Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1897-1898 [PAGE 44]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

ADMISSION AS SPECIAL STUDENTS Persons over twenty-one years of age, not candidates for a degree, may be admitted to classes, after satisfying the President and the professor in charge of the department in which such classes are taught, that they possess the requisite information and ability to pursue profitably, as special students, the chosen subjects. Such students are not matriculated ; they pay a tuition fee of five dollars a term, in addition to the regular incidental fee of seven dollars and a half. 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. In the case of freshman students seeking advanced standing on the basis of their preparatory work, such standing shall be granted after satisfactory examination only, unless the applicants are from fully accredited schools. In that case a transfer of credits may be made as provided below. 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 work in residence at the University is required of all candidates for 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. Upon approval of the Faculty freshmen may receive credit for advanced work done in fully accredited high schools.