PREPARATORY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE SCHEDULE COMBINED For graduation from the Junior Colleges, the student will be expected to have completed, during the six years of preparatory and Junior College work combined, the following curriculum. The totals indicate the maximum amount required in each subject. In the table one admission unit is counted as two college Majors. GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE JUNIOR COLLEGES (Detailed information should be sought in the Undergraduate Handbook.) 1. Divisions.—The students of the Junior Colleges 7. Scholarships. are classed in six divisions, according to the number of Majors of Junior College credit on the University records. 2. First division meeting.-The students in each division except the sixth hold an official meeting on the first day of each Quarter, at which attendance is required. 3. Upper and Lower Juniors.-For convenience in grouping for division lectures students in Divisions 1, 2, and 3 of the Junior Colleges are known as Upper Juniors, while those in Divisions 4, 5, and 6 are spoken of as Lower Juniors. 4. Junior College Council.-At the first division meeting of each Quarter the members of the division elect a student councilor. The councilors thus elected constitute the Junior College Student Council. 5. Division lectures.- Each division in the Junior Colleges has, in addition to the work prescribed in the curriculum, a series of weekly lectures each Quarter. 6. Chapel assembly.-Students in the Junior Colleges meet in Chapel assembly on Mondays, at 10:30 A. M. Attendance is required. a) The University has established Scholarships as follows: (1) for Morgan Park Academy and for each affiliated secondary school; (2) for each high school in Chicago; (3) twenty-five Scholarships to be assigned to co-operating schools outside of Chicago. (For information as to the conditions under which these Scholarships are awarded, address the Examiner for Secondary Schools.) b) Two Scholarships are offered as prizes in the Annual Contest in Public Speaking between students of Affiliated and Co-operating Schools held at the University in connection with the Annual Fall Conference of the University and the Secondary Schools. c) Twelve Senior College Scholarships (yielding the equivalent of University fees for three Quarters) are assigned annually to students who have completed the work of a Junior College and have stood highest in the various Departments whose work forms a part of the curriculum of the Junior Colleges. In making the nomination for Senior College Scholarships each Department takes into consideration the following points: (1) the *The substitution of Greek, Advanced History, German, or French for the second two units of admission Latin does not diminish the total amount of any of these subjects required for graduation, but pushes the requirement into correspondingly higher courses. (See note, p. 11.) † See p. 67, 3, b). general quality of the candidate's work throughout the Junior College; (2) the quantity and the quality of his work in that Department in the Junior College; (3) the results of a special examination on the subjects treated in the courses required in that Department in the Junior College. Students admitted to the Junior Colleges with advanced standing are eligible for these Scholarships, provided they have done as much as one year's work in the University. d) The Selz Scholarship, endowed by Mr. Morris Selz and his sons, E. F. and J. Harry Selz, of Chicago, in honor of Rosa F. Selz and Lillian G. Selz, yielding the annual income from five thousand dollars, is awarded to that young woman who completes the first year of the Junior Colleges with the highest standing in the studies of that year. 8. Honorable mention.-On the completion of the work of the Junior Colleges, honorable mention is made of all students whose records reach a standard fixed by the Faculty of the Junior Colleges on the system of marking adopted by the University. 9. Information in detail.-Information in detail concerning the organization, work, and regulations of the Junior Colleges may be found in the Undergraduate Handbook. THE UNCLASSIFIED STUDENTS 1. Admission.—Undergraduate students not seeking a degree may be admitted to the courses of instruction offered in the University, under the following conditions: a) The student must not be less than twenty-one years of age. b) There must be a sufficient reason for not entering a regular course. c) Such examinations as the Dean and the instructors concerned may deem proper prerequisites to the work to be undertaken must be satisfactorily passed. If there are specific requirements for admission (see p. 58), in the Departments in which an unclassified student wishes to work, the examinations for admission in these Departments must be taken. For example, the student may not take college work in Mathematics, unless the entrance examinations in that Department have been passed. Such examinations should be passed at the regular time of examinations for admission (see page 65). For such examinations the regular fee for examinations for admission is charged. d) Unclassified students are not received for elementary subjects only. For example, students are not received for beginning French, beginning German, etc., unless advanced work in some other line is also taken. 2. Selection of courses.-Unclassified students may take any courses for which their preparation fits them. The decision as to what constitutes ade quate preparation rests with the instructors of courses elected. 3. Status of unclassified students. It is understood that the admission of unclassified students to the University is a privilege which will be terminated in the case of any individual, if, at any time, the Faculties have reason to believe that the best use is not being made of it. It is also understood that when a student has admission and college credits amounting to fifteen units (see p. 57, II, 1), he may on recommendation of the Dean, and by a vote of the Faculty of the Junior Colleges, be admitted to a Junior College. 4. Requirements.