REGULATIONS.

Regulations as contained in Ordinance No. 4 of the University Court of the University of St Andrews (approved by His Majesty in Council 2nd August 1910), or in Ordinances formerly in force and not repealed, or in Amending Ordinances, or made by the Senatus Academicus with approval of the University Court in virtue of powers conferred by these Ordinances.

PART I. ACADEMICAL YEAR.

I. (1) The Academical Year shall commence on the first day of October. It shall include at least twenty-five teaching weeks, and shall be divided into three terms.

(2) The days on which each term shall begin and end shall be determined by the Senatus Academicus with the approval of the University Court, provided that each term shall include at least eight teaching weeks.

(The Senatus Academicus, with the approval of the University Court, have determined that the Martinmas term shall run from about 15th October to about 21st December; the Candlemas term from about 10th January to about 15th March; the Whitsunday term from about 20th April to about 15th June. For the Academical Year 1922-1923, the terms are fixed as follows: Martinmas term begins 11th October, ends 22nd December; Candlemas term begins 9th January, ends 16th March; Whitsunday term begins 24th April, ends 15th June.)

II. The curriculum for the Degree of Master of Arts shall consist of attendance during nine terms at least. For the purposes of this section, attendance during a term shall be constituted by attendance on and due performance of the prescribed work of at least two classes approved under Sections VI. (2), XII. (2), or XIV. (2) hereof during that term.

PART II. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.

III. All candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts must pass the Preliminary Examination in the manner and subject to the conditions enacted by Ordinance No. 11 (General No. 6) of the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, and by any Ordinances of the said Commissioners and of the University Courts of the Scottish Universities explaining or amend

ing the same, or by any Ordinance made or to be made by the University Court of the University of St Andrews, altering or revoking the said Ordinances under the provisions of the said Act, Section 21.

[The following are the main provisions of Ordinance No. 11 (General No. 6) and amending Ordinances still in force as regards the Preliminary Examination :—

(a) Before entering on the Curriculum each student shall pass a Preliminary Examination in the following subjects:— 1. English.

2. Latin or Greek.

3. Mathematics.

4. One of the following-Latin or Greek (if not already taken), French, German, Italian (or such other language as the Senatus Academicus may approve), Dynamics. (b) The examination must be passed in the matters and on the standards hereinafter defined; but there shall be a higher and a lower standard in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics. (There is also an Intermediate Standard in Mathematics.) Candidates must pass on the higher standard in at least one of these three subjects, and may pass on the lower standard in either or both of the remaining two.

(c) English shall include Grammar and Composition, and the outlines of Geography and British History, and the standard shall not be lower than that presently adopted for the Higher Grade Leaving Certificate of the Scottish Education Department.

(d) Latin and Greek shall comprise grammatical questions, translation into English from Latin or Greek authors not previously prescribed, and translation of plain passages or easy sentences from English into Latin or Greek. The higher standard shall not be lower than that formerly adopted in the examination for a Curriculum of three sessions, or presently adopted for the Higher Grade Leaving Certificate of the Scottish Education Department, and the lower standard shall not be lower than that presently adopted for the Lower Grade Leaving Certificate of the said Department.

(e) French, German, and Italian shall comprise grammatical, literary, and easy philological questions, translation into English from French, German, or Italian authors not previously prescribed, and translation from English into French, German, or Italian; and the standard shall not be lower than that presently adopted for the Higher Grade Leaving Certificate of the Scottish Education Department.

(f) Mathematics on the lower standard shall comprise-(1) Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Proportion, Percentage, Square Root, Simple Interest; (2) Algebra,

including Fractions, Factors, Square Root, Equations of the First Degree, Simultaneous Equations of the First Degree, Easy Quadratic Equations, Problems leading to the above Equations; (3) Geometry Euclid, Books I., II., and III. (or their equivalents), with easy deductions. Demonstrations other than Euclid's will be accepted if they assume no propositions which in Euclid's order are subsequent to the proposition under consideration.

(g) Mathematics on the intermediate standard shall, in addition to the subjects comprised in the lower standard, comprise-(a) Euclid, Book VI., Propositions 1-19, or Geometry equivalent thereto; (b) Algebra, Quadratic Equations, Ratio and Proportion; (c) the Trigonometry of Right-angled Triangles.

No candidate can pass on the Intermediate Standard who either does not at the same time pass on the Lower Standard or has not previously passed on the Lower Standard.

(h) Mathematics on the higher standard shall, in addition, comprise Euclid, Books IV., VI., and the first twenty-one propositions of Book XI. (or their equivalents), with deductions, Quadratic Equations, Trigonometry to the Solution of Triangles inclusive, and the use of Logarithmic Tables.

(i) Dynamics shall mean the Elementary Statics and Kinetics of Solids, Liquids, and Gases.

