ADMISSION WITH ADVANCED STANDING.
Applicants from other universities and from colleges affiliated
with the University of Virginia will be admitted to advanced standing
as candidates for degrees from this University upon presentation
of proper certificates, covering the courses for which credit is
desired. Such certificates must be filed with the Dean of the Department
in which the student is registered. They must be acceptable
both to the Dean and to the Professor in charge of the course accredited.
The certificate must bear the official signature of the head of the
college; must specify the character and content of the course followed by
the student; must give his marks, which should in no case fall below
the standard seventy-five per cent. of this University; and must recommend
the student as worthy of admission to the University of
Virginia in respect of both character and scholarship. The final validation
of such certificates is effected by the successful completion of
the courses attended in this University.
Students from training schools, in which the work of the upper
classes is approximately of collegiate grade, will be granted advanced
standing in English, Mathematics and the Languages, provided they
are recommended officially and in writing for such advanced standing
by the principal of the school. Such students must, however, in every
case, attend the lectures and pass the examinations here in the last
year of the undergraduate work of every course elected. High
School courses in Science are in no case accepted as grounds for advanced
standing.
Any student admitted with advanced standing to the B Course in
English, or Mathematics, or Latin, or Greek, or French, or German,
or Spanish, who passes on the Fall Term in such course, may be allowed
credit for an additional unit in his Entrance Electives.
The College.—The programme of studies offered by the candidate
for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science must satisfy
all the requirements of that degree as here established. He must
devote at least one full session to the studies of the College and at
least three of his electives must be taken here.
Department of Engineering.—The programme of studies offered
by the candidate for a degree in Engineering must satisfy all the requirements
of that degree as here established. He must devote at
least two full sessions to engineering studies in this University.
Department of Graduate Studies.—Applicants for admission to
this department as candidates for the degree of Master of Arts, Master
of Science, or Doctor of Philosophy must present the baccalaureate
degree of an affiliated institution of collegiate rank, or in cases of incorporated
institutions of learning which confer no such degree, the
certificate of graduation on a course fully equivalent to the ordinary
collegiate course. No diploma or certificate can be accepted except
by vote of the Faculty, based on the recommendation of the Committee
on Rules and Courses.
Department of Law.—No admission with advanced standing is
permitted by the Faculty of this Department.
Department of Medicine.—The special prescription for admission
with advanced standing in Medicine will be found set forth in the
section of the catalogue devoted to that Department on page 187.
CONDITIONS FOR THE ACCREDITING OF SCHOOLS.
A school desiring to be placed on the accredited list of the University
should apply to the Chairman of the Committee on Accredited
Schools. In response to the application, a blank form inquiring
into the course of study, faculty, etc., of the school will be sent
to the principal. Upon the return of this blank, properly filled out, a
representative of the University will be sent to inspect the school.
If his report is favorable and the Committee concurs, the school will
be accepted and the principal duly notified. The name of the school
will be entered upon the list of accredited schools and published in the
catalogue of the University.
No school will be placed upon the list in which the course of
study covers less than four years of high school work based upon at
least seven years of competent elementary instruction.
Each school must offer at least sixteen units of high school instruction
as defined in the entrance requirements of the University of
Virginia in the current number of the catalogue. A unit consists
of thirty-six weeks of instruction in one subject, in which
there are five recitations of forty minutes each per week. These sixteen
units must include the first three units of English, the first three
in Mathematics, and one unit of history as outlined. Students wishing
to pursue the study of Latin at the University must offer four units
of Latin for entrance.
The University will not consider any high school in which the
teaching force consists of less than two teachers devoting their entire
time to high school instruction. It is strongly in favor of requiring
the entire time of not less than three teachers. All high school
teachers should possess college training and preference will be given
to those schools in which the teachers are college graduates.
The number of daily recitation periods given by one teacher
should not exceed eight. The University advises six. The number of
daily recitation periods of one student should not exceed five.
The quality of the instruction, the general intellectual and moral
tone of the school, the efficiency of the equipment and the character
of the text-books used are paramount factors and a representative of
the University must report satisfactorily upon those points before a
school shall be accredited.
The laboratory and library facilities should be adequate to the
needs of the instruction in the subjects for which credit is asked.
Each accredited school is required to report to the Committee on
Accredited Schools when requested to do so. Any failure so to report
will be considered cause for removal from the list.
The principal is required to forward to the Dean of the University,
upon a blank to be supplied upon request, a list of subjects in which
each student entering the University from said school is properly
prepared.
The University reserves the right to cease to accredit at any
time any school that employs inefficient teachers or fails to maintain
the standard mentioned herein.
High schools which do not fulfill all the requirements for a fully
accredited school, but which offer at least twelve units may be partially
accredited, upon those subjects which have been approved by the
Committee. Graduates of such schools will be credited with the
twelve approved units and will be required to stand entrance examinations
upon the other units.
