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1. The applicant must have been at least two quarters in the University and maintained a good standing.

2. College credit for preparatory work is allowed for the following subjects only: (a) language, history, science, and mathematics taught in the Junior Colleges, credit at the rate of not more than one major for each half-unit of excess, after suitable test; (b) drawing and shop work, credit given by examination only. 3. A student whose preparatory course has extended over four years only, without extra work in his school, should not expect to gain college credit from it, but in exceptional cases a claim based on extra work may be considered on the recommendation of the principal of the school, the claim to be tested by succeeding work in the same department with the average grade required for graduation. 4. Provisional credit may be given for fifth- or sixth-year work in a cooperating school whose work of those years is approved by the University, on certificate of the principal, the claim to be tested by succeeding work in the same department or by other means satisfactory to the University Examiner.

5. A student admitted by certificate with 15 units is not allowed later to substitute other subjects by examination with a view to gaining college credit, except by presenting a satisfactory certificate of instruction in such subjects.

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Claims for credit on account of college work done elsewhere are presented to the Examiner. In case a possible applicant merely wishes information, the Examiner will furnish an estimate, based upon the inquirer's own statement, when the necessary data (indicated upon a blank supplied by the University Examiner) are furnished. Estimates cannot be furnished unless this statement

is clear and complete.

1. Evidence required.-Before actual admission the applicant must present an official certificate showing: (a) that he has been honorably dismissed; (b) what admission requirements were satisfied by him in the college from which he comes (for this purpose in addition to the certificate, a catalogue of date concurrent with his admission may be needed from all but the best-known institutions); (c) a transcript of his college record, showing (1) by subjects the credit in the unit used for record and the time (weeks and hours per week) given to each, (2) the number of such units required for graduation, and (3) in general or specifically the grade of his scholarship; (d) the duration of his attendance.

2. Proposed and actual credits.—When the required data are furnished the Examiner issues to the accepted applicant a course book showing the number and distribution of the proposed credits. This is presented to the Dean of the College in which he registers as evidence of admission and probable credit. Credit so listed is provisional and is formally confirmed by the Board of Admissions only in case the applicant during his first two quarters of residence at the University completes six majors of work with an average grade of C or better.

3. Amount of credits.—Credit is allowed only for work substantially equivalent to courses in the University. Equal credit is granted only if the admission requirements of the University are fully met; otherwise advanced work will be carried back to cover the preparatory deficiencies, at the rate of one major (five term-hours, three and one-third semester-hours) for each half-unit. The maximum credit allowed does not exceed normal credit obtainable in the same time

at the University, i.e., three majors a quarter. If the Baccalaureate degree is sought, the total credit does not exceed 27 majors, three quarters of resident work being the minimum requirement for a degree.

4. Presented at outset.-Applicants specify at the outset all claims for credit. Except by special action of the Board of Admissions, no claim not so presented will be considered after the formal determination of credit, unless the work on which it is based was done after the previous claim was filed.

5. Private work.—Students are not permitted to gain credit by examination for work done privately or by correspondence while in residence at the University, unless written consent to the arrangement is obtained in advance from the Dean and the Departmental Examiner concerned.

6. Examinations.-Any claim considered by the Examiner as insufficiently certified is referred by him to the appropriate Departmental Examiner. An official statement regarding the claim is issued to the applicant, who is thus authorized to present the case for adjudication to the Departmental Examiner named thereon. No credits are recorded unless certified on this official credential. 7. Informal work.-A mature student may, upon application to the University Examiner setting forth clearly the conditions under which a course of study corresponding to a course offered in the University was pursued under noninstitutional direction, be granted permission to take for college credit at such time as it may be offered the regular quarterly examination conducted by the instructor offering the parallel course in the University. If the examination and such supplementary test as the instructor may require are passed with a grade of C or better, the credit will be recorded when reported by the instructor on the official blank supplied by the University Examiner. The amount of credit gained in such way shall not exceed 9 majors and shall be deducted from the total amount of non-resident work which may be counted toward a degree.

