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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Biological Sciences The department will offer a Master of Science degree. Areas of specialization are (1) genetics and development; (2) systematics, evolution, and ecology; and (3) physiology and morphology. Each student will be required to be competent in two of the three major areas of specialization and to be familiar with the third. The candidate is urged to achieve competence in at least one modern foreign language and to take work in calculus, statistics, and biochemistry. Students will not receive more than twelve quarter hours credit for thesis research. Chemistry The department will offer the Master of Science degree. A core program of courses will provide a solid foundation for all areas of specialization. The areas of specialization are theoretical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, physical organic chemistry, and experimental physical chemistry. Each student may choose electives from chemistry and from other fields related to his area of specialization. The thesis is optional, and the student may receive up to eighteen quarter hours for thesis research. English The department will offer the Master of Arts degree with specialties in English and American literature and linguistics. Students are required to write a thesis or to submit a series of departmental papers. A reading knowledge of one approved foreign language is required. Sixteen quarter hours may be presented in an approved minor. Geology The department will offer the Master of Science degree with the following areas of specialization: (1) crystallography, mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry; (2) paleontology; (3) oceanography, sedimentology, and sedimentary geochemistry. Each specialty will lean heavily toward interdisciplinary training and cooperation with the faculty from departments such as Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, and others, in line with the newer developments in geologic science. German The department will offer the Master of Arts degree with specialties in linguistics and modern grammar; and the literature of the years since 1700. Each student will be required to write a thesis or a departmental master's paper, and he will be expected to complete work in an approved minor area outside the department. History The department will offer the Master of Arts degree in the following fields of specialization: early modern Europe, modern Europe, Great Britain, and America (United States), with emphasis on urban studies when appropriate. Each student is required to participate in a research seminar in which he would prepare a master's essay. H e must also pass a reading examination in one foreign language relevant to his program of study. A student may, with the approval of the department, take a minor in another field. Mathematics The department will offer a program leading to the degree of Master of Arts or Master of Science. The fields of specialization a r e : (1) pure mathematics : algebra, analysis, geometry, and topology; (2) applied mathematics: differential equations, numerical analysis, the study of special functions, computer science, mathematical physics, as well as applications in a variety of engineering disciplines; and (3) the teaching of mathematics. Philosophy The department will offer the degree of Master of Arts. The areas of specialization will be logic, epistemology, philosophy of science, value theory, metaphysics, and history of philosophy. The program in logic will involve cooperation with the Department of Mathematics: students in either department may specialize in logic, and (cross-listed) courses in logic will be offered by members of both faculties.