A NEW DEGREE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 24, 29 January 1912, Page 8

A NEW DEGREE.

WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY. B.Sc. IN HOME SCIENCE. An important report prepared by the Domestic Science Committee was presented to the University Senate to-day and unanimously adopted. "The committee" (the report states) " has considered the home science and domestic arts course, and recommends that all the references to domestic science in the syllabus for the degree of Bachelor of Science at present in the calendar be eliminated, and that a new degree, to be called the degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Science, be constituted, and herewith submiUt the suggested statute. ".Every candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Science must be matriculated and thereafter follow a three years' course of study and pass the examinations hereinafter prescribed. There shall be an intermediate examination and a final examination for the degree. These shall be conducted, a« far as possible, both by written questions and by viva voce and. practical examinations. Excellence in one or more J subjects at an examination shall not compensate for failure in others." The intermediate examination is not to be held sooner than November in the candidates' first year, and shall include : Biology, physics, inorganic chemistry, and organic chemistry — each one paper, and each as for the medical intermediate examination. Lectures and practical work here, as elsewhere, are insisted upon. > Candidates' notices for the intermediate examination are to be sent to the registrar not later than Ist September, accompanied by fee. FINAL EXAMINATION. The final examination shall be held not sooner than November in the candidate's third year, - provided that a candidate may be admitted a& the end of the second year to examination in either or both of the two subjects first named below, viz., physiology and applied chemistry I. Otherwise no candidate shall be credited with having passed ill less than two subjects of the final examination at a time, except in the case of the examination which includes the last subject in which the candidate shall pass. The subjects for the final are as follow : Physiology, applied chemistry 1., applied chemistry 11., hygiene ana | sanitary science, and household economics.. CHIEF OUTLINES OF COURSES. ' The course of applied chemistry, Part 1., comprises chemistry of foods and theory of cooking. This includes a knowledge of the nutrient constituents of food and their respective functions in the body, the preparation of the various I staple foods from the raw state to the i finished product in marketable form. j Also, the chief patent preparations of the | typical foods, physical and chemical tests to indicate their composition and economic value, the process of cookery in relation Ho their fundamental principles, I and a knowledge of raising agents and j ferment action. A candidate in apI plied chemistry (Part I.) will be required j to forward to the Registrar, it is provided before examination, certificates from a teacher of the subject in an affiliated institution of work satisfactory } to the teacher as follows : — (a) Of having I attended a course of lectures and a course of practical instruction in the above syllabus, and of having passed an oral and a practical examination therein, (b) j Of having attended a course of not less than 100 hours in the following: — Plain and general cookery, construction and management of stoves and cooking utensils ; choice, preparation, and cooking of meat, vegetables, cereal?, etc. l The Applied Chemistry, part 2, paper will deal with the estimation of dissolved impurities in water, its hardness, and methods of softening; composition and manufacture of soap, the value of other detergents, chemistry of bleaching, , blues and stiffening agents, removal of stains ; the structure, chemical composition, and properties of wool, cotton, linen, and silk, with application to methods of cleansing; the cleansing and preservation of metals, wood, paint, glass, etc. ; the chemistry of varnishes, furniture polishes, metal polishes : and disinfectant and their action. A candidate in applied chemistry (part 2) will bo required to forward to the Registrar, before examination certificates from a teacher of the subject in an affiliated inautution, of work satisfactory to the teacher, as follows : — (a) Of having attended a course of lectures and a course of practical instruction in the work prescribed, and of having passed an oral and a practical examination therein; (b) of having completed • a practical course in laundry work and housewifery, and of having passed an examination therein. HYGIENE AND ELEMENTARY SCIENCE. The outstanding point* of the hygiene and elementary science are as follow :—: — Bacteriology, thirty hours; a general elementary study of bacteria, yeasts, and moulds, their isolation and cultivation ; fermentation , the action of microorganisms -on foods, refuse, and sewage ; Sterilisation and pasteurisation applied to the preservation of foods and milk. Bacteria in water-, milk, and foods. Examination of air and water for impurities. Sanitation — Ventilation ; disposal of refuse and excreta; warming, light ing, and plumbing of the house; build ing sites; soils, nlteration and filters. Disinfection of clothes and rooms. The application of general biological principles- to hygiene — hygiene of the individual — physical, mental and moral; the application of physiological principles to the problems of nutrition , dietetics at various age periods, including infant feeding and rearing, with practical and clinical work. The physiology and development of the brain and central nervous system; voluntary and involuntary actions ;i reiiex actions; the formation of habite ; the "seven-year-old period" adolescence ; the care of the muscular and nervous system ; exercise, fatigue, Test, and sleep ; the bearing of these subjects on educational and other problems; the application of chemistry, physics, and bacteriology to the problems of cleanliness and clothing ; clothing will be. studied from the point of view of (a) utility, (b) health and comfort, (c) artistic effect; home nursing, with a short course of invalid cookery ; first, aid to the injured. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS. Household Economics (one paper) : — The evolution of a home as seen in a study of England; the home under the system of natural economy, the transition from natural to money economy; the industrial revolution and its influence upon home organisation. The modern home; its organisation and adoption to modern conditions; the chief factors which distinguish the work of the home from all other forms of industry : the relation of this to the problem of domestic service. The cost of living; rent, wages, and price of food, and their relation to one another. How to keep household accounts ; how to start and manage a banking account. Household budgets. Every candidate it is provided must at some time during the course, but in any case before being admitted to the last part of the final examination, forward to the Registrar from a teacher of home science in an affiliated institution a certificate of having completed to ibe sat* Ufactign oi tag teaohsr a fis}&6 ~S*

practical instruction in plain needlework, household, needlework, dressmaking, and drces-cutting. The fee for the final examination shall be three guineas, and the fee tor any part/ thereof shall be two guineas, subject to the provisions of the statute "Conduct of TJniyersity Examinations." The committee's recommendations were adopted on the motion of Hon. Dr. Collins.