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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



c (EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE). 



Intermediate Examination. 1. Pure Mathematics; 2. Physics; 3. 

 Chemistry; 4. One of the following : (a) Elementary Biology, (b) 

 Logic, (c) Physiography ; 5. One of the following : Greek, Latin, 

 French, German, English Language (history of), and English Litera- 

 ture. Final Examination. 1. Physics, with practical work ; 2. Analy- 

 tical Chemistry ; 3. Applied Mathematics (intermediate standard), or 

 Organic Chemistry; 4. One of the following : Chemical Philosophy, 

 Geology, * Elementary Biology. 



B (BIOLOGY). 



Intermediate Examination. 1. Physics ; 2. Chemistry ; 3. Elemen- 

 tary Biology ; 4. One of the following : (n,) Pure Mathematics, (b) 

 Logic, (c) Physiography ; 5. One of the following : Greek, Latin, 

 French, German, English Language (history of), and English Litera- 

 ture, final Examination. Any three of the following : Division I. : 

 1. Botany ; 2. Zoology ; 3. Physiology. Division II. : 4. Geology ; 

 5. Chemistry, with practical work ; 6. Physics, with practical work ; 

 7. Philosophy. * 



E (GEOLOGY). 



Intermediate Examination. 1. Pure Mathematics ; 2. Chemistry ; 3. 

 Physiography ; 4. Elementary Biology ; 5. One of the following : 

 Greek, Latin, French, German, English Language (history of), and 

 English Literature. Final Examination. 1. Geology, with practical 

 work ; 2. Applied Geology or Elementary Mineralogy ; 3. Chemistry, 

 with practical work ; 4. Physics, with practical work. 



It is impossible, within the space at our disposal, to enter 

 into the examinations for other degrees with the same minute- 

 ness as we have considered those for the ordinary B.A. and 

 B.Sc. ; for it is clear that the latter must possess most interest 

 for the great majority of our readers. Those who aspire to 

 higher honours will not object to consult the Calendar for the 

 regulations and papers affecting the examinations in which 

 they are more particularly concerned. A few general remarks, 

 therefore, must here suffice respecting the 



DEGREE Or B.A. OB B.SC. WITH HONOURS. 



The degree of B.A. with honours is given in any one of the 

 four following schools : Classics ; History ; English Language ; 

 Philosophy. That of B.Sc. with honours is given in any one 

 of these seven schools : Mathematics ; Engineering ; Physics ; 

 Chemistry ; Zoology ; Physiology ; Geology, Mineralogy, and 

 Palaeontology. Candidates are required, without exception, to 

 have passed three years in a college of the university in attend- 

 ance on certain prescribed courses of study in the honours 

 schools selected. They must pass two examinations the pre- 

 liminary and the final examinations for the degree. They 

 need not pass the preliminary before entering on the three 

 years' course of instruction in the honours subjects ; but they 

 must have passed it at least six months before offering them- 

 selves for the degree examination. They are not, however, 

 required to present certificates of attendance on the course of 

 instruction leading to the preliminary. Further, they must 

 go up for their final examination at the end of the third year 

 from the time when they entered on the course of instruction 

 in their honours school. Candidates failing to obtain honours 

 are permitted, under certain regulations, to present themselves 

 for examination for an ordinary degree ; and candidates may 

 pass from an ordinary degree to one with honours. 



OTHER DEGREES. 



The degrees of M,A. and M.Sc. are conferred, on payment of 

 the proper fees, upon Eegistered Bachelors of Arts and of 

 Science when of three years' standing from their graduation as 

 bachelors, and after the lapse of not less than six academic 

 years from their matriculation. Bachelors of Arts or Science 

 with honours will pass to the higher degree without further 

 examination, but those who took the ordinary degree will be 

 required to satisfy the examiners in such portions of the 

 examination in some honours school of the university as the 

 General Board of Studies may from time to time approve. 



The degrees of D.Lit., D.Phil., and D.Sc. are conferred upon 

 registered Masters of Art or of Science of the university who 

 shall be deemed by the Council, on report from the General 

 Board of Studies, to have distinguished themselves by special 

 research or learning ; but the board reserves to itself the right 

 to require candidates to pass such an examination as it may 

 from time to time determine. 



