REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION 



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Iowa. The Board on Secondary School Relations was appointed by the 

 Iowa State Board of Education. 



All questions with regard to inspection of the schools or their relation 

 to the three state institutions should be addressed to John E. Foster, 

 Inspector, State Board of Education, Des Moines, Iowa. 



REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE SEVERAL DIVI- 

 SIONS OF THE COLLEGE 



(For admission to Graduate Division, see page 68) 

 (For requirements for Non-Collegiate Courses, see page 351) 

 The requirements for admission are stated in terms of units. An 

 entrance unit is defined as thirty-six weeks of high school work in one 

 subject of study, with five class periods per week, each not less than forty 

 minutes in length. Each laboratory period should be at least eighty-five 

 minutes in length. Students desiring admission to the Freshman year must 

 present fifteen units. Of these, certain are required and the others may 

 be elective. 



*Units Required for Admission 



Groups 



1 English 



2 History, Civics, Economics 



3 Foreign Language** 



4 Mathematics 



Algebra 



Geometry, Plane 

 Geometry, Solid 



5 Natural Sciences 



6 Additional requirements in 



the above groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 

 and 5 : of these groups 

 two must have 3 units 

 each, and the five groups 

 much have a minimum 

 total of 11 units 



Division Division Division 

 of of of 



Home 

 Agriculture Engineering Economics 



Division Division 



of of 



Industrial Veterinary 



Units 



3 

 1 



Units 



3 

 1 



2 



Units 



3 

 1 



Science 

 Units 



Medicine 

 Units 



Minimum total 

 7 Electives 



Total units required for 

 admission 



15 



15 



15 



15 



15 



*A student may enter by meeting either the old or the_new requirements until 

 he registers for the year 1919, when the new requirements will be in full force. 



** In the divisions of Engineering and Industrial Science the two required units 

 must be in one foreign language. In the other divisions the students are urged to 

 meet this standard. 



