BOARD OF STUDIES DISCUSSES QUESTION OF DEGREE EXAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18000, 10 November 1926, Page 8

BOARD OF STUDIES DISCUSSES QUESTION OF DEGREE EXAMS.

(Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, November 10. The Board of Studies of the New Zealand University decided that the Academic Board should meet in Wellington on August 25. 1027. The Science and Professional Schools' Committee reported that, a course in surveying was more suitable for a diploma than for a degree. It was decided to refer the question to the Professorial Boaids of Auckland. Canterbury and Otago for a report, these reports to be forwarded to Professor Steele to consult the Board of Surveyors and send in a final report to the Academic Board. In connection with M.D. examinations, a recommendation was adopted that an advisory committee should be appointed annually by the vice-chan - cellor, on the recommendation of the medical faculty, to correlate the different parts of the examination and to report thereon to the examiners. The question of Maori for 8.A.. stage l. was referred to the Wellington members of the board to report to the next meeting of the board. Further action as to proposals concerning Greek was postponed until the next meeting of the board, except in so far as set books for 1928 are concerned. A recommendation was adopted that the regulations for the degree, of Master of Arts and Honours in Arts should be amended, making it necessary for candidates for honours in French, either as a half or full subject, to have passed the matriculation examination, including Latin, or to have passed the university examination in Latin at a standard not lower than that of matriculation.