Degrees and distinctions in the faculties of Law and of 



* Provided that two of the three subjects be selected from Division I. 



Medicine are also conferred by Victoria University, but the 

 regulations, courses of study, and examinations for these are 

 too important to be cursorily summarised, and reference must, 

 therefore, be made to the Calendar or to the Eegistrar. 



It is worth while noting that the Council has power to permit 

 members of any university of the United Kingdom, in which 

 residence is required as a condition of graduation, after matri- 

 culation at Victoria University, to reckon the periods of resi- 

 dence at such other university as equivalent to periods of 

 residence at Victoria University. Undergraduates so admitted 

 will be allowed to count examinations passed by them at such 

 other university as equivalent to such portions of the pre- 

 liminary and intermediate examinations of Victoria University 

 as the Council may from time to time determine. 



FEES. 



The following tables show the ordinary university and college 

 fees, but special fees are payable on the conferring of higher 

 degrees than those mentioned in the table : 



A. UNIVERSITY FEES. S. d. 



For matriculation (including preliminary examination) . 200 



For the intermediate examination (ordinary degree) . . 100 



For the final examination for B.A. or B.Sc. (ordinary degree) 100 

 For the final examination for B.A. or B.Sc. (degree with 



honours) 200 



On the conferring of the degree of B.A. or B. Sc. ... 500 



B. COLLEGE FEES. 



These vary according to the Group presented by the Candidate, and 

 may also differ slightly in different Colleges of the University. Exact 

 figures, can, however, be obtained by reference to the Rcgi:trar of the 

 College in question ; the following must be regarded as roughly approxi- 

 mate only. 



First Year .-Preliminary examination course, about 18. 



Second Year ; Intermediate course for B. A., from about 19 to 22, 

 according to the Group. 



Third Year; Final course for B.A., from about 14 to 28, ac- 

 cording to the Group. 

 The fees for the courses for B.Sc. degree vary between much wider 



limits ; the average fee for the intermediate course iray be put at 



about 21, and for the final course at about 20. 



In addition a small fee is charged for registration as a 

 student, and for the use of the Library. 



SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 



The youth of the university has not yet permitted a large 

 accretion of scholarships and prizes, but, no doubt, in course of 

 time benefactors will be found eager to increase the useful- 

 ness of the Victoria University in this respect. 



The Derby Scholarship, founded in 1880 by the Earl of Derby 

 for the encouragement of the study of mathematics, is of the 

 value of about 40 a year for two years, and is awarded an- 

 nually on the results of the examination for the degree of B.Sc. 

 with honours in the School of Mathematics. 



The Mercer Scholarsliip, of the annual value of about 30, 

 founded by the late Mr. E. C. Mercer, of Accrington, for the 

 encouragement of the study of chemistry, is tenable for one 

 year, and is awarded on the results of the examination for the 

 B.Sc. with honours in the School of Chemistry. 



A Cobden Prize of 60 is offered by the Cobden Club in every 

 third year for the best essay on some subjects in Political 

 Economy. It is open to members of the university of not more 

 than three years' standing from the date of their first degree. 



A Thomasson Prize of .20 is offered by Mr. Thomasson, of 

 Bolton, annually, for a period of years, for the best English, 

 Essay on some subject fixed yearly by the Adjudicators. 



CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY. 

 General Regulations for Certificate Examinations for Registered Teaching 



Institutions.* 



THE University certificate is awarded on successful completion 

 of the examinations prescribed for any one of certain Groups of 

 subjects, particulars as to which will be found in the Syllabus 

 to be obtained from the Eegistrar of the university. 



* By " Registered Teaching Institutions " are meant Mechanics' In- 

 stitutes, Technical Schools, Evening Schools, and so forth, which, being 

 under the control of a suitable committee or other governing body, pro- 

 vide teachers and instruction in the subjects (or some of them) named 

 in the schedule, of such a kind as to admit of their being placed on the 

 Register of Institutions recognised for the purposes of these examina- 

 tions. 



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