Show ADD TO B A REQUIREMENTS Faculty at the University of Utah Is Wrestling W rest Ii ng With the Problem College requirements for the I K of Arts degree at the University are b bIng bIng o Ing seriously considered by ilie he hs t of that institution An effort is being made by the faculties of the scientific schools to make the required studies fur fura fl fla a degree Include something of science instead of being confined entirely to tb th language department At t present tho the entire college course leading to thu Bachelor of Arts degree is optional ex except x that freshman English is require a of all candidates The present arrangement is to by a majority of the faculty on the ground that a student may be graduate 1 by pursuing only the easiest subject and thus pass through the tha college courSE along the lines of least resistance Mart Mari argue that the Bachelor of o Arts Ats cour should be general including both oth th languages and the sciences nd and thus thuu prevent any student from getting h hs i degree after a four years course con confined confined confined fined to one department President J T Kingsbury who is ia especially anxious to make a chang from the present college requirements said sald The University has a more college course of study than any uni university university of which we have any record While I feel that there Is a great ad advantage advantage vantage In keeping the course of stud as elective as possible yet at present many students select only the easy cas courses or else take a little of each so that instead of getting a general education for which the B A degre stands they are graduated with merely a fragmentary course The purpose for which we are arc work workIng workIng workIng Ing is 1 1 to introduce the system of ma majors majors majors jors and minors so that the student may choose the course of study whir will prepare him rot his lifes work an and 3 yet give him a general and unified course A committe consisting of Professors Fred Reynolds George Corny C ray N T Porter William Wiliiam G Roylance and Milton Bennion has been considering the problem lem for some months and yesterday they thE reported to the faculty No agreement could be reached and as a result a ma majority majority and a minority report were sub submitted submitted submitted 8 |