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ORGANIZATION

The immediate direction of the Department of Graduate Studies is vested
in the Dean and an Administrative Committee of eight professors, appointed
by the President. The Faculty of the Graduate Department consists of
those professors in the Academic Schools and the Medical School who offer
graduate courses. Courses marked C are for graduates and advanced undergraduates;
those marked D are for graduates only. In the Department of
Medicine the regular courses are evaluated as C courses; elective, special
and research courses, and seminars as D courses. The prerequisites for
each course are indicated, varying from 6 to 12 session-hours of college work.
The various Schools, or departments, fall into four general divisions, or
groups, as follows:

Group I—Languages, Literature, Fine Arts and Music.

English, French, German, Greek, Latin, Spanish, Italian,
Portuguese, Biblical Literature, Architecture, Music.

Group II—Social and Philosophical Sciences.

Commerce, Economics, Education, History, Philosophy,
Psychology, Political Science, Sociology.

Group III—Mathematical and Natural Sciences.

Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics,
Physics.

Group IV—Medical Sciences.

Anatomy and Anthropology, Bacteriology and Preventive
Medicine, Biochemistry, Dermatology and Syphilology, Histology
and Embryology, Neurology, Pathology, Pharmacology,
Physiology and Surgery.