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 LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

 Any foreign language requirement, or a substitute there-
 for, for the Ph.D. is established by the major department
 with approval of the college. The student should check
 with the graduate coordinator of the appropriate depart-
 ment for specific information. The foreign language de-
 partments offer special classes for graduate students who
 are beginning the study of a language. See the current
 Schedule of Courses for the languages in which this
 assistance is available.
 The ability to use the English language correctly and
 effectively, as judged by the supervisory committee, is
 required of all candidates.

 PERIOD OF CONCENTRATED STUDY
 Candidates for the doctoral degree must satisfy the
 minimum requirements for a period of concentrated
 study, beyond the the first 30 hours counted toward the
 doctoral program, by registering for (1) 30 semester hours
 in one calendar year, or (2) 36 semester hours in no more
 than four semesters within a period of two calendar years
 on the University of Florida campus. Courses at the 1000
 or 2000 level will not be counted toward the requirement
 for concentrated study.
 Candidates in the College of Agriculture may do their
 research at certain branch stations of the University of
 Florida Agricultural Experiment Station where adequate
 faculty and facilities are available.

 QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
 The qualifying examination, which is required of all
 candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, may be
 taken during the third semester of graduate study beyond
 the bachelor's degree.
 The.student must be registered in the term in which the
 qualifying examination is given.
 The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full
 supervisory committee or the major and minor depart-
 ments, is both written and oral and covers the major and
 minor subjects. The results of the written examination
 must be returned to and discussed with the student before
 the oral portion of the qualifying examination. At least five
 faculty members, including the supervisory committee,
 must be present with the student at the oral portion. The
 supervisory committee has the responsibility at this time
 of deciding whether the student is qualified to continue
 work toward a Ph.D. degree.
 If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Gradu-
 ate School must be notified. A re-examination may be
 requested, but it must be recommended by the supervi-
 sory committee and approved by the Graduate School. At
 least one semester of additional preparation is considered
 essential before re-examination.
 Time Lapse.-Between the qualifying examinations and
 the date of the degree there must be a minimum of two
 semesters. The semester in which the qualifying examina-
 tion is passed is counted, provided that the examination
 occurs before the midpoint of the term.

ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY
 A graduate student does not become a candidate for the
Ph.D. degree until granted formal admission to candi-


 dacy. Such admission requires the approval of the student's
 supervisory committee, the department chairperson, the
 college dean, and the Dean of the Graduate School. The
 approval must be based on (1) the academic record of the
 student, (2) the opinion of the supervisory committee
 concerning overall fitness for candidacy, (3) an approved
 dissertation topic, and (4) a qualifying examination as
 described above. Application for admission to candidacy
 should be made as soon as the qualifying examination has
 been passed and a dissertation topic has been approved
 by the student's supervisory committee. A student may
 register for 7980 (Research for Dissertation) in the term he
 or she is admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree.

 DISSERTATION

 Every candidate for a doctoral degree is required to
 prepare and present a dissertation that shows independ-
 ent investigation and is acceptable in form and content to
 the supervisory committee and to the Graduate School.
 Dissertations must be written in English. The Dean of the
 Graduate School may approve exceptions to this rule on
 an individual basis for students majoring in German or
 Romance languages and literatures.
 Since all doctoral dissertations will be published by
 microfilm, it is necessary that the work be of publishable
 quality and that it be in a form suitable for publication.
 The original copy of the dissertation must be presented
 to the Dean of the Graduate School on or before the date
 specified in the University Calendar. It must contain an
 abstract and be accompanied by four unpaged separate
 copies of the abstract, a letter of transmittal from the
 supervisory chairperson, and all doctoral forms. After
 corrections have been made, and no later than the speci-
 fied formal submission date, the fully signed copy of the
 dissertation, together with the signed Final Examination
 Report, should be returned to the Graduate School. The
 original copy of the dissertation is sent by the Graduate
 School to the Library for microfilming and hardbinding. A
 second copy, reproduced on required thesis paper, should
 be given to the office of the college dean for subsequent
 delivery to the Library for hardbinding. The supervisory
 chairperson and the candidate will each need a copy and,
 if required, another should also be provided for the
 departmental library.
 Publication of Dissertation.-AII candidates for the Ph.D.
 and Ed.D. degrees are required to pay the sum of $40 to
 Student Financial Services, the Hub, for microfilming their
 dissertations, and to sign an agreement authorizing pub-
 lication by microfilm.
 Copyright.-The candidate may choose to copyright the
 microfilmed dissertation for a charge of $25 payable by a
 certified or cashier's check or money order to University
 Microfilms attached to the signed microfilm agreement
 form. To assure receipt of the valuable Copyright Registra-
 tion Certificate, candidates must give permanent ad-
 dresses through which they can always be reached.

 FINAL EXAMINATION

 After submission of the dissertation and the completion
 of all other prescribed work for the degree, but in no case
 earlier than six months before the conferring of the degree,
 the candidate will be given a final examination, oral or
written or both, by the supervisory committee meeting on