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cge of Liberal A r t s and Sciences

The Coll< Liberal Aits and Sciences is chiefly | with the pn ss of fitting young people to meet ta the present age by drawing upon tin- intelUtural, as well .is the Factual heritages of the sent There is a certain persistence from one

anOth< i n t e r e s t s peculiar to the College 1 A i and Liberal Sciences. T h e s e i n t e r e s t s arc • in the wide variety of o p p o r t u n i t i e s offered to unde aduates, either in the Liberal A r t s , the Liberal or a m i x t u r e of t h e t w o . T , Colleg* of Liberal A r t s a n d Sciences has t w o parfunctions. First, it enrolls s t u d e n t s in specialized and pre-pro il c u r r i c u l a ; for i n s t a n c e , pie-medical. pre-law, and c h e m i s t r y . Secondly, it p r o v i d e s the r e s o u r c e s for a liberal e d u c a t i o n . L i b e r a l m e a n s a p r o g r a m leading to a well-rounded personal d e v e l o p m e n t : that is, a p r o g r a m in which studies e m p h a s i z e factors t h a t c o n t r i b u t e to a general k n o w l e d g e a n d i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of the forces, tendens conflicts, and p r o b l e m s of life, r a t h e r t h a n t h o s e leading to specific individual c a r e e r s . B u t t h e principal w o r k of the College is its w o r k w i t h a b r o a d , g e n e r a l , c u l t u r a l t y p e of education. T h e College a c t u a l l y p r e p a r e s s t u d e n t s for a wide variety of v o c a t i o n s , but its principal c o n c e r n is w i t h a general e d u c a t i o n . T h e d e g r e e of B a c h e l o r of A r t s is conferred u p o n students ho complete one of the four y e a r curricula offered by the College, e x c e p t t h o s e in a p p l i e d science for w h i c h the degree of B a c h e l o r of Science is given (also g r a n t e d on request to s t u d e n t s w h o s e m a j o r is in m a t h e m a t i c s , a science, or h o m e e c o n o m i c s ) . S t u d e n t s in the general curricula m u s t c o m p l e t e c e r t a i n p r e s c r i b e d s u b j e c t s including Rhetoric a n d a foreign l a n g u a g e , a r e q u i r e d a m o u n t of ork in liberal a r t s a n d sciences, a p r e s c r i b e d a m o u n t of

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ie oi t w o minoi subjects, and a b a l a n o of eleel cts approved by the College. U n d e r the system of tutorial work, studenl of rn< t h a n average ability in the College may be ^iven op tunities for independent study and investigation. B beginning tutorial w o r k a student m u s t ordinarily hav attained junior s t a n d i n g , with superior ades. A limi' n u m b e r of gifted and m a t u r e s t u d e n t s may make arran;. merits in the College for individual curricula. T h e purpo of such individual curricula is to serve to the best possibl a d v a n t a g e the needs of the superior s t u d e n t w h o can demo n s t r a t e his capacity to profit more from an individual prog r a m of studies t h a n from any of the conventional on T h e College provides t h r e e specialized curricula: F i r s t : A four year c u r r i c u l u m in C h e m i s t r y : second: a four year c u r r i c u l u m in Chemical E n g i n e e r i n g ; t h i r d : a four year c u r r i c u l u m with a special major in home economics. Pre-professional t r a i n i n g is provided in the College in the following c u r r i c u l a : in t h e General C u r r i c u l u m , prej o u r n a l i s m ( t w o y e a r s in the College and t w o y e a r s in the School of J o u r n a l i s m ) : prc-legal ( t h r e e or four y e a r s in the College and t h r e e in the College of L a w |; pre-cducation ( t w o y e a r s in the College and t w o y e a r s in the College of E d u c a t i o n ) ; pre-medical ( t h r e e or four y e a r s in the College, four y e a r s in t h e College of Medicine and one year's i n t e r n e s h i p ) . pre-dental ( t w o y e a r s in the College and t h r e e y e a r s in t h e College of D e n t i s t r y ) , and p r e - p h a r m a c y t o n e y e a r in t h e College, and t h r e e y e a r s in the College of Pharmacy.) T h e s e specialized curricula and the pre-prof ional p r o g r a m s p r o v i d e either a general or a specific t r a i n i n g for o c c u p a t i o n s or p r e p a r a t o r y work leading to professions.

Dean Mathew T. McClure at his desk in 203 Lincoln Hall. He is assisted by Associate Dean Harris P. Fletcher, 203 Lincoln Hill. and Assistant to the Dean, Harold S. Dawson. 203 Lincoln Hall. The building is the Chemistry Laboratory.

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