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HIGHER ECONOMICS COURSES I. MADRAS UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR GILBERT SLATER, ?.a., v.sc. OF INDIAN ECONOMICS? UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS In the University of Madras the highest degree that at present is granted, that of M.A., is conferred. after the lapse of a certain time without further examination to students who have taken their degree of B.A. in Henours. For the student of Economics the examina- tion ?o be prepared for is that for B.A. (Henours), Branch V, History and Economics. The syllabus for this exa- mination was overhauled in 1915 by Studies in History and Economics. The old syllabus was marked by Board of extraordinarily wide options. Six subjects had to be taken, three from a group o! eight, and three from a group o! six. From the point of view o! the organisation o! economic studies the most striking feature in the Regulations was the fact that the highest degree o! the University in Economics could be taken by a student who did not offer any EconSmics at all, and such a student was not invited ?o answer a single question either in Economic Theory, or Economic History, or any other branch of economics whatsoever. The now regulations which. were drawn up by the Board of Studies avoided such very lar?e options. The