ADMISSION AND ENROLLMENT

In addition to the general requirements of the Graduate School, a student should have the equivalent of an undergraduate major in German at the University of Kansas. For admission to the Ph.D. program, a qualifying examination may be required by the Department for those students who have not been awarded an M.A. from the University of Kansas.

TRANSFER OF CREDITS
For the Master of Arts, six hours of transferred graduate credit (eight if the student holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas) may be applied to the total of thirty semester hours required for the degree. Students planning to transfer graduate credit from other institutions are urged to secure advance approval; in order to have this credit count, they must submit, to the Department, two transcripts showing the work done elsewhere and indicating clearly that it was taken for graduate credit while enrolled in a graduate program, but not used for another degree. M.A. candidates who desire to use transfer credit to fulfill specific course requirements for the M.A. degree (GERM 701; GERM 711; GERM 721) must pass a qualifying examination in that subject administered by the Department before receiving such credit.

No transfer of credits is allowed for the Ph.D. (see Catalog).

DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS
During the week before classes, all incoming graduate students will be given a diagnostic examination administered by the Graduate Committee. The examination will consist of a written part (a one-hour essay) and an oral part (approximately 15?20 minutes). The purpose of this examination is to determine the students' level of spoken and written German.
In the case of native speakers of German, the Diagnostic Examination shall be given in English, rather than in German. By "native speaker" we understand a person who has completed the Abitur. Students who are found deficient in their command of English will be advised to take appropriate course work in the Applied English Center or in the English Department, depending upon their needs, as determined by the Graduate Committee.
Graduate students who do not pass the diagnostic test of language skills in German or English will have their admission status changed to "provisional." Students will have two semesters or one year to remove the deficiency in their language skills. If students have not passed the diagnostic test by the beginning of the third semester of graduate work, they will not be allowed to continue enrollment in the graduate program in German.

GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is one of the requirements for admission to the Departmental graduate program. In cases where applicants find it impossible to complete this examination before being considered for admission, an assistantship or fellowship, this requirement may be waived by the graduate director.

POST-COMPREHENSIVE ENROLLMENT (FOR P.H.D STUDENTS)

After passing the comprehensive oral examination the candidate must be continuously enrolled - including summer sessions - until the degree is completed; each enrollment shall reflect as accurately as possible the candidate's demands on faculty time and University facilities. During this time, until the degree is completed or until 18 post-comprehensive hours have been completed (whichever comes first), the candidate shall enroll for a minimum of 6 hours a semester and 3 hours a summer session. Post-comprehensive enrollment may include enrollment during the semester or summer session in which the comprehensive oral examination has been passed. If after 18 hours of post-comprehensive enrollment the degree is not completed, the candidate shall continue to enroll each semester and each summer session until the final oral examination has been passed; the number of hours of each enrollment shall be determined by the candidate's advisor and must as accurately as possible reflect the candidate's demand on faculty time and University facilities.

A leave of absence - because of illness, to pursue full-time professional activities related to the doctoral program and long-range professional goals, or for any other valid reason - may on rare occasions be granted on petition to the Graduate Division of the College, endorsed by the chairperson of the Department or by the Graduate Committee (see also above under Degree Requirements, sec. II).