1924-1925 Academic Catalog

COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT THE ARTS CURRICULUM Requirernenh for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Upon the completion of the following requirements, which comuri e the arts curriculum, the de~ree of Bachelor of Arts i~ onferred: 1. Bible (.six semester-hours elected from this deJ?artment); 2. College Rhetoric (six semester-hours); 3. English Literature (three semester-hours); 4. Foreign Language (from twelve to sixteen seme 1 ster-hou1:5, including two years' work in one language oi: one year s work m each of two languages, selected from the followmg: French, German, Latin, Greek, Hebrew) ; 5. Natural Science (eight s~mester-hours, including any one of the following sciences: Zoology, Botany, C~emistry, ?r Physics; each science being pursued throughout an entire collegiate year); 6. History (three semester-hours, a required course in American history); 7. Oratory (four semester-hours) ; 8. Argumentation and Debating (four semester-hours) ; 9. General Psychology (three semester-hours); 10. Logic (three semester~hours) ; 11. Social Science (three semester-hours elected from the de- partments of economics, sociology and political science); 12. Ethics (three semester-hours); 13. Apologetics (three semester-hours); 14. A Major Study (a study selected by the student and includ– ing eighteen semester-hours' work in any one department of study). Work required in any department may counted as a part of the major study in that department, except that work in the first two years of a foreign language cannot be counted; 15. A Minor Study (including ten semester-hours' work to be elected by the student from a department closely related to the major study, with the advice and consent of the professor at -the head of the department in which the major study is taken. Work required in any department may be counted as a part of the minor study in that department; 16. Elective Studies (in addition to those specified above, to an amount sufficient to make a total of one hundred and twenty. semester-hours, which is the number required in the arts curriculum for the degree of Bachelor of Arts; these free electives may ba chosen by the student from any department of instruction) ; It is not necessary that the above requirements should be met in the orqe:r givep. E~ch semester the student should seek the advice of his instructors as to what courses should -be taken-next. COURSES FOR FRESHMEN IN THE ARTS CURRICULUM The following courses are recommended as the most suitable 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 preparation: ' PAGE SIXTEEN