450 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 
It will be seen that, according to this scheme, the B.Sc. 
examination was to differ from the B.A. (a) in the absence of Latin, 
(6) in a more definite curriculum being laid down, five subjects being 
compulsory instead ‘of two, and (c) in the addition of two or three 
optional subjects of Honours standard. 
To anyone acquainted with the practical teaching of Natural 
Science it will be obvious that a student of average ability, coming 
to the University in the usual state of preparation, and working with 
a fair amount of diligence, would require fully four Sessions to get 
through the work prescribed in this scheme, as against three Sessions. 
usually required for the Pass B.A., since the practical work required 
for all the Natural Science subjects and the high standard of those 
in the 2nd B.Sc. would far more than counterbalance the absence 
of Latin. 
Tn discussing these proposed Regulations the Senate came to 
the conclusion, very properly as it scems to me, that it was not 
desirable to make the B.Sc. standard so markedly above that of the 
B.A., and the scheme was, therefore, amended, by reducing the 
number of subjects in the “ groups” of the 2nd B.Sc. On the other 
hand the number of subjects for the Ist B.Sc. was increased, either 
two languages (Latin, English, modern languages) or a language and 
Mental Science being required instead of one language; and cither 
Botany, Zoology, or Geology having to be taken along with General 
Biology. 
The Regulations, as amended, were held in abeyance for a year, 
and were again considered at the recent meeting of the Senate, the 
result being that the Pass examination for B.Sc. was reduced to what 
in the original scheme was called the lst B.Sc., the 2nd B.Se. subjects. 
now constituting the examination for Honours. 
The subjects of examination as now arranged are as follows :— 
For the Degree of B.Sc. 
A.—Compulsory Subjects. 
1. Mathematics. 
a. Pure Mathematics. 
6. Elementary Mechanics and Hydrostatics. 
2. Physics. 
a. Heat and Radiant Heat. 
6. Sound and Light, or Electricity and Mag- 
netism. 
3. Chemistry. 
4. Natural Science. 
a. General Biology. 
6. Botany, or Zoology, or Geology. 
B.—Optional subjects, of which two must be passed. 
1. Latin. 
2. Greek. 
3. English. 
4, Modern Languages. 
5. Mental Science. 
The scope of the examination in all the subjects to be the same: 
as for B.A. 
