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DEGREES.

No merely honorary degree is conferred by the University of Virginia.
A Certificate of Distinction is conferred on one who has attained three-fourths
of the value of the questions at an Intermediate or a Final Examination.
For the Degrees of Proficient or Graduate, an equal or a higher
standard is demanded; these degrees, which are conferred only upon examination,
are as follows:

UNTITLED DEGREES.

1. A Certificate of Proficiency is conferred on one who has passed
examination on any of the following special courses: Anglo-Saxon, Early English,
Modern English, Rhetoric and English Literature, History, Political
Economy and Science of Society, Logic, Philosophy, Junior and Intermediate
Mathematics, Junior Physics, Agricultural Chemistry, Descriptive
Mineralogy, Determinative Mineralogy, Geology, Botany, General Biology,
Physiology, Human Anatomy, Medical Jurisprudence, Pharmacy, Constitutional
and International Law.

2. A Diploma of Graduation is conferred on one who has passed
examination on any of the following general courses: Latin, Greek, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Modern Languages (i. e., French and German),
English Language and Literature, Historical Science, Moral Philosophy,
Pure Mathematics, Mixed Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Natural
Philosophy, Practical Physics, Practical Astronomy, General Chemistry,
Industrial Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Analytical and Agricultural
Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology, Natural History and Geology, Biology
and Agriculture.

ACADEMICAL DEGREES WITH TITLES.

1. The degree of Bachelor of Arts of the University of Virginia
is conferred upon one who has passed examination upon the following courses
of liberal study: Latin, Greek (or Logic), Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,
General History, one Romanic language (French, or Spanish, or
Italian), and one Teutonic language (German or English). The scope of
these courses is indicated in the following statement of the special subjects
of instruction covered by them:

(a) The course in Latin includes an exact training in the grammatical,
rhetorical and metrical structure of the language; copious practice in the
translation and interpretation of the classical writers; and Roman history,
geography and literature.

(b) The course in Greek includes a like training in the Attic prose,
Euripides and Homer, with Greek history, antiquities, geography, and
literature.

(c) The course in Mathematics includes the Theory of Arithmetic,
Algebra, Geometry, Geometrical Analysis, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
with applications, Analytical Geometry of Two Dimensions, and the
Elements of the Theory of Equations.

(d) The course in Physics includes the cardinal doctrines of mechanics
with their applications to the theories of Sound, Light, Heat and Electricity.
The exposition is experimental and candidates for the degree are required to
repeat the experiments of the lecture-room in the Physical Laboratory.

(e) The course in Chemistry includes the study of the atomic theory,
the laws of chemical combination, chemical nomenclature, and a survey of
descriptive chemistry, inorganic and organic.

(f) The course in General History embraces ancient, mediæval and
modern history, and historical geography.

(g) The course in Modern Languages includes for each idiom a systematic
study of the grammatical structure with continuous drill in translating
from the vernacular, copious practice in construing the simpler writers,
both modern and classical, and a study of the geography and history of the
country, and the history of the literature.

(h) The course in English includes either (1) the study of the principles
of Composition and Rhetoric, and the history of English Literature; or (2)
the study of Modern English, including the reading and interpretation of
Shakspere and later writers, and the history of the English Language; or (3)
the study of Anglo-Saxon and Early English to Chaucer inclusive, with lectures
on the History of the Language.

(i) The course in Logic includes Deductive Logic, Inductive Logic, and
Applied Logic.

The graduating examinations are in all cases in writing, and the standard
is three-fourths. (See page 57).

2. The degree of Master of Arts of the University of Virginia
is conferred on one who has graduated in Latin, Greek, French and German,
Moral Philosophy, Pure Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and General
Chemistry.

3. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Virginia
is conferred on one who has attained the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
or Master of Arts, and accomplished a Graduate Course in two or more
Literary Schools, or in two or more Scientific Schools.

N. B.—The candidate for a Doctorate may obtain the preliminary degree above required,
or other degree which the Faculty may deem equivalent, either at this University or at some
other chartered institution of learning: provided, however, that he shall, in all cases, have
graduated at this University in the Schools in which it is proposed to pursue Graduate Courses.
The candidate for a Doctorate is also required to prepare and have printed a fortnight before
Public Day an approved Thesis, showing independent research or original treatment of a
fitting theme from one or another, as he may elect, of the Schools in which he pursues a
Graduate Course. His election of Schools is subject to the approval of the Faculty.

PROFESSIONAL DEGREES WITH TITLES.

1. The degree of Bachelor of Law is conferred on one who has passed
examination on all the subjects of instruction in the Schools of the Law
Department.

2. The degree of Doctor of Medicine is conferred on one who has
passed examination on all the prescribed subjects of instruction in the Schools
of the Medical Department.

3. The degree of Graduate in Pharmacy is conferred on one who has
passed examination on all the prescribed subjects of instruction in the Schools
of the Pharmaceutical Department.

4. The degree of Civil Engineer is conferred on one who is a Proficient
in Mathematics, Physics, Geology and Mineralogy (Descriptive or
Determinative), and a Graduate in Applied Mathematics, Chemistry (General
or Industrial), and Mathematics or Natural Philosophy.

5. The degree of Mining Engineer is conferred on one who is a Proficient
in Mathematics, Physics, Geology and Mineralogy, and a Graduate in
Applied Mathematics, General and Industrial Chemistry, and Analytical
Chemistry.

6. The degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture is conferred on
one who is a Proficient in Applied Mathematics, Physics, Geology and Mineralogy,
and a Graduate in General and Industrial Chemistry, Analytical
and Agricultural Chemistry, and Biology and Agriculture.