UNDERGRADUATE PREPARATION FOR PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

The Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences offers courses that are required for the study of law, medicine, dentistry, teaching, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and other professions. It provides supporting programs in the humanities, fine arts, the social sciences, and the natural sciences for students who are enrolled for professional programs in other undergraduate colleges on the campus, and for those students who may plan to enter postgraduate professional programs in other colleges.

In some instances it may be possible for the student to plan the use of undergraduate electives so that the time required for completion of a postgraduate professional program may be shortened by as much as one full year. Programs for which this may be done include:

The Master of Business Administration: For information and advice concerning this program see the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the College of Business Administration.

The Master of Social Work: For information and advice concerning this program see the Chairman of Studies in Social Work, or contact the Director of the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 33rd and University, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204.

In other pre-professional programs, the distribution of credits applied toward a degree in Fulbright College may require the consignment of a considerable portion of the available electives to prerequisite courses, and to courses that are in direct support of the undergraduate major area.

Interested students should contact the appropriate advisers early in the planning of such programs.

Pre-Law Program

The University of Arkansas School of Law does not prescribe a specific pre-law curriculum and does not require any single pre-law major but does recommend that prospective law students select baccalaureate majors best suited to individual interests and abilities. Interested students may consult the catalog of the University of Arkansas School of Law or one of the pre-law advisers for information concerning certain categories of courses which may be helpful to the study and practice of law.

Members of the Pre-Law Advisory Committee are: Professors Lynne Spellman, philosophy, (chair); L.L. Montgomery, English; J.N. Rogers, communication; D.A. Sloan, history; and James Miller, law (ex-officio). Students uncertain about a degree program should contact Carl Riley, pre-law adviser in the Fulbright Advising Center.

A baccalaureate degree is required for admission to the University of Arkansas School of Law, except for those students in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences who are admitted to the special six-year program referred to in the paragraph immediately following. All applicants for admission are required to take the Law School Admission Test. (See also page 268)

The University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville and the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences jointly administer a six-year program whereby highly qualified students may earn both the bachelor's degree and the Juris Doctor degree. Any student enrolled in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences during a spring semester shall be permitted to matriculate in the School of Law in the following fall semester if the admission complies with Section 1 of Part A of the law school's admission policies and if the student meets the following conditions:

1. At least 30 consecutive hours of course work in the Fulbright College;

2. At least 94 hours credited toward a bachelor's degree by the Fulbright College;

3. Completion of Fulbright college's requirements for a major in connection with the bachelor's degree;

4. A cumulative grade-point average in all college or university course work of at least 3.50, without grade renewal;

5. An LSAT score of at least 159 (or 625).

A student may substitute law school course work for the remaining total hours required for the bachelor's degree from Fulbright College. Formal application for the degree should be made to the Registrar. Information about the program may be obtained in the dean's office or the Fulbright Advising Center.