To avoid delay the applicant may forward an unofficial copy of his statement to the University, for provisional consideration, retaining the original for the purpose of procuring the necessary endorsement. Notification of action taken by the Committee is in every case sent by mail to the applicant. Importance of Early Application.-Official credentials should always be sent to the University in ample time for action and notification before the entrance examinations; these are held in January and in August of each year. For details, consult the Registration Circular, which may be obtained from the Recorder. Applicants whose papers are received too late for full consideration before the examinations may be seriously inconvenienced in beginning their work and, in addition, will be subject to a fee for late registration. 6. ADMISSION TO ADVANCED STANDING IN UNDERGRADUATE COURSES Applicants may be given advanced standing in the University of California on the basis of certificates from other colleges and universities, upon the approval of the certificates by the proper committee. A form of statement of university work, which may be used for such certificates, will be furnished on application to the Recorder of the Faculties. It may be filled out by the applicant himself, but should be duly certified by the proper officer of the institution in which the work was done. There should also be submitted some credential showing in detail the basis upon which the applicant was matriculated in the institution from which he comes; if matriculation took place by certificate, the form provided for a statement of preparatory work should be used. These documents should be filed with the Recorder of the Faculties, in order that they may be placed before the Committee on Credentials, for an estimate of their value in terms of the requirements of the University of California. The Committee, acting on behalf of the faculties, is empowered to reject the certificates, in whole or in part, and to require examination in any or all of the subjects offered. Credit for subject A (English expression) and for subject B (ability to read a foreign language) is not given upon certificate. Examinations at the University are required for credit in these subjects. 7. ADMISSION FROM SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN THE ORIENT Graduates of approved schools and colleges in China, Japan, India and other Oriental countries are allowed to substitute a satisfactory course in the history of their own country for the history requirement (subjects 5, 10, 13a, or 13b), and also to substitute satisfactory courses in Oriental law, language and literature for the matriculation require ments in foreign languages (subjects 6, 7, 8, 9, 15) and advanced English (subject 14). Such concessions will be granted only to those who furnish properly endorsed official records of their work in other countries and whose work in other departments of study satisfies the requirements for admission. This work will not be accepted as a substitute for any foreign language specifically required by the curriculum in which the student seeks the bachelor's degree; Latin, for example, is specifically required for the junior certificate, according to Plan A, College of Letters and Science. ADMISSION TO GRADUATE COURSES Persons holding the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Letters, Philosophy, or Science from a reputable institution authorized by law to confer these degrees, or holding any other degree or certificate which the Academic Senate may accept as equivalent, may be admitted as graduate students in the University of California upon presenting proper credentials. The grade of work to which graduate students are assigned and their standing as candidates for a degree will depend upon the extent and character of their undergraduate courses. If in any department the preliminary training of applicants has not been sufficient to qualify them for strictly graduate work, they may be admitted to such undergraduate courses as may be suited to their needs. The status of all graduate students will lapse at the close of each academic year, unless they have been admitted to candidacy for degrees; but on application it may be renewed at the discretion of the Graduate Council. For the conditions under which the advanced degrees may be obtained, see the latest Announcement of the Graduate Division, to be obtained on applica tion to the Recorder of the Faculties. RESIDENCE Residence at the University is residence in its vicinity and attendance upon such of its exercises as are appointed for the student. In this sense, residence at Mount Hamilton is residence at the University for such students as have been appointed to work at the Lick Observatory, residence at La Jolla is residence at the University for such students as have been appointed to work in the Marine Biological Laboratory, and residence at Davis is residence for such students as have been appointed to work at the University Farm. In the graduate school, resi dence at any place, or in any field, which may be designated by the proper faculty as suitable for the work of a candidate for one of the advanced degrees, is regarded as residence at the University. COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE LOWER DIVISION The work of the lower division comprises the studies of the freshman and sophomore years. The junior certificate marks the transition from the lower division to the upper division of the undergraduate course. All candidates for the bachelor's degree in the College of Letters and Science must qualify for the junior certificate before proceeding to the upper division. Concerning upper division requirements, see Upper Division, in later pages of this circular. Amount of credit required.