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RESIDENCE AND GRADUATION. 57
hours of work throughout the two years, and in no term have fallen
below four hours.
Teachers' Certificates.
Certificates of scholarly fitness to teach, will, upon application on or
before June 1, be given to such graduates of the Academic Depart
ment as have successfully pursued the first course on the Science and
Art of Teaching, (see under Philosophy) or that portion of it which
relates to the general theory of education, together with the course on
the history of education, and have besides attained marked proficiency
in at least five hours of advanced work for two years, in each subject
for which the Teacher's certificate is given, in such subjects as offer
five or more hours of such work.
Thesis.
The thesis must represent some phase of the student's prin
cipal line of work during the later years of his course. The sub
ject of the thesis must receive the written approval of the professor in
charge of the study to which it appertains, and with such approval
must be left with the Registrar not later than the fifteenth day of
October by students in the general courses, and not later than the
second Friday of the second term by students in the technical courses,
in order to be announced, and accepted by the Faculty concerned,
without whose permission no change in the subject can thereafter be
made. In order to be acceptable, the thesis must have the character
of a scholarly dissertation on the subject chosen, or, in technical
courses, actual work in designing or research ; and if finally accepted
by the Faculty concerned, it will entitle the writer to a credit of two
hours a week for three terms of the senior year in the general courses,
or, in the technical courses, as specified elsewhere. The copy of the
thesis presented to the Faculty shall, if accepted, become the property
of the University. The merit of the thesis will be judged not only
from a technical point of view, but also from the point of view of its
literary workmanship ; and its merits, as judged from these two points
of view, will be taken into account in determining the standard of the
student for graduation. A standard form and size for theses has been
adopted, said size to be eight by ten and one-half inches.