REGULATIONS, EXPENSES, ETC.
Regulations.—The records given after the regular examination on a
course, with their explanations, are as follows:
Passed indicates the satisfactory completion of the course and admits
to all dependent subjects.
Conditioned means that to obtain a clear record on the course the student
must pass a special examination. Failure to take or to pass this examination
is equivalent to a record of "failed." The record "conditioned"
is not given in fourth year subjects, except in case of illness or other equivalent
cause approved by the faculty.
A student may be conditioned on any examination because of failure to
maintain a reasonable standard of English composition.
Deficient indicates that part of the work of the course has not been
completed. Upon the satisfactory completion of this work within the time
and in the manner prescribed by the professor in charge, the student receives
the record "passed"; otherwise the record is "failed" on the entire
course.
Failed indicates that the course must be repeated; except that when
the laboratory or other practical work has been satisfactorily performed, the
professor in charge may, at his discretion, excuse the student from repeating
the same; and, by special vote of the faculty, the student may be granted
optional attendance upon the course, in whole or in part. In general, a student
who is repeating a course will be required to attend all the exercises
of the course, and will not be excused from any exercise thereof because
of schedule conflicts with more advanced work.
Absence from a regular examination, when excused because of illness
or other equivalent cause, gives a record of conditioned; if not excused, a
record of failed.
To pass a regular or a special examination, a grade of eighty per cent
is required. If the grade is less than eighty per cent but not less than
seventy per cent, the student is entitled to the record conditioned; but the
record conditioned is not given in fourth-year subjects, except under the
conditions noted above.
No student will be admitted to any subject of the second or third year
(save by the consent of the Dean and the professors concerned), if more
than one-third of the work of the preceding year remains unfinished. If at
the beginning of the year his deficiencies have not been made up by the
satisfactory completion of courses at some school approved by the instructors
in charge at this university, he may continue as a student in the Department
of Medicine only by repeating the courses in which he has failed.
In the interpretation of this rule the values of the subjects of the first and
second years are estimated in point as follows:
Anatomy 1, 16 points; Anatomy 2, 5 points; Organic Chemistry, 15
points; Histology, 14 points; Embryology, 6 points; Biochemistry, 8 points.
Anatomy 3, 16 points; Physiology, 20 points; Bacteriology, 8 points;
Pathology, 20 points; Pharmacology, 8 points.
Whenever in the judgment of the faculty a student is receiving too
many records below the grade of passed, the faculty may prescribe special
conditions upon which the student may remain in the Department of Medicine,
or may require his withdrawal therefrom.
Students will not be allowed to undertake the work of the third or
fourth year until they have completed that of the first year, save by special
consent of the Medical Faculty.
A student may not take any course, either in whole or in part (as explained
under the above definition of failed) more than twice. A second
record of failed on the same course involves withdrawal from the Department
of Medicine.
Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, who have less than
one full year's work to complete, may be required to take such additional
work and to pass such additional examinations as the Medical Faculty may
prescribe. This additional work may be selected from any of the courses
given in the Department of Medicine, even when such prescribed courses
have previously been taken and passed by the candidate in question.
Certificates of Attendance.—Students who attend the whole regular
course of one or more of the four years are entitled to certificates of attendance.
Requirements for Graduation.—The degree of Doctor of Medicine is
conferred by the University of Virginia upon candidates who have complied
with the entrance requirements of this department; attended a regular
medical course of four years of at least eight months each, the last two
of which must have been at this institution; and have satisfactorily completed
all of the subjects included in the medical course.
Examinations.—These are in writing, accompanied in many subjects by
individual practical examinations. Examinations may be held only during
the regular examination periods at the end of each term or during the
vacation periods. No examinations may be given while regular class work
is in progress; provided this rule is not to be interpreted to prohibit unannounced
written tests or regular daily or weekly tests which count on
the class standing of students. The regular examinations are held at
stated periods during the session. In addition, examinations are held each
year during the week immediately preceding the beginning of lectures. To
the latter are admitted:
1. Students of the previous session who, from illness or other equivalent
cause approved by the faculty, were unable to present themselves for
examination in any particular subject at the regular time.
2. Students who at the regular examination in any first, second, or
third year subject of the preceding session have attained a grade less than
eighty per cent, but as much as seventy per cent, on one or more subjects,
as explained in a preceding paragraph; or any student who has received the
record conditioned on a course taken in this university.
3. Certain applicants for advanced standing who are admitted to these
examinations by the Committee on Advanced Standing.
The usual period for special or conditioned examinations is in September
during the week of registration; but such examinations may be
scheduled, at the option of the professor in charge, for any other time,
provided regular class work is not in progress and also provided all students
entitled to take the examination agree to the change of date. For
a special or condition examination held at any other time than that assigned
for all students entitled thereto a fee of five dollars is charged.
