HONOURS. The following courses of 50 Lectures in addition to those enumerated above must be taken by all candidates proceeding to Honours. (a) HONOURS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. Spring and Summer Terms : Theory and Design of Structures III. Surveying III. (b) HONOURS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. Spring and Summer Terms : Theory of Heat Engines III. (c) HONOURS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. Spring and Summer Terms :— Electrical Engineering III. Dynamics of Machines II. Final Examination in these subjects at end of Summer term. DEGREES IN SCIENCE. The University of Aberdeen grants the Degree of Bachelor of Science (1) in Pure Science, B.Sc. (2) in Agriculture, B.Sc. (Agr.) (3) in Forestry, B.Sc. (For.), and (4) in Engineering, B.Sc. (Eng.), and the Degree of Doctor of Science under Regulations contained in the Ordinances. A Diploma in Forestry is also granted. REGULATIONS FOR DEGREES IN SCIENCE. 1. Degree of B.Sc. (Pure Science). The Degree of Bachelor of Science is conferred in accordance with the following Ordinance and Regulations made thereunder : UNIVERSITY COURT ORDINANCE, No. 97; Aber- [Approved by Order of His Majesty in Council, the 10th Day of June, 1921.] At Aberdeen, the 11th day of January, 1920. Therefore the University Court of the University of Aberdeen hereby statute and ordain, with regard to the University of Aberdeen, as follows: I. A Degree of Bachelor of Science in Pure Science (B.Sc.) and a Degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) may be conferred by the University of Aberdeen.* PART I.-DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. PRELIMINARY OR ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. II. Every Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Science must, before entering upon the curriculum, pass such Preliminary Examination or produce such evidence of fitness to enter upon the said curriculum as may be prescribed for students proceeding As amended by University Court Ordinance No. 145, Aberdeen No. 24. to graduation in Science by Ordinances of the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, or by General Ordinances of the University Courts of the four Scottish Universities, or by Ordinances of the University Court of the University of Aberdeen, in force for the time, or under powers conferred by any such Ordinance. [For Regulations anent Preliminary Qualifications, see under. Admission to the University.] ORDINARY DEGREE. III.—(1) Every candidate for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor of Science must, in the course of not less than nine terms, extending over not less than three academical years, attend approved courses of instruction in not less than four subjects prescribed for examination under Sub-Section (2). The courses of instruction in each subject, except Mathematics, must include practical work. (2) The subjects for examination shall be chosen from the following list with such additions thereto or modifications therein as may hereafter be made by the Senatus Academicus with the approval of the University Court; provided always (a) that no subject shall be included unless a qualifying course shall have been established therein; and (b) that the University Court shall communicate to the General Council all such additions and modifications; 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 or modification is approved : (3) The curriculum of each candidate shall include the follow ing subjects: 1. Natural Philosophy (Physics). 2. Chemistry. 3. One of the following: Botany, Zoology, Geology. IV. (1) At least two academical years shall be spent in the University of Aberdeen. *See footnote to Section V (2). (2) One year may be spent in other Universities or Institutions approved by the University Court, or under teachers recognised by the University Court, for the purposes of graduation in Science:* provided that the fees for attendance at an approved Institution or under a recognised teacher in the City of Aberdeen shall not be less than the fees exigible for the corresponding courses of study in the University of Aberdeen. V. (1) It shall be the duty of the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, to make regulations (i) as to the grouping of subjects which shall be taken for this degree; (ii) as to the examinations which candidates must pass in each subject and course, provided that the University Court shall communicate all such regulations to the General Council and any representations made thereon by the General Council within two months from the date of communication shall be taken into consideration by the University Court before any such regulation is approved.+ (2) The Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall make regulations (i) as to the order in which subjects and courses are to be taken; (ii) as to the nature, number, and extent of courses in any subject, and the number of lectures and the amount of laboratory and other practical work which shall be included in them; (iii) as to the standard of the examinations which candidates must pass in each subject and course; (iv) as to the extent to which examiners may take into account as part of a degree examination the class and laboratory records of candidates in any subject. * By resolution of the University Court of date 12th May, 1925, the following Universities have been recognised under this Section; (1) The Universities of Great Britain and Ireland; (2) Adelaide; Melbourne; Sydney; New Zealand; South Africa; Dalhousie's Coll. and Univ.; Halifax, N.Š.; Queen's Coll. and Univ. Kingston, Ont.; Toronto; Manitoba; British Columbia; McGill, Montreal ; Chicago, Ill.; Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y.; Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.; Stanford Palo. Alto., Cal.; Michigan, Ann Arbor.; Pennsylvania, Phil.; Yale, New Haven, Conn.; Princetown, New Jersey; Columbia, New York; The Imp. Univ. of Japan at Tokyo, Osaka, and Sendia; State Univ. of California, Berkeley, and the Univ. of New York. + By resolution of the Senatus Academicus of 30 January, 1923, approved by the University Court on 3 February, 1923— (1) Except in special circumstances approved by the Faculty, no candidate shall be permitted to present himself for examination in his principal subject until he has completed all the examinations in his subsidiary subjects. (2) A candidate who graduates in Arts with Advanced Mathematics or Advanced Natural Philosophy in the interval between passing his final Examination in Mathematics or Natural Philosophy, taken as a subsidiary subject for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, and completing that Degree, cannot count his pass in the subject, if taken as an essential part of his Arts Curriculum, as qualifying also for the Degree of Bachelor of Science. By resolution of the Senatus Academicus of 30 January, 1923, approved by the University Court, 13 February, 1923, Students taking Physiology for the B.Sc. VI. It shall be the duty of the professors and heads of departments annually at the end of each winter session to submit to the Faculty of Science for its consideration (a) a list of the courses of study to be carried on in the respective departments during the ensuing academical year, (b) a syllabus of the courses proposed, and (c) a scheme specifying the proportion of the courses which shall be devoted to lectures, laboratory work, tutorial work, and examinations respectively. The Faculty of Science shall transmit such lists, syllabuses and schemes with such observations as it may think fit to make thereon to the Senatus for its approval. VII. The provisions of the preceding Section shall not apply to approved Institutions or recognised teachers outside the City of Aberdeen; but the University Court shall not grant or continue recognition to any Institutions or teachers unless it shall be satisfied that their courses of instruction are equivalent to the courses sanctioned in the University of Aberdeen. VIII. Candidates who produce Certificates that they have satisfied all the conditions prescribed by this Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder, and who have passed the necessary examinations, shall be entitled to receive the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor of Science 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. IX. The Degree of Bachelor of Science may be taken with Honours under the following conditions: (1) The candidate for the Degree of B.Sc. with Honours must in the course of not less than twelve terms, extending over not lessthan four academical years, have passed examinations and pursued studies in accordance with the provisions of Sub-Sections (2) and (3) of this Section. (2) The candidate, during not less than nine terms, extending over not less than three academical years, must have attended approved courses of instruction and passed the examinations in not less than three of the subjects specified in Section X., the choice and grouping of the subjects to be first approved by the Faculty of Science. *All Candidates for Honours must in the first place pass the First or Intermediate Examination in four subjects in the same way as Candidates for the Ordinary Degree. degree are required to attend a course of Organic Chemistry prior to their attendance on the Advanced (Laboratory) Course in Physiology, either the course in Organic Chemistry for Medical Students or Course II. in Organic Chemistry for Science Students. By resolution of the Senatus of date 28 February, 1922, approved by the Uni-versity Court on 14 March, 1922. |