Faculty of Medicine : programme of courses, regulations for graduation, and bursaries and prizes open for competition : 1893-94.

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1893
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    and the degree of Bachelor of Medicine shall not be conferred on any person who does not at the same time obtain the degree of Bachelor of Surgery. II. Subject to regulations to be made from time to time by the University Court, the University may also confer diplomas in Special Branches of Medical and Surgical Practice on graduates of the University in Medicine and Surgery. III. Before commencing his medical studies, each student must pass a preliminary examination1 in (1) English, (2) Latin, (3) Elementary Mathematics, and (4) Greek or French or German: provided always that, in the case of a candidate whose native language is not English, an examination in the native language of the candidate may be substi- tuted for one in either French or German, and an examination in any other classical language for one in Latin or Greek.2 IV. The extent and standard of the preliminary examination shall be determined by the Joint Board of Examiners constituted under Ordin- ance, General, No. 8—[Regulations as to Examinations]—in accordance with the terms of that Ordinance. Under this Section the Joint Board have determined that for the Medical Preliminary Examination in October, 1893, the papers set in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics, shall be the same as those set on the lower standard in these subjects in the Arts Preliminary Examination ; and that the papers set in English, French, and German, shall be of a lower standard than those set in these subjects in the Preliminary Examination in Arts.3 A candidate for the Medical Preliminary may take the papers set on the higher standard for the Arts Preliminary in any of the subjects, and if he obtains a satisfactory percentage of marks, he shall be held to have passed the Medical Preliminary in these subjects. V. The preliminary examination is conducted in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance, General, No. 8—[Regulations as to Examina- tions]—and, subject to the provisions of the immediately succeeding section hereof, the entire examination must be passed at one and the same time. VI. A degree in Arts, or in Science (not being a degree honoris causa tantum), in any of the Universities of the United Kingdom, or in any 1 A Local Centre in connection with this Examination has been established in the University College of North Wales, Bangor. Candidates who prefer to sit for exam- ination there must intimate their desire when returning schedule of entry to Glasgow. Such Candidates are required, on taking their seats at Bangor, to pay to the College Authorities there a special fee of 5s. This is in addition to the ordinary fee, payaole at Glasgow, as mentioned at page 2S. The examinations are held simultaneously in Bangor and Glasgow'. “The candidate for the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery must have been registered in the books of the General Medical Council at least five years prior to the date of his graduation. In order to be so registered he must transmit to James Robertson, Esq., the Scottish Branch Registrar, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, together with a printed form of application, which may be obtained from the Assistant-Clerk (Matriculation Office), a certificate of having passed the Pre- liminary Examination. :t For details of Examination in Scptember-October, 1S03, see pp. 26-28.