Catalog, 1956-1957 - Hoover Library

Western Maryland College 1955
applied or professional. The Bachelor of Science degree is conferred
upon those students whose programs include either a
major in an applied or professional subject or less than 96 semester
hours in courses of the traditional liberal arts curriculum.
DISTRIBUTION OF COURSES
The completion of 128semester hours and the accumulation
of 128quality points are required for the Bachelor's degree. The
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adviser guides his program and is at all limes available for consultation;
but the final responsibility for meeting the requiremems
for graduation rests with the student.
1. BASIC SURJECTS.For either Bachelor's degree. the following
basic subjects must be passed:
Semester H Dun
EnK~mpoSition
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Literature
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Laboratory Science
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Foreign Language
Social Studies
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Biblical Literature _
Psychology
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Fine ArLS
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Military Science (for mem.. _ _
Physical Education (for women) _
Any student who has not taken a course in Biology in high
school must take at least three semester hours of college Biology.
If he has not taken a course in Chemistry or Physics in high
school, he must take at least three semester hours in some physical
science in college.
The basic requirement in foreign language is the equivalent
of two years of college language. This requirement may be met
in any of the following ways: three years of the same language in
high school; two years each ot two languages in high school; two
years of one language in high school followed by the second
college year of the same language; two years of one language in
college.
Military science is required of all freshman and sophomore
men students who are not veterans. A student seeking exemption
must file with the President a written request which has been
endorsed by his parents. Transfer students entering with the
Tank of junior or senior are exempt from the requirement in
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