Chicago Economics. General Regulations for Ph.D., 1903

University of Chicago
The Regulations of the University of Chicago
(Chicago, 1903)

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ARTICLE VIII. INSTRUCTION.

Section 1.—Courses of instruction provided by the University are organized under the following Departments:

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The Schools and Colleges of Arts, Literature, and Science.

I.           Philosophy.
II.         Political Economy.
III.       Political Science.
IV.       History.
V.         The History of Art.
VI.       Sociology and Anthropology.
VII.      Comparative Religion.
VIII.     Semitic Languages and Literatures-
IX.        Biblical and Patristic Greek.
X.         Sanskrit and Indo-European Comparative Philology.
XI.       The Greek Language and Literature.
XII.      The Latin Language and Literature.
XIII.     The Romance Languages and Literatures.
XIV.     The Germanic Languages and Literatures.
XV.       The English Language and Literature, and Rhetoric.
XVI.     Literature (in English).
XVII.    Mathematics.
XVIIl.   Astronomy and Astrophysics.
XIX.     Physics.
XX.      Chemistry.
XXI.     Geology.
XXIA.  Geography.
XXII.   Zoology.
XXIII.  Anatomy.
XXIV.  Physiology (including Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology).
XXV.   Neurology.
XXVI.  Palæontology.
XXVII. Botany.
XXVIll. Pathology and Bacteriology.
XXXI.  Public Speaking.
XXXIl. Physical Culture and Athletics.
XXXIII.Military Science and Tactics.

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Section 2. — Courses of instruction are classified as Majors and Minors, and call for a specific number of hours per week, or the equivalent of the same, as follows: The Major course occupies four or five hours weekly for a Quarter (twelve weeks). The Minor course occupies four or five hours weekly for a Term (six weeks). The Double Major or Double Minor occupies double the [p. 26] weekly time for the Quarter or Term respectively.

1. Major and Minor courses in the Junior Colleges uniformly occupy five hours weekly.
2. In the Summer Quarter courses in all the Schools and Colleges occupy five hours weekly.
3. Seminar work is estimated in Majors or Minors not according to the number of hours occupied weekly, but according to the character of the work required. Determination of the credit value of the Seminar lies within the province of the instructor, subject to the approval of the Head of the Department.

 

Section 3. — The normal work of the student is three courses for each Quarter.

1. The student is permitted to take two Majors or their equivalent, or one Major, provided that he furnishes satisfactory evidence to his Dean that he is making the proper use of his time.
2. A student may take four Majors of work during a Quarter. In the case of an under- graduate student this is permitted only on approval of his recent instructors and the payment of an additional fee (see Art. XIII, sec. 7, no. 8).

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Section 13. — The courses of instruction in the Graduate Schools are elective, except as the election is modified by the previous choice involved in candidacy for a particular degree. (See Art. XI, sees. 4, 6, 8.)

1. Graduate work done in another institution is accepted as resident work in the University, provided that:
   1. The institution in which the work is done is of high standing; and
   2. Sufficient evidence is furnished that the particular work is satisfactorily performed.
   3. No work done in another institution is accepted in lieu of the minimum of one year of residence required for any degree.
2. Non-resident work may be substituted for resident work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy under the following conditions:
   1. The non-resident student is expected to matriculate at the University and spend the first year of the time required for the degree in residence, unless he satisfies the Head of the Department concerned that he can do the introductory work in a satisfactory manner though not in attendance.
   2. The non-resident work is performed under the general direction of the Head of the Department concerned.
   3. The final examination in all work leading to a degree is passed at the University.
3. No non-resident work is accepted in lieu of the minimum residence of one year required for the Master’s degree.

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Section 17. — At the close of each course of study an examination is held by the instructor, the particular time being officially announced in the Weekly Calendar.

1. Quarterly examinations are given in graduate courses at the discretion of the instructor. *

*(l) This does not entitle individual graduate students to exemption from the examination in courses in which the quarterly examination is held. (2) In case no examination is held in a graduate course it is understood that some paper, problem, or exercise is substituted for the examination in question.

