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DEGREES

Students who desire to confer with representatives of the Faculties in regard
to their program of work leading to a degree can do so at the following hours:

Charles G. Maphis, Dean of the Summer Quarter, 10:30-12:30—Peabody
Hall.

John Calvin Metcalf, Dean of the Department of Graduate Studies, June 19
to July 1, 10:00-12:30—Graduate House, West Lawn.

Armistead Churchill Gordon, Acting Dean of the Department of Graduate
Studies, July 1 to September 2.—Graduate House—West Lawn. Office hours, first
term, 11:30-12:30; second term, 10:30-11:30.

J. C. Flippin, M.D., Dean of the Department of Medicine, or Dr. H. E. Jordan,
at University Hospital.

John Levi Manahan, Dean of the Department of Education, 11:30-12:30—
Room D, Peabody Hall.

George Oscar Ferguson, Jr., Assistant Dean of the College and Chairman
Committee on B.A. and B.S. degrees in the Summer Quarter, Administration Building,
East Lawn.

Other officers may be consulted by appointment.

Five degrees are offered candidates for graduation in the regular session
of the College. Two of these, the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science,
are cultural; the Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, the name of which is
inscribed in the diploma, the Bachelor of Science in Architecture, and the Bachelor
of Science in Commerce, are vocational degrees, designed for those who wish to
fit themselves especially for professional work. Appropriate courses taken in the
Summer Quarter count toward these degrees.

No course offered by a successful candidate for one cultural baccalaureate
degree can be offered by the same candidate as part of the work credited toward
another cultural baccalaureate degree, whether in the College or in the Department
of Education, nor can any work done to remove an entrance condition be counted
for any degree.

The Summer Quarter is an integral part of the University year. Courses
in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Department of Education,
are the same in character and in credit value as in any other quarter of the
University. Degrees are conferred upon men and women upon exactly the same
terms for work done in the Summer Quarter when the degree requirements are
fully met. 60 session-hours of undergraduate courses, exclusive of Physical Education,
taken in conformity with the requirements published herewith, are required
for the Bachelor's degree. Those who contemplate completing their degree requirements
in the Summer Quarter should keep clearly in mind, in estimating the time
that will be required, that the normal amount of credit which may be taken in one
Summer Quarter is 6 session-hours. To obtain a degree in the College of Arts
and Sciences an applicant must have been in residence as a college student for at
least one session of nine months or for at least three full Summer Quarters. The
last regular session or the last three Summer Quarters of candidacy must be
spent in residence in the College of this University.

Any course for which credit on a baccalaureate degree is allowed in this
University must be a complete course, that is, not a fraction of a course.
For example, one or two terms only of a three-term course cannot be counted
toward a degree. Similarly, when work is done elsewhere, one semester alone
of a two-semester course cannot be counted toward a dgree. However,
combinations of fractions of courses may be allowed to count as complete
courses with the approval of the Schools and Departments concerned.

Candidates for a degree who desire credit for work done at other colleges
must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students and must, in addition,
file with the Dean of the Summer Quarter a certificate covering the courses for
which college credit is desired. The certificate must be acceptable both to the
Dean of the Summer Quarter and to the Dean of the Department in which the
degree will be obtained. The certificate must bear the signature of an official
of the candidate's college and must specify the character and content of the
courses passed by the candidate and must give his grade. In every case the
candidate must spend at least three full Summer Quarters at the University in
order to meet the residence requirements.

The Master's degree may be obtained by properly qualified persons in three
Summer Quarters. In no case is this degree to be conferred upon any person
who has not attended and done graduate work three full Summer Quarters or
the equivalent time in the regular session of the University.

All persons who are looking forward ultimately to taking a degree through
summer work are urgently requested to file with the Dean of the Summer Quarter
an official statement of their entrance credits and work for which college
credit is desired.

Each applicant for a degree in the Summer Quarter who will complete
the degree requirements in the first term of the Summer Quarter must submit
to the Dean of the Summer Quarter for approval by the proper Committee on
Degrees, the program of work leading to the degree sought, not later than July 1
of the year in which the degree is to be obtained. If the degree requirements are
completed in the second term the application must be submitted not later than
August 8. Each student who expects to receive a degree at the close of the Summer
Quarter is required to leave his or her name with the Registrar of the Summer
Quarter on or before August 8. This is necessary in order that credits may
be checked, caps and gowns ordered, diplomas engraved, etc.