Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1895-1896 [PAGE 42]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

subjects. Such students are not matriculated ; they pay a tuition fee of five dollars a term and incidental fees. ADMISSION TO ADVANCED STANDING After satisfying in some of the ways already enumerated all the entrance requirements for admission to the freshman class of the college which he wishes to enter, the applicant for advanced standing may secure such standing either by examination or by transfer of credits from some other college or university. 1. By Examination.—Candidates for advanced standing, not from other colleges or universities, may secure such standing on examination only. In the case of freshmen students seeking advanced standing on the basis of their preparatory work, such standing shall be granted after satisfactory examination only. 2. By Transfer of Credits.—Credits from other colleges or universities may be accepted by the faculty for advanced standing; but at least one year's residence at the University and the completion of one year's work are necessary to secure a bachelor's degree. In all cases, a certificate of honorable dismissal is required, together with a certified record of work done in the institution from which the applicant comes. These should be presented for approval some time before the student enters for work. REGISTRATION At the beginning of each term each student must present himself for registration within the time set for that purpose before the formation of classes, and he must be present at the first exercise of each class he is to attend. EXAMINATIONS Examinations are held as often as in the judgment of the instructor the necessities of the work require. Examinations are also given at the close of each term, on the work of the term, in all subjects except those whose character renders it unnecessary or impracticable. Students who are conditioned in these examinations are required to take, a, s,e,con.d examination