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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, 10:30-1:00—Peabody
Hall.

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

— —, Acting Dean of the Department of Graduate
Studies, July 1 to September 1.—Graduate House—West Lawn. Office
hours, 11:30-12:30, first term; 9:30-10:30, second term.

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., 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 Departments of Graduate
Studies and 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 degree.
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 grades. 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 3. 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 1. This is necessary in order that credits may
be checked, caps and gowns ordered, diplomas engraved, etc.