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INFORMATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS 113<br />
cility, who has shown ability in carrying on research and whose<br />
research subject has been approved by the chairman <strong>of</strong> the division<br />
concerned, and whose program <strong>of</strong> study has been approved<br />
by both his major and minor departments may on recommendation<br />
<strong>of</strong> the chairman <strong>of</strong> the division in which he is working be<br />
admitted by the Committee on Graduate Study to candidacy for<br />
the degree <strong>of</strong> Doctor <strong>of</strong> Philosophy.<br />
Examinations in French and German, prerequisite to admission<br />
to candidacy for the degree <strong>of</strong> Doctor <strong>of</strong> Philosophy, will<br />
be given on the fourth Friday <strong>of</strong> September and on the first<br />
Friday <strong>of</strong> December. Students expecting to file application for<br />
candidacy in December are advised to take the September examination,<br />
so that, if they have had inadequate preparation, they<br />
may enroll for the fall term in one <strong>of</strong> the regular language<br />
classes <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Institute</strong>. Students having taken regular language<br />
classes in the <strong>Institute</strong>, and having passed the examinations, may<br />
be exempted from further requirement. Graduate students may,<br />
in lieu <strong>of</strong> the examinations <strong>of</strong>fered in September or December,<br />
take the regular final examinations given at the end <strong>of</strong> anyone<br />
<strong>of</strong> the three terms.<br />
A regular blank is provided for making application for admission<br />
to candidacy. This blank may be obtained from the chairman<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Committee on Graduate Study, and the application<br />
must be on file in the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> the Registrar before the close <strong>of</strong><br />
the first term <strong>of</strong> the year in which the degree is to be conferred.<br />
The student himself is responsible for seeing that admission is<br />
secured at the proper time.<br />
(c) Examinations: A final examination is required <strong>of</strong> all<br />
candidates for the Doctor's degree. This examination, subject<br />
to the approval <strong>of</strong> the Committee on Graduate Study, may be<br />
taken at such time after admission to candidacy as the candidate<br />
is prepared, except that it must take place at least two weeks<br />
before the degree is to be conferred. The examination may be<br />
written or oral or both, and may be divided in parts or given all<br />
at one time at the discretion <strong>of</strong> the departments concerned.
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