Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1897-1898 [PAGE 158]

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THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION Applicants for admission must be at least sixteen years of age and must furnish evidence of their ability to prosecute the work of the course successfully. The preliminary education should be equivalent to that required for entrance to a good high school. Students who have pursued courses of study in other colleges of pharmacy will be given credit for such portions of their work as are equivalent to the work required by this college. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION The candidate for the degree of graduate in pharmacy must be twenty-one years of age, must have had four years' practical experience in pharmacy, including the period of attendance at college, and must have attended two full courses of instruction, the first of which may have been in some other reputable college or school of pharmacy. He must have attended regularly the laboratory and lecture courses of this College, must pass the examinations, and must not have been absent more than five times during the term from either laboratory exercises or lectures in any department. Candidates may present themselves for examination during the last year of their required experience or of their attainment of legal majority. To students who complete a third year's work, embracing principally instruction in more advanced pharmaceutical chemistry and in bacteriology, the degree of pharmaceutical chemist is offered. Drug-store experience will not be required for this degree. Persons competent to fulfill the general requirements of admission to the University may be granted credit upon the University courses for equivalent work satisfactorily completed at the School of Pharmacy. Further information is given in the special announcement of this school. Address W. B. Day, Actuary, School of Pharmacy, 465-7 State Street, Chicago, 111.