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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

Requirements for the Admission of Men.—To be admitted to regular
standing in the Department of Education, men must have satisfied the entrance
requirements of the College. Students who have decided to enter the
teaching profession at the time of entering college should register with the
Dean of the Department of Education in order to be advised in planning
their curricula. Holders of State Teachers' Scholarships are required to
register in the Department of Education.

Requirements for the Admission of Women.—To be admitted to regular
standing in the Department of Education, women must be twenty years of
age, must meet the entrance requirements of the University and must have
completed two years of college work aggregating thirty session-hours in
academic subjects. Candidates not able to meet these requirements may
make up their deficiencies during the summer quarter.

Special Students.—(a) Graduates of colleges and universities other than
the University of Virginia, desiring to secure the necessary professional
training to qualify for the Collegiate Professional Certificate, may register
in the Department of Education and upon completion of the required courses
receive a certificate which will entitle them to the Collegiate Professional
Certificate issued by the State Board of Education.

(b) Men may be admitted as special students without fulfilling the entrance
requirements above specified, provided that, if they are Virginians, they are
more than twenty years old or, if they are not Virginians, they are more than
twenty-three years old, on the day of registration, and give adequate evidence
of serious purpose and of the training needed to pursue with profit the courses
for which they are registered. No special student may be a candidate for a
degree; but such students are permitted and encouraged to make up deficiences
by private study or by taking courses in the Summer Quarter. They will then be
admitted as regular students, and may be accepted as applicants for degrees,

provided all entrance requirements are met at least one academic year before
the date of graduation.

(c) Women, twenty-five years of age, giving satisfactory evidence that
they are qualified to pursue courses in Education successfully, may be admitted
as special students, even though they fail to show credit for the 30
session-hours of academic work required of women for admission to regular
standing.

In addition to the above, each candidate must pass at the University a
qualifying examination in English before his registration can be completed.
This examination will be held on the Tuesday of the first week of the session.

Advanced Standing is given to any candidate who, in addition to meeting
the minimum requirements for entrance above stated, can show by passing
an examination given sometime during the first month of his first session that
he has done work equivalent to that covered by any of the following courses
offered in the college: Latin A1, Greek A1, Greek A2, English A1 or A2
or A3, German A1, Mathematics A1, French A, Spanish A. Candidates who
apply for examination for advanced standing must present a special certificate
showing that the full content of the course, on which advanced standing is
sought, has been covered in a systematic manner in the preparatory school, and
in addition must present the specific recommendation of the principal of the
school that the candidate be admitted to the advanced standing examination
in question. This examination will be held on the Tuesday of the week during
which entrance examinations are held.

College Credit.—Candidates who desire credit for work done at other
colleges, must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students, and must,
in addition, file with the Dean of the Department a certificate covering the courses
for which college credit is desired. The certificate must bear the official signature
of the head of the candidate's college, must specify the character and content
of the courses passed by the candidate, and must give his grades. The final
validation of such certificates is effected by the successful completion of not less
than 12 session-hours of work during his first session. In no case will credit
be given on more than forty-five session-hours of work done elsewhere, and
any candidate who receives this maximum amount of credit can count among
the remaining fifteen session-hours required for his degree only the credit value
of the courses he has passed as a resident student in the College, exclusive of any
credit for work done in the Summer Quarter or in any of the professional
departments. In every case the candidate must spend the last session of his
candidacy, which must be a regular session of nine months, exclusively in
college work in this university; and the courses offered as major electives
must all have been completed in residence in this university. A maximum
of 15 session-hours may be granted for one year of college work, and 33 hours
for two years.

Conditioned Students.—A candidate for entrance must offer fifteen units
as defined by the Southern Commision on Accredited Schools. At least thirteen

of the units offered must be included in the list of units accepted for admission
on page 9. A student who, while able to offer fifteen units, cannot offer,
fifteen units as defined in this list may be conditioned on any two units not
including English A, B, or C, or Mathematics A1. All conditions must be absolved
before the beginning of the session following initial registration. This may be
done by passing entrance examinations or by passing equivalent courses in the
Summer Quarter. But no course taken to remove a condition may be counted
as part of the work credited toward a degree. No conditioned student may be
later registered as a special student.