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and public health of the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology and other recognized in- 

 stitutions are likewise admitted and registered 

 as candidates for the certificate. 



Masters of civil engineering of Harvard 

 University who have specialized in sanitary 

 engineering and bachelors of science in sani- 

 tary engineering of the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology and other recognized in- 

 stitutions, who lack the necessary preparation 

 in medical and other sciences, are admitted 

 upon their records, but are required to spend 

 at least one year in preparation before being 

 accepted as candidates for the certificate in 

 public health. 



Other graduates of colleges or technical or 

 scientific schools are admitted to the school 

 without examination, provided their collegiate 

 courses have included adequate instruction in 

 physics, chemistry, biology, French and Ger- 

 man ; but, as a rule, they are required to spend 

 two or more years in preparation before being 

 accepted as candidates for the certificate in 

 public health. Applications for admission to the 

 school will be considered from those who have 

 spent at least two years in a recognized col- 

 lege or technical or scientific school and have 

 pursued satisfactory courses in physics, 

 chemistry, biology, French and German, and 

 also from persons of unusual experience or 

 special qualifications; but, as a rule, such per- 

 sons are required to spend two or more years 

 in preparation before being admitted as can- 

 didates for the certificate. 



Special students, not candidates for the 

 certificate in public health, who desire to fit 

 themselves for some special field are admitted 

 to the school, and may take any course or 

 courses for which they are properly qualified, 

 on approval of the administrative board. 



Women are admitted to the School for 

 Health Officers on the same terms as men, and 

 are equally eligible for the certificate in pub- 

 lic health. Women are admitted to many of 

 the courses given in the Harvard Graduate 

 School of Medicine, but not to undergraduate 

 courses in the Harvard Medical School. If 

 women require the latter courses they must be 



obtained elsewhere, preferably before entering 

 the School for Health Officers. 



As the school is now in its infancy no uni- 

 form curriculum is required of candidates for 

 the certificate in public health. Each student 

 is required to choose a schedule of courses to 

 meet his individual needs. In general, the 

 choice of studies must be such that the candi- 

 date on the completion of his course will have 

 covered in a broad way the subjects included 

 in the varied duties of a public health officer, 

 together with such allied subjects as anatomy, 

 physiology, pathology, biological chemistry, 

 sanitary biology, preventive medicine and 

 hygiene, demography and sanitary engineer- 

 ing. 



After a few years' experience it is probable 

 that some standard curriculum will be pre- 

 scribed, but the time for this has not yet ar- 

 rived, as the qualifications of the average stu- 

 dent on entrance remain to be learned. It is 

 probable also that different standard schedules 

 will be made for students who wish to prepare 

 for different fields of work. 



Every candidate for the certificate in public 

 health is required to complete satisfactorily 

 each course taken by him and, on the comple- 

 tion of his approved schedule, to submit to a 

 general oral examination by the administra- 

 tive board. This examination covers not only 

 his work in the school, but his previous studies 

 and experiences. Last year the oral examina- 

 tion of each student lasted at least two hours. 



The courses available in the school are not 

 restricted to those stated in the catalogue of 

 the school, but may include subjects in any 

 department of Harvard University or the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pro- 

 vided the work is in harmony with the objects 

 of the school and meets with the approval of 

 the instructor in charge of the course and of 

 the administrative board. Certain special 

 courses are given by instructors not otherwise 

 connected with either institution, and prac- 

 tical work may be taken in city, state and na- 

 tional health departments and in the hospitals 

 of Boston. As time goes on it is the intention 

 to increase the opportunities for this practical 

 work, or apprenticeship, which obviously is an 



