Number of Concentrators: 51.

1952 Commencement Honors: cum, 11; magna, 4; summa, 0.

Architectural Sciences is strictly for the potential architect. The requirements are time-consuming and specialized. For those concentrating, however, the opinion is that the hours spent are worth the eventual benefits, and the requirements are every bit necessary for an architect-to-be.

Last year, the department regulated that only candidates for honors could concentrate in this field. This stipulation, the department heads feel, is a must for all concentrators in Architectural Sciences.

With a very few electives, Architectural Sciences can offer very little outside of its own particular field. Divided into architecture, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning, the concentrator in Arch. Sci. must take a minimum of seven courses in his field to get an A.B. Courses required are Math 1a and 1b, Arch. Sci. 114, 201ab, and 202ab, and two other courses in the department. Two courses may be chosen in related fields. Arch. Sci. 112 and Physics 1a and 1b are required for admission to the Graduate School of Design, but not for the A.B. degree.

Although there has been some turnover in faculty as a result of a change in deans, it is expected that next year things will be much as they were this year. Personal contact between students and faculty, and small classes are stressed. There is no tutorial for Architectural Sciences majors.

Heavy Lead

The work required in this field is not easy. In the past, the average student has spent between 30 and 40 hours a week in study, the majority of which, however, are consumed over a drawing board or in the "design shops." Examinations are either oral or written, and as a senior, the concentrator must take a three-day exam to test his creative ability and an oral exam to test his knowledge in his special, chosen field.

Emphasis in the department is to teach architecture, not to teach about Architecture; that is the reason for the final, three-day, "design project" examination.

For a limited number of promising students, the chance of accelerating is given. By intensive study in the senior year, these students can complete the equivalent of the first year of Graduate School.

Astronomy

Number of Concentrators: 10.

Honors at 1952 Commencement: No candidates for honors.

Imagination and intellectual curiosity are the key to astronomy, according to most of the members of the department. But the prospective concentrator should bear in mind that a healthy aptitude for mathematics and physics is also a rather necessary asset. Astronomy is likely to prove a serious disappointment to the concentrator who expects only a superficial and lively jaunt through the field.

Astronomy majors must take a minimum of six courses in Astronomy, Physics, and Mathematics. Concentration requirements include Astronomy 1, a general survey in elementary astronomy, Astronomy 120, a course in practical astronomy, and Astronomy 140, an introduction to mathematical astronomy. A middle or upper group astronomy course may be substituted to meet this requirement. Other requisites are Mathematics 1 and 2 and any two physics courses which have the approval of the astronomy department.