Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy. The Master of Arts and Master of Science decrees represent at least one year's study beyond the Bachelor's degree and imply advanced study in the student's major field, a reasonable mastery of this field as determined by a general examination, an introduction to the scientific method of research, practice in this method and the completion of a piece of scientific research in the arts or sciences which shows wide knowledge of the specific subject studied, together with an oral defense of this subject. One year of residence at Marquette is required. For the degree of Master of Education the applicant must also have had three years of acceptable experience in teaching and thirty-six semester hours of graduate studies. The highest degree awarded, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, requires at least two years of study beyond the Master's degree and is granted only upon completion of a comprehensive written examination, a thoroughly scientific piece of research, showing complete mastery of the field, and an oral defense of this work in addition to the course requirements. The thesis written for a doctor's degree-must be published and bound to be filed in the school library. Catholic in thought and practice, the Graduate School aims to conform its work with the norms of the University's. Dean Fitzpatrick's leadership in Catholic literary and teaching fields has qualified him for the positon of dean for the last fourteen years and his guidance is an essential part of the Graduate School's increased enrollment. Standards for thesis work arc high, both in spiritual and material qualities and reflect the adequacy of a Jesuit training in a university. Father McGrath succeeded the Rev. George Mahowald, S.J., as regent this year, following the latter's retirement on account of ill health. Father McGrath, familiar on the University instruction staff, was head of the department of philosophy before his appointment as Graduate School regent. Dl AN EDWARD FITZPATRICK Page 11

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GRADUATE SCHOOL REV. EDWARD McGRATH. S.J. Rfgeni Showing a constant growth, both in the number of students and in the number of courses taught, the Marquette Graduate School has added to the high scholastic reputation enjoyed by the University. Dr. Edward A. Fitzpatrick has served as dean of the Graduate School ever since it was established in 192 1. The Graduate School is responsible for the administration of advanced study and research throughout the University. Not only does it control advanced work done in the fields of education, classical and modern languages, English, history, philosophy and laboratory and social sciences, but it also is charged with the administration of graduate study in law, medicine, engineering, journalism, dentistry and business administration whenever graduate courses are offered in these subjects. Enrollment in the Graduate School averages approximately three hundred students, most of whom are teachers taking one or two courses a semester. The limit of six years for all the work towards a Masters degree aids to make about fifty eligible each June for their Masters degree. This year three students worked towards their Doctor of Philosophy degree. Thirty-five candidates received degrees from the Graduate School at the Commencement exercises last June. Only graduates of Marquette University or of other institutions of equal standing are eligible for admission to the Graduate School. In all instances the applicant must secure the written permission of both the dean of his former college and the dean of the Graduate School. Four degrees are offered to students who fulfill the necessary requirements. They are those of Master of Arts, Master of Science, Pac.f 10

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 FATHER JOSEPH ORMSBY. S.J.. Recent COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION How to train efficient and effective leaders and how to offer the open. Sesame” for legitimate success to its students is the problem which faces the College of Business Administration. The College incorporates new developments in the business world into its courses. After four years of intensive training, students in Business Administration are capable of handling executive positions. The first part of their curriculum supplies a foundation upon which the later and more technical training is based. For thirteen years Dr. John Freeman Pyle, dean of the College, has supervised a faculty of men experienced in the realm of industry and finance. Instilling of an ethical attitude for business in the individual student is one of the primary aims of the instruction. The purpose of the Evening Division of the College is to afford those students unable to attend day classes an opportunity to supplement their practical experience with theory and to broaden their general background. Graduates of the professional colleges also can supplement their training by courses in business administration. Other entrants are teachers who wish to extend their educational background, high school graduates who find it necessary to go directly into the commercial world, and special students, who are not high school graduates, but show reasonable cause for success. I Page 12