II. PREMEDICAL COLLEGE COURSE.
The requirements given below are strictly minimum requirements. Premedical
students are advised to take more than thirty session-hours of college
work, either by spending an additional year in college or by taking thirty-three
or thirty-six session-hours during their two years as college students. Entrance
conditions of any kind whatsoever are absolutely prohibited and no substitution
can be allowed for any required subject.
In addition to the high-school work specified above, a candidate for admission
to the Department of Medicine must present evidence of the completion
of at least thirty session-hours of collegiate work in a college approved
by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical
Association. A session-hour is the credit value of one hour a week of
lecture or recitation or two hours a week of laboratory work throughout
a session of at least thirty-two weeks, exclusive of holidays. The subjects
included in the thirty session-hours of college work should be in accordance
with the following schedule:
Required Subjects:
1. Until January 1, 1921.
|
Session-hours. |
| Chemistry (a) |
6 |
| Physics (b) |
4 |
| Biology (c) |
4 |
| English Composition and Literature (d) |
3 |
Other non-science subjects, including one ancient or
modern foreign language (e) |
6 |
2. After January 1, 1921.
| Chemistry (a) |
8 |
| Physics (b) |
4 |
| Biology (c) |
4 |
| English Composition and Literature (d) |
3 |
Other non-science subjects, including one ancient or
modern foreign language (e) |
6 |
Subjects Strongly Urged:
French or German, Advanced Botany or Advanced Zoölogy, Psychology,
Advanced Algebra, Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry, additional
courses in Chemistry.
Other Suggested Electives:
English (additional), Economics, History, Sociology, Political Science,
Logic, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, Drawing.
