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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Admission to the Department.—For admission to the Department of
Graduate Studies a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution
of collegiate rank is required, for men and women alike. In order to
become a candidate for a degree, the student must be advanced to candidacy
by the Committee on Rules and Courses upon formal application
as set forth below.

Final approval of candidacy will depend upon the record made during
the first term or quarter of residence.

Advancement to Candidacy for a Degree.—Any graduate student who
wishes to become a candidate for a degree must file with the Dean of the
Department his application on a blank form to be secured from the Dean's
Secretary. This application must include a proposed program of work
arranged in accordance with the requirements for the several degrees as
stated below, and must be accompanied, in case the applicant does not
hold an academic degree from this University, by an official transcript of
the applicant's academic record made out by the Registrar of the institution
from which the baccalaureate degree was received, and by a catalogue
of that institution, marked to show the courses of study pursued. The
application will be submitted by the Dean to the Committee on Rules and
Courses, who will consider it in conference with the professors concerned.
The Committee will have the right to require that the applicant add to his
program any courses, undergraduate or graduate, considered necessary to
supply his deficiencies, or to enable him to pursue with profit the courses
he has selected. When the program has been finally approved, the Dean
will report to the applicant his advancement to candidacy for a degree.

It should be distinctly understood that graduate degrees are not conferred
merely upon the basis of the number of courses passed, or of the
length of time spent in resident or non-resident work, but upon the basis
of the quality and scope of the candidate's knowledge and his power of
investigation in his chosen field of study. Candidates whose training and
attainments are inferior cannot expect to secure a degree in the normal
length of time estimated below for the respective degrees.