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Caption: Course Catalog - 1877-1878 Version B
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62 Illinois Industrial University. DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES. No Degrees have heretofore been given by this University. The law forbade it. On petition of the Alumni, the last General Assembly of the State enacted that " on like recommendation of the Faculty, the Trustees may authorize the Regent, as President of the University, to issue diplomas to such persons as shall have completed satisfactorily the required studies, and sustained the examination therein, conferring such literary and Scientific Degrees as are usually conferred by Universities for similar or equivalent courses of studies, or such as the Trustees may deem appropriate." Approved May n , 1877. Before exercising the power granted by this act the Trustees deemed it wise to ascertain fully the views of other institutions of similar character, and especially of those organized under the same Congressional grant. A conference of the leading officers of these institutions was finally invited, and held in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1877. The institutions represented concurred unanimously in the utility of Degrees when properly conferred, and all except this University had already introduced them. In accordance with the able report of the conference, the following system of Degrees has been adopted for the University : 1. All studies will remain as heretofore free. Each student may choose and pursue such studies as he may desire, subject only to such conditions as to preparation, times of study, and number of studies as may be necessary to secure efficiency in classes and economy in teaching. 2. But students who wish to be candidates for any degree must complete fully the course of studies prescribed for such degree. 3. Students not candidates for any degree will be enrolled as special students, and will receive at the close of their attendance, if not less than a year, the certificates provided by law,with statement of work done and of credits attained. 4. It is designed that the requirements for all the Bachelors' Degrees shall be, as nearly as possible, equal in amount and value. 5. The Degree of Bachelor of Science, B. S., will be given to those who complete either of the courses of studies in the Colleges of Engineering, Agriculture, or Natural Science, or in Domestic Science. The name of the School will be inserted after the degree. 6. The degree of Bachelor of Letters, B. L., will be given to those who complete the course in the School of English and Modern Languages. 7. The degree of Bachelor of Arts, B. A., will be given to those who complete the course in the School of Ancient Languages.
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