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THE ACADEMICAL DEGREES,

Are first, that of Proficient in certain special departments of
a school; second, that of Graduate in a school; third, that of
Bachelor of Arts, and fourth, that of Master of Arts of the University
of Virginia.

The degree of Proficient, otherwise called a certificate of proficiency,
applies only to those branches of some of the schools
which by the regulations the student is allowed to attend separately.
These are Geology and Mineralogy, Political Economy,
Belles Lettres, Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, National Law,
Constitutional Law and Government, and Anglo-Saxon.

The degree of Graduate in a School embraces, in the school of
Ancient Languages, the Latin and Greek languages; in that of
Modern Languages, any two of the languages taught in the
school except Anglo-Saxon; in that of Mathematics, all the
studies of the school except the Mixed Mathematics; in that of
Natural Philosophy, the same, omitting Geology and Mineralogy;
in that of Chemistry, the same, omitting Materia Medica; in that
of Moral Philosophy, the same, omitting Political Economy.
The degree of Graduate is also conferred in each of the languages
separately, and in the Mixed Mathematics.

None are admitted to these degrees who fail to give satisfactory
evidence of their attainments at the public examinations and the
examinations for graduation.