2. If quarterly examinations are not given in graduate courses, instruction continues to be given until the last day of the Quarter.

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Section 19. — For regulations governing examinations for higher degrees, see Art. XI, sec. 6, no. 4, and sec. 9.

 

Section 20. — The following terminology is employed in recording the work of students:

 

A = 100 to 91.

B= 90 to 76.

C= 75 to 61.

D= 60 to 51.

E= 50 to 0.

1. “C” is the passing mark.
2. “D” requires a second examination…

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5. In the Graduate Schools all grades below “C” are equivalent to “not passed.”

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ARTICLE XI. GRADUATION, INCLUDING CANDIDACY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES.

Section 1. — A diploma or certificate conferring a degree or a title, or testifying to the completion of a course of study, is awarded to each student completing the requirements in a School, College, or Academy as follows:

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5. The degree of Master of Arts, Philosophy, or Science and of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate Schools.

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Section 3. — A student is admitted to candidacy for a higher degree in any School on the following general conditions:

1. If his undergraduate course is equivalent to that in the Colleges of the University (see sees. 4-6).
2. If he has been in residence one Quarter or more in the School.
3. On recommendation of the Department or Departments in which he wishes to work he is accepted by the Faculty of the School.
4. Graduates of approved institutions who become candidates for a higher degree are, as a general rule, allowed to depart from the regulations of the University for the Bachelor’s degree to the extent of three Majors, but no deficiency in quantity is allowed (see sees. 5 and 6).
5. Substitutes for the specified work required for the Bachelor’s degree of this University, to the amount of eight Majors reckoned by College standards, are granted to candidates for a higher degree:
   1. In the case of a student appointed to a Fellowship or Scholarship, when the substitution is recommended by the Department in which the principal work is done.
   2. In other cases, by a majority vote of the University Senate.

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Section 4. — The following special regulations condition admission to candidacy for the degrees in question :

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2. In the case of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in any School, the student has a reading knowledge of French and German certified to by the Departments of Romance and Germanic Languages in the University, and the subject for his dissertation is accepted by the Head of his principal Department.
3. A graduate student holding any Bachelor’s degree and devoting himself to any Department of study is admitted to candidacy for any Master’s degree, provided that, also, he has done the work required for a corresponding Bachelor’s degree in the University.

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Section 6. — Students admitted to candidacy for higher degrees obtain them on the following general conditions :

1. Resident graduate work as follows : for the Master’s degree, three Quarters ; for the Doctor’s degree, three years, or, in the Graduate Divinity School, four years. (See special provision in sec. 7, nos. 6-8.)
2. Registration during the Quarter in which the examination for the degree takes place.
3. The successful completion of a course of study acceptable to the Department in which the work is done. For special curriculum requirements, see sec. 8.
4. The passing of a final examination, written [p. 40] or oral or both, at the discretion of the examining committee. For special examination requirements see sec. 9.
5. The preparation and presentation of a satisfactory dissertation, except in the case of the non-specialist Master’s degree (see sec. 8, no. 3). For special dissertation requirements, see sec. 10.
6. The favorable report of the examining committee, the recommendation of Ruling Bodies concerned, and the conferring of the degree by the Board of Trustees through the President.
7. Presence in person at the Convocation at which the degree is given.

 

Section 7. — Special regulations governing the term of residence necessary for graduation are as follows :

1. No degree is given without at least one year (three Quarters) of full resident work.
2. Students who have taken a degree for two years’ work in schools under the supervision of the University may take the title of Associate after a Quarter of residence at the University.

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6. Students presenting advanced credit shorten the time required for residence for certain degrees. (See Art. VI, sec. 13 ; Art. VIII, sec. 13, no. I, and sec. 14, no. 7.)
7. Non-resident work accepted in lieu of work in residence shortens the time required for residence. (See Art. VIII, sec. 13, no. 2, sec. 14, no. 4.) Non-resident work cannot be accepted as affording any time credit in the course for the medical degree.
8. In exceptional cases the degree of Doctor of Philosophy may be granted after one year of residence at the University of Chicago, work having been done in other institutions.

