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GRADUATE DEPARTMENT. 69
mittee, he is then put under the supervision of the special committee
conducting the work which he desires to pursue. This special com
mittee is made up of the professors in charge of the work in the ma
jor and minor subjects. It has been decided by the Faculty that in
structors are not eligible for membership on the special committees
nor on the committees conducting examinations. The chairman of
the special committee, after consultation with the other members of
the committee, is assumed to represent their views of action, and to
be the regular channel of communication between candidates and the
general committee ; conveying or indorsing, for instance, petitions
from candidates, and forwarding recommendations for changes in the
announcements of major and minor subjects, or additions suggested to
the of membership the special committee itself, either for the guidance
of the work of candidates or to complete the number of examiners.
The function of the general committee is to decide matters of prece
dent or procedure or policy, securing Faculty action where necessary,
and to be the channel of communication between the special commit
tees and the University Faculty.
Advanced Degrees.
Courses of graduate study leading to advanced degrees are provided
in the following departments : Semitic Languages, Classical Archae
ology and History of Art, Comparative Philology, Greek, Latin, Ger
manic Languages, Romance Languages, English Literature and En
glish Philology, Philosophy, History and Political Science, Mathemat
ics and Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Arboriculture,
Entomology and General Invertebrate Zoology, Physiology and Verte
brate Zoology and Neurology, Anatomical Methods and Human Anat
omy, Microscopy and Histology and Embryology, Geology and Pa
leontology and Mineralogy, Agriculture, Horticulture, Veterinary
Science, Architecture, Civil Engineering, including Bridge, Railroad,
Sanitary, Hydraulic, and Geodetic Engineering, and in Mechanical
Engineering, including Electrical, Steam, and Marine Engineering,
Naval Architecture, and Railway Machinery.
Candidates for advanced degrees must present themselves for exami
nation in one major and two minor subjects (except for the Master's
degree, for which one major and one minor are required), which must
have been determined upon, with the approval of a committee of the
University Faculty, as early as October 15
of the year in which the
degree is expected to be given, if it be the Master's degree, or of the
year preceding that in which the degree is expected to befgiven, if it
be the Doctor's degree.