 | University of Virginia record June, 1911 |  |
Courses of Instruction.
The work of every good school of engineering must be based
on such entrance requirements as have been defined above, carefully
formulated and rigidly observed. Inadequate preliminary
training means always and everywhere inadequate and ineffectual
work in the college course. An intelligent boy should be ready
for the high school at the age of thirteen; four years later he
should enter college. Earlier entrance upon a course of engineering
studies is not desirable; the younger student has
neither the maturity nor the steadiness of purpose demanded
for success. The Freshman year in the University of Virginia
is the same in all the engineering courses. Thereafter specialization
begins, and the student's time is absorbed more and more
each year by the technical studies needed in his chosen field for
professional work. In addition to the prescribed studies the
candidate for a degree must elect a certain number of engineering
courses outside his special field. The young engineer obtains
thus a broader conception of his professional work and an
enlarged usefulness.
| University of Virginia record June, 1911 | |