 

Section 8. — Special regulations governing the curriculum are as follows :

1. Each Department of instruction decides what courses of instruction are accepted in its Department for higher degrees.
2. Work done in other universities may be substituted for work in the University according to the regulations found in Art. VI, sec. 13; Art. VIII, sec. 13, no. 1, sec. 14, no. 7.
3. If the degree of Master in the Graduate Schools be taken as a specialist degree, at least seven Majors of resident graduate work, all falling in one Department, and a dissertation, are required. If it be taken as a non-specialist degree, there are required nine Majors of resident graduate work distributed among three Departments (not more than six Majors falling in any one group of Departments), without a dissertation; but the respective Departments must approve in writing, in advance, at the time of the student’s admission to candidacy, the specific courses to be offered for the degree, and any Department is at liberty to require other courses to be taken as preliminary to those thus approved. In any case Seminar courses are counted toward the Master’s degree only by special consent of the Department concerned.

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6. For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate Schools the requirements are :
   1. One principal and either one or two secondary subjects are chosen, each acceptable to the head of the Department concerned.
   2. Not more than two-thirds of the work may be done in one Department, and work counting toward the degree in not more than three Departments, except when such work is accepted as equivalent to work done in the Department itself.
   3. The minimum requirement in a secondary subject taken by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is one year (three Quarters) of full work (that is to say, work corresponding, in the judgment of the Department, to nine Majors).
   4. The candidate who has already done in another university the whole or a part of the work which would be accepted by the proposed secondary Department in this University as sufficient, takes, nevertheless, an amount of work in that Department corresponding to at least three Majors; and this work is of a strictly advanced character.
   5. If a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy takes two secondary subjects, the minimum requirement is two-thirds of a full year’s work in one of them (that is to say, work corresponding, in the judgment of the Department concerned, to six Majors), and one-third of a full year’s work in the other (that is to say, work corresponding, in the judgment of the Department concerned, to three Majors); and of these amounts at least three Majors in each subject are of a strictly advanced character.
   6. A good command of literary expression and such knowledge of subjects considered fundamental as may be prescribed by the several Departments is required.

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Section 9. — Special regulations governing the examination preliminary to obtaining degrees are as follows :

1. The public oral examination for the degree of Master or of Doctor of Philosophy is conducted by an examining committee (see no. 2), and does not exceed two hours in length in the case of the Master’s degree and three hours in the case of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Notice of the same is published in the Weekly Calendar at least one week in advance.
2. The Examining Committee consists of all the instructors of the Departments concerned, ex officio, and one or more members appointed by the President. The President also names the chairman of the Committee. In all examinations for the Doctor’s degree in Greek and Latin the members of all Departments represented in the Classical Group are understood to be included in this regulation as “Departments concerned.”
3. The oral examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is taken within four months after the approval of the dissertation, unless the time be extended by the Senate upon the recommendation of the Heads of the Departments concerned. (See no. 6 below.)

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4. The candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is admitted to final examination only when the thesis is complete and ready for the printer (see also sec. 10). By “complete ” is meant that every chapter or considerable subdivision of the document is worked out with such fulness that it is practicable to make all the necessary corrections and additions on the proof.
5. No examination for a higher degree is held within the last week before the Convocation at which the degree is to be conferred.
6. The candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy may present himself for examination in his secondary subject as soon as he has fulfilled the requirements of the Department concerned. The examination is conducted by a committee consisting of the members of the Department, a representative of the principal Department, and a representative of another Department, and the grade attained is reported to the Recorder.
7. In case a candidate has already taken the examination in his secondary Department, the examination in his principal subject is conducted by an Examining Committee consisting of the members of the Department concerned, an appointed representative of the secondary Department, or each of them, by any other members of the said Department that may choose to attend, and by a member of some other Department appointed by the President.
8. The candidate for any final examination for the higher degree prepares a typewritten or printed brief of his work, including an analysis of the dissertation, and files with the Recorder copies of the same, sufficient in number for the Examining Committee, one week before the time set for the examination. In case of an examination in the secondary Department, the brief includes the work in this Department. The brief for the final examination includes the work of both Departments.