-Unclassified students are subject to all the general regulations of the University pertaining to undergraduate students, including those prescribing attendance on Division meetings and lectures, Chapel assembly, and Physical Culture, unless more than one-half their work is in the Senior Colleges or in the Graduate Schools. Class work in Physical Culture is required of unclassified students who have credit for five or more units for admission. 5. Honorary students.—Persons of mature age may be admitted to the courses of instruction offered in the University, by permission of the President, without preliminary examinations and without responsibility for class exercises or examinations. Such students receive no credit on the Recorder's records. IV. THE SENIOR COLLEGES THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD The affairs of the Senior Colleges are administered by a Board constituted of the following officers: (1) the President and the Recorder; (2) the Deans concerned with Senior College students; (3) two representatives each of the following groups of Departments: (a) Ancient Languages and Literatures; (b) Modern Languages and Literatures; (c) Philosophy and the Social Sciences; (d) Mathematics and Inorganic Sciences; (e) the Organic Sciences; (f) each professional or technical Faculty having students who are candidates for the Bachelor's degree; namely, the Divinity, the Medical, the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, the Faculty of the Law School, the Faculty of Education. The Board is the standing committee on Senior College matters of the United Faculties and of the professional Faculties. ADMISSION 1. In general.-Students are admitted to a Senior College either after receiving the Associate's diploma (see p. 21, 4) from the University, or after having completed a corresponding amount of work in another institution. Students desiring to enter from other institutions should present letters of dismissal and official records of work done. Students admitted to the University with no entrance conditions, and with eighteen Majors or more of advanced standing, are classified in the Senior Colleges. 2. Credits from other institutions (not affiliated).— A student entering the University from another college or university will in general receive advanced standing for all the college work done in that institution only in case his preparatory course was equivalent to that required for admission to the University of Chicago; but students entering the University from certain institutions, (approved by the Board of the Senior Colleges) after having completed two years of college work therein, will be admitted to the Senior Colleges THE WORK OF THE 1. The Senior Colleges include: (1) the Colleges of Arts, of Literature, and of Science; (2) the College of Commerce and Administration; (3) the College of Religious and Social Science; (4) the College of Education. Students in the Colleges of Arts, Literature, and Science are candidates for the degrees of A.B., Ph.B., and S.B., respectively; students in the College of Commerce and Administration, and in the College of Religious and Social Science, are candidates for the degree of Ph.B. Students in the College of Education are candidates for the degree of Ed.B. Students in the Colleges of Arts, Literature, and with eighteen Majors' credit. Except in the case of students from affiliated colleges, no more than twenty-seven Majors of credit will be given for undergraduate work done in another institution, and with the same exception a Bachelor's degree will not be conferred on a student before he has been in residence at the University one year (three Quarters), and received credit for nine Majors of resident work. Students who present claims for advanced standing will specify in their statements at the outset all the work for which they expect to receive credit. Credit will not be given at a later time for work not thus specified, unless the case is re-opened by special vote of the Board. 3. Credits from affiliated colleges.-Students who have taken a Bachelor's degree at an affiliated college may be given a Bachelor's degree by the University after a residence of less than one year. The requirements will be made known to its students by each affiliated college. SENIOR COLLEGES Science may elect courses leading toward the professional work in Law, Medicine, and Theology. Such election does not excuse students from any of the general regulations affecting all candidates for the Bachelor's degree, except as hereafter specified. 2. Selection of courses.-The amount of work required in any Senior College is eighteen Majors. Within the limits specified below, these Majors are elective: a) A student may not select more than nine Majors of his Senior College work from any one Depart ment. b) The student who is a candidate for the degree of A.B. shall select at least one-third of his work from one or more of the Departments numbered I-XVII* (see "Courses of Instruction"). c) The student who is a candidate for the degree of Ph.B. in the College of Literature shall select at least one-third of his work from one or more of the Departments numbered I-VI and XIIXVII† (see "Courses of Instruction"). d) The student who is a candidate for the degree of S.B. shall select one-third of his work from one or more of the Departments numbered XVIIXXVIII (see "Courses of Instruction"). e) For the student desiring to enter the work in Law the studies of the last year before receiving the Bachelor's degree may be made identical with the first year of the professional curriculum of the Law School. For the first year of the Senior Colleges the pre-legal curriculum may be followed (see h below). The student registered for pre-medical work will select the courses for the two years of the Senior Colleges under the advice of the Dean of Medical Students and from the medical curriculum as set forth in the Circular of Medical Courses. Students registered for pre-medical work may substitute Science for the second Major of History or Philosophy required for the Bachelor's degree, but not for the second Major of both. g) Students intending to pursue work in the Divinity School should select courses with the advice of the Dean of the Divinity School. With the approval of the Dean of the Senior Colleges, nine Majors of courses in the Divinity School may be counted toward the Bachelor's degree. h) The courses for Senior College students in the College of Commerce