Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1898-1899 [PAGE 64]

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COLLEGE OF LITERATURE AND ARTS THE SPECIALIZED COURSE, OR GROUP, SYSTEM

A specialized, or group, course is one which contains at least twenty semester hours' work in a single subject preceding the senior year, followed by an additional ten hours in that subject during the senior year, and the writing of an acceptable thesis. No student may be enrolled in a specialized course without the permission of the head of the department in which he wishes to do his principal work, and each student who wishes to be so enrolled must specify the course he desires to enter not later than the beginning of his junior year. In the specialized course, or group, system the prescribed work is the same as in the general course system. The other work necessary for graduation is to be obtained in the subjects of the group which the student enters. Only those students who pursue a specialized course shall, as a rule, be selected from this College for fellowships, scholarships, and other similar University honors.

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION UNDER THE SPECIALIZED COURSE, OR GROUP, SYSTEM

One hundred and thirty hours, including military and physical training, together with an acceptable thesis, are required for graduation under the group system. Every student must take the prescribed subjects. In addition he must, not later than the beginning of his junior year, specify the group in which he wishes to graduate. He must at this time select one subject in the group as his major subject, the study of which, alone or with the subjects designated as specifically preparatory* to it, he must pursue during the remaining two years, securing therein at least thirty hours of credit. He must also select, with the approval of the head of the department in which his major subject lies, a sufficient number of other studies to yield him the neces•See p. 63.