University of Virginia Library


68

Page 68

SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.

The Subjects accepted for Admission and their values in units are
given in tabulated form on the opposite page. Fuller Definitions of the
Units follow immediately after. The applicant for admission may enter
either by certificate or by examination.

For Admission by Certificate the candidate must file with the dean
of the university not later than September first a Certificate of Preparation,
made out on the blank form furnished by the university. This
certificate must come from some recognized institution of collegiate rank
or from an accredited high school, but admission by certificate from accredited
public high schools in Virginia shall be extended only to graduates
from four year high-schools. It must bear in all cases the signature
of the head of the school; must specify the character and content of each
course offered for entrance credit; must give the length of time devoted
to the course and the dates of the examinations; and must give the candidate's
grades in percentages. Each unit in the entrance requirements
is the equivalent of one full year of high school work, including five
periods a week of at least forty minutes each during not less than
thirty-six weeks. For schools in which the number of periods given
to any study, or the length of the period, is below the standard here
specified, the credit for such study will be reduced pro rata. In the
scientific subjects two hours of laboratory instruction will be counted
as the equivalent of one hour of recitation. High school courses in
Physics and Chemistry, otherwise adequate, will be allowed half credit,
when individual laboratory work is not done by the student or is not
attested by proper note books filed with the certificate. Certificates of
preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted; students thus
prepared must in all cases take the entrance examinations.

For Admission by Examination the candidate must present himself
for test at the University of Virginia in June or in September, according
to the dates given in the Programme of Entrance Examinations, page
79. The examinations are held under the honor system, no paper being
accepted unless accompanied by the usual pledge. All candidates who take
their examinations at the times appointed are tested free of charge. In
case of delayed entrance, where the grounds of postponement are good, the
president of the university may admit the candidate to a special examination,
for which an additional fee of five dollars is charged. The fee is
payable in advance and is in no case returned. Satisfactory certificates
as to character and age are in all cases required.


69

Page 69

SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION

                                                       
Subject  Topics  Units 
English A  English Grammar and Grammatical Analysis 
English B  English Composition and Rhetoric 
English C  Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature 
English D  History of English and American Literature 
Mathematics A  Algebra to Quadratic Equations 
Mathematics B  Quadratics, Progressions and the Binomial Formula  ½ 
Mathematics C  Plane Geometry 
Mathematics D 1  Solid Geometry  ½ 
Mathematics D 2  Plane Trigonometry  ½ 
History A  Greek and Roman History 
History B  Mediæval and Modern European History 
History C  English History 
History D  American History and Civil Government 
Latin A  Grammar, Composition and Translation 
Latin B  Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition 
Latin C  Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition 
Latin D  Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition 
Greek B  Grammar; Composition; Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV 
German  Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
French  Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Spanish  Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Science A  Physical Geography 
Science B  Inorganic Chemistry 
Science C  Experimental Physics 
Science D  Botany and Zoölogy 
Drawing  Mechanical and Projection Drawing 
Shop-Work  Wood-Work, Forging and Machine-Work