b. Minor Subject.
c. Elective Subject.
(a) A Major subject "consists of courses amounting to 20 hours credits)chosen from among those designated by a department and approved by the faculty of the College. Such courses are to be exclusive those elementary or beginning courses which are open to Freshmen (1st year) and inclusive of some distinctly advanced work.”
Sometimes the credit requirement in a major subject is more than 20 but it is seldom more than 24. Major subjects are more or less specialized studies of a particular subject.
b) Minor subjects are those which are also higher studies for Allied subjects. Thus, for a student of Physics, higher Physics would form Major subject; while higher Chemistry and Mathematics will form Minor subjects. A minimum of 20 units of Minor subject is necessary for graduation.
(c) Elective subjects:--Elective subjects are generally those which are prescribed for general culture and are other than the main and allied subjects. Thus, for a student of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are allied or minor subjects; while Economics, History, etc., form electives. The number of electives required for graduation is different for different Colleges.
One to six credits constitute a subject and several subjects form a semester's study. To show the relation bet-
