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Caption: Course Catalog - 1891-1892
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150 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 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 equiva ent 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 originial 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. GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO STUDENTS. Young men or women desiring a liberal education, and living at a distance from a college or university, are often puzzled to understand precisely what they will be required to know and do in order to gain admission. To such these words are addressed: 1. Notice that a college, or university (which is properly a- collection of colleges) is designed for the higher education only, and
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