Show Floating University Will f Confer Academic Degrees Degre s For the first time in the history of the American education regular academic degrees degre will be conferred on the high seas according to announcements announcements announcements an an- from the home office of Floating University at 11 Broad Broad- way While the students and faculty faculty t ty of this ed co-ed travel university are steaming from to Calcutta Calcutta Calcutta Cal Cal- the news is made public that thata a revised charter enables Floating University to confer comer degrees b be beginning be- be ginning with the college year 1929 orv 30 OU Accordingly the thee university will offer programs of study leading to the BA MA M.A. and de de- de- de grees The Bachelor of World Affairs is a n v ne new degree not I conferred elsewhere and is based on the concept that the study of history government economics and sociology on a world wide scale is valuable training for the student planning to enter public affairs the diplomatic and consular services s or international business To win the the student may take his first two years of college college college col col- colI col- I lege in a land institution and spend I his Junior and Senior years in an intensive study of the courses in inthe inthe inthe the World Affairs division of the Floating University curriculum 1 Or Orthe Orthe Orthe the student ma may spend all four years with Floating University The Th MA M.A. degree will differ from the usual masters' masters degree in that individual research and arid a thesis are required The student compiles data during the world the cruise and completes his thesis with the aid of a European or American li- li li The B. B A. A can be w won n in Junior and Senior years with major in literature or art A few well qualified qualified qualified fied Seniors can be accepted as candidates for the degree in one year ear with major in art or literature literature literature litera litera- ture French history r government economics or sociology or philosophy philosophy philosophy philo philo- sophy religion and ethics Floating University will also confer confer confer con con- fer a cert certification icat on all students not candidates for a n degree who successfully successfully suc suc- complete the requirements for a full years year's work An official Bulletin giving these ese requirements r I as well as those for the degrees will be mailed to colleges and universities uni uni- |