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are to be engaged in commerce and manufacture. While certain parts of the curriculum are believed to be serviceable for all classes of business men, and are prescribed for all students in the faculty, other parts are so arranged as to allow a large freedom of choice, in accordance with the prospects, interests, and aptitudes of the individual students. Students who have been matriculated in the University, and have acquitted themselves with credit in the requisite class-work and examinations, will be entitled to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce. Students may matriculate on passing the Matriculation Examination of the University, or on producing evidence that they have passed one of the examinations which the University accepts in lieu thereof. A schedule of the exempting examinations is given in the Regulations for Matriculation. The requirements in the several subjects of the Matriculation Examination are the same for all faculties, and (with the exception of those in Italian and Spanish for candidates who select those languages) will be found in the Regulations for Matriculation. The number of subjects is also the same ; but the list from which selection can be made by students who propose to matriculate in the Faculty of Commerce is in some respects wider, in others narrower, than in the case of the other faculties. Every candidate in the Faculty of Commerce must pass in five subjects before he is allowed the next University examination, viz.: — (1.) English language, literature, and history. (2.) Any two languages out of the following : French, German, Italian, Spanish, Latin. [It is very desirable that students should enter upon their work in the Faculty of Commerce with an elementary knowledge of two modern foreign languages; but, for the present, Latin and one modern foreign language will be accepted for matriculation.] (3.) Mathematics. (4.) One science subject chosen from the following : mechanics, chemistry, physiography. The character of the examinations in Italian and Spanish, when these languages are offered, will be the same as in French and German. For prepared work, either Bersezio, "II Cane del Cieeo " (Richter, Davos), or Silvio Pellico, "Le Mie Prigioni," maybe offered in Italian, or Cervantes, " The Adventure of the Wooden Horse and Sancho Panza, Governor of Barataria " (Clarendon Press) in Spanish, or any other books of similar length and difficulty. But although students will not be allowed the next University examination until they have passed in five subjects, they may be matriculated in the Faculty of Commerce on passing the Matriculation Examination in (1) English, (2) mathematics, (3) one of the prescribed languages, and (4) either a science or another language. The deficiency must subsequently be repaired by passing in the fifth subject. Attention is called to the fact that there are other subjects, besides these examined upon at matriculation, which may advantageously be studied at school by boys looking forward to business pursuits. Thus skill in freehand and geometrical drawing will in many cases be found of practical advantage in after-life ; and a knowledge of shorthand will be found especially useful by boys whose careers depend entirely on their own ability and exertions. It is unwise for boys who desire a higher commercial education to leave school before they can pass the Matriculation Examination. And even after passing that examination, students may be too immature to benefit by a training which calls for the constant exercise of judgment. Accordingly, although no age limit will be set, and every case will be determined upon its merits, the Faculty of Commerce reserves the right of postponing the admission of students who appear insufficiently mature in mind and character to benefit by the instruction. Such students may be advised to spend a preliminary year in a workshop or counting-house. The same plan may properly be recommended in some cases to students who look forward to entering businesses in which early practical training is desirable. Curriculum for the Degree of B. Com. Candidates for this degree are required to have attended the following courses of study, and to have passed the University examinations thereon at the end of each of the threfe years. There will be a viva voce examination in foreign languages in each year; and also in such other subjects in the third and final examination as the examiners may determine. Candidates may offer themselves for the whole or any part of the examination in any year. The names of those who pass in each subject will be arranged in three classes, alphabetically in each; and the subjects taken by each student will be recorded on the degree testamur, with the class obtained in each. Only matriculated students will be admitted to University examinations (in which external examiners co-operate with the University staff). The class examinations, to which non-matriculated students will be admitted, will be conducted by the University staff alone, and the certificates will contain no distinction of classes. The content of the several courses will be learnt from the syllabuses which follow the curriculum ; and (in the case of courses in modern languages and science) from those in the announcements of the Faculties of Arts and Science. First Year. 1. Commerce I. Two papers. 2. Any two of the following modern languages : French, German, Spanish, Italian. Two papers in each. 3. Accounting I. One paper. 4. European history since the French Revolution. Two papers. 5. One of the following: (1) Mathematics, (2) Physics, (3) Chemistry. Or two of the following : (4) Geography, (5) Logic, (6) British institutions.