STATE COLLEGES


experience for an assistant professor; 4 years of teaching experi-
ence and at least 2 years of graduate work for an associate pro-
fessor; and 4 years of teaching experience and an earned doctorate
for professorial rank. This ranking system was established in
1955.
  Programs of Instruction. All of the colleges offer the bachelor
degree to prospective high school teachers. Platteville also offers
the bachelor degree in engineering, both mining and civil. Ele-
mentary and kindergarten teachers receive their training at all
the colleges except Stout. Students who plan to be secondary school
teachers or to graduate with a liberal arts degree may select major
or minor work in 50 different areas of study. It has been esti-
mated that more than 4,000 separate courses are offered by the
colleges and for one student to take all of them would involve 311
years of study.
   All of the colleges offer major or minor work in: biology,
chemistry, English, foreign languages, mathematics, physical edu-
cation, physics, social science, and speech. Other areas of study
offered by from one to 8 of the colleges are: agriculture, art,
botany, business administration, business education, conservation,
dramatics, economics, fine arts, French, general science, geography,
geology, German, guidance, health education, history, home eco-
nomics, industrial arts, journalism, language arts, Latin, library
science, medical technology, education of mentally retarded, music,
natural science, nursing, philosophy, physical science, political
science, psychology, recreation, science, social studies, sociology,
Spanish, and zoology.
   All state colleges offer an 8-week summer session; and in 1961,
 more than 8,400 students attended the summer programs. In ad-
 dition, another 1,800 attended various short courses, institutes,
 and workshops held on the campuses and at Pigeon Lake and Trees
 for Tomorrow camps.
   Another 6,800 students were served in extension courses taught
 during the school year in scores of cities throughout the state.
   Graduate work leading to a master's degree is offered at La
 Crosse, Stout, and Superior. At La Crosse it is in the field of
 physical education; at Stout in home economics, guidance, audio-
 visual instruction, and industrial education; and at Superior in
 education. In addition, all State Colleges join with The University
 of Wisconsin in the co-operative master's degree program which
 was inaugurated in the summer of 1960.
   Trend in Enrollment. Since the low   post-war enrollment of
 6,450, the growth of the colleges has been steady. Some of the
 colleges have tripled in size within the past decade and the system
 as a whole has more than doubled since 1954. In the fall of 1961
 more than 18,500 students enrolled in the 9 colleges; most of
 them were residents of Wisconsin and interested in the teacher
 training divisions.


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