University Examinations for the B.A.

All candidates for an Oxford B.A. degree, apart from satisfying the residence requirements of three years or more, are obliged to pass certain University examinations, viz. (1) Responsions, (2) an Intermediate Examination, as a part of which is generally taken the examination in Holy Scripture; and (3) a Final Examination. The University accepts as an equivalent for Responsions the qualifying examination which every American candidate for a Rhodes Scholarship is required to pass. There remain for the Rhodes Scholar, therefore, only the Intermediate (including Holy Scripture) and the Final Examinations. As the work for these is sharply divided into ‘Pass’ and ‘Honour’, four alternatives present themselves:—

Examinations for the B.A. Degree.[58]

Before or upon Admission. Intermediate.[59] Final.
Responsions (compulsory). Rhodes Scholars exempt, p. 69.) Holy Scripture or substituted book (compulsory) and one of the following:—
I. Pass School (one only). I. Pass School.
  • 1. Pass Moderations.
  • 2. Jurisprudence Preliminary, with ‘Additional Subject’.
  • 3. Science Preliminary, with ‘Additional Subject’.
  • I. 1. Qualifies for all examinations in the next column except II. 8.
  • 2. Qualifies for all examinations in the next column except II. 1 and II. 8.
  • 3. Qualifies for all examinations in the next column except II. 1.
  • Five Groups (see Examination Statutes, p. 38 ff.).
or or
II. Honour School. II. Honour School.
  • 4. Honour Moderations.
  • 5. Honour Mathematics, with ‘Additional Subject’.
  • II. 4. Qualifies for all examinations.
  • 5. Qualifies for all examinations in the next column except II. 1.
  • 1. English Language and Literature.
  • 2. Literae Humaniores.
  • 3. Mathematics.
  • 4. Jurisprudence.
  • 5. Modern History.
  • 6. Theology.
  • 7. Oriental Studies.
  • 8. Natural Science.
  • 9. Modern Languages.

Advanced degrees for which an Oxford B.A. is a necessary preliminary:—M.A., B.D., B.M.

Advanced degrees for which an Oxford B.A. is not a necessary preliminary:—B.Litt., B.Sc., B.C.L.