 

Section 10. — Special regulations governing the dissertation in the case of the higher degrees are as follows:

1. Students who have reached their third year of graduate study and are, in the judgment of the instructors concerned, prepared to enter upon the direct work of the thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy may, within the judgment of the Department in which the thesis is to be presented, be free for that work. In this case the usual fees are paid.
2. The subject of the dissertation in the case of the Doctor’s degree in the Graduate Schools is submitted for approval to the Head of the Department at least twelve months before the date of the final examination.
3. The dissertation itself is submitted in written form four months before the date of the final examination (unless postponement is authorized by the Senate upon recommendation of the Head of the Department concerned).
4. Dissertation work may be done in collaboration with the instructor on the following conditions:
   1. The student should be given the choice of selecting a second subject on which he is allowed to publish alone.
   2. The student submits a written dissertation on such part of the joint work as was allotted to him for original investigation, on the basis of which he desires to receive the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
   3. This dissertation should be printed separately.
   4. Should the joint paper appear before the dissertation is printed, or should it be unavoidably delayed, the time allowed for the printing of the dissertation may be suitably extended at the request of the instructor.
5. Dissertations for the degree of Master and of Doctor of Philosophy, after receiving the approval of the Departments concerned, are [p. 43] deposited in the Library at least three weeks before the date of the Convocation at which the degrees are to be conferred, and notices of the dissertations thus deposited are given to the Faculties concerned.
6. In the title-page required for all dissertations the official name of the University is placed at the head of the title-page, and the name of the Department to which the dissertation is offered is designated in marks of parenthesis at the end of the statement that the dissertation is offered in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The proper form is as follows :

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The University of Chicago
FOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
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(Title) ______________________________________

___________________________________________

A DISSERTATION

SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY
OF THE

(GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE)
(OGDEN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE)
(GRADUATE DIVINITY SCHOOL)

IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

(Department of___________________)

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BY

(Name of Author) ______________________________________

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_____

_____

19—

__________________

 

7. A brief of the dissertation accompanies the brief of work required. (See sec. 9, no. 8.)
8. A dissertation is required for the Master’s degree in the Graduate Schools when it is taken as a specialist degree. (See sec. 8, no. 3.) In this case the subject is submitted for approval to the Head of the Department in which the principal work is done, at least six months before graduation, and the completed dissertation at least two months before graduation. The title page of the Master’s dissertation must, in form, agree with that of the Doctor’s dissertation. The paper on which the dissertation is written is of uniform size (8½ × 11 inches), and of a quality approved by the Librarian of the University, from whom samples are obtained. Five printed or typewritten copies are deposited in the University Library. A copy for preservation in the Library is bound in dark cloth and shows the title of the thesis, either stamped on the cover in gilt lettering or written out on a slip and pasted on the outside covering.

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11. For the relation of the dissertation to admission to the examination and to recommendation for the degree, see sees. 9, no. 4, and 11, nos. 3 and 4.
12. After acceptance, one hundred printed copies of the dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are deposited in the Library within six months after the date of the final examinations. These copies become the property of the University. (See Art. II, sec. 14, no. 15, and Art. XV, sec. 9, no. 2.) Two copies of each thesis are offered bound in boards in a style approved by the Librarian of the University, from whom samples may be secured upon application.

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Section 12. — Special regulations governing recommendation for higher degrees are as follows:

1. The Departments concerned recommend to the proper Faculties, the Faculties to the University Senate, and the Senate to the Board of Trustees.
2. In no case is a candidate recommended for a higher degree without the consent of all the Departments concerned.
3. The degree of Master (specialist, and in the Divinity School) is recommended only after the proper number of copies of the dissertation have been deposited with the Librarian. (See sec. 10, no. 8.)
4. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is recommended only on a written certificate of the principal Department concerned that the thesis is ready for the printer, and on the written evidence of some responsible journal or publisher that the required number of printed copies will be furnished the University within a reasonable time.

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Section 14. — Four grades of excellence are distinguished for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, namely : (1) rite; (2) cum laude; (3) magna cum laude; (4) summa cum laude. The grading is based both upon the examination and the dissertation.