 | The University of Virginia record April 1, 1935 |  |
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES
Full opportunity is given to any student to carry out any definite plan of
work which he may have in view on coming to the University, or which may
have been prescribed for him by those under whose direction he is completing
his education. But when no well-considered plan has been outlined in advance,
and the end in view is that for which the great majority of students should
enter college, namely, the attainment of a liberal education, the student will be
expected to enter upon regular work of the college leading to a baccalaureate
degree.
Five degrees are offered candidates for graduation in the College of Arts
and Sciences. Two of these, the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science,
are cultural; the Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, (in Mathematical and
Natural Sciences), the name of which is inscribed on the diploma, the Bachelor
of Science in Architecture, and the Bachelor of Science in Commerce, are vocational
degrees, designed for those who wish to fit themselves especially for professional
work.
No course offered by a successful candidate for one of the cultural baccalaureate
degrees can be offered by the same candidate as part of the work
credited toward the other cultural baccalaureate degree, nor can any course
which has been counted as credit toward a vocational degree be subsequently
counted as credit toward a cultural degree; and no work done to remove an
entrance condition can be counted for any degree.
For a student who enters without advanced standing the normal time required
for obtaining a baccalaureate degree is four years, assuming that he
completes each year courses which aggregate the regular minimum of 15 session-hours.
A student receiving advanced standing in not less than two subjects
may obtain a degree in three years, provided he is able to complete each year
18 session-hours. A student may materially shorten the time required for obtaining
a degree by taking courses in the Summer Quarter for which college
credit is given. For credit for work done at other colleges, see page 187.
The requirements for the baccalaureate degrees are such as to allow a
large measure of freedom of election on the part of the individual student,
such restriction only being placed upon this liberty as is necessary to insure
at the same time the thoroughness and the breadth of culture for which these
degrees stand. In order to secure to the recipient of a degree a due measure
leading departments of knowledge, as well as with their subject matter, his
courses must be chosen subject to the specific requirements detailed below.
| The University of Virginia record April 1, 1935 | |