8. Professional and technical work.-Credit toward the Baccalaureate degree may be allowed for professional courses in Law, Medicine, Education, or Theology, and for courses in engineering and in the fine and industrial arts, on the following conditions: (a) The amount of work which may be credited is an approved sequence of not less than three nor more than nine (in Medicine, eighteen) majors, not all of which need be professional or specialized courses. (b) No course shall be credited unless preceded by those fundamental subjects a knowledge of which is prerequisite to its proper development. (c) Not more than one-thrid of a sequence may be in subjects devoted to the development of technique. (d) Credit in professional subjects must in all cases be approved by the Dean of the corresponding professional school in the University, who for this purpose acts as a Departmental Examiner, or delegates the work to special examiners (see preceding paragraph). The foregoing refers to formal courses of instruction. It is not possible to assign credit for experience in the practice of any profession.

9. Requirements for degrees.-(See p. 110.)

C. ADMISSION AS UNCLASSIFIED STUDENTS

Persons at least twenty-one years of age, not seeking a degree, may be admitted through the office of the University Examiner to the courses of instruction offered in the University, as unclassified students, on the following conditions:

1. They shall present (a) credentials showing the completion of work equivalent to the admission requirements of the colleges, or (b) evidence of successful experience as a teacher or other valuable educative experience in practical life.

2. Each applicant shall present by certificate or examination evidence of training in English at least equivalent to the admission requirements of the colleges in that subject. This requirement may be waived in the case of foreign students of ability who have a sufficient knowledge of the English language to profit by the instruction offered.

3. They enter the University for the purpose of making a study of a definite subject or group of subjects for which adequate preparation has been received. In case of doubt as to the applicant's ability to pursue successfully the work desired, the approval of the instructor to whose courses admission is sought, or of an official representative of the department concerned, will be required.

4. They shall give satisfactory reason for not classifying and working for a degree.

5. They may not register for elementary courses only, i.e., courses intended primarily for first-year college students.

6. They are subject to the general regulations pertaining to other undergraduates, including attendance at chapel assembly and work in Physical Culture. 7. They are ineligible for public appearance.

D. RELATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY WITH SECONDARY

SCHOOLS

The University desires to promote such correlation of primary, secondary, and collegiate work that contribution may be made from every point of view to the study of educational problems of common interest, and that the utmost economy of educational effort may be attained. With this end in view, the University attempts to arrange for systematic and intimate relations with preparatory and other secondary schools. The types of relationship possible vary with the circumstances of institutions. In general, they may be classed under the head of

co-operation.

The administration of the relation of co-operation is as follows:

1. The University will undertake to visit a limited number of schools with a view to determining whether such schools may have a place in its list of approved schools. The formal approval will be granted by the Board of Admissions, upon a joint recommendation of two visiting officers of the University. In the case of a school already approved by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, or by another association of like character, one visit by an officer of the University is sufficient.

2. Graduates of schools thus approved are admitted to the University upon credentials signed by the principal and the instructors in the various subjects in which credit for admission is sought.

3. The character of the work of students so admitted to the University is taken as a further test of the work of the preparatory school, and the records of the first year's work of his new students in college are sent to each principal.

4. One scholarship is awarded each year to each of the high schools of Chicago; twenty-five scholarships have been provided for distribution among

co-operating schools outside of Chicago, to be assigned to candidates recommended by their principals. These are strictly honor scholarships, and are awarded only to students who are able to enter the University, and upon credentials showing that the student has maintained a high standard of scholarship in his preparatory course. Each of these scholarships secures to the student tuition for one year (three quarters) at the University. (See p. 86.)

5. Each year, there is held at the University a joint conference of all cooperating schools, in which all principals and teachers participate. This conference is in part of a general character, and in part departmental, the program being arranged by a joint committee from the University and related schools.

