Caption: Course Catalog - 1893-1894
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30 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. agricultural studies. For admission to this course students should not be less than eighteen years of age, and if under twenty-one years must pass the examinations in the common branches as required for entrance to the Preparatory School. The studies of the first year, except chemistry, and also the botany of the second year will be taken in the Preparatory School. Students of sufficient age and attainments may take the professional studies of this course in one year. Horticultural studies may be substituted for veterinary science'if desired. The two years' course is arranged as follows: JUNIOR COURSE IN AGRICULTURE, FIRST YEAR. 1. Chemistry; Physiology; Accounts; English. 2. Chemistry; Physics; Zoology; English. 3. Chemistry; Physics; Botany; English. SECOND YEAR. 1. Farm Equipment; Animal Anatomy; Botany; Economics. 2. Rural Economy; Veterinary Science; Animal Husbandry, Entomology or Horticulture. 3. History of Agriculture; Rural Law; Veterinary Science; Entomology; Special Investigations. FREE SHORT COURSE. For the winter term students are admitted without entrance examination or payment of any fee to a special short course in which there are daily lectures and class exercises concerning some of the most important practical branches of agriculture, horticulture, and veterinary science. This course is designed for young men already engaged in agricultural pursuits who cannot spend a long time in college, and yet are anxious to make the most of themselves and of their vocation. Such students have access to the library and museum collections of the University, and have admission to the courses of general lectures. The details of this course vary from year to year. A special circular giving full information concerning it will be issued each year several weeks before the opening of the term the first of January.
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