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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
set for registration of students transferring from other colleges, and
on the afternoons of the first Fridays of December and of March.
Candidates may, in place of the above, take the advanced undergraduate
examinations offered at the end of each term. Students who
have credit for courses in languages taken"at the Institute and who
have a grade above average may be exempted from further requirement
after consultation with the language department.
Graduate students are permitted to audit all courses in the department
of languages. In general, however, it is desirable for students
without previous language study to take the class work in French
and German for at least the first term rather than to depend upon
studying it by themselves. Students expecting to file application
for candidacy in December are advised to take the September examination,
so that, if their preparation is inadequate, they may enroll
for the fall term in one of the language courses. No fee is charged
for these examinations.
Final examinations in their major and minor subjects are required
of all candidates for the doctor's degree. These examinations, subject
to the approval of the Committee on Graduate Study, may be taken
at such time after admission to candidacy as the candidate is prepared,
except that they must take place at least two weeks before
the degree is to be conferred. The examinations may be written or
oral, or both, and may be divided into parts or given all at one time
at the discretion of the departments concerned. The student must
petition for these examinations on a form obtained from the Dean
of the Graduate School. For special departmental regulations concerning
candidacy and final examinations, see Section VI.
5. Thesis: The candidate is required to submit to the Dean of
the Graduate School two weeks before the degree is to be conferred
two copies of a satisfactory thesis describing his research, including
a one-page digest or summary of the main results obtained.
With the approval of the department concerned, a portion of the
thesis may consist of one or more articles published jointly by the