NEW MASTER'S DEGREE

A Summer Term program leading to the Master of Liberal Studies degree was approved by a vote of the faculty in early February. The program, which will be inaugurated in 1965, will be available to practicing secondary school teachers, librarians, and administrators, and to others by special arrangement.

The program will be constructed from courses offered in the Summer Term. A candidate for the degree will be required to obtain credit in eight courses, five of the eight in the candidate's major department or cognate courses by special permission of the department. No more than two elementary courses may be counted, and then only if the elementary courses are followed by "adequate performance in a course or courses carrying major credit in that department."

At least one full year before the expected completion of the course requirements, the graduate student must present his proposal for his thesis to his major department. A typical program would involve two courses a summer for four summers. The requirements for the degree, including the completion of a thesis, must be done within eight years.

Within the general requirements of the degree, specific programs will be developed. One such program is in Language, Literature, and Contemporary Thought, a proposal that was approved by the Council on Graduate Studies. This program "intended for advanced students who wish to strengthen and broaden their training in their specialty ... is designed especially for secondary school teachers of Latin, modern foreign languages, or English."