VI. LONDON UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS.

(1) Matriculation Examination.

A pass in Latin or Greek will exempt from Lower Latin or Lower Greek.

A pass in Mathematics will exempt from Lower Mathematics.

A pass in Mechanics will exempt from Dynamics.

A pass in the Honours or First Division with English as one of the subjects, or

a pass with Distinction in English will exempt from English.

(2) Intermediate Examination.

A pass in Latin or Greek will exempt from Higher Latin or Higher Greek.

A pass in French or German will exempt from French or German.

A pass in English will exempt from English.

A pass in Mathematics will exempt from Intermediate and Higher Mathematics.

VII. JOINT MATRICULATION EXAMINATION OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, LEEDS, SHEFFIELD, AND BIRMINGHAM.

A pass in Latin, Greek, or Mathematics will exempt from Lower Latin, Lower Greek, or Lower Mathematics.

A pass in Class I. in English, Latin, Greek, Mathematics, French, or German, will exempt from English, Higher Latin, Higher Greek, Higher Mathematics, French, or German.

VIII. BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION.

A pass in Latin, Greek, or Mathematics will exempt from Lower Latin, Lower Greek, or Lower Mathematics.

A pass in Class I. in English, Latin, Greek, Mathematics, French, or German, will exempt from English, Higher Latin, Higher Greek, Higher Mathematics, French, or German.

IX. INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION BOARD FOR IRELAND.

Honours in Latin, Greek, or Mathematics in the Senior Grade Examination will exempt from Higher Latin, Higher Greek, or Higher Mathematics. Honours in French or German will exempt from French or German. A pass with 55 per cent of the marks in English will exempt from English.

X. THE BRITISH EMPIRE OVERSEAS.

Candidates from British Dominions, Colonies, Dependencies and Protectorates who present evidence that they have passed examinations which would admit them to Universities or to Technical Colleges affiliated to a University in the Dominion, Colony, Dependency or Protectorate from which they come will be exempted from the Preliminary Examination in Arts or Science subject to the following conditions :(a) That there is evidence to show that their knowledge of English is sufficient to enable them to follow the courses of instruction with profit.

(6) That, before attending any class in English, Latin, Greek, French, German, or any other language, they shall have satisfied all the requirements laid down by Ordinance or by Regulation of the University for attendance on such classes.

(c) That, before attending any class in Mathematics or Natural Philosophy, they shall have satisfied all the requirements laid down by Ordinance or by Regulation of the University for attendance on such classes.

(d) That candidates for degrees in Engineering shall produce evidence of a knowledge of Mathematics equivalent to that required in Higher Mathematics in the Preliminary Examination.

NOTE. This Regulation has been modified. See note on page 422 of the University Calendar.

Note. In the case of candidates from India applying for exemption from the Preliminary Examination in Engineering the Joint Board will accept as evidence of a sufficient knowledge of Mathematics a satisfactory pass in the Intermediate Examination of any of the Indian Universities. A note of the marks obtained in this examination by the applicant must be communicated to the Convener of the Board.

The Final Examination for the Degree in Engineering of the College of Science, Poona, will be accepted as exempting from the Preliminary Examination in Science (Engineering).

XI. FRANCE.

The Baccalauréat-ès-Lettres and the Baccalauréat-ès-Sciences will exempt from the Arts and Science Preliminary Examinations respectively.

XII. OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

Certificates of Maturity or Grades similar to the French Baccalauréat which would entitle the holder to enter upon a regular course of study in the Universities of his own country will exempt from the Preliminary Examination in Arts and Science.

XIII. MISCELLANEOUS.

Argentine Certificates giving admission to the University of Buenos Aires will be accepted.

The Examinations comprised in the Arts Curriculum of the St. John's University, Shanghai, taken and passed by Graduates in Arts (B.A.) of that University, will be accepted.

The First Class Certificates of the Anglo-Chinese College, Amoy, will be accepted. The Egyptian Secondary Education Certificate will be accepted for the Arts Preliminary Examination if it includes Arabic, English, French and Mathematics, and for the Science Preliminary Examination if it includes Arabic, English and Mathematics.

ORDINARY DEGREE.

VI. The Curriculum for the ordinary Degree shall consist of five subjects, of which two subjects shall each be studied for two Academical years; and the Degree Examinations in these two subjects shall be on a higher standard than the Degree Examinations in the other three subjects; provided that it shall be in the power of the Senatus with the approval of the University Court, to reckon courses in two cognate subjects (and, wherever so determined by the Senatus and University Court, studied in separate Academical years) as two courses in one subject; the Examinations in the cognate subjects being on the same standard as if each of the subjects had been taken in a single course.

VII. (1) Each of the subjects must be studied in a full course, but two half courses in one subject or in two cognate subjects, or a qualifying Honours Course as hereinafter defined, may be held to be equivalent to a full course in one subject in such cases as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, may determine, and under such regulations as may from time to time be made for that purpose by the same authority.

