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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.