The Regalia The use of academic regalia (robes) dates back to the 12th Century and includes three components: Cap, Gown and Hood. Each Gown identifies the wearer’s degree of education. And so, the Bachelor’s gown is black with long, pointed, open sleeves. A Master’s gown closes the sleeve below the elbow. The Doctoral gown sleeve will bear three bars of velvet. All degrees include a mortarboard (Cap) and for Doctors, may be a velvet tam. A tassel of gold or other color indicates the field of study. An academic hood length also gives clue to the degree type. A master’s hood is 3.5 feet long; a doctoral, four feet. The hood’s lining indicates the college or university awarding the degree, while the color of velvet on master’s hoods is the field of study. On doctoral hoods, the velvet can be fields of study or a traditional royal blue. The most commonly used colors are white for arts, yellow for science, blue for philosophy, pink for music, light blue for education, orange for engineering, brown for business, turquoise for continuing studies, apricot for nursing and gray for general studies. MASTER’S DOCTORAL BACHELOR’S
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