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MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY ` ut
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The Department of Mathematics and Astronomy serves a four·fold qual
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First: It provides courses in furtherance of the aim that a student, aside darr
from his specialized interests, acquire some understanding of the elements of
mathematics and the role it plays in society if his education is to be truly lead
liberal. @{1
Second: It provides courses to fit the specialized needs of students in mm
other departments and colleges. To this end it offers courses to prepare the mer
student for his work in agriculture, bacteriology, chemistry, economics, engi-
neering, geology, philosophy, and physics. j and
Third: It provides the prospective elementary school teacher with courses mm
planned to furnish the special and desirable background training he needs ` to °
for teaching the introductory concepts. The prospective secondary school Z espl
teacher will find courses suitable to his needs on the undergraduate and grad- ` RDC
uate level. The inservice teacher will find specially selected topics to fit the 1
needs in this area. the
Fourth: It provides courses for those who wish to specialize in mathe- bas
matics. Courses are offered in algebra, analysis, geometry, statistics and ap- fhe
plied mathematics, topology, and various courses in numerical analysis and Isl
computer techniques being directly applicable to the electronic computer field. DIC
Courses at the advanced levels, leading to the M.A. Degree and the Ph.D.
Degree, are offered for the research specialist and/ or college teacher. for
The Mathematics library is one of the best in the South. It contains sev-  
eral thousand volumes as well as complete sets of most of the important mathe- ie
matical periodicals, fm
Two non—mathematical courses in Introductory Astronomy are offered.  (
Other courses of a mathematical and practical nature are offered from time to h li
time. The University has a small observatory with an eight—inch refracting  
telescope and other instruments. Occasional meetings are held at the ob- `
servatory to give the student an opportunity to view the more interesting O
celestial objects. A portion of the departmental library consists of astronomical “0
books, joumals, and bulletins. I
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MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS  
The Reserve Officers Training Corps Di
The University of Kentucky maintains a unit of the senior division of Cr
the Reserve Officers Training Corps in conformity with the provisions of the ui;
National Defense Act of 1916, as amended.  
Object. The object of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is to provide {H
systematic military training at civil educational institutions for the purpose mz
of qualifying selected students of such institutions as reserve oHicers in the by
military forces of the United States. This object is attained by employing U2,
methods which fit men physically, mentally, and morally for pursuits of peace `
as well as for duties as leaders in the defense forces of the nation in an emer- DI
gency. `
Educational Aim. The course of study is designed to give to the student W
a training which will be as valuable to him in his industrial or professional is
. career as it would be should the nation call upon him to act as a leader in H
its defense forces.