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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[July 22

5- Requirement for Admission to the Pre-veterinary Curriculum in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Professional Curriculum in Veterinary Medicine. Any freshman whose scholarship rank is in the upper half of his high school graduating class, on entering the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is eligible for admission to the pre-veterinary curriculum. A student transferring to this college with advanced standing must have maintained at least a 3.5 scholastic average, in terms of the University's grading system, in order to be admitted to the pre-veterinary curriculum. Applicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine must present not less than sixty semester hours of acceptable credit from a recognized college or university, exclusive of military science and physical education. The sixty semester hours must be distributed as follows: HOURS Chemistry (including organic and quantitative analysis) 16 Biological science (including botany and general zoology) 8 Physics (including laboratory) 8 Foreign language 6 English composition and rhetoric 6 Electives in not less than two of the following fields: economics (including agricultural economics), fine arts, language, geography, history, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology and anthropology, speech. Approximately one-half of these credits should be in the social sciences 9 Free electives _7 Total 60 GRADE REQUIREMENT. Each applicant for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine, whether from the University of Illinois or from another institution, must have attained in his pre-veterinary work a scholastic average of not less than 3.5, or the equivalent as determined by the University of Illinois for institutions using a different grading system. General University requirements with reference to scholarship of non-Illinois residents will apply. ENROLLMENT LIMITATIONS. In considering applications for admission, preference will be given to candidates who are residents of Illinois and to Illinois veterans. Students are admitted only by the Director of Admissions and Records. Whenever the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number who can be admitted, selection will be made by a Committee on Admissions composed of the Director of Admissions and Records and members of the faculty of the College appointed by the Dean. When it seems desirable, the committee may refer applicants to the Student Personnel Bureau for interviews. DEGREES. In the professional veterinary curriculum, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine will be awarded on completion of the second year of the curriculum, and the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine will be awarded on completion of the four-year program. For details of the pre-veterinary and professional veterinary curricula, see Appendix, page 60. 6. Change in Admission Requirements to Graduate Work in Journalism. Candidates must present an undergraduate major in journalism (20 hours) or an undergraduate major in one of the related fields of social science. Under the present requirement, candidates must present an undergraduate major in journalism (20 hours). 7. Authorisation of Advanced Degrees in Agricultural Engineering, Speech, and Aeronautical Engineering. The University Senate recommends that the Board of Trustees authorize the establishment of the following advanced degrees for which the curricula have previously been authorized: Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy in Speech, and Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering. I concur in the recommendations of the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, these recommendations adopted.

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