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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. 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.

Note—Each graduate student is urged to consult with the professor of the Major Subject,
and to have his course of study finally arranged and approved before registering in
Peabody Hall.

No student may enter a graduate course for credit after three days.

No graduate student is entitled to a special examination on any course in the Summer
Quarter on which his or her grade has been unsatisfactory. This deficiency may be made
up during another summer or in the regular session.

Final approval of candidacy will depend upon the record made during the
first term or quarter of residence.

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 of foreign language credit are required.

Candidates for degrees at the Summer Quarter Commencement must
hand in their these by August 1 and take their final comprehensive examinations
as soon as their theses have been approved.