(2) A full course shall consist of not less than seventy-five meetings of the whole class on separate days, with additional meetings for tutorial or other supplementary instruction where such is provided; but the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, may, in special cases, having regard to the nature of the subjects, sanction full courses of less than seventy-five meetings of the whole class, with additional meetings for tutorial or other supplementary instruction.

A half course shall consist of not less than forty meetings of the whole class on separate days, with additional meetings for tutorial or other supplementary instruction where such is provided; but the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, may, in special cases, having regard to the nature of the subjects, sanction half courses of less than forty meetings of the whole class, with additional meetings for tutorial or other supplementary instruction.

(3) Where a subject is taught in a practical class as well as in a systematic class, the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall regulate the course of study and determine the relative proportion of lectures and laboratory or practical work.

VIII. The Departments of Study for graduation in Arts with or without Honours shall include the following subjects, with such additions or modifications as may hereafter be made by the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court; provided always (1) that no subject shall be included unless a qualifying course shall have been established therein; and (2) that the University Court shall communicate to the General Council all such additions and modifications relating to the definition and grouping of the subjects of the several Departments of Study, their selection for the Curriculum, and their classification as cognate; and any representation made thereon by the General Council within two months from the date of such communication shall be taken into consideration by the University Court before any such addition, modification, selection, or classification is approved :

2. Mental Philosophy.

Logic and Metaphysics. * Moral Philosophy.

* Political Economy.

Education (Theory, History and Art of).

Philosophy of Law.

+ Comparative Psychology.

Constitutional Law and History. Public International Law.
General Jurisprudence.

International Private Law.

+Ecclesiastical History.

IX. The Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall have power to make from time to time Regulations regarding the definition and grouping of the subjects in each of the Departments of Study, the selection of subjects for the Curriculum, their classification as cognate, and the order in which they are to be studied, and also regarding the standards of the Degree Examinations and the conditions of admission thereto.

X. Candidates who produce certificates that they have satisfied all the conditions prescribed by this Ordinance, and who have passed the necessary examinations shall be entitled to receive the ordinary Degree of Master of Arts on payment of the fees required, and shall receive a diploma wherein shall be set forth the subjects in which they have passed.

DEGREE WITH HONOURS.

XI. (1) The Degree of Master of Arts may be taken with Honours in any Group (consisting of a subject or subjects) in which Honours Classes, conducted by at least two separate Professors or Lecturers, have been established.

(2) Subject to the provision specified in Section VIII. (2) hereof the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall have power to make from time to time Regulations regarding the definition and grouping of the subjects in each of the recog-nised Groups, the selection of subjects for the curriculum, their classification as cognate, and the order in which the subjects are

* The Course in Political Science and Sociology may, with the approval of the Advisers of Studies, be taken as an alternative “Advanced" course in Political Economy.

+ Added by Resolution of the Senatus, 24th November, 1908.

to be studied, and also regarding the standard of the Honours Examinations and the conditions of admission thereto.

(3) Every candidate shall take up at least two subjects outside his Honours Group.

(4) Every candidate shall attend seven Classes, taking at least four Classes (two of which at least shall be Honours Classes under separate Professors or Lecturers) in his Honours Group.

(5) A candidate who has obtained Honours in any one Group, may, under such regulations as may be laid down from time to time by the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, present himself again for examination in a second Honours Group. In such a case, if the two Groups do not overlap, he shall not be required to take any subject or class outside his Honours Group.

(6) The examination in the subjects comprised in the candidate's Honours Group or Groups shall be on a higher standard than that required for the ordinary Degree of Master of Arts. In his other subjects the standard shall be that required for the ordinary Degree. (7) The provisio provisions of Section VII. of this Ordinance shall apply to candidates for Honours; but, in their case, not fewer than fifty meetings of the whole class on separate days, extending over at least two periods of the Academical year, shall constitute a full course for an Honours Class; and not fewer than twenty-five meetings of the whole class on separate days, extending over at least one of the periods of the Academical year, shall constitute a half course; and two half courses so sanctioned shall be held to be equivalent to a qualifying Honours Course in such cases as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, may determine, and under such regulations as may from time to time be made for that purpose by the same authority.

XII. Where a subject is taught in a practical class as well as in a systematic class, the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall regulate the course of study, and determine the relative proportion of lectures and laboratory or practical work.

XIII. (1) In each Group there shall be three Grades of Honours, to be denominated respectively the First, Second and Third Class. The names of the Candidates entitled to Honours in each class shall be arranged in alphabetical order.

(2) For the Degree of Master of Arts with Honours the graduate shall receive a Diploma setting forth the subjects in which he has passed with Honours, and those in which he has passed on the Standard required for the Ordinary Degree.

(3) A candidate for the Degree of Master of Arts with Honours, who has failed to be placed in any class, may, provided that in