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CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY.
Admission to the advanced University courses as a
candidate for this degree will be granted any B. A. or M. A.
of this institution or of any other institution of learning,
provided in the latter case the Faculty are satisfied with his
preliminary training. The Faculty will accept as evidence
of this adequate general education the degree of B. A., or
that of M. A. of any reputable chartered college or university,
but the Academic Faculty will pass, if necessary,
upon the standing of the institution in question.
The preparation of the candidate for entrance upon the
Ph. D. courses in the particular subjects selected shall be
passed upon by the Academic Faculty on the basis of a
report from the professors in charge of the schools selected.
These professors may satisfy themselves of such preparation
by any test they see fit to apply, including a formal examination
if they deem this necessary.
The preparation required shall be substantially equivalent
to that of a student graduating in the M. A. courses
of each of the two schools in question.
Requirements for the Degree.—At least two years of
special advanced work is required after admission to candidacy
under the conditions above stated. It is required of
in the case of a professor in a chartered institution of learning
whose department embraces the studies elected by him:
of such a candidate but one year of residence is required.
It should be clearly understood that this period of candidacy
represents a minimum requirement only. The degree does
not depend upon any allotment of time, but upon the completion
of advanced work of a specified amount and
character, the determination of which is in each school left
to the professor at its head. Work must be elected in two
subjects belonging to two distinct schools; one of these
subjects shall be designated as the major; the election of
work and the choice of a major subject shall be submitted
to the Faculty for its approval.
On the completion of the approved courses of study
the candidate shall submit and present for his approval to
the professor at the head of the school in which his major
study lies a dissertation showing independent research upon
or original treatment of some subject within the province
of his major study; this dissertation must be submitted not
later than the first day of May immediately preceding the
Final Day on which the degree is sought; on its approval
it must be printed and fifty copies deposited in the Library
of the University. On the acceptance of the dissertation
and the passage of the final examinations the degree shall
be conferred.
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