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Caption: Course Catalog - 1899-1900
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SPECIALIZED OR GROUP SYSTEM 65 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. The subject in which the thirty hours' work is required is called the student's major, and must be chosen from the list of major electives (p. 67). As a rule, those students only who take a specialized course will be recommended from this College for fellowships, scholarships, and other university honors. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION UNDER THE SPECIALIZED COURSE, OR GROUP, SYSTEM Credit for 130 hours, including the prescribed military and physical training, together with an acceptable thesis, is required for graduation under the group system. Every student must take the prescribed subjects. Not later than the beginning of his junior year he must designate the group in which he wishes to be enrolled. He must at that time choose one subject in the group as his major, the study of which, alone or with the subjects designated as specifically preparatory to it, he must pursue during the remaining two years, and secure in it at least thirty hours' credit in all. He must then select, with the approval of the head of the department in which his major subject belongs, a sufficient number of other studies to yield him the necessary number of hours. A student in a specialized course must also present an acceptable thesis. This thesis must be on a topic connected with his major study, and must present the results of investigation made during the last year of. the student's course. The work of investigation must be the required work in the major subject, in whole or in part, during the student's senior year. As in the general course system, no credit is given for parts of courses, and at least one full year's work must be done by those who begin a foreign language, in order to secure any credit therefor. The same work may not be credited both as major and minor. The groups are as follows: The Classical Group, including Greek and Latin as the
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