Faculty to Vote on BS Degree Motion

A proposed five year plan for a Bachelor of Science degree to be given by the Division of Applied Science will go before the Faculty Tuesday, it was learned yesterday.

The proposed B.S. degree represents the University's first effort to compete with other engineering schools, and at the same time assure concentrators a liberal education. Under present distribution requirements, students concentrating in Applied Science cannot ordinarily take all the courses offered engineering undergraduates in other universities.

Although the degree will be granted in engineering, it will not be in any specific branch of the field, such as civil or electrical engineering. The will, however, be sufficient latitude in a student's program to allow a high degree of specialization in the fifth year. It is probable that the degree would have no title other than the College's Bachelor of Science degree.

The proposed B.S. is entirely different from Harvard B.S. degrees in the past. Until the class of 1950, any student who could not pass the Latin requirement, regardless of his field of concentration, was automatically granted the B.S. instead of the B.A. degree.

Many of the nation's engineering schools, including Princeton, now require five years for tier bachelor's degree kin engineering, but not in other sciences. The College's five year plan will also affect only Applied Science, and not Physics or Chemistry. It is probable that there will be no changes in the present requirements for the B.A., either with or without honors, in Applied Science. The new degree is designed for people who wish to get a higher degree of specialization in their field before graduating, at the same time fulfilling other undergraduate requirements in General Education.

It is probable that no change will be made in the College's residence requirements for men studying under the proposed program.