-For the junior certificate, 64 units of university work are required, in addition to subjects A and B, and in addition to the 45 units required for matriculation, making a total of 109 units. A surplus matriculation credit does not reduce the amount of work (normally 64) required in the lower division, except under conditions specified in the section pertaining to surplus matriculation credit as given on page 70. These 64 units of lower division credit may normally be completed in two years, but students are required to remain in the lower division only until they are able to complete the requirements for the junior certificate. Students in the lower division may, with the approval of the study-lists committee, take as high as 19 units of university work per half-year, in addition to the prescribed courses in military science, physical education, and hygiene. But the number of units which the student must average term by term, in order to complete in two years the work of the lower division, is sixteen. Regular students, then, ought not to take much less than sixteen units, and beginners should not attempt more without official advice. Honorable mention with the junior certificate; candidacy for honors.— Honorable mention with the junior certificate is awarded to students who have attained at least second grade in forty-eight (48) units of their freshman and sophomore courses. The list of students who receive honorable mention with the junior certificate is published, and this list is sent to members of the faculty of Letters and Science, and to prospective students of the junior class. A student whose name appears upon this list, unless he prefer not to enter for honors, should at the beginning of his junior year report immediately to the department of his major work. The department will advise him in the choice of his studies and will specifically approve all courses taken in the department. Concerning procedure in candidacy for honors, see Upper Division, in later pages of this circular. Subject A, oral and written expression in English, is a requirement for junior standing in all colleges and courses at Berkeley, including the colleges of engineering and chemistry. It applies to students who graduate by the junior certificate plan as well as to those who graduate with out the junior certificate. The requirement is additional to the "courses' or "units", in English and other subjects, tabulated below, and can be satisfied only by passing an examination. This examination is given each half-year shortly after the opening of the session. Every intrant admitted to regular first-year or second-year standing is required to take an examination in subject A during his first half-year. Failure to take the examination in subject A at the time required, or failure to pass, has the same effect upon the student's standing as a failure to pass in an ordinary course. Subject B.-(a) For the Junior Certificate. The junior certificate will be granted only to such candidates as shall demonstrate their ability to read intelligently a piece of ordinary prose in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, or Spanish, and to render it into good English. Students should concentrate on one foreign language (the one needed in future work) and should make use of this language as soon as possible. requirement, like subject A, is not to be satisfied by the mere completion of courses or units; it may be satisfied only by passing an examination set by a university committee. This requirement is known as "Subject Б." This Students who have entered the University from institutions in a foreign country, in which the language of instruction is other than English, may, at the discretion of the Committee on Credentials, be permited to substitute for the regular examination in Subject B an examination which shall consist of translation into the language in which their preparatory training has been received of a passage of English or a passage of French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, or Spanish. (b) For Honors. Each department is authorized to require of students who wish to be candidates for honors in that department, in addition to the prerequisites for specific courses, a reading knowledge of one of the foreign languages mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Individual instructors may make such further language requirements for specific courses as they deem wise, but such requirements shall be explicitly stated in the Announcement of Courses. All matriculation deficiencies must be removed before the student leaves the lower division. Students who do not take military science, physical education, or hygiene must make up the deficiency in hours in other departments of study. The requirements for the junior certificate in the College of Letters and Science may be summarized as follows: SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE JUNIOR CERTIFICATE, INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR MATRICULATION Units of Credit.-In this table the normal amount of work represented both by preparatory or high school subjects, and by the University courses, is specified quantitatively. In the University a unit signifies one hour per week of recitation or lecture, with preparation therefor, during one half-year. A course of study taken in the preparatory school for one year at five periods per week is valued at 3 units. Work in laboratory or field, or other work not requiring out-of-class preparation, is estimated at a lower rate than recitations and lectures. [The requirements are stated in "units;" see above for explanation.] Greek, Latin, German, French, Spanish (6, 7, 8, 9, 15). 65 UNITS FOR JUNIOR CERTIFICATE, INCLUDING MATRICULATION |