Curriculum Changes

Two changes having to do with requirements for the bachelor's degree were proposed at the last faculty meeting by the Committee on Educational Policy and were approved by the faculty. At the same meeting a regulation was. changed to provide that a senior, junior, or sophomore, whether on probation or not, be permitted to take the maximum of eighteen hours a semester.

The changes are as follows: (1) Every student must have one year of a Foreign Language either Ancient or Modern. If a student does not wish to continue a language which he has presented for admission he may complete the requirements by beginning a language and continuing it for two years. (The old requirement specified that a student must take a year each in two of the following subjects: Modern Language, Ancient Language, Mathematics.) (2) Every student must take year courses in two of the subjects in the following list: Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Geology. (The old requirement specified that if Mathematics was to be counted as one of the subjects taken to meet the science requirement it could not be counted toward meeting the requirement in the language group.)

The rest of the requirements, having to do with the Freshman Orientation courses, English, the Social Sciences, and Physical Education, remain unchanged. The changes remove the absolute requirement of taking either an Ancient Language or Mathematics. By reducing the number of required courses by one, opportunity is given for a free elective in freshman year. The belief of the committee in proposing the motion was that by making this change the requirements will be better suited to the needs and the major interests of most of the students and that the freshman program will fit better into the plan for the complete four-year course. The changes take effect with the class entering in the fall of 1932.