 | University of Virginia record February 1, 1915 |  |
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES.
Full opportunity is given to any student to carry out any definite
plan of work which he may have in view on coming to the University, or
which may have been prescribed for him by those under whose direction
he is completing his education. But when no well-considered plan has
been outlined in advance, and the end in view is that for which the great
majority of students enter college, namely, the attainment of a liberal
education, the student will be expected to enter upon the regular work of
the College leading to a baccalaureate degree.
Four degrees are offered candidates for graduation in the College.
Two of these, the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science, are cultural;
the Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, the name of which
is inscribed on the diploma, is a vocational degree, designed for those
who wish to fit themselves especially in some branch of the mathematical
or natural sciences as a profession; the Bachelor of Science in Medicine is
a vocational degree designed for those who wish special preparation for
medical work.
No course offered by a successful candidate for one of the cultural
baccalaureate degrees can be offered by the same candidate as part of
the work credited toward the other cultural baccalaureate degree, nor can
any work done to remove an entrance condition be counted for any degree.
For a student who enters without advanced standing the normal time
required for obtaining a baccalaureate degree is four years, assuming
that he completes each year courses which aggregate the regular minimum
of fifteen session-hours. A student receiving advanced standing in
not less than two subjects may obtain a degree in three years, provided
he is able to complete each year the maximum amount of eighteen session-hours.
A student may materially shorten the time required for obtaining
a degree by taking courses in the Summer School on which college credit
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The requirements for a baccalaureate degree are such as to allow
a large measure of freedom of election on the part of the individual
student, such restriction only being placed upon this liberty as is
necessary to insure at the same time the thoroughness and the breadth
of culture for which these degrees stand. In order to secure to the
recipient of a degree a due measure of acquaintance with the methods of
thought characteristic of each of the leading departments of knowledge,
as well as with their subject matter, his courses must be chosen, subject
to the specific requirements detailed below, from the following groups,
among which are distributed all the undergraduate courses having credit
value toward a baccalaureate degree. The courses in parenthesis may be
counted only as "electives-at-large."
Group I: Languages.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
Latin A1.
Latin B1.
Latin B2.
Greek A1.
Greek B1.
Greek B2.
French B1.
Spanish B1.
Italian B1.
Portuguese B1.
German B1.
German B2.
Group II: Mathematical Sciences.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
Mathematics A1 or A2.
Mathematics B1.
Mathematics B2.
Mathematics B3.
Astronomy B1.
Astronomy B2.
Group III: Natural Sciences.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 6 session-hours.
Chemistry B1.
Chemistry B2.
(Analytical Chemistry B1.)
Physics B1.
Physics B2.
Botany B1.
Zoölogy B1.
Geology B1.
Geology B2.
Geology B3.
Group IV: Social Sciences.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
History B1.
History B2.
Economics B1.
Political Science B1.
Group V: English.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
English Literature A1 or A2.
English Literature B1.
English Literature B2.
English B1.
English B2.
Biblical History and Literature B1.
Biblical History and Literature B2.
Public Speaking B1.
(Public Speaking B2.)
Group VI: Philosophical Sciences.
Each course in this group has a credit value of 3 session-hours.
Philosophy B1.
Philosophy B2.
Philosophy B3.
Education B1.
Education B2.
(Education B3.)
Education B4.
Education B5.
(Education B6.)
Bachelor of Arts.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts must complete 60 session-hours,
divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.
A. Group Electives: 48 session-hours, distributed among the several
groups as follows:
Group I: 9 session-hours, of which 6 must be in either Latin or
Greek.
Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1
or A2.
Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.
Group IV: 6 session-hours.
Group V: 9 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature
A1 or A2.
Group VI: 6 session-hours.
B. Electives-at-Large: 12 session-hours, not less than 9 of which
must be in some one group, to be known as the candidate's Major Group.
English B1, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.
One C course may be offered as an elective-at-large in the candidate's
Major Group, with a credit value of six session-hours.
For the twelve session-hours of electives-at-large there may be substituted
the first-year course in the Department of Law or in the Department
of Medicine, or twelve session-hours of technical courses in the Department
of Engineering.
Bachelor of Science.
Candidates for the cultural degree of Bachelor of Science must complete
60 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and Electives-at-Large.
A. Group Electives: 48 session-hours, distributed among the several
groups as follows:
Group I: 9 session-hours.
Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1
or A2.
Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.
Group IV: 6 session-hours.
Group V: 9 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature
A1 or A2.
Group VI: 6 session-hours.
B. Electives-at-Large: 12 session-hours, not less than 9 of which
must be in some one group, to be known as the candidate's Major Group.
English B1, if offered as an elective-at-large, may be counted as belonging
either in Group I or in Group V.
One C course may be offered as an elective-at-large in the candidate's
Major Group, with a credit value of six session-hours.
For the twelve session-hours of electives-at-large there may be substituted
the first-year course in the Department of Law or in the Department
of Medicine, or twelve session-hours of technical courses in the Department
of Engineering.
Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject.
Candidates for the vocational degree of Bachelor of Science in a
Special Subject must complete 60 session-hours, divided between Group
Electives and Electives-at-Large.
A. Group Electives: 30 session-hours, distributed among various
groups as follows:
Group I: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in French and 3 in
German.
Group II: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in Mathematics A1
or A2.
Group III: 12 session-hours in two subjects.
Group V: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English Literature
A1 or A2.
B. Electives-at-Large: 30 session-hours, chosen in conformity with
the following regulation. At least two years before the date of graduation,
the candidate must select one of the Schools of Natural or Mathematical
Science as his Major School, and during the remainder of his candidacy
must pursue work in that School and such other courses as shall be prescribed
by the professor or professors in charge of his Major School and
approved by the Academic Faculty.
Bachelor of Science in Medicine.
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medicine must
offer 60 session-hours, divided between Group Electives and the Department
of Medicine.
A. Group Electives: 30 session-hours, distributed among various
groups as follows:
Group I: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in French and 3 in
German.
Group II: 3 session-hours in Mathematics A1 or A2.
Group III: 18 session-hours in Physics B1, Chemistry B1 or B2,
and Botany B1 or Zoölogy B1.
Group V: 3 session-hours in English Literature A1 or A2.
B. Department of Medicine: the first two years of the regular
course.
| University of Virginia record February 1, 1915 | |