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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Id. Meteorology. To be recommended for candidacy for the
doctor's degree in Meteorology the applicant must pass the following
subjects with a grade of C or better:
Ma. 14 Vector Analysis
AE. 266 a b Theoretical Aerodynamics I
Ph. 211 Thermodynamics
and one of the following subjects:
Ma. 114 a b Introduction to Mathematical Analysis
EE. 226 a b Engineering Mathematical Physics
2. In general a student will find it necessary to continue his graduate
study and research for two years after admission to candidacy,
and will be expected to have had six months or more of practical work.
D. GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
I. To be admitted to candidacy for the doctor's degree in the
Division of the Geological Sciences the applicant must have shown
more than average ability in mastering the previous geological,
paleontological, and geophysical subjects.
2. The applicant for admission to candidacy may be required to
take a qualifying examination which may be oral, or written, or both.
3. After admission to candidacy, students must in general pursue
advanced study and research for a minimum of six terms, or approximately
two years (counting each summer of field work as a term).
4. Candidates are required to take two oral examinations after
admission to candidacy. The first, termed the general examination,
tests knowledge in a specified number, but not all, of the various
branches of geology and paleontology, and may be taken at any convenient
time after admission to candidacy. The second, or final
examination, is principally, but not entirely, a defense of the doctoral
thesis and a test of the candidate's knowledge in the specialized fields
of his major and minor subjects.
5. A first draft of the doctoral thesis with data, maps, and illustrations
complete must be submitted to the professor in charge not
later than February 1. Two copies of the final, revised thesis must be