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Graduates of the college who have not completed the requirements for a 

 first-grade certificate are granted a third-grade state certificate by the Edu- 

 cational Board of Examiners. Anyone expecting to enter teaching, even 

 temporarily, is urged to secure full information with reference to certificates 

 by inquiry from the head of the department of agricultural education. The 

 requirements for certificates are gradually being raised, not only in Iowa, but 

 in surrounding states, and information as to requirements is kept available. 



SPECIAL STUDENTS 



Students taking special work in any of the College courses must be at least 

 twenty-one years of age, must give good and satisfactory reasons for desir- 

 ing such classification, and must furnish satisfactory evidence that they are 

 thoroughly prepared to pursue the work chosen. Permission to take such 

 special course and the subjects included therein depends upon the approval 

 of the President of the College and the Dean or Head of the Department in 

 which the student seeks enrollment. 



Permission to take a special course will not be granted to students until 

 they have completed the Freshman year of some one of the courses offered, 

 and then only for a period not to exceed two years. Exceptions to the regu- 

 lation requiring the completion of the Freshman year, and to the rule limit- 

 ing the special course to two years, will be made in case of persons of ma- 

 ture years who desire to take a particular line of scientific or technical work, 

 and whose application to take such course is approved by the Faculty of the 

 Division in which the student seeks enrollment, and by the President of the 

 College. 



Special students are subject to the same rules governing conditions on 

 back work as apply to all other students. The standard prerequisites for 

 advanced work are subject to limited modification with the approval of the 

 Dean of the Division in which the student is classified. A student wishing to 

 change from a regular to a special or irregular course, either in the same or 

 another department, will not be permitted to change from one course to an- 

 other if he has a condition or a not pass in a subject not common to the two 

 courses; or if he has more than one condition or not pass in subjects com- 

 mon to the two courses. Special students, as well as regular students, are 

 subject to the conditions given under Requirements for Admission. 



It is the theory of special classification that students should be particularly 

 strong and well prepared to do thorough work in the studies they elect. A 

 high standard of scholarship will, therefore, be required of all who are thus 

 classified. 



Graduates of approved colleges, who are not candidates for a degree, may 

 take special work in this institution under the rules governing special stu- 

 dents, without having to complete the Freshman year in any of the college 

 courses. Permission to take such special courses and the subjects included 

 therein depends upon the approval of the President of the College and the 

 Dean or Head of the Department in which the student seeks enrollment. 



