UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


 Residence Requirement.-For any master's degree, the student must spend at least
one entire academic year at the University as a graduate student devoting full time to
graduate studies and research. If the work is done in the summer, four nine-week sum-
mer sessions will satisfy the requirement. The candidate must be in residence the term
at the end of which the degree is awarded, unless other arrangements are specifically
approved by the Graduate Council.
 Transfer of Credits.-Under certain conditions transfer of a limited number of
credits to the University will be allowed, but the final acceptance of credits from other
institutions is subject to the approval of the student's supervisory committee.
 Comprehensive Examination in Education.-All graduate students carrying pro-
grams in Education are required to undergo a comprehensive examination, the purposes
of which are two-fold: (1) to provide additional data to be used in counseling and
guiding students, and (2) to be one of the factors in determining the fitness of the
student to pursue the doctoral program. A fee for the comprehensive examination is
charged each student doing graduate work in Education, payable with other fees at
the time of registration. At the present time the National Teacher Examination is used,
the fee for which is $6.00 for full-time students, or $10.00 for part-time students. The
examination is given early in each semester and prompt application is necessary.

 MASTER'S DEGREE WITHOUT THESIS
 MASTER OF EDUCATION
 Description and Purpose.-This degree is designed for the professional preparation
of teachers, rather than for research. The work aims to develop in public school work-
ers a wide range of essential abilities and to give them a broad background of advanced
general education, rather than to encourage them to specialize narrowly. While not
neglecting to add to the qualifications already attained, it further aims to overcome
weaknesses in a student's development.
 The Master of Education program seeks to develop the student in:
 1. An understanding of the nature of the individual and the learning process;
 2. An understanding of the purposes, issues, and trends of education in American
 democracy;
 3. An understanding of the social realities of our time and how these condition
 the educative process;
 4. A fairly comprehensive, internally consistent pattern of values in keeping with
 our democratic traditions; a value-system which the student can apply where
 issues are concerned;
 5. A personal philosophy of education which he can make explicit and which is
 consistent with his value patterns;
 6. The ability to think and act creatively and adequately within his area of
 specialization or field of work, i.e., to see new problems, to work out solutions,
 and to communicate the results of his thinking and acting to others.
 Transfer of Credits.-If recommended in advance by the Graduate Committee and
approved by the Dean of the Graduate School, a student may be permitted to study in
other institutions to the extent of (but not to exceed) six semester hours. No graduate
credits earned prior to admission to the University may be transferred without special
recommendation of the Graduate Committee and the approval of the Graduate Council.
No more than six semester hours of credit may be thus transferred. This transfer of
credit does not reduce the residence requirement for the degree.