 | University of Virginia record February, 1910 |  |
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE.
The degree of Bachelor of Science of the University of Virginia
as at present organized in the College is designed to meet the needs
of two distinct classes of candidates.
The first class consists of those candidates who wish to obtain
a baccalaureate degree representing general culture, but who do not
desire, or are unable, to offer the classical language required of every
candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
The second class consists of those candidates who desire to fit
some vocation, for which special training in one of the natural or
mathematical sciences is necessary,—such as the vocation of practical
chemist, physicist, biologist, or geologist; or that of teacher of one
of the natural or mathematical sciences, in a high-school or college.
The regulations subject to which the degree of Bachelor of Science
is conferred,—whether as a cultural degree, or as a vocational degree,—
are detailed below. In each case the candidate must complete the
work of thirteen courses.
I. Regulations Concerning the Cultural Degree of
Bachelor of Science.
(1) Selection and Number of Courses.
Unless admitted to advanced standing (p. 81) the candidate
must select the required thirteen courses as follows:
(a) A Courses: The candidate must complete the work of English Literature
1A, and of Mathematics 1A.(b) B Courses: The candidate must complete the work of eight B Courses,
selected from the six groups given above (p. 159), as follows: two B
Courses must be selected from Group I, and neither of these shall be a
Course in Latin or Greek; one B Course must be selected from Group
II; two from Group III; one from Group IV; one from Group V,
and one from Group VI.(c) B or C Courses: The candidate must complete the work of three courses
selected from the electives-at-large, in accordance with section (3), below,
of these regulations. [See also Section (4)].
First-Year Students receiving no advanced standing should take
English Literature 1A, Mathematics 1A, a foreign language
from Group I, and a Natural Science from Group III.
(2) Time Required for Obtaining the B. S. Degree.
All undergraduates, except first-year students who enter without
advanced standing (Section (1) ), are required to undertake
the work of three courses each session; and of only three unless
otherwise authorized by the Academic Faculty. Hence the
time normally required for obtaining the degree of Bachelor
of Science, by the candidate who enters without advanced standing,
is four years. (See also Section (4), (b), below.)
The candidate who enters, with advanced standing, from
another College (p. 81), must devote at least one full session
exclusively to Collegiate work here, and must complete the
work of at least three of the required B Courses, (Section (1) ),
candidate must satisfy all the requirements of the B. S. degree
as here established.
(3) Electives-at-Large, and Major Group.
Each elective-at-large consists of a B Course or a C Course of
which the precedent B Course has been completed. After having
selected eight B Courses in accordance with Section (1),
(b), of these regulations, the candidate may offer as an elective-at-large
any B Course, not already selected, described under
the head of the Academic Schools, pp. 115-157, or any C Course,
of which the precedent B Course has been completed, described
under the head of the Academic Schools, pp. 115-157.
But in every case at least two of the electives-at-large must be
selected from the subjects of some one of the six groups (p. 159);
and this group is to be known as the Candidate's Major Group.
(4) Substitutions Allowed for Electives-at-Large.
The candidate who has satisfied the requirements of Section
(1), (a) and (b), of these regulations, will be permitted to offer
in lieu the three electives-at-large, (Section (1), (c) ), the work
of the first year in the Department of Law, or of Medicine,
or any three technical courses in the Department of Engineering.
Thus the candidate who desires to obtain both the B. S.
degree and a professional degree, may save one year of the
time required for both degrees.
II. Regulations Concerning the Vocational Degree of
Bachelor of Science.
(1) Selection and Number of Courses.
Unless admitted to advanced standing (p. 81) the candidate
must select the required thirteen courses as follows:
(a) A Courses: The candidate must complete the work of English Literature
1A, and Mathematics 1A.(b) B Courses: The candidate must complete the work in French 2B and
German 2B, and must also complete one B Course from Group II (p. 159),
and two B Courses from Group III. These five courses should be completed
during the first two years of candidacy.(c) B or C Courses: The candidate must complete the work of six courses
selected from the electives-at-large in accordance with Section (3), below
of these regulations.
First-Year Students receiving no advanced standing should take
English Literature 1A, Mathematics 1A, either French 2B, or
German 2B; and a B Course from Group III.
(2) Time required for Obtaining the Vocational B. S. Degree.
All undergraduates, except first-year students who enter without
advanced standing (Section (1) ), are required to undertake
the work of three courses each session; and of only three unless
otherwise authorized by the Academic Faculty. Hence, the
time normally required for obtaining the vocational degree of
Bachelor of Science, by the candidate who enters without advanced
standing, is four years.
The candidate who enters with advanced standing from another
College (p. 81) must devote at least one full session to collegiate
work here, and must complete the work of at least three of the
required B or C Courses in this College. The programme of
studies offered by such candidate must satisfy all the requirements
of the vocational B. S. degree as here established.
(3) Major School and Electives-at-large.
At least two years before the date of expected graduation the
candidate must select one of the Schools of Natural or Mathematical
Science as his Major, or principal, School; and during
the remainder of his candidacy must pursue work in that School.
As subsidary to the principal subject thus chosen, he shall
pursue such other courses within the limits of the electives-atlarge
(see below) as are deemed most important in his case by
the professor or professors in charge of his major school, and
approved by the Academic Faculty.
Each elective-at-large consists of a B Course, or of a C Course
of which the precedent B Course has been completed. After
five B Courses have been chosen in accordance with Section
(1), (b), of these regulations, the six electives-at-large required
are to be selected, (subject to the restrictions detailed in the
first paragraph of this section), from the lists of B and C
Courses described under the head of the Academic Schools,
pp. 115-157.
(4) Title Conferred with Diploma.
The name of the principal subject selected by the successful
candidate shall be inscribed upon his diploma. For example,
the successful candidate who selected one of the Schools of
Chemistry as his major School, (Section (3) ), shall receive the
title of "Bachelor of Science in Chemistry."
For days and hours of lectures and dates of examinations in the College,
see schedule on next page.
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