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UNIYBESITY OF ILLINOIS

teaching in high schools or colleges. Those pursuing this course will be preferred, other things being equal, as student assistants in the zoological laboratories. DEGREES BACHELORS' DEGREES The usual bachelors' degrees are conferred upon those who satisfactorily complete the courses of study described under the different colleges. A candidate for a bachelor's degree must pass in the subjects marked prescribed in his chosen course, and must conform to the directions given in connection with that course in regard to electives. In the Colleges of Literature and Arts, of Science, and of Agriculture, 40 termcredits are required for graduation, except in the chemical group in the College of Science, where 41 credits are required. In the College of Engineering the candidate must complete the course of study as laid down. The number of credits required includes two for military science for men, and for women may include the same number for physical culture. Men excused from the military requirements, and women who do not take courses in physical culture, must elect in lieu thereof two extra terms' work in other subjects. In all cases in which a thesis is required,* the subject must be announced not later than the first Monday in November, and the completed thesis must be submitted to the dean of the proper college by June 1st. The work must be done under the direction of the professor in whose department the subject naturally belongs, and must be in the line of the course of study for which a degree is expected. The thesis must be presented upon regulation paper, and will be deposited in the library of the University. 1. The degree of Bachelor of Arts^ is given to those who complete a course in the College of Literature and Arts. 2. The degree of Bachelor of Science is given to those who complete a c6urse in the College of Engineering, of Science, or of Agriculture. The name of the course will be inserted in the diploma after the degree.

*See pp. 220, note, and requirements for graduation in the different colleges.