6. At the same date with the Conference (a) an oratorical contest occurs at the University of Chicago. Each co-operating school may send to this contest one boy and one girl. The successful contestants are awarded a scholarship for one year in the University of Chicago. (b) Seniors in co-operating secondary schools may enter competitive honor examinations in certain subjects held at the same date with the Conference. The successful contestants are entitled to a scholarship in the University for one year. (c) The trustees of the University have granted to teachers in co-operating secondary schools the privilege of pursuing studies at the University during the Summer Quarter at half the usual tuition rates. 7. A standing joint committee of members of the University Faculties and of experienced secondary-school principals and superintendents meets at the University two or three times a year to consider the relations between the University and co-operating schools.

8. Arrangements were completed in 1911, providing for visits to the classrooms of the University by instructors in co-operating secondary schools for the purpose of securing a more perfect mutual adjustment of effort, and a more complete utilization, in the college classes, of the results of well-directed secondaryschool training.

THE WORK OF THE COLLEGES

The College work is of three kinds: (a) Required in college of all candidates for a given degree. (b) Contingently required in college, i.e., if not presented on admission. (c) Elective: Normally about 18 majors in A.B., Ph.B. (Lit.), and S.B. curricula. This amount may be reduced because the entrance units fail to conform to advised grouping (p. 92).

NOTE. In the Curriculum of Commerce and Administration the student will elect in the Senior College one of four groups of required courses (Banking, Transportation, Trade and Industry, Journalism).

A. THE JUNIOR COLLEGES

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. The Junior Colleges include the first and second years of residence. After completing the requirements of the Junior Colleges and receiving the title of Associate, students pass for their third and fourth years to the Senior Colleges. For purposes of administration the work of the first two undergraduate years is organized in eight Junior Colleges, known specifically as: Arts College (men), Arts College (women), Literature College (men), Literature College (women), Philosophy College (men), Philosophy College (women), Science College (men), and Science College (women).

2. Chapel assembly. Students in the Junior Colleges meet in Chapel assembly, men on Mondays, and women on Tuesdays, at 10:15 a.m. Attendance is required.

3. 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.

4. Information in detail.-Information in detail concerning the organization, work, and regulations of the Junior Colleges may be found in the Undergraduate Handbook.

II.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ASSOCIATE'S TITLE

During his first two years the student is required to take:

1. Two majors of English (courses 1 and 3). English 1 must be taken in the first quarter of residence.

2. A "continuation group" of three consecutive majors taken in the first year, which, unless by special exception granted by the Dean, continues the work of either his principal or secondary admission group or of a subject in which he took one unit in the Senior year of high school. Careful consideration should be given to the choice of these courses.

3. Enough majors in each of the following "distribution groups" to make his total (high school+college) credit in each group four majors (=2 units).

I. Philosophy, History, and Social Science: Departments I-VI.

II. Modern Language other than English (all 4 majors in one language), Departments XIII, XIV.

III. Mathematics: Department XVII.

IV. Science: Departments XVIII-XXVIIIA.

The aim of the requirement in Group II is to secure for the student a reading knowledge of at least one modern language other than English. All candidates for a degree are required to pass an examination set to determine their ability to read French or German with reasonable ease and accuracy. Each student must present himself for such examination before the end of his second year of residence.

The student receives the title of Associate and is admitted to the Senior Colleges when he has completed 18 majors of work with at least 32 grade-points, including the fulfilment of the specified requirements as listed above, and has: (1) satisfied all admission requirements; (2) fulfilled any extra requirements imposed on account either of excessive absence or defective work in English; (3) secured credit for the two required courses in English (1 and 3); (4) secured 16 additional majors without postponing more than six required courses: if, however, the required majors exceed the normal 18, the excess requirements may also be transferred to the Senior Colleges; (5) fulfilled the requirement in Physical Culture (6 quarters, 4 half-hours a week).

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1. Chapel assembly. Students in the Senior Colleges meet in Chapel assembly Wednesdays at 10:15 A.M. Attendance is required.

2. Scholarships.-For scholarships and other aid to students, see p. 86.

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