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68 GRADUATE DEPARTMENT.
Admission.
Graduates in the several courses of this University, or of other in
stitutions in which the requirements for the baccalaureate degree are
substantially equivalent, may, upon the recommendation of the Com
mittee on Graduate Work and Advanced Degrees, be admitted to the
graduate department. Such applicants may further be admitted to
candidacy for the Master's and Doctor's degree on recommendation
of the same committee, in case the previous course of study and prepa
ration in the major and minor subjects to be pursued, is accepted as
adequate by the departments concerned. Graduate students who are
not candidates for a degree, as well as those who are, are required to
work under the direction of a special committee of the University Fac
ulty, appointed for the purpose of supervising and directing their
work. Tuition fees are charged in all cases, including candidacy for
degrees in absentia.
Applications for admission to the graduate department are to be ad
dressed primarily to the Dean of the University Faculty. Full details
should be forwarded of the candidate's previous course of study, the
degree desired, and the special preparation already had in the major
and minor subjects to be pursued.
The applicant would naturally communicate also with the professors
in whose departments he intends to study, as they must ultimately
approve of his application.
In acting upon an application for graduate work, the first question
to be decided is whether the degree already taken by the applicant is
substantially the equivalent of one of the degrees given at this Uni
versity, so that the applicant may be admitted to the graduate depart
ment. Full information upon this point is therefore required, includ
ing a general statement of the character of the course pursued, with
special reference to the amount of mathematics and languages. Blank
forms of application may be obtained from the Dean of the University
Faculty.
After this point has been decided, the second question is, whether
the applicant is qualified to enter upon advanced work in the special
departments of study in which the advanced degree is desired. In or
der to decide thisjquestion, a specific and detailed statement is to be
made of the previous course of study and preparation in the major and
minor subjects to be pursued. This statement is then submitted to
the departments concerned for approval.
Official evidence of all the above statements must ultimately be
presented.
After the status of the applicant is determined by the com-
general