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‘ Bulletin of the

’ UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Graduate

School

VOLUME 43

JULY, 1951

NUMBER 7

ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION

HERMAN LEE DONOVAN, PH.D., LL.D., President
LE0 M. CHAMBERLAIN, M.A., PH.D., LL.D., Vice President
MARTIN MARSHALL WHITE, M.A., PH.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

“THOMAS POE COOPER, B.S., D.Sc., LL.D., Dean, College of Agriculture and
Home Economics

M’FRANI: JAMES WELCH, M.A., PH.D., Dean of the College of Agriculture and
Home Economics '

LEVI JACKSON HORLACHER, M.S., Associate Dean in Resident Teaching, College
of Agriculture and Home Economics

DANIEL VOIERS TERRELL, C.E., Dean, College of Engineering

ELVIS I. STAKE, JR., M.A., AB. in Jun, B.C.L., Dean, College of Law
FRANK G. DICKEY, M.A., ED.D., Dean, College of Education

CECIL C. CARPENTER, M.S., PH.D., Dean, College of Commerce

EARL PLA’IT SLONE, PH.G., B.S., Dean, College of Pharmacy

”“LOUIS ARTHUR PARDUE, A.B., M.S. PH.D., Dean, Graduate School
LOUIS CLIFTON, M.A., Director of University Extension

ALBERT DENNIS KIRWAN, A.B., PH.D., Dean of Men, Dean of Students
SARAH BENNE'IT HOLMES, M.A., Dean of Women

LEE SPROWLES, M.A., ED.D., Registrar

FRANK D. PETERSON, A.B., Comptroller

LAWRENCE S. THOMPSON, M.A., PH.D., Director of University Libraries
HERMAN EVERETTE SPIVEY, A.B., M.A., PH.D., Dean, Graduate School
Wcial assignment effective July 1, 1951.

°° Effective uly 1, 1951.
°“° Resigne , October 15, 1950.

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the masters’ degrees and the professional degrees.

THE MASTERS’ DEGREES IN ENGINEERING. The masters’ degrees in engi-
neering may be obtained by satisfying the following requirements:

1. Twenty-four semester hours in graduate courses with an average stand—
ing of 2.0 or better.

No grade below C may be counted.

Thirty-six weeks in residence.

An acceptable thesis.

Two-thirds of the work must be in the major subject.

There is no language requirement for these degrees.

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The candidate must hold the corresponding Bachelor of Science degree in
engineering or the equivalent from this institution or from another engineering
school of recognized standing. The degrees offered are Master of Science in
Civil Engineering, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Master of Sci-
ence in Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineer-
ing, Master of Science in Mining Engineering.

THE PROFESSIONAL DEGREES IN ENGINEERING. The professional degrees
of Civil Engineer (C.E.), Electrical Engineer (E.E.), Mechanical Engineer
(M.E.), Metallurgical Engineer (Met.E.), or Mining Engineer (E.M.) will be
granted only to graduates of the University of Kentucky, College of Engineer-
ing, who present satisfactory evidence of professional work of creditable-
quality in the engineering ﬁelds of their choice, extending over a period of ﬁve
years, and who submit satisfactory theses as further evidence of their pro-
fessional attainments.

A candidate holding a master’s degree in engineering shall be considered
to have fulﬁlled two years of the ﬁve-year requirement for the corresponding
professional degree.

An application for a professional degree must be made to the Dean of
the Graduate School and have the approval of the Graduate Committee of the
College of Engineering not less than one academic year before the degree may
be granted.

The Graduate Committee will pass on the qualiﬁcations of each applicant.
It may, at its discretion, require an oral examination. The applicant is expected
to submit a record of his engineering experience, which should include a com-
plete list of his professional engagements, showing in each case the length of
time employed and the position held. He should give for references the names
of at least three persons who are familiar with his engineering work. Preferably
these persons should be connected with the organizations by whom he has.
been employed.

A thesis is required of each candidate. It may be in the ﬁeld of research,
design, invention or engineering processes and methods. It must contain some
original thought and be the product of the individual submitting it. Quotations
and references with proper credit may he used. In general, the thesis should
be of such a nature that it will be of value to the engineering profession.

