The Harvard University Catalogue Author:Harvard University General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1887 Original Publisher: Published for the University by C.W. Sever Subjects: University catalogues Education / Higher History / General Social Science / Women's Studies Study Aids / College Guides Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has ... more »no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS. Prescribed Studies. The following studies are prescribed for all candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts : -- Freshman Year. Rhetoric and English Composition. (English .4.) Three times a week. Chemistry. (Chemistry. il.) Lectures, once a week, first half-year. Physics. (Physics A.) Lectures, once a week, second half-year. Also German or French. (German A or French A.) Three times a week. Prescribed for those only who did not present themselves for examination on the study at entrance. Sophomore Year. Twelve Themes: with lectures and discussions of themes. (English B.) Junior and Senior Years. Forensics : a forensic, a thesis, and an examination in argumentative composition in each year. (English C and Z.) Elective Studies. Elective studies are classified as courses and half-courses, according to the estimated requirement of work in each. Every candidate for the degree is required to pursue each year four elective courses, or an equivalent amount of courses and half-courses; but of Freshmen for whom French or German is a prescribed study, three elective courses only are required. Of the elective courses required of Freshmen, not more than two may be taken in the same department. No student is allowed, except by special permission of the Dean, to arrange his work so as to take less than the equivalent of three half-courses during either ha...« less