UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


 Language Requirement.-(1) A reading knowledge of a foreign language is left
to the discretion of the student's supervisory committee. When a foreign language is
required the examination will be conducted by the language department concerned.
The requirement must be satisfied before the beginning of the last semester. A student
in the regular session must pass the language examination by April 20 if he expects to
graduate at the end of the summer term of that year. In case the student is com-
pleting all his work in the summer terms, the foreign language requirement must be
satisfied before the beginning of the fourth summer term. If the student is major-
ing in a foreign language, that language cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
(2) The effective use of the English language as determined by the student's super-
visory committee is required of all candidates for the master's degree.
 Supervisory Committee.-A special supervisory committee consisting of not less
than three members will be appointed for each student. The Dean is ex-officio member
of all supervisory committees. The many important duties of the supervisory committee
are given under several of the items relating to the requirements for master's degrees.
 Admission to Candidacy.-Whether an applicant has been provisionally admitted
or regularly admitted, his supervisory committee shall review his entire academic record
at the end of his first semester or summer session of residence work. In addition to
the approval of the committee, a formal vote of the principal department concerned will
be necessary to admit the applicant to candidacy, to fix definitely the additional resi-
dence and course requirements, and to approve the program the applicant has sub-
mitted. Application for Admission to Candidacy must be made on a special form
(Form 3) supplied by the Dean's office. This is done when the candidate has com-
pleted about one-half of his course work. In the Department of Education, candidates
for advanced degrees, or advanced teaching certificates, should consult the Office of
Graduate Studies in Education for additional information affecting admission to
candidacy.
 General Examination.-It will be the duty of the Special Supervisory Committee,
when all work is complete or practically complete, including the regular courses and the
thesis, to conduct a general examination, either written or oral, or both, to embrace: first,
the thesis; second, the major subject; third, the minor or minors; fourth, questions of a
general nature pertaining to the student's field of study. The committee shall report in
writing to the Dean not later than one week before the time for the conferring of the
degree if all work has been completed in a satisfactory manner and the student is
recommended for the degree.
 DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
 The requirements for the degree are the same as those for the Doctor of Philosophy,
with the exception that candidates for the degree of Doctor of Education either may
satisfy the usual language requirement or may substitute the following:
 1. A course in educational research;
 2. An examination covering the techniques of using the library;
 3. An elementary course in statistics.
 These requirements must be met before the student is eligible to apply for the
qualifying examination.
 The doctoral candidate in Education must choose, as his area of specialization, an
instructional field in which competent supervision is available.