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Established in 1910, the University of Georgia Graduate School coordinates the graduate programs of all schools and colleges at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States and its extended campuses. The UGA Graduate School administers and confers all professional and research master's degrees and doctoral degrees. The departments under which instruction and research take place are housed in the other schools and colleges at the University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About the Graduate School )〕 The UGA Graduate School is responsible for administering and conferring all professional and research Master’s and Doctoral degrees and has conferred 72,664 degrees to date. The school offers advanced degrees in over 130 areas of discipline and has 6,766 students〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=UGA Fact Book 2011 )〕 and approximately 1,600 graduate faculty.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Recent Rankings )〕 Many of its academic programs rank among the highest in the nation. In addition to its administrative functions, the Graduate School provides professional development opportunities for students, including the Dean’s Awards, the Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grants for doctoral students, Summer Doctoral Research Fellowships, the Emerging Leaders Program, the Three-Minute Thesis Competition, and the Interdisciplinary Certificate in University Teaching. In recent years, the school has received both regional and national awards for excellence in graduate admissions, and has won competitive grants for research initiatives on doctoral completion and minority attrition at the University. Dr. Maureen Grasso currently serves as Dean of the Graduate School. ==History== Founded in 1785, the University of Georgia awarded its first graduate degree, a Master of Arts, nearly a century later in 1870. The first Master of Arts curriculum was put in place in 1868 during the administration of Chancellor Andrew A. Lipscomb, and the first graduate degrees were awarded in 1870 to Washington Dessau, (future UGA Chancellor) Walter Barnard Hill, and Burgess Smith.〔The University of Georgia Graduate School. ''Centennial: Graduate Education at the University of Georgia 1910-2010''. Everbest Printing Company, 2010.〕 By 1877, the University catalog referenced a requirement to take every course offered by the University in order to qualify for the Master of Arts. In 1872, graduate degree programs in Civil and Mining Engineering were added. The Master of Agriculture was authorized in 1875 with the first student, M.L. Morris earning the first such degree in 1876. The Master of Science followed in 1890. Marion M. Hull earned the first M.S. degree in 1892.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=UGA Grad Studies Timeline )〕 Fellowships for graduate studies first appeared in the university catalog in 1891. This description mentioned assistance for providing "certain duties such as tutoring slower students".〔 Prior to 1910, all post-graduate courses were under the direction of a faculty committee. In 1910, the Board of Regents and Chancellor David Barrow formally established the Graduate School and appointed Dr. Willis Henry Bocock as its Dean. Seven male students enrolled that fall. It would be nearly a decade later before women gained formal admittance; fifty years for African Americans. The newly formed Graduate School oversaw 12 fields of study. The Master of Arts alone included philosophy, math, education, history, political science, rhetoric, English literature, German, Latin, Greek, and Romance languages. By 1913, the four degree programs offered included the Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Science in Agriculture, and Civil Engineering, and the first formal master's degrees were awarded.〔 The Master of Science in Forestry was authorized in 1917) followed by the Master of Science in Economics (later renamed the Master of Science in Commerce and eventually the Master of Business Administration) (1923), the Master of Science in Home Economics (1925), the Master of Arts in Education (1930), the Master of Science in Chemistry (1932), and the Master of Science in Social Work (1934). In 1935, the first Doctor of Philosophy degrees in History, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry were offered. The first Ph.D. degrees were conferred in 1940 to Joseph Simeon Jacob (Educational Psychology) and Horace Montgomery (History).〔 Montgomery went on to author a resolution supporting the University's first minority students and was recognized for his efforts in integrating the University. Additional masters programs (Master of Science in Education, Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering) were established in 1937, and the Master of Fine Arts (with a major in Music or Visual Arts) was created in 1939. Between 1940 and 1975, more than 10 master's degrees, 1 specialist degree, and 5 doctoral degrees were formalized for graduate study. In 2010, the Graduate School celebrated its centennial anniversary.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Come Celebrate 100 Years! )〕 One hundred years after its formal recognition, the Graduate School offered more than 230 graduate programs to over 7,000 enrolled students and conferred 2,271 degrees. Seventy years after conferring the first two PhD degrees, the Graduate School awarded 420 doctoral degrees, nearly half going to women. A comprehensive timeline of the UGA Graduate School’s history can be found on the school’s website.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Georgia Graduate School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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