REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER'S DEGREES / 25

class is limited, it may not be possible to consider applications submitted
after April 1. Students are accepted for the Fall Quarter only.
 Foundation course requirements are the same for this concentration as
for all others. The curriculum consists of three phases. The first phase is
an academic period of four quarters. The second phase is a research prac-
ticum period of one quarter. The third phase is an administrative residency
period, usually off-campus, of two quarters.
 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION.-In the latter part of the term in which
the candidate expects to complete his course work, he will take his final
comprehensive written and oral examination covering his entire program.
Examinations for all M.B.A. degrees, including the Health and Hospital Ad-
ministration concentration, are administered by an examining committee ap-
pointed from the graduate faculty of the College of Business Administration.
 MASTER OF EDUCATION
 PURPOSE.-This degree is designed to meet the need for professional per-
sonnel to serve the variety of functions required in established and emerging
educational activities of modern society.
 DESCRIPTION.-The minimum requirement for the M.Ed. degree is 50
credits in courses numbered 300 and above, with at least 25 of these credits
at or above the 600 level.
 CREDIT REQUIRED IN EDUCATION CoURsEs.-Either (1) a minimum of
 32 credits in the M.Ed. program, of which at least 24 are at or above the 600
 level; or (2) a total of 48 credits in the undergraduate and graduate program,
 but in no case fewer than 16 credits at or above the 600 level in the M.Ed.
 program.
 CREDIT REQUIRED IN COURSES OUTSIDE EDUCATION.-Eight credits for
 students in the Departments of Administration and Supervision, Counselor
 Education, Elementary Education, and Special Education; 24 credits for stu-
 dents in Secondary Education and Foundations of Education; only 8 credits,
 however, are required for those entering with deficiencies in education.
 CORE COURSES.-All M.Ed. programs include a core of required courses
 consisting of at least one course from two of the following four areas: General
 Curriculum; Psychological Foundations of Education; Social, Philosophical,
 Historical or Comparative Foundations of Education; Measurement or Statistics.
 PLANNED PROGRAM.-Each student is required to submit a plan of study
 which shows acceptable balance and direction. The planned program must be
 approved by the student's counselor, the chairman of the student's area of
 specialization in education, and the Office of Graduate Studies in Education
 during the first term of work or before. After the program has been developed,
 any change must be requested in writing and similarly approved.
 RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT.-A minimum of 25 credits must be earned in
 residence on the Gainesville campus, including at least one quarter in full-
 time residence. Beyond these minimum residence requirements, credits earned
 in courses offered by the University of Florida off-campus may be accepted