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tiun in other colleges may complete their agricultural education at 

 the University of Arizona without loss of time or credits in making 

 tiie change, and thus avail themselves of the opportunity to obtain 

 a working knowledge of the various types of farming practiced 

 under semi-arid conditions. For this reason, and also because of 

 the strong migration of new families into the Southwest, the larger 

 part of our agricultural student body enters with advanced credits, 

 some coming each year for their senior year's work. This condition 

 has been met by group requirements with a minimum of specific 

 requirements in the four years' course rather than a rigid sequence 

 of subjects which would be practicable only for those entering as 

 freshmen. Consistent with the requirements of four-year courses m 

 other Agricultural Colleges, about one-half of the total units neces- 

 sary for graduation are in the pure sciences on which agriculture 

 rests, in English and other modern languages, mathematics, draw- 

 ing, economics, and military tactics. A smaller number of units, 

 totaling 25, is required in a few specific agricultural subjects which 

 are considered essential in the successful pursuit of any line of 

 agricultural work. To insure that the student specializes sufficiently 

 to take a position in some particular field, a major of 16 additional 

 units in one of seven groups is required. The groups are agronomy, 

 horticulture, animal husbandry, agricultural chemistry, biology, 

 rural engineering, and economics. An additional 14 units chosen 

 from the major group or from other agricultural subjects are re- 

 quired to round out the student's purely agricultural training. The 

 balance of the 124 required units, amounting to six units, are free 

 electives. This elastic requirement permits the arrangement within 

 its limits of courses to meet the needs of the individual who wishes 

 to prepare for professional work, or to engage in farming, or who 

 comes from other colleges with his course nearing completion. 



A special four years' vocational teacher's course in Agriculture 

 is also offered for those who wish to qualify for service under the 

 Smith-Hughes Act. The essential difference between the voci- 

 tional teacher's course and the regular course is the substitution 

 of sufficient work in psychology and education to meet the State 

 requirements for a first-class teacher's certificate, and of cert'iin 

 desirable courses in agricultural education. 



The four-year courses are open to high school graduates and to 

 ])ersons 21 years of age who have not completed the usual entrance 

 reciuirements, such persons being permitted later to substitute col- 

 lege credits for deficiencies in preparation. To meet the urgent 