This fee must be paid to the Bursar before the examination is held.
In all courses in which there is practical work, either in the laboratory
or in the outpatient department or wards of the hospital, two records
are returned to the Registrar's office for each student: one of these
records is for the practical or clinical work—in which the record is
P(assed), D(eficient), or F(ailed), the other record is for the didactic
work, including the final examinations—in which case the record is
P(assed), C(onditioned), D(eficient), or F(ailed), with the approximate
percentage grade. To obtain a clear record on the course a student must
have a record of P(assed) both on practical and on didactic work; in no
case will the two grades be averaged. No record whatever is given on
didactic work unless there is a record of P(assed) on practical work; failure
on practical work gives a record of F(ailed) on the entire course.
The Fall Examinations for 1920-1921 begin September 13 and close
September 18. Students entitled to admission to these examinations will
be informed of the date of examination by the Dean.
Expenses.—The fees for instruction are 1, the tuition fee; 2, the university
fee which entitles the student to the use of the Library, Gymnasium,
to medical attention, etc.; and 3, special laboratory fees, as specified below:
|
FIRST
YEAR |
SECOND
YEAR |
THIRD
YEAR |
FOURTH
YEAR |
| Tuition |
$135.00 |
$135.00 |
$110.00 |
$110.00 |
| University fee |
40.00 |
40.00 |
40.00 |
40.00 |
| Laboratory fees: |
|
|
|
|
| Organic Chemistry |
7.50 |
|
|
|
| Biochemistry |
7.50 |
|
|
|
| Anatomy |
10.00 |
10.00 |
|
|
| Histology and Embryology |
5.00 |
|
|
|
| Physiology |
|
7.50 |
|
|
| Bacteriology and Pathology |
|
10.00 |
|
|
| Pharmacology |
|
5.00 |
|
|
| Clinical Diagnosis |
|
|
10.00 |
|
| Materia Medica and Toxicology |
|
|
5.00 |
|
| Total |
$205.00 |
$207.50 |
$165.00 |
$150.00 |
The minimum for necessary living expenses, including room, heat,
light, furniture, service, board, books, and laundry, is estimated at $250
In the courses in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, a deposit of
$10 is required to cover cost of breakage.
Voluntary Withdrawal from the University requires the written consent
of the Dean of the University and the dean of the department in which
the student is registered. When a permit is granted upon the University
Physician's certificate that withdrawal is necessary on account of ill health,
which must not be due to dissolute conduct, the fees are returned pro rata.
Under no other circumstances will there be a return of fees.
Combined Degrees in Arts (or Science) and Medicine.—Students who
have credit for the forty-eight session-hours of the group electives required
in this university for the cultural baccalaureate degrees in arts and
science may substitute for twelve session-hours of electives-at-large the
first-year course in the Department of Medicine and receive the degree of
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science at the end of the year.
The University also offers a course leading to the vocational degree of
Bachelor of Science in Medicine. This course includes two years of group
electives in academic subjects followed by the first two years of the medical
course. Since the academic group-electives satisfy the entrance requirements
of the Medical Department, students who can spend only two years
in college before entering upon the study of medicine are advised to plan
their work so as to secure this degree.
For further information regarding these degrees, see the General Catalogue
of the University.
The William A. Herndon Scholarships are founded upon the bequest of
Dr. Cumberland George Herndon, a graduate in medicine of this university.
They are awarded by the Medical Faculty after a competitive examination
held during the summer vacation preceding enrollment as a student in the
Medical Department. Candidates must be unable to defray the expenses of
their medical education and must signify their intention of entering the medical
service of the army or navy of the United States. These scholarships provide
for the necessary expenses of the student during the entire four years
of his medical course and are awarded whenever there is a vacancy. The
last awards were made in 1919. For information as to the examinations
and other requirements, address the Dean of the Department of Medicine.
The Alpha Omega Alpha Society.—On November 15, 1919 a charter
was issued for the establishment in this University of a chapter of the
honor medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha, to which there are chosen
annually one-fifth of each graduating class, on the basis of scholarship,
character, and professional promise. The charter student members are
Burr Noland Carter, Francis Milton Massie, Walter Westbrook Robinson,
Beverly Chew Smith, James Banister Stone, Jr., of the class of 1919;
and Lewis David Hoppe, Jr., of the class of 1920. On December 10, 1919
the following members of the class of 1920 were elected to membership:
Claude Porterfield Fox, Jr., James Noah Greear, Jr., Philip Meriwether
Lewis, Frank McCutchan, and Hunter Holmes McGuire.
