50 COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE

Il. GENERAL REGULATIONS
1. ADVISERS

Upon being admitted to the University, each student is assigned to a
member of the faculty who acts as his adviser during the freshman and
sophomore years. The duties of the adviser are to assist the student in
selecting his subjects so as to secure a well-rounded education, as well as
to aid him in interpreting the requirements and to oblige him to meet thes
in their proper sequence. The responsibility for the selection of courses
rests, in the final analysis, upon the student and it is not the province of
the adviser to refuse apprceval of a course which the student is entitled
to elect. Similarly, it is the primary duty of the student to meet the re-
quirements of his course in their proper order, so that he may not, in his
senior year, find himself unable to graduate. At the beginning of the
junior year, when the student has selected his major study, a member of
the department in which his major is located becomes his adviser. At the
opening of each semester the student is required to consult his adviser con-
cerning his choice of studies, and the adviser must approve the student’s
elections before he is permitted to enter classes.

2. CREDITS AND POINTS

CREDITS. The credit is the unit for computing the amount of work
required for graduation. It is assigned to one hour of class or lecture
work or to two or three hours of laboratory work per week for one semes-
ter, together with the necessary preparation. Students in the general
courses are expected to secure an average of 15 credits per semester in
recitations, lectures, and laboratory work, making 30 credits per year, and
120 for the four-year course. 120 grade-points also are required for grad-
uation, as explained in the following section.

Each student in one of the general courses is required to take class
and laboratory work in the amount of 14 to 16 credits per semester. A stu-
dent who desires to elect fewer than 14 credits must secure permission in
advance from the Dean. A student who has received a grade of B in each
subject of the preceding semester may take not to exceed 18 credits. No
student will be permitted to count toward graduation more than 18 credits
in one semester.

Candidates for the bachelor’s degree who desire to graduate in three
years may usually do so by obtaining 17 or 18 credits per semester after
the first semester of the freshman year, and by attending three summer
sessions. Students will need to carefully select their work for the sum-
mer with reference to the required and elective subjects of the course in
which they expect to graduate. A student who expects to shorten his course
in this way will necessarily consult with his adviser very carefully before
selecting his subjects.

GRADE-POINT SYSTEM. In order to receive a degree the student must
gain not only the number of credits required in the course which he is
pursuing, but his studies must reach a certain average of excellence. This
standard is fixed by the grade-point system, which requires for graduation
from any course as many points as credits. The following table shows the
university scale of grading, together with the number of points per credit
for each grade: