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Professional Course in Field of Concentration

The first-year course in the Department of Law, of this University, may
be substituted for four academic courses. 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).

2. Eight courses in the Field of Concentration, six of which must be
passed by all candidates for the degree. The remaining two courses will
be prescribed by an official adviser for the School of Commerce: The six
Required Courses are as follows: Economic Geography B1, Economics B1,
Economics B2, Economics B3, Economics B4, Economics B5.

3. Such additional courses as may be necessary to make up the required
sixteen, which must be approved in writing by an official adviser for
the School of Commerce.

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