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The <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers two four-year Courses <strong>of</strong> Undergraduate<br />
Study, known as the Course in Engineering and the Course in<br />
Science. For the satisfactory completion <strong>of</strong> these Courses the<br />
degree <strong>of</strong> Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Science is awarded. The Course in Engineering<br />
is supplemented by definitely laid out fifth-year Courses<br />
In Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical, and<br />
Aeronautical Engineering. The Course in Science prepares for<br />
fifth-year Courses in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics,<br />
Geology, Paleontology, Biology, and Mathematics. For the completion<br />
<strong>of</strong> any <strong>of</strong> these fifth-year Courses the degree <strong>of</strong> Master<br />
<strong>of</strong> Science is awarded.<br />
THE COURSES IN ENGINEERING<br />
The five-year plan <strong>of</strong> engineering instruction is based on recognition<br />
<strong>of</strong> the fact that a four-year period <strong>of</strong> study is inadequate<br />
to give satisfactorily the combination <strong>of</strong> cultural, basic scientific,<br />
and engineering studies essential to the highest type <strong>of</strong> engineer,<br />
and to afford at the same time leisure for the development <strong>of</strong><br />
the physical well-being and human interests <strong>of</strong> the students. The<br />
four-year Course will train, more broadly and fundamentally<br />
than the Engineering Courses now given at most institutions, the<br />
large proportion <strong>of</strong> students who study engineering not to make<br />
themselves engineering experts in a specialized sense, but to fit<br />
themselves to fit satisfactorily into administrative positions in the<br />
utilities and manufacturing industries, and to serve as operating<br />
and constructing engineers in such industries. The fifth-year<br />
Courses, based on this broad fundamental preparation, and coordinated<br />
with it so as to constitute a harmonious, unified, fiveyear<br />
period <strong>of</strong> study, with no sharp breaks between the undergraduate<br />
and graduate periods, will afford the more intensive