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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 under-graduates;
those marked D are for graduates only, and usually for advanced graduate students,
candidates for the Ph.D. degree. 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,
Portugese, 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.