(j) A candidate shall be obliged to pass in all the required subjects at one or not more than two examinations, provided that he may offer himself for re-examination as often as may be necessary to satisfy this condition.

(k) The Preliminary Examination shall be held at each University twice in each year, under such regulations as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall from time to time determine, and shall be conducted in writing.

(1) The Entrance Board appointed under the provisions of Ordinance No. 70 (General No. 3-Regulations as to Admission to the Scottish Universities for purposes of Graduation) shall have power to accept a pass on the Higher Standard at the Leaving Certificate Examination of the Scottish Education Department in any subject as an equivalent for the Preliminary Examination in that subject; to accept a Pass in Science at the Leaving Certificate Examination of the said Department as an equivalent for the Preliminary Examination in the subject of Dynamics, and to accept a pass on the Lower Standard at the Leaving Certificate Examination of the said Department as an equivalent for the Preliminary Examination on the Lower Standard

1 The Higher Grade Pass in Science must be obtained.

in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics; provided they are satisfied that the standard of the examination at which the said certificates were granted is not lower than that required by the University.

(m) The Entrance Board shall have power to determine what examinations, if any, other than the Leaving Certificate Examinations of the said Department, may be accepted as equivalent to the Preliminary Examination in whole or in part, provided they are satisfied that such other Examinations are in fact equivalent thereto.

(n) In the case of a foreign student whose native language is other than English, the standard required in English in the Preliminary Examination shall be such as the Entrance Board may deem sufficient. (NOTE.-Such students are required by the Board to pass a special written and oral examination in English.) In the case of a student whose native language is other than European, the Senatus may accept as an alternative to Latin or Greek any other classical language, as, for example, Sanskrit or Arabic.

(0) Attendance on any course shall not qualify for graduation unless the student has previously obtained a certificate issued or attested by the Entrance Board showing that he has, in accordance with the provisions of the said Ordinance No. 70 (General No. 3), satisfied the Entrance Board as to his fitness to enter upon the curriculum for a Degree in the Faculty concerned; but if a student, before so satisfying the Entrance Board, has attended a class qualifying for graduation, the Senatus may, on special cause shown, permit him to count such class as qualifying for graduation, on condition of his so satisfying the Entrance Board within such time thereafter as the Senatus may appoint; and in every such case the Senatus shall make a report to the University Court setting forth the reasons for the relaxation.

(p) In each University the Senatus may from time to time determine, with respect to any particular class, the conditions under which attendance thereon shall qualify for graduation, and shall in each case report the conditions to the University Court. (In the University of St Andrews it has been meanwhile committed to the Professors and Lecturers in charge of each class to ascertain and determine whether students are qualified to attend such class. For regulations on the subject, see pp. 131, 134.) (q) Students may attend any classes without having qualified for admission under the said Ordinance No. 70 (General No. 3), but such attendance shall not qualify for graduation.]

(Under General Ordinance No. 3 of the four Scottish University Courts an Entrance Board has been established;

but the Entrance Board, in exercise of its powers, has continued meanwhile the foregoing Regulations. It is necessary for each student entering for the first time to submit to the Board certificates of his qualification to enter on the curriculum, and to pay a fee to the Secretary, Scottish Universities Entrance Board, 81 North Street, St Andrews.) Further particulars of the Preliminary Examination will be found in a leaflet on 'Admission to the University for Purposes of Graduation.'

PART III. GENERAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS.

IV. All candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts, with or without Honours, shall be required to pass the General Examination.

V. (1) The subjects recognised in the General Examination shall be determined from time to time by Regulations made by the Senatus Academicus, after consultation with the Faculty of Arts, and with the approval of the University Court, provided(a) That every candidate shall be required to satisfy the Examiners in at least five subjects.

(b) That every candidate shall be required to satisfy the Examiners in at least two and not more than three linguistic subjects.

(c) That every candidate shall be required to satisfy the Examiners in at least one and not more than two scientific subjects.

(d) That every candidate shall be required to satisfy the Examiners in either (1) Latin or Greek or (2) Mathematics.

(e) That every candidate shall be required to satisfy the Examiners in Logic and Psychology.

(f) That candidates who satisfy the Examiners in Latin or Greek but not in Mathematics shall be required to satisfy the Examiners in either (1) Natural Philosophy or (2) Chemistry.

(g) That candidates who satisfy the Examiners in Mathematics but not in Latin or Greek shall be required to satisfy the Examiners in at least two languages other than English.

(In the case of candidates whose native language is other than English, English shall be recognised as one of the two languages in which they are required to satisfy the Examiners under Sect. V., (1), (g), and Arabic or Hebrew may be substituted for Latin or Greek, in such cases as the Senatus may approve.)