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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR 1918-19, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

( i ) Proposed entrance requirements for the year 1918-19 to the College of Medicine. For admission to the College of Medicine in October, 1918, candidates must present four years' work in an accredited high school plus two years' work in a recognized college, or the full equivalent, including prescribed subjects, as follows:

The High-School Requirement

1. Four years' work in an accredited high school or the equivalent, comprising1 not less than 15 units in acceptable subjects, including prescribed subjects as £olk>ws: English 3 units Algebra ..« 1 unit Plane geometry , ........ * 1 unit Latin, Greek, German, pr French {both, ttnits in the same language) * 2 units History and civics .,,^..,.,...,......,.,....... 1 unit Electives 7 units Total ... .. - . .....15 tmits

The Collegiate Requirement

2. Two years' work in a recognized college or university, comprising not less than'60 semester frours and including prescribed subjects as follows: Chemistry (see Note 1) 8 semester hours Physics (see Note 2) -.....8 Biology <see Note 3) . 8 " " English (see Note 4) 6 German, French, Spanish, or Italian (see Note 5) 6 " " Electives outside of the chemical, physical, and biological sciences (see Note 6) 6 " " Free electives ^see Notes 1 and t>) 18 " "

Note 1: Chemistry—-Four of these 8 semester hours must consist of laboratory work. Begmnmg January 1, J019, the requirement in chemistry will be raised to 12 semester hours; the number of free electives will thus be reduced in 1919 to 14 hours1, Note 2: Physics—At least 2 of these 8 semester hours must consist of laboratory work. This requirement may be satisfied by 6 semester hours of college physics, of which at least 2 must be laboratory work, if preceded by a year (one unit) of high-school physics. Note 3: Biology—Four of these 8 semester hours must consist of laboratory work. This requirement may be satisfied by a course of 8 semester hours in either general biology or zoology, or by courses of 4 semester hours each in zoology and botany, but n o t by botany alone. Note 4: English—The usual introductory college course of 6 semester hours in English composition and literature is intended. Note 5: German, French, Spanish, or Ita/^31-—<German or French is preferred. The student is strongly urged to secure a reading knowledge of one of these languages. This will ordinarily require a t least two years' work in the high school followed by at least 6 hours' work in the same language in college, or two years' work (at least 12 ho&rs) in college, if the language was not begun in the high school, or the equivalent. Note tf: Electives—As desirable electives the following subjects are suggested: Psychology; college algebra and trigonometry; additional English; economics; history, sociology, political science; logic; Latin, Greek; drawing. Among the free electives advanced chemistry, zoology, and botany may be offered.