1917-1918 Academic Catalog

COURSES FOR FRESHMEN Lll\UT OF SUMMER SCHOOL WORK No student will be given credit for more than ten semes– ter hours of work done in any one session of a summer schoo1. The limit for a six-weeks' session is eight semester– hours. TIME REQUIRED Ordinarily the completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, or of Bachelor of Science, wiH require four years, and the completion of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, one year. DEFINITION OF CREDIT A "credit," or "semester-hour," is one recitation a week for one semester. A student completing fifteen hours of collegiate work for a week for one semester, receives fifteen credits, and if such work is continued for a full year, he receives thirty credits, which is considered full work for one year. COURSES FOR FRESHMEN The following courses are recommended as the most suit– able for Freshmen. With the advice of members of the Faculty, each student should select five of these courses in accordance with his needs, tastes, and previous prepara– tion: Hours per week Bible ___________________________ ---------- - - - 3 Rhetoric _________________________ --- --------- 3 General Chemistry____________________________ 4 General Biology ------------------------------ 4 Latin ------------------------------- - - ----- - 3 Greek ____ __________ _________ ____ ____________ 3 or 4 German ---------- --------------------------- 3 or 4 French ------- ------------------------------- 3 or 4 Students who are candidates for the state high school certificate are advised to enter upon the work required for this certificate as soon as possible and would do well to elect the history of education and school organization and school law and to enter a review class in their freshman year.