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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. For students in the Medical
Science Group, the M. D. degree will be accepted in lieu of a baccalaureate
degree. 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.

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.

As a prerequisite to full candidacy for a Master's degree, at least 6 collegiate
session-hours, or 12 semester-hours, of foreign language (ancient or modern)
credit are required. A reading knowledge of foreign languages may be attested
by an examination.