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PH. D. COURSE.

A student of German, having completed the B. A. and M. A. courses
as above outlined, is now prepared to enter upon studies more advanced

still. German and English combine admirably for the doctorate as
"major" and "cognate minor" to each other, either from the German
or from the English point of view. Conference with the Professor is
requested for the purpose of arranging the student's studies. If German
is elected, Gothic, systematically studied through Wright's Primer,
Bernhardt's Gotische Bibel and Skeat, is the foundation. Behaghel's
Hêliand (Saxon) may well follow this. A course in Old and Middle
High German, studied in the works and editions of Braune, Wright,
Sievers, Erdmann, and Henry, connects the Gothic and modern High
German, and gives ample philological as well as literary training to the
German specialist.

Frequent conference, stated examination, and original research form
essential parts of this course, which culminates in a dissertation on
some special linguistic or literary point connected with the study,
handed in before May 1 of the graduating year.

Ph. D. combinations suggested: German (major), English Language
(cognate minor), English Literature (second minor); English Language,
English Literature, German; English Literature, English Language,
German etc.