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A candidate holding a bachelor’s degree in one ﬁeld of engineering may
apply for a professional degree in another ﬁeld of engineering if he has at-
tained unusual prominence and success in that ﬁeld.

Fees

The fees for a professional degree in engineering are $15.00 for registration
and $20.00 for graduation.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred upon a candidate who,
after completing not less than three years of graduate work devoted to the
study of a special ﬁeld of knowledge, presents a satisfactory dissertation and
passes a comprehensive examination, thus qualifying for recognition as a scholar
of high attainments in his chosen province.

The doctor’s degree is intended to represent not a speciﬁed amount of
work covering a speciﬁed time, but the attainment, through long study, of
independent and comprehensive scholarship in a special ﬁeld. Such scholarship
should be shown by a thorough acquaintance with present knowledge in a
particular ﬁeld of learning and a marked capacity for research.

Admission

Admission to the Graduate School and acceptance of advanced credits
from other institutions must ﬁrst be approved by the Registrar, who will de-
termine at the time of admission the amount of residence to which the ap—
plicant is entitled toward the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. No work is
credited which has not been done in a college or university of recognized
standing.

In order to be accepted as an applicant for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy, a student must present to the Registrar evidence that he has com-
pleted an undergraduate curriculum and has received his baccalaureate degree
from a fully accredited institution.

Classification

A student wishing to become an applicant for the doctor’s degree must
ﬁrst regularly register in the Graduate School of the University of Kentucky
and must then classify with the Dean of the Graduate School. The student
is expected to select his major professor as early as is practicable. He should
then apply to the Dean of the Graduate School to have a special committee of
ﬁve members appointed. The special committee, the chairman of which shall
be the director of his dissertation, will consist of members of the departments
in which the applicant elects to do his major and minor work, and this com-
mittee will supervise his work throughout his period of study.

Not every applicant for the doctor’s degree is a candidate. A student is
not a candidate for the degree until he has satisﬁed the language requirements,
has passed the qualifying examinations at the University of Kentucky, and has
been formally admitted by the Graduate School.

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Courses of-Study

Every applicant for the degree must select one major and at least one and
not more than two minor subjects. One of the minors must be outside the
department of the major.

The major subject should be one in which he intends to concentrate his.
efforts; the minor subjects should be closely allied to the major ﬁeld or be sub-
jects which will be of value in the major work and should be approved by the
major department.

The applicant’s principal work must be in the major subject. Although
no absolute regulations are laid down in respect to the time to be devoted to-
the major and minor subjects, it may be stated in general that the major sub-
ject should represent two-thirds of the student’s entire time. ‘

Any regular graduate course may be assigned as part of the applicant’s.
work by his special committee. Only courses numbered above 100 in the
University Catalogue are considered as of graduate status. The number and
extent of such courses is determined by the special committee.

A full—time course load for any semester ranges from 9 to 15 semester hours
of credit; in the summer, from 6 to 8 semester hours.

Residence

A minimum of three collegiate years of resident graduate work, of which,
at least the last year must be spent at the University of Kentucky, is required
for the doctorate. The full time of each of these years must be spent in study.
Part-time students and those holding assistantships or engaging in other outside-
activities will of course be required to take proportionately longer time.

While it is expected that a well-prepared student of good ability may secure
the degree upon the completion of three years of study, it should be understood
that this time requirement is a minimum and is wholly secondary to the matter
of scholarship. Time spent in study, however long; the accumulation of facts,
however great in amount; and the completion of advanced courses, however
numerous cannot be substituted for independent thinking and original research.

Language Requirements}

The applicant must give evidence of having a good reading knowledge of,~
and of being able to translate at sight, at least two modern foreign languages.
This proﬁciency is determined by examinations conducted by the respective
language departments at the University of Kentucky. While ordinarily French
and German are acceptable, the ﬁnal choice should be made under the guidance
of the student’s special committee, which will recommend what languages are to
count. The language reqquirements must be satisﬁed before the applicant can
be admitted to the qualifying examination.

Qualifying Examinations

An applicant for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is required to pass a
qualifying examination. This examination probably should be taken during the»
second semester of