The determination of the general internal policy of the University is in charge of the Senate. The faculties of the different colleges and schools of the University are composed of the members of the corps of instruction of these colleges and schools, and have jurisdiction over all matters which pertain exclusively to these organizations, subject always to higher University authority. ORGANIZATION For the purpose of more efficient administration, the University is divided into several colleges and schools. This division does not imply that the colleges and schools are educationally separate. They are interdependent, and together form a unit. In addition to the courses mentioned as given in each college and school, instruction in military science and physical training is provided. The organization is as follows: I. The College of Literature and Arts. II. The College of Engineering. III. The College of Science. IV. The College of Agriculture. V. The Graduate School. VI. The School of Library Science. VII. The School of Music. VIII. The College of Law. IX. The College of Medicine. X. The School of Pharmacy. XI. The School of Dentistry. THE COLLEGE OF LITERATURE AND ARTS The College of Literature and Arts offers 1. General courses, offering a wide range of electives. 2. Courses under the group system, including— a. The Classical Group. b. The English Group. C. The German and Romanic Language Group. d. The Latin and Modern Language Group. e. The Philosophical Group, including Education, Mathematics, Philosophy and Psychology. f. The Political Science Group, including History, Economics and Government. g. The Commerce and Industry Group, offering training for business. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE The College of Agriculture offers courses in— THE GRADUATE SCHOOL The Graduate School offers courses in-- 1. Agriculture. 2. Engineering. 3. Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts. 4. The Sciences. The departments in which courses of graduate study are given will be found under the "General Description of Courses" (p. 164), and the separate graduate courses offered are described in connection with the proper subjects in the list of courses which there follows. THE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY SCIENCE The School of Library Science, or the State Library School, offers a course of study extending over five years, three of which are in either the College of Literature and Arts or the College of Science. The last two years are devoted to courses in Library Science in the Library School. The full course leads to the degree of bachelor of library science. THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC The School of Music offers courses in vocal and instrumental music, leading to the degree of bachelor of music. THE COLLEGE OF LAW The College of Law offers a course of study leading to the degree of bachelor of laws. THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE The College of Medicine offers a course of study leading to the degree of M.D. THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY The School of Pharmacy offers a course in all branches necessary to a complete scientific and practical knowledge of pharmacy, including pharmacy, chemistry, materia medica. botany, physics, and physiology. The course leads to the degree of graduate in pharmacy. THE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY The School of Dentistry offers a course leading to the degree of D.D.S. COLLEGE OF LITERATURE AND ARTS AIMS AND SCOPE The College of Literature and Arts includes those branches usually comprised in a department of philosophy and arts, with the exception of the natural sciences. The aim of the College is a double one: to furnish a liberal education, and to afford opportunity for specialization in art, literature, philosophy, history, and the political sciences, theoretical and applied. Students may graduate either under a system offering a choice of a considerable number of subjects, or under one in which the principal part of their work is in a single line of study, or a group of related lines. The subjects which may be selected for this special study are listed as major electives on page 76. These two systems are named respectively the general course system, and the group system. The only degree given in this College is that of A.B. THE GENERAL COURSE SYSTEM Under the General Course System the student may select his studies from as wide a range of subjects as he pleases, restricted only by a certain minimum of prescribed work, and by certain requirements as to the time which must be spent upon each subject in order to secure a reasonable degree of concentration. The prescribed subjects are part of the work of the first two years. So far as possible, the work of the freshman year must be made up wholly of prescribed |