Most recently revised in 1986, the Academic Costume Code differentiates the attire of holders of the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, and doctor’s degrees, with doctoral dress being the ...

In 1895, a commission was established to come up with a uniform code for academic costume. Today, the gowns, hoods and mortarboards worn by the graduating students of most institutions, including UTSA ...

The most outstanding feature of all academic costume, the hood, originally seems to have had three uses: as a head covering, as a shoulder cape, or, when hanging from the shoulder, as a bag in which ...