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DEGREES.

The degrees conferred by the University are Academic and Professional.

The Academic Degrees are:

1. Proficient — conferred for satisfactory attainments in certain
subjects of study, to-wit: In Anglo Saxon, the Junior and Intermediate
Course of Mathematics, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Physics,
Physiology, Medical Jurisprudence, Human Anatomy, Political Economy,
History, Literature, International Law and Government, Pharmacy,
and Agricultural Chemistry.

5. Graduate in a School — conferred for satisfactory attainments
in the leading subjects of instruction in the same, to-wit: In the
Latin Language and Literature, in the Greek Language and Literature,
In the French, German, Spanish, or Italian Language and Literature,
Mixed Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Practical
Physics, Moral Philosophy, History, Literature, and Rhetoric, Applied
Mathematics, Analytical Chemistry, General Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry,
Zoology, Agricultural Botany and Agriculture, and Natural History,
and Geology.

3. Bachelor of Arts—conferred on such candidates as have—
1st, Attained distinction on the whole course taught in the Intermediate
Class, (or its equivalent, as fixed by the Faculty, where no
Intermediate Class exists), in the Schools of Pure Mathematics, of Latin,
of Greek, of Natural Philosophy, and of Moral Philosophy; 2nd, Graduated
in any two of the Academic Schools; and 3rd, Presented an essay,

or treatise, composed by themselves, and accepted as satisfactory by the
Faculty, on some subject of science, philosophy, history or literature.

4. Doctor of Philosophy — granted to students who shall have
graduated, and obtained Post-Graduate distinction in the studies contained
in any one of the five following classes, (after having received
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, as a previous condition):

Class I. to contain—Mathematics and Mathematical Physics.

Class II. to contain—Latin and Greek.

Class III. to contain—Moral Philosophy, Political Economy, and History
and Literature.

Class IV. to contain—Modern Languages, (including Anglo-Saxon,)
History and Literature.

Class V. to contain—Experimental Physics, Chemistry, and Natural
History and Geology.

It will be perceived that the above scheme leaves unchanged the
present degrees of Proficients and Graduates in single schools, and also
the present degree of Master of Arts.

5. Master of Arts of the University of Virginia, conferred upon
students who have graduated in the Latin, Greek, French and German
Languages, Pure Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, General Chemistry,
Moral Philosophy, and History, Literature and Rhetoric, and
who have been subjected in the last year of their candidacy to a special
examination, in any two schools of their own selection, in which they
may have graduated in a previous year.

The candidate for the degree of Bachelor or Master of Arts is also required
to submit for the approval of the Faculty an essay, composed by
himself, on some subject of literature or science, which essay must be
read by the author on the Public Day, if so ordered.

By a recent order of the Board of Visitors, graduation in the School of
Natural History and Geology is admitted as a substitute for graduation
in History and Literature, or in Natural Philosophy, or in Moral Philosophy;
and the attainment of the degree of Bachelor of Arts, as at present
organized, is made necessary to the degree of Master of Arts.

The Professional Degrees are:

1. Bachelor of Law—conferred for satisfactory attainments in all the
subjects of instruction in the Schools of Law.

2. Doctor of Medicine—conferred for satisfactory attainments in
all the subjects of instruction in the several schools constituting the Medical
Department.

Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine who have been previously
declared graduates in General Chemistry, or proficients in Anatomy,
Physiology, or Medical Jurisprudence, are not required to stand
the examinations in these subjects anew; and the same rule applies to
candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Law who are proficients in International
Law and Government.

3. Civil Engineer — conferred on such students as have graduated
in the Schools of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry or Industrial
Chemistry, obtained certificates of proficiency in Mathematics and in
Geology and Mineralogy, and graduated in the School of Applied Mathematics,
course of Civil Engineering, with satisfactory attainments in a
prescribed course on the Infinitesimal Calculus.

4. Mining Engineer — conferred on such students as have graduated
in the Schools of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Analytical
Chemistry, obtained certificates of proficiency in Physics, in Geology,
and Mineralogy, and in Mathematics, and graduated in the School
of Applied Mathematics, course of Mining Engineering, with satisfactory
attainments in a prescribed course on the Infinitesimal Calculus.

5. Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture—conferred on such students
as have obtained a certificate of proficiency in the Class of Physics,
distinctions in Junior Applied Mathematics, Analytical and Agricultural
Chemistry, and diplomas in the Schools of General and Industrial
Chemistry, Agriculture, Zoology, Botany, and Natural History
and Geology.