Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1934
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158 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 2i For t h e curriculum in landscape architecture:—A major in mathematics; at least a minor in social studies, including civics and economics; a year of work in botany and in freehand drawing. For the curriculum in architecture:—A minor in science, including physics and chemistry; at least a minor in social studies, including economics; a year of work in freehand drawing. GRADUATES WITH SUPERIOR SCHOLARSHIP RECORDS IN ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS The Registrar is authorized to admit, without adhering to t h e usual subject requirements, a student who is a graduate of an accredited secondary school and whose scholarship rank is in the upper ten per cent of his graduating class. Such graduates need present only those specific high school courses that are prerequisite to courses in the curricula which they desire to follow in the University. (See table above.) GRADUATES OF UNACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS Graduates of unaccredited secondary schools which offer four years of instruction are admitted by examination. The Registrar, however, is authorized to admit a student who is a graduate of such an unaccredited secondary school and whose general scholarship rank is in the upper twenty-five per cent of his graduating class, subject to his passing at the University in advance of admission: 1. A test in English composition and rhetoric. 2. Such other examinations and tests in high school subjects as may be necessary to complete the University entrance requirements and the special requirements of his chosen curriculum. STUDENTS FROM ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS W H O ARE N O T GRADUATES An applicant who has attended, but who has not graduated from, an accredited school, must pass entrance examinations in the following subjects, amounting to five units: English composition 1 unit Additional subjects to be designated by the University authorities.. 4 units Total 5 units The remaining ten units necessary to make up the fifteen units required for admission may also be made in entrance examinations or may be offered by certificate from an accredited school. GRADUATES OF T H R E E - Y E A R SENIOR H I G H SCHOOLS In the case of graduates of a school organized as a three-year senior high school, including grades 10, I I , and 12, at least twelve units must have been taken in the senior high school. At least eight of these units, including two majors and one minor, or one major and two minors, or four minors, must be from the fields of English, foreign language, mathematics, science, and social studies. (See groups A, B, C, D, and E on page 156.) Either a major or a minor must be from the field of English. (See page 156 for special requirements for majors and minors in the various fields.) The remaining four units may be selected from any of the senior high school subjects which are accepted by an accredited high school toward its diploma and which meet the standard for accrediting as defined by the University of Illinois. Fractional credits of the value of less than one-half unit will not be accepted. On motion of Mr. Barr, this recommendation was adopted. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (4) A recommendation from the University Senate for the following revision in the requirements for admission to the College of Education: Admission to the curriculum in Industrial Education of the College of Education is granted on admission to the University. Candidates for admission to all other curricula of the College of Education must be able to matriculate in one of the undergraduate colleges and must offer, in addition, two years of undergraduate work, comprising not less than fifty-six semester hours of college credit exclusive of required courses in physical education and military science. Each applicant for admission to
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