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The Master's Degrees.

A candidate who has received a baccalaureate degree from this university,
or who has fulfilled the conditions above specified under Entrance
Requirements, is entitled to a Master's degree upon his successful completion
of four graduate courses, chosen in accordance with the restrictions
detailed below:

No C course may be counted for a Master's degree unless preceded by
a B course or courses in the same subject aggregating at least six session-hours;
or, in case only one three-session-hour course is offered in that subject,
by one B course in that subject and a second B course in the same
Group, chosen with the approval of the professor in charge of the C course
in question.

No C course which a candidate has offered as part of the work credited
for baccalaureate degree may be counted for a Master's degree.

A candidate must take at least two graduate courses during the last
year of his work for a Master's degree, and no candidate may receive this
degree until at least one year after he has received his baccalaureate degree,
except by special consent of the Academic Faculty.

The degree of Master of Arts is conferred upon a Bachelor of Arts who
has successfully completed four graduate courses, chosen with the approval
of the Academic Faculty. These four courses must be in at least three
distinct subjects, and in three different academic Schools, except by special
order of the Academic Faculty. Three of the subjects must be cognate,
which means that they must be selected from kindred groups of subjects,
such as, for example, languages and literature, or mathematics and natural
science, or history, economics, and philosophy, or philosophy, education,
and biology.

The degree of Master of Science is conferred upon a holder of the cultural
degree of Bachelor of Science, who has successfully completed four
graduate courses chosen in accordance with the regulations prescribed for
the Master of Arts above.

The degree of Master of Science in a Special Subject, the name of which
is inscribed on the diploma, is conferred upon a holder of the vocational
degree of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, who has successfully
completed four graduate courses selected from among those offered in his
special subject, or from among other courses which meet with the approval
of the professor or professors in charge of his special subject.