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The point of contact between the college and the university is the senior year of the college, during which year 

 students in the college pursue their studies, with the consent of the college faculty, under one or more of the faculties of the 

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I. THE COLLEGE. 



The college has a curriculum of four years' duration, lead- 

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 mission to the college must be at least fifteen years of age, 

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 ulars concerning which may be lound in the annual Circular 

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II. THE UNIVERSITY. 



Pedagogically, the Faculties of Law, Medicine. Applied 

 Science, Political Science, Philosophy and Pure Science, 

 taken together, constitute the university. Tliese faculties 

 ofier advanced courses of study and investigation, respect- 

 ively, in [a) private or municipal law, (6) medicine, (c) ap- 

 plied science, id) history, economics and public law, (e) phil- 

 osophy, philology and letters, and (/) mathematics and 

 natural science. Courses of study under one or more of 

 these faculties are open to members of the senior class in 

 the college and to all students who have successfully pur- 

 sued an equivalent course of undergraduate study to the 

 dose of the junior year. These courses lead, through the 

 Bachelor's degree, to the university degrees of Master of 

 Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. The degree of Master of 

 Laws is also conferred for advanced work in law done under 

 ■the facilities of Law and Political Science together. 



III. THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. 

 The faculties of Law, Medicine and 'Applied Science, con- 

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2. The College of Physicians and Surgeons, founded in 

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S. The School of Jlines, established in 1864, offers courses 

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