Calendar: 1973-1974 Page 136

Faculties and Courses of Study Hi ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS Normally to qualify for admission to degree courses in the Faculty of Medical Science student must have passed the General Certificate of Education Advanced level examination in Chemistry Physics or Engineering Science and either Biology or Zoology or Mathematics Pure and Applied If Mathematics is offered without Zoology or Biology at Advanced level Biology is preferred at Ordinary level Exceptionally applicants offering other subjects will be considered on their merits and information about the range of acceptable subjects will be found in the Regulations for Degrees in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of London There are no facilities at King's College for supplementary instruction in the basic sciences as mentioned in the Conditions of Admission in the Regulations Provision is also made for graduates of other universities for persons holding professional qualifications and for those who qualify under alternative regulations see 'Regulations for Degrees in the Faculty of Medicine in the University of London COURSES AVAILABLE BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES AND PHARMACOLOGY It is proposed to introduce new course for entrants in October 1974 The changes that are now planned and which flow from the many recent enquiries into medical education have been arrived at in con- sultation with the three medical schools with which King's College is closely associated and are designed to meet the requirements of the Revised Regulations for of the University of London In the course of the last decade the traditional subjects of the second professional examination have themselves evolved and developed in way which would render their modern content quite unrecognisable to the predecessors of the student of to-day For these reasons signifi- cant alterations are being made in the time spent on Anatomy Bio- chemistry Pharmacology and Physiology and much thought given to the integration of the content of these subjects But the major change affects the length of the former course which is now extended from five to six terms While it is also true that no less than five new subjects appear in the time-table it may be claimed that four of these Biometry and Medical Statistics Genetics Psychology and Socio- logy represent formalising of elements of teaching which had already