and Administration are arranged in five groups entitled: Banking, Transportation, Trade and Industry, Journalism, and Pre-Legal. The specific courses pre scribed in these several groups may be found in the Circular of the College of Commerce and Administration, and should be selected with the advice of the Dean of this College. i) Philosophy and History. -Two Majors in Philosophy (Courses 1 and 2) and two Majors in History (unless General European History was presented on admission) are required of all students in the Colleges of Arts, Literature, and Science, before receiving a Bachelor's degree. If not taken in the Junior Colleges, they must be taken later. j) Courses in the Divinity School which may be approved by the cognate Departments represented in the Colleges, and other Divinity courses approved by the Senior College Faculty, may be elected by Senior College students. k) Physical Culture. Four half-hours a week during four Quarters are required in the Senior Colleges. The two Quarters which may be omitted will in each case be arranged with the Department. 1) Deficiencies in Public Speaking. - Students who are deficient in the work in Public Speaking required in the Junior Colleges may be admitted to the Senior Colleges, provided such deficiency was caused by circumstances beyond the student's control. The deficiency becomes a condition which must be removed before graduation. 3. Non-resident work.- Non-resident work- that is, work not done in a college or university-will not be accepted for more than one-half of the work required for a Bachelor's degree. 4. Courses offered in the Senior Colleges.-The courses open to Senior College students are to be found under the several Departments in the Announcements, published each Quarter. For admission to many of these courses there are prerequisites, and no course is open to students who have not had the prerequisites indicated except by permission of the instructor. DEGREES On the completion of the required amount of Senior College work (all Junior College work having been completed), the student receives a Bachelor's degree. *The student who is a candidate for the degree of A.B., and is registered for pre-medical work, shall select four Majors of his work from one or more of Departments I-XVII. For further information see Special Circular for Medical Students. The student who is a candidate for the degree of Ph.B., and is registered for pre-medical work, shall select four Majors of his work from one or more of Departments I-VI and XII-XVII. GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SENIOR COLLEGES 1. Divisions.-The students of the Senior Colleges are classed in six divisions, according to the number of Majors' credit on the University records. The sixth division includes students in the Senior Colleges with a total credit (including Junior College credits) of less than 21 Majors; the fifth, those with 21, but less than 24; the fourth, those with 24, but less than 27; the third, those with 27 but less than 30; the second, those with 30, but less than 33; the first, those with 33 or more. 2. Division meetings.-The students of each division hold an official meeting on the first day of each Quarter. 3. Senior College Council.-At the above meeting the members of the division elect a student councilor, who holds office for two consecutive Quarters. Eligibility for the office of councilor is subject to the same conditions as eligibility for public appearance. The councilors thus elected constitute the Senior College Student Council. The Council serves as the executive committee of the students of the Senior Colleges, in relation to the Administrative Board. Temporary vacancies are filled by appointment by the Dean. 4. Division lectures.- Each division in the Senior Colleges has, in addition to the work prescribed in the curriculum, a series of weekly lectures each Quarter. The lectures are given on Wednesdays at 10:30 A. M., and attendance is required. 5. Chapel assembly.—Students in the Senior Colleges meet in Chapel assembly Tuesdays at 10:30 A. M. Attendance is required. 6. Scholarships. a) Senior College Scholarships.—See p. 22, 7, C. 1) The Zuinglius Grover Memorial Scholarship 2) The Elbert H. Shirk Scholarship, endowed by Mr. Milton Shirk, of Peru, Ind., Mr. E. W. Shirk, of Chicago, and Mrs. Alice Shirk Edwards, of Peru, Ind., as a memorial of their father, provides for the tuition fees of a student at the University for three Quarters ($120). 3) The Henry C. Lytton Scholarship, endowed by Mr. Henry C. Lytton, of Chicago, provides for the tuition fees of a student for three Quarters (8120). 4) The Enos M. Barton Scholarship, endowed by Mr. Enos M. Barton, of Chicago, provides for the tuition fees of a student for three Quarters ($120). It is awarded annually to an undergraduate student whose scholarship in preparatory work and in college shall reach "B+," and who shall maintain this standing, subject to forfeiture. 5) The Cutherine M. White Scholarships.— Three Scholarships, endowed by the late Mrs. Catherine M. White, of Chicago, each providing for the tuition fees of a student for three Quarters ($120). 6) The Chicago Scholarship, endowed by a friend of the University, provides for the tuition fees of a student for three Quarters ($120). 7) The Jacob Rosenberg Scholarship, established by the heirs of the late Jacob Rosenberg, of Chicago, provides for the tuition fee of a student for three Quarters ($120). 8) The Colonial Dames' Scholarship.-The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Illinois have provided a Scholarship yielding annually the amount of $150, to be awarded for two years to that student who, having finished the work of the Junior Colleges, shall have passed the best examination in American History. The award of this Scholarship will be made on the following conditions: (1) the student must have had three Majors, namely, Courses 16, 17, 18, in American History, in the University of Chicago; (2) the student must have had a general average of "B" or above in the work of the Junior Colleges; (3) the student must have had credit for History, Courses 1 and 2, or their equivalent; (4) the student must pass an examination upon some period of American History, or upon some collection of papers or other original material. |