present recognized as majors in this college a r e : Astronomy, Bacteriology, Botany, Chemistry, Classics, Education, Economics, English, Entomology, French, Geology, German.Germanic Languages,. Greek,. History, Household Science, Latin, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physiology, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Romance Languages, Sociology, Zoology. D. Minor Subjects.—Each candidate must offer, in addition to his major, a minor of 20 hours in one or more allied subjects designated by the major department and approved by the faculty of the college. At least 8 hours must be offered in one subject. E. Elective Subjects— ^ 1. Not more than 40 hours in any one subject may be counted for graduation, except: (a) In special courses approved by the faculty of the college; (b) when a student is writing a thesis, he may count, in addition to the 40 hours, the hours of the course in which he does his thesis work; (c) in the Department of English a student may take 40 hours in addition to Rhetoric 1. NOTE.—The total credit in Art and Design is limited to 20 hours. 2. No credit is granted in any subject unless the student pursues it for the full time required in the shortest course offered in that subject. For example, if the student elects a course which yields two hours for one semester, he'must stay in the class during one semester in order to get any credit at all. In order to P a ri1 ™ P r v pvo^it in a beginning course i n . a foreign language, a full year's work must be completed.