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DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES.

   

EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN, D. C. L., LL. D.	President
RICHARD HEATH DABNEY, M. A., Ph. D.	Dean

Required for Entrance upon the Work of the Department.—The
possession of a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of
collegiate rank; or, in the case of a graduate of an institution of such
rank that does not confer a baccalaureate degree, presentation of a certificate
of graduation in a course of study accepted by the academic faculty
as fully equivalent to that ordinarily required for the degree in question.
A candidate entering the university under these conditions will be registered
as a graduate student if he is pursuing one or more graduate courses: he
may, however, be permitted, or, if he is a candidate for a degree who
enters from another college, be required to take in addition such strictly
undergraduate courses as may be desirable or necessary for his purpose.

Graduate in a School.

Any student who successfully completes all the courses offered in
any academic school is entitled to a diploma of graduation in that school:
but a student thus pursuing graduate studies will not be registered as a
member of this department unless he has satisfied the conditions above
stated.

Master of Arts.

The degree of Master of Arts of the University of Virginia will be
conferred upon a Bachelor of Arts of this university who has completed
the work in four fully organized graduate courses chosen by himself and
approved by the academic faculty; each of which courses must be one in
which the professor regularly meets the class not less than three hours
a week. The four courses must be chosen from at least three distinct subjects
distributed among three different academic schools, except by special
order of the academic faculty; and three of the courses must be cognate.
Students who take such graduate courses in some subjects before receiving
the B. A. degree will not be granted the M. A. degree unless they take at
least two of their graduate courses in the academic year when the latter
degree is conferred.

A description of the courses open to candidates for the master's
degree is given in its proper connection in that portion of the catalogue
which treats of the work of the independent academic schools, pp. 116-155.

The courses indicated are also, in many cases, included among the
advanced courses that may be offered as electives at large for the degree
of Bachelor of Arts: credit can be obtained for any such course in but
one of these capacities by the same candidate; work done for the lower
degree being in no case counted again as part of the work required for
the attainment of the higher degree.

Students holding baccalaureate degrees from other chartered institutions
of learning and desiring admission to candidacy for the degree of Master
of Arts should write immediately to the Registrar of the university and
ask for a blank form of application, to be filled out (partly by the applicant,
and partly by the president of the institution from which the applicant has
received a degree) and promptly returned to the Registrar. When the
Committee on Rules and Courses has duly considered the application, the
applicant will be informed what work he will have to do in order to
obtain the M. A. degree.

In general, the faculty will require that, unless the baccalaureate
degree of the candidate conforms with reasonable closeness to the B. A.
degree of the university in the character of its requirements, the candidate
must take such undergraduate courses here as will supplement
his deficiencies. In particular, the faculty will require the candidate
to take not only the four graduate courses mentioned above, but also
the undergraduate courses in the same subjects, unless the Committee
on Rules and Courses consider that the candidate's work done elsewhere
in one or more of these subjects has been fully equal in quality and
quantity to the undergraduate work required in such subject or subjects
at the University of Virginia. Nor can the candidate be excused from
doing the undergraduate work in any one of these four subjects without
the consent of the professor of that subject.

Master of Science.

The degree of Master of Science of the University of Virginia will
be conferred upon a holder of the cultural degree (p. 160) of Bachelor
of Science, under regulations exactly similar to those under which the
degree of Master of Arts is conferred upon a Bachelor of Arts. Candidates
for the degree of Master of Science need, therefore,—in order to
see in detail what will be required of them,—merely substitute the letters
"B. S." for "B. A.," and the letters "M. S." for "M. A.," wherever
"B. A." and "M. A.," respectively occur in the statement (p. 165) of
the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.

Doctor of Philosophy.

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Virginia
will be conferred upon the holder of the B. A. or cultural B. S. degree

of this university, or (under the regulations mentioned below) upon
the holder of a similar degree from some other chartered institution
of learning who possesses a reading knowledge of French and German,
and who completes the prescribed graduate work in three cognate subjects,
chosen by himself from at least two academic schools, and approved
by the academic faculty; this graduate work to be pursued for at least
three years in the major subject, for at least two years in the primary
minor, and for at least one year in the secondary minor subject. It
is also provided that any student taking the second or third year of
graduate work in a subject may be required by the professor, with the
approval of the academic faculty, to attend such lectures or courses in
any of the academic schools as the professor may deem necessary.

The "reading knowledge" of French and German mentioned above
is intended to enable the candidate to pursue his chosen subjects through
the medium of books and periodicals in the French and German languages.
His ability to do this must be tested at the beginning of the
first year of his candidacy by examinations on these languages in the
presence of a committee consisting of the professor of the candidate's
major subject and the professors of French and German. In case of
failure on either or both of the examinations, he will be required to enter
the appropriate class or classes in one or both of the languages, and will
not be regarded as a regular candidate for the doctorate until he has
fulfilled the requirements in French and German. It is provided, however,
that any student who has already passed on the B course in either
or both of the languages at this university shall be considered as having
the requisite knowledge of either or both of them, as the case may be.

Graduate work done in other universities may be accepted in lieu
of resident work done here, provided sufficient evidence is furnished by
examination, written or oral, or both, that such work has been of a
grade similar to that required here, and has been satisfactorily performed,
and provided also that, while it shall be possible for a candidate
to get credit in this way for the whole of his secondary minor subject,
every candidate must take here at least one advanced course in his
primary minor, and at least one year's work in his major subject.

