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Professional Courses in Field of Concentration

The first-year course in the Department of Law or the first-year course
in the Department of Medicine, of this University, may be substituted for four
academic courses in the Field of Concentration. This substitution cannot be
made unless the candidate has spent three full sessions in the College of
Arts and Sciences of this University and has obtained credit for sixteen
courses, including:

1. The eight Required Courses (not less than six of which must be
completed at least two years before graduation). Exemption from Required
Courses, as provided above, increases the student's freedom of election,
but does not reduce the total number of courses (16) which must be
completed in the College.

2. A program of four courses, to be taken during the candidate's third
year in the College, and to be approved in writing before registration by
an adviser designated by the Dean of the College.

3. Electives, chosen from courses in the Academic Schools for which
the candidate has adequate preparation.

A candidate who includes the first-year course in Law or Medicine in
his Field of Concentration is exempted from the Final Comprehensive Examination.