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Caption: Course Catalog - 1893-1894
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164 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 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., are given to graduates of this University or of other similar institutions who have pursued at this University a year of prescribed graduate studies and have passed examinations thereon. Non-resident graduates of this University may receive masters' degrees within not less than three years after graduation by successfully passing examinations upon an accepted course of study and practice. (See Graduate School, p. 78.) 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 bJgh order. 5. The degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and of Doctor of Science may be conferred upon graduates of this or other such university or college after three years of graduate study. (See Graduate School, p. 78.) 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 a week. Some students prepare their own meals, thus considerably reducing expenses. The Business Agent and the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations of the University will aid new students in procuring rooms and boarding places.
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