table is
believed to be fairly representative.

CONTENTS OF ENGINEERING CURRICULA

The unit is a semester-hour; i.e., five class-periods a week for half
a year.

--------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------
| COLLEGIATE YEAR |
GENERAL SUBJECT +-----+-----+-----+-----+ TOTAL
| I | II | III | IV |
--------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------
Mechanical drawing and descriptive | | | | |
geometry | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 10
| | | | |
Rhetoric | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6
| | | | |
Modern language | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 8
| | | | |
Pure mathematics | 10 | 8 | ... | ... | 18
| | | | |
Science--physical and social | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29
| | | | |
Theoretical and applied mechanics | ... | 3 | 10 | ... | 13
| | | | |
Technical engineering | ... | 8 | 20 | 32 | 60
| ----| ----| ----| ----| ----
Total | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 144
--------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------

=The different engineering curricula=

Below is a list of the principal four-year curricula offered by the
engineering colleges of this country. The list contains forty
different engineering curricula. No one institution offers all of
these, but some of the larger and better equipped offer fifteen or
sixteen different curricula for which a degree is given.

1. _Architecture_ (which is usually classified as an engineering
subject): general architecture; architectural design; architectural
construction.

2. _Ceramics engineering:_ general ceramics and ceramics engineering;
ceramics; ceramics engineering.

3. _Chemical engineering_: general chemical engineering; metallurgical
engineering; gas engineering; pulp and paper engineering;
electro-chemical