It is also provided that a candidate who is a professor, in charge
of the subject selected by him as major, in a chartered college or university,
may be allowed by the academic faculty to spend only two
years in resident work at this university. The graduate work of the
last year of candidacy shall in all cases be done at this university, unless
the academic faculty shall for special reasons direct otherwise.

Upon the completion of the approved courses, the candidate shall
submit to the academic faculty a dissertation exhibiting independent
research in some branch of his major subject. The dissertation must
be submitted not later than April 15 of the year in which the candidate

applies for the degree. Moreover, the copy presented for the
faculty's approval shall be written (type-written, if feasible) on paper
of prescribed quality and size; shall be bound; and shall have certain
prescribed phrases on the cover and title page. If accepted as satisfactory
by the faculty, this copy shall immediately become the property of the
university. If approved, the dissertation must be printed at the candidate's
expense before the degree is conferred, and one hundred copies deposited
in the library of the university; or, if this be impracticable on account
of lack of time, the candidate must deposit with the Bursar a sum of money
sufficient to have a hundred copies of the dissertation printed.

The instruction open to candidates for the doctor's degree in each
of the academic schools is described in a preceding portion of the catalogue.
No graduate course can be counted for the doctor's degree unless
the professor regularly meets the class not less than three hours a week.

The conditions on which students holding baccalaureate degrees from
other chartered institutions of learning are admitted to candidacy for
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are as follows.

Each applicant should write to the Registrar of the university and
ask for a blank form of application to be filled out (partly by the applicant,
and partly by the president of the institution from which the
applicant has received a degree) and promptly returned to the Registrar.
When the application has been duly considered by the Committee on
Rules and Courses, the applicant will be informed as to the work which
he, if accepted as a candidate, will have to do in order to secure the
doctor's degree. The general rule will be that unless his baccalaureate
degree conforms with reasonable closeness to one of the cultural baccalaureate
degrees of this university in the nature of its requirements, he
must take such undergraduate courses here as will supplement his
deficiencies. In particular, he will be required to take not only the
graduate work in his three chosen subjects, but the undergraduate courses
as well, unless the faculty is convinced that his work done elsewhere in
one or more of these subjects has been fully equal in quality and quantity
to the undergraduate work required in such subject or subjects at this
university. Moreover, the individual professor of any of these three
subjects may require the candidate to take his undergraduate course.
should he regard him as insufficiently grounded in the fundamental facts
or principles of the subject.

EXPENSES.

The necessary expenses at the University for a Virginia student in
the Department of Graduate Studies may be estimated at from $190
a year upward, according to the mode of living; for students from other
states this minimum should be increased by a sum ranging from $90
to $130 for tuition fees. A fuller statement of expenses, including the

conditions under which Virginia or other students are entitled to free
tuition, will be found on pp. 97-98.

Applicants for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy who are granted
the privilege of non-residence during a portion of their candidacy, under
conditions above stated, are required to matriculate and pay the annual
university fee of $40 if not Virginians, and $10 if Virginians, during such
period of non-residence.

For days and hours of lectures and for dates of examinations in the
Department of Graduate Studies, see schedule on next page.

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES IN THE GRADUATE
DEPARTMENT.

1911-1912.

With Dates of the Examinations.

                                                                       

Hours	Monday, Wednesday Friday	Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday	Hours
9:00 to 9:55	English 2C;	Chem. 3C;	9:00 to 9:55
		Geology 2C;
	Wednesday, Dec. 13.	Wednesday, Dec. 20.
	Thursday, Mar. 14.	Thursday, Mar. 21.
	Tuesday, May 28.	Tuesday, June 4.
10:00 to 10:55	Anal. Chem. 2C;	German 3C;	10:00 to 10:55
	Phil. 4C;	Phil. 5C;
	Tuesday, Dec. 12.	Saturday, Dec. 16.
	Wednesday, Mar. 13.	Monday, Mar. 18.
	Thursday, June 6.	Friday, May 31.
11:00 to 11:55	Appd. Math. 2C (Mon., Wed.);	French 3C;	11:00 to 11:55
		Appd. Math. 2C (Tue.);
	Math. 5C;	Math. 10D;
	Astronomy 2C;
	Friday, Dec. 22.	Monday, Dec. 18.
	Saturday, Mar. 23.	Tuesday, Mar. 19.
	Monday, May 27.	Saturday, June 1.
12:00 to 12:55	Latin 4C; Latin 6D (Fri.);	Latin 5C;	12:00 to 12:55
		Italian 3C;
	Greek 4C;	Latin 6D (Sat.);
	Math. 5C;
	History 2C;
	Tuesday, Dec. 19.	Thursday, Dec. 21.
	Wednesday, Mar. 20.	Friday, Mar. 22.
	Monday, June 3.	Wednesday, June 5.
1:00 to 1:55	Zoölogy 2C; Latin 6D (Fri.);	Botany 2C;	1:00 to 1:55
		Eng. Lit. 5C or 6D;
		Latin 6D (Sat.);
	Thursday, Dec. 14.	Friday, Dec. 15.
	Friday, Mar. 15.	Saturday, Mar. 16.
	Wednesday, May 29.	Thursday, May 30.
3:00 to 5:00	Indust. Chem. 3C.		3:00 to 5:00
	Tuesday, Dec. 19.
	Wednesday, Mar. 20.
	Monday, June 3.