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to the principal and the number of them depends largely on the character
of the course as a whole and the general attainments of the candidate. In
general the Minor shall aggregate from a fourth to a third of the time
devoted to graduate study.

MaJsor PrRoFessor. One of the instructors in the department of the
Major is selected by the student as his Major Professor. The candidate
will consult the Major Professor in the selection and arrangement of a pro-
gram of work embracing both the major and minor fields. The Major Pro-
fessor will have immediate supervision of the thesis. The candidate should
consult with the Major Professor at suitable intervals. It is one of the
unique advantages of graduate life that a student comes into freedom of
association with older scholars who will seek to make his work profitable by
counsel and assistance and who will aid the student in acquiring for him-
self the discipline and method of independent scholarship.

DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS. The work of the Graduate School as a
whole is organized not only according to departments, but also according to
divisions, each of which includes allied departments. The requirements
fixed by a department or a division cannot be stated in terms at once specific
and uniform. Information about the special requirements of departments
or divisions is to be found in their separate announcements.

V. ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY. A student is not permitted to take the
final examination for the degree until he has been formally admitted to
candidacy by passing a preliminary qualifying test. The preliminary ex-
amination must be taken not less than one academic year in advance of the
date when the degree is expected to be conferred. Exceptions to this rule
may be made in individual cases upon recommendation of a division to the
Graduate Committee; and for the students who come to Wisconsin for their
last year of graduate work, arrangements will be made whereby the pre-
liminary examination can be taken in the early part of the academic year.

The candidate shall file with the Dean a formal application to be ad-
mitted to candidacy for the doctor’s degree. A blank form suitable for this
purpose is furnished by the Graduate Office and this formal application
should embrace the following statements: (a) Departmental recommenda-
tions of candidacy based upon a forma! written examination, or an oral
examination before a duly appointed committee, or such other substantial
test as the departments may elect. The nature of the test shall be stated
in the recommendations. (b) The scope of the proposed minors with the
approval of the professor who assumes charge of each minor. (c) The title
of the proposed thesis (subject to future verbal change) approved by the
Major Professor. (d) Certification that the French and German require-
ments have been met.

This application shall be submitted to the Graduate Committee, which
may reject it for cause, or may approve it and admit the student to candi-
dacy. With reference to time requirements imposed by the University, the
Graduate Committee may specify the earliest permissible date for the final
oral examination.

VI. FINAL EXAMINATION. The degree Doctor of Philosophy is not
granted for faithful study for a prescribed time or in fulfillment of a defi-
nite program, but on the ground of long study and distinct attainment in a
special branch of knowledge manifested by a final examination and by the
presentation of a thesis which gives evidence of original treatment of a
fitting subject and forms a contribution to knowledge.