REGULATIONS CONCERNING STUDENTS IN

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL.

ADMISSION.

Admission to the Graduate School is ordinarily granted to Bachelors of Arts and Bachelors of Science of Harvard University and to graduates of other Colleges and Scientific Schools of good standing, who present satisfactory evidence of character and qualifications. Undergraduates of Harvard College who have nearly or quite completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts may be admitted as candidates for the degree of Master of Arts, under the conditions stated on page 499. Other persons, of suitable age and attainments, may also be admitted, by special vote of the Administrative Board in each case.

Applications for admission are received at any time by the Administrative Board of the School; but it is generally advisable that they be presented, if possible, at the beginning of the academic year. An application for admission may be made by filling out and depositing a registration blank at the office of the Dean of the Graduate School. If the applicant is not a graduate of Harvard University, he must also file, for the consideration of the Administrative Board, satisfactory certificates of scholarship and character, or, if he holds a degree from any institution, diplomas or official certificates, sufficient to furnish evidence of his holding such degree or degrees.

Admission to the Graduate School does not imply admission to candidacy for a degree. The conditions of candidacy for the several degrees open to students in the Graduate School will be found on page 495.

RESIDENCE AND REGISTRATION.

There are two classes of students in the Graduate School, Resident Students and Non-Resident Students. Students in regular attendance at the University are classed as Resident Students, whether lodging in Cambridge or elsewhere.

Resident Students.

Resident Students in the Graduate School are required to pursue their studies at this University; and to be in regular attendance on the exercises in some course or courses of instruction, or to carry on regular

work in some Laboratory or Museum or in the Library, under the frequent inspection and criticism of instructors in the University.

Continuous residence at the University during term-time is required of all Resident Students in the Graduate School, unless leave of absence has been previously granted. If a student has been absent from the University without leave previously obtained, he is expected to present a satisfactory explanation of such absence.

Every Resident Student in the Graduate School and every applicant for admission is expected to be present in Cambridge at the beginning of each year of his membership in the School, and to register on Thursday, the first day of the academic year, by filling out certain blanks, at the office of the Dean of the Graduate School, or at such other place as may be designated by notice posted at University Hall. A student who enters on his studies after the beginning of the academic year must register at the office of the Dean of the Graduate School at the time of his entering on his studies.

On registering, a student receives a certificate of having done so from the officer in charge of the registration; this certificate he must present to the Bursar, with whom he must file his bond or give other satisfactory security for the payment of his dues for the year, and from whom he will obtain authority to attend instruction and to use the College Library. In case the registration is afterwards not accepted by the Administrative Board, it will be cancelled, and the student will not be liable for tuition fees; or he may be transferred to another department of the University.

A student is counted as a full member of the School only from the date of his registration, and during the period of his being actually engaged in his studies as a student in the School.

A student who withdraws from the Graduate School in the course of an academic year is required to give immediate written notice to the Dean of the Graduate School. No deduction from the full year's fees will be made in the case of a student withdrawing in the course of a year unless he gives this notice.

Every Resident Student is required to file a list of his studies for the academic year (or at least for the first half-year), at the time he registers, with the officer in charge of the registration, -or within two days thereafter, at the office of the Dean of the Graduate School. If he subsequently wishes to make any change in his studies, he must file written notice of his wish at the Dean's office, and must obtain the assent of the Dean.

Non-Resident Students.

Holders of fellowships, pursuing their studies away from the University with the sanction of the Faculty, are registered as Non-Resident Students in the Graduate School.

Students who are conducting special investigations which require their absence from the University, and those who have completed a period of residence at the University, and are carrying on studies with the purpose of becoming candidates for a degree, may also be allowed to register in the Graduate School as Non-Resident Students, under such conditions as may be imposed in each case.

All Non-Resident Students are required to keep the Dean of the Graduate School informed of their plans of study, and to make each year a full written report to the Administrative Board. They must register promptly by letter. Registration-blanks will be sent them from the office on application. They should keep the Dean of the Graduate School constantly informed of their addresses.

For other regulations, concerning non-resident holders of fellowships, see below, under Fellowships and Scholarships.

STUDIES.

