 | University of Virginia record February, 1911 |  |
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
beccalaureate 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 themselves,
in not less than four years, to pursue advantageously 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. 80) 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. 157), 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. 80), must devote at least one full session exclusively to
of the required B Courses, (Section (1) ), in this college. The
programme of studies offered by such 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. 116-155, or any C Course, of which the precedent
B Course has been completed, described under the head of the
academic schools, pp. 116-155.
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. 157);
select 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. 80) 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. 157), 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. 80) 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 subsidiary
to the principal subject thus chosen, he shall pursue such other
courses within the limits of the electives-at-large (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. 116-155.
(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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