The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-29
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Editors Note: This is the sec
ond of a series of three articles
dealing with the academic struc-
ture of Mississippi Southern Col
lege. 1t is presented in an at
tempt to provide insight into the
workings and offerings of ma
jor college, for the benefit of
those citizens who would like to
know more about the subject.
This article deals with the Senior
College, which embraces the sec
ond two years. The final article
will deal with the Graduate
School. A prior article explained
the workings of the Basic Col
lege)
The Senior College AT Mississippi
Southern
Having completed two years of
college work, most students are
ready to select major. On the
basis of this selection, they are
assigned to a qualified advisor
who assists them in planning
program of study leading to
professional or professional
degree in arts or sciences.
For those working toward ba-
chelor science degree, majors
may be selected in the fields of:
accounting, arts, biology, botany.
business administration, chemis-
try, clothing and merchandising,
economics, English, foreign SER
vice, French, general home &C.
onomics, genology, geography.
German, government health, his
tory, industrial arts, institution
al management. Also, journalism
Latin-American studies, library
science, marketing and merchan-
dising, mathematics, microbiology.
office management, oral interpre-
tation of literature, personnel
management, physical education,
physics, PSYCHOLOGY, public adj
dress, radio, recreation, religion
and philosophy, cretaria |.
science, sociology, Spanish, speech
correction and hearing, speech
education, theatre, and zoology.
Candidates for elementary tea
cheers certificates must major in
Elementary education. Those
working for a class A teachers
certificate for secondary Science.
business education, chemistry,
English, foreign language, gen
eral science, health, health and
physical education, home secono-
mics, industrial arts, &, library
science, mathematics, physicsxre-
creation, one of the social stu
dies other than religion and phi
losophy, general speech, and edu-
cation of exceptional children.
Candidates for a bachelor of
arts degree may select a major
from the the fields of: art, biolo-
gy, chemistry, economics, Eng
llsh, foreign trade, foreign SER
vice, French, geology, geography,
German, government, health his
tory, home economics, journalist.
Latln-American studies, library
science, mathematics, microbiolo-
| by, physics, psychology, religion
Fand philosophy, sociology, Span
ish, speech, and zoologyes 9..
Pre- : medical, pre- -technician.
prudential, or pre-law o students
may complete requirements for
bachelor of science or bachelor of
arts degrees in affiliated schools
provided they complete three
years OF work at Mississippi Sou
them College with a scholastic
average of or above; complete
the core requirements at South
ern; transer credit and quality
points back to Southern from the
school of medicine, dentristry, or
law to complete requirements for
the degree. They must also COM
plete the program leading to the
degre within two calendar years
Of the termination of the last
quarter of residence at Mississippi
pi Southern College. This rule
does not apply to medical tech
nlcians who are allowed three
calendar years after the last quar-
ter of residence.
| After the basic college most
students can make the transition
to senior college with fewer adj
Justment problems. In spite of the
good work of the first two wears.
thre are the perennial problems
many students fact. They are
scholastic deficiencies, dissatisfac-
ton with courses, financial wor-
ries, work loads, change of ma
Jors, problems of scheduling to
meet degree requirements, abb
sences, and adjustment problems
of students transfrred from other
schools.
1t is the responsibility of the
assistant dean of the college, DR..
II. B. Easterling, to coordinate
the efforts, expectations, and de-
mands of the registrar advisor.
student. and instructor in an at
tempt to sift program suited ia
the needs and detectives of the
individual student. To the ex-