Catalogue of the officers and students for 1869-70 : with a general description of the University / University of Michigan.

  • University of Michigan
Date:
1870
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Credit: Catalogue of the officers and students for 1869-70 : with a general description of the University / University of Michigan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The University of Michigan is situated in Ann Arbor, on the Michigan Central Railroad, 37 miles from Detroit. There are three Departments of the University, as follows; the Department of Science, Literature, and the Arts; the Department of Medicine and Surgery ; the Department of Law. The Department op Science, Literature and the Arts, is devoted to liberal education and discipline. The studies are so arranged as to constitute six courses of study, as follows: The Classical Course, the Scientific Course, the Latin, or Greek, and Scientific Course, the Course in Civil Engineering, the Course in Mining Engineering, the Course in Mechanical Engineering. The Degrees conferred for these courses respectively are, for the first, A. B.; for the second and third’ B. S.; for the fourth, C. E.; and for the fifth and sixth, M. E., (Mechan- ical Engineer, or Mining Engineer.) Students who do not wish to ' pursue either of the above courses, if they are prepared to enter the ' University, may pursue selected studies, for such a length of time as i they may choose. Those who desire it may pursue a special course in ! Analytical Chemistry, having regular work in the Laboratory. There is also a speeial Course of Study in Pharmacy. See page 54. Post graduate courses arc provided for such graduates of this or any other University as may desire to study for the second degree. For programme of courses see page 48. The Dep.\rtment op Medicine and Surgery presents all the i advantages of a fully furnished and first-class Medical School. The ] instruction is mostly carried on by lectures, and the students arc enabled, by availing themselves of the advantages presented, to compose the theses and pass the examinations which are to test their scholarship and prove them worthy of graduating as Doctors of Medicine. There !