1959-1960 Academic Catalog

are earned in terms of semester hours. A semester credit hour is one fifty-minute period a week for one semester. As an illus– tration: a student completing the work required in fifteen such periods a week for one semester receives credit for fifteen se– mester hours. Exceptions to this are laboratory sessions, applied music, and physical education. Classification of Students Freshmen: At least 15 acceptable units of high school credit or its equivalency. Sophomore: Minimum of 26 hours first semester; minimum of 39 hours second semester. Junior: Senior: Special: Minimum of 54 hours first semester; minimum of 70 hours second semester. Minimum of 86 semester hours first semester; enough hours with appropriate grade points second semester to assure fulfilling all the requirements for graduation the following June. A limited number of students who are not desirous of pursuing a regular course of study are permit– ted to take selected subjects. Course Numbers The course numbers may be of help to the student in se– lecting courses of the appropriate level. The following system is used: 1. The first digit indicates the year in which the course is nor– mally taken. Freshmen normally take 100 courses; Sopho– mores, 200 or 100 courses; Juniors, 300 or 200 courses, and Seniors, 400 or 300 courses. Courses beyond the student's classification may be taken only upon the consent of the instructor and the Registrar. 2. The second digit indicates the department. 3. The third digit indicates the semester. A zero indicates that the course may be offered either semester; odd numbers indicate first semester courses; and even numbers indicate second semester courses. 23