EXAMINATION SUBJECTS. FACULTY OF ARTS. EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF B.A. EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF M.A. SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY AND HISTORY. Candidates may offer themselves for examination in one or more of the following subjects: 1. The History of Greece, to the death of Alexander. Special knowledge of Herodotus and Thucydides, or of Thucydides and Demosthenes, will be required. 2. The History of Rome to the death of Marcus Aurelius. Special knowledge of Cicero's Letters and Tacitus' Annals will be required. 3. Greek Literature, to the death of Demosthenes. Special knowledge will be required of Homer, Iliad or Odyssey, and of six plays from among those of Aeschylus and Sophocles, and candidates will be required to show a general knowledge of, and translate passages from, other Greek authors. Special 4. Roman Literature, to the death of Tacitus. 6. Comparative Philology, with special application to the mended: King and Cookson's Sounds and Inflections Candidates may be admitted to Examination for the Degree of M.A. one year after obtaining the Degree of B.A. The Degree of M.A. cannot be conferred until the time has elapsed which is required by the By-laws. in Greek and Latin; Monro's Homeric Grammar; Wordsworth's Specimens of Early Latin; Lindsay's The Latin Language. Candidates for honours are required to offer not less than two of these subjects, of which one must be Greek and one Roman. The Greek and Latin books especially prescribed must be read in the original language. Books which have in whole or in part been included in the candidate's course for the B.A. Degree may be offered only subject to the approval of the Professors of Greek and Latin; but other books or subjects of similar nature and extent may, subject to the approval of the Professors of Greek and Latin, be substituted for those here specified. SCHOOL OF LOGIC, MENTAL, MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. Candidates may offer themselves for examination in one or more of the following subjects: A. LOGIC. The principles of Logic and the History of Logical Doctrines. In addition candidates are required to offer at least two of the following books: 1. Lotze's Logic. 2. Mill's Logic. 3. Sigwart's Logic. 4. Bosanquet's Logic. 5. Bradley's Principles of Log B. MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. Outline of the History of Mental Philosophy. In addition a special knowledge will be required of at least two of the following groups : 1. Plato-Timaeus, Sophistes, Parmenides. Aristotle Metaphysics. 2. Descartes-Method and Meditations. Spinoza-Ethics. Leibnitz-Monadologie. 3. Berkeley (Selections by Frazer); Hume-Treatise on Human Nature, Book I.; Kant-Critique of Pure Reason. 4. The Logic of Hegel (Trans. by Wallace); Bradley's Appearance and Reality. C. MORAL PHILOSOPHY. Outline of the History of Ethics. In addition a special knowledge will be required of at least two of the following groups :— 1. Plato-Gorgias, Philebus, Republic; Aristotle's Ethics.* 2. Hume-Treatise on Human Nature, Books II. and III. Kant-Metaphysics of Morals and Critique of Practical Reason; Green-Prolegomena to Ethics. 3. Mill-Utilitarianism; Spencer-Principles of Ethics; Alexander's Moral Order and Progress. D. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: 1. History of Political Theories. In addition, a special knowledge will be required of at least two of the following: *(a) Plato's Republic, and Aristotle's Politics. (b) Hobbes' Leviathan; Locke's Treatise on Civil (e) Mackenzie's Introduction to Social Philosophy; Or, 2. The Principles of Political Economy. A special knowledge will be required of Mill's Political Economy and Marshall's Principles of Economics. Candidates for Honours are required to offer not less than two of these subjects. Classical and Foreign Authors may be read in translations. Other books or subjects of similar nature and extent may be offered, subject to the approval of the Professor of Logic and Mental Philosophy. SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS. Candidates may offer themselves for examination in any Mathematical subjects distinctly in advance of those prescribed for the B.A. course; the subjects to be approved by the Professor of Mathematics. SCHOOL OF MODERN LITERATURE. Candidates may offer themselves for examination in one or more of the following subjects: 1. English Philology, English Literature before Chaucer. Special knowledge of Beowulf, the Chronicle, and Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight will be required. *Candidates who offer C1 and D1 (a) together must offer some other book or books equivalent to the Republic. 2. English Literature from Chaucer to the present day. Special knowledge will be required of three of the following authors-Chaucer, Shakespeare, Burke, Tennyson. 3. German Philology. German Literature before Klopstock. Special knowledge of the Niebelungen Lied, Walter von der Vogelweide, Hans Sachs (Dichtungen, Goedeke, and Tittman). 4. German Language and Literature from Klopstock to 5. French Philology. French Literature till 1600. Subject to the approval of the Professor of Modern Literature, candidates may offer other books and authors of simila nature and extent in place of those specified. In all these subjects there may be vivá voce examination in addition to the examination in writing. Candidates who have graduated after March, 1894, will be required to present an essay on some subject connected with the period, and written in the language they have selected. The choice of the subject will be left to themselves, but must be approved by the Professor. Candidates for Honours are required to offer (a) not less than two of the preceding subjects, or (b) one of the six subjects mentioned, along with one of the subjects prescribed for Classics, Philosophy or History. In the latter case the approval of both Professors concerned must be obtained. SCHOOL OF MODERN HISTORY. Candidates may offer themselves for examination in accordance with the following scheme. PASS. Candidates will be required : (A) To write an essay on some subject to be suggested by themselves, and approved by the Professor of History. The essay must be sent into the Registrar on or before the first day of the examination in March for the M.A. Degree. (B) To offer themselves for examination in one of the following subjects, provided that they have not been examined in any part of the subject for the Degree of B.A. (1) The History of England from 449 to the present time (a). (2) The History of Continental Europe from 449 to the present time (b). (3) The History of England from 449 to 1603, together with the History of Continental Europe during the same period. (4) The History of England from 1603 to the present time, together with the History of Continental Europe during the same period. Papers on the History of England will be set in December or March; other papers in March. dates Subject to the approval of the Professor of History, candimay offer other subjects of similar nature and extent in place of those specified above. HONOURS. Candidates will be required : (A) To write an essay on some subject to be approved by the Professor of History. The essay must be sent in to the Registrar on or before the first day of the examination in March for the M.A. Degree. (B) To offer themselves for examination in the following subjects: (1) The History of England from 449 to the present time (a). (2) The History of Europe from 449 to the present time (b). |