All Courses of Instruction and other opportunities of study, provided by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, or available for students under its charge (see pp. 358-446), are open to Resident Students in the Graduate School who pay the full tuition fee of $150, on condition of their being qualified for the studies they wish to undertake. For the regulations concerning the choice of studies by Graduate Students, see page 474.

DEGREES.

Students in the Graduate School, who wish to become candidates for any degree, should make early application to the Dean of the Graduate School to learn the conditions under which they may be accepted as qualified for candidacy, observing the directions given on pages 495 and 496. The requirements for the several degrees in Arts, Science, and Philosophy are stated on pages 495 to 503.

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION

PROVIDED BY THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

The following statement of the courses of instruction provided for the current academic year by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is known as the "Announcement of Courses of Instruction for 1904-05." The first edition of the Announcement for any academic year is issued in the spring of the preceding academic year. The list of courses published in the Catalogue represents the Announcement as it stood at the opening of the year, and includes all courses then offered to students; disregarding the fact that a few of the courses named have sometimes been withdrawn, because not taken by a sufficient number of students or for other reasons. The Annual Report of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences gives the number and classification of the students in attendance on each course in the year to which the Report applies.

For the regulations which govern students in the choice of studies, see pages 469-475. The notes appended to the titles of the several courses in the Announcement should, however, be carefully consulted.

The Courses of Instruction are distributed, in most departments of study, into the following three groups, namely : —

(1) Courses primarily for Undergraduates;

(2) Courses for Undergraduates and Graduates; (3) Courses primarily for Graduates.

These titles are, however, to be understood, in each department, as referring to the advancement of the student in the work of that department, rather than to his academic standing. See pages 469, 470.

Courses of Instruction are classed as full courses or half-courses, according to the estimated amount of work in each, and its value in fulfilling the requirements for the degree. In the Announcement, all courses not otherwise designated are full courses. Half-courses are indicated by the abbreviation hf. Courses of Research and Seminary Courses, if taken as work to be counted towards a degree, are usually rated as full courses, but may be estimated differently by special arrangement.

The numbers and letters prefixed to the several courses are intended to be permanent, and no attempt is made to arrange them in a regular or complete series. The Roman numeral appended to each course indicates the examination group to which the course belongs (see pp. 444, 445).

A star (*) prefixed to the number of a course indicates that the course may not be taken without the previous consent of the instructor.

A double dagger (†) prefixed to the number of a course indicates that the course is open, under certain conditions, to properly qualified students of Radcliffe College (see Part III).

Most of the Courses of Instruction of the first group and many of those of the second group are, as a rule, offered every year; but they are liable to some variations of subject and to a change of instructors, and some of them are occasionally suspended. Many courses of the second and third groups are given in alternate years. Some courses, especially in the third group, are given at less frequent intervals. The programme provided for any year also contains a considerable number of new or remodelled courses.

Courses of which the titles are enclosed in brackets are to be omitted in the current year, but are probably to be offered either for 1905–06, or, in in a few instances, not until 1906-07. They must not, however, be regarded as promised; and students who are making their plans to take any course which they expect to be given in a later year, are advised to communicate with the instructor in such course.

Separate pamphlets are issued containing detailed accounts of all the opportunities of study in a single Division or Department, and of the scope and method of instruction in the several courses. These pamphlets may be obtained at the Publication Office or will be sent by mail on application to the Secretary of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND HISTORY.

Courses 1, 2, 3, 3a, 12, 16, 13, 4, 5 are the same as Old Testament 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, respectively, in the Announcement of the Faculty of Divinity.

For Undergraduates and Graduates.

1. Hebrew.

Davidson's Introductory Hebrew Grammar.

Explana

tion of parts of Genesis and of the Book of Psalms. Mon., Wed., Fri., at 10. Professor LYON.

(III)

Courses 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 require no knowledge of Semitic languages:

6 hf. History of Babylonia and Assyria. Half-course. Sat., at 10. Professor LYON. (XI) 12. History of Israel, political and social, till the capture of Jerusalem by the Romans. - Text-books, lectures, and theses. Tu., Th., and (at the pleasure of the instructor) Sat., at 11. Professor LYON.

(XII)

Course 12 and English 35 may together be counted as one course and a half only.