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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE.

The degree of Bachelor of Science at the University of Virginia
as at present organized in the College is designed to meet the needs of
two distinct classes of candidates.

The first class consists of those candidates who wish to obtain a baccalaureate
degree representing general culture, but who do not desire
or are unable to offer the classical language required of every candidate
for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

The second class consists of those candidates who desire to fit themselves,
in not less than four years, to pursue advantageously some vocation,
for which special training in one of the natural or mathematical
sciences is necessary,—such as the vocation of practical chemist, physicist,
biologist, or geologist; or that of teacher of one of the natural or mathematical
sciences, in a high-school or college.

The regulations subject to which the degree of Bachelor of Science
is conferred,—whether as a cultural degree, or as a vocational degree,—
are detailed below. In each case the candidate must complete the work
of thirteen courses.

I. Regulations Concerning the Cultural Degree of
Bachelor of Science.

(1) Selection and Number of Courses.

Unless admitted to advanced standing (p. 74) the candidate must
select the required thirteen courses as follows:

• (a) A Courses: The candidate must complete the work of English Literature
  1A, and of Mathematics 1A.

• (b) B Courses: The candidate must complete the work of seven B Courses,
  selected from the five groups given above (p. 151), as follows: two B
  Courses must be selected from Group I, and neither of these shall be a
  Course in Latin or Greek; one B Course must be selected from Group
  II; two from Group III; one from Group IV; and one from Group V.

• (c) B or C Courses: The candidate must complete the work of four courses
  selected from the electives-at-large, in accordance with section (3), below,
  of these regulations. [See also Section (4)].

First-Year Students receiving no advanced standing should
take English Literature 1A, Mathematics 1A, a foreign language
from Group I, and a Natural Science from Group III.

(2) Time Required for Obtaining the B. S. Degree.

All undergraduates, except first-year students who enter without
advanced standing (Section (1)), are required to undertake the
work of three courses each session; and of only three unless otherwise
authorized by the Academic Faculty. Hence the time normally
required for obtaining the degree of Bachelor of Science, by the
candidate who enters without advanced standing, is four years.
(See also Section (4), (b), below.)

The candidate who enters, with advanced standing, from another
College (p. 74), must devote at least one full session exclusively to
Collegiate work here, and must complete the work of at least three
of the required B Courses, (Section (1)), in this College. The programme
of studies offered by such candidate must satisfy all the
requirements of the B. S. degree as here established.

(3) Electives-at-Large, and Major Group.

Each elective at-large consists of a B Course or a C Course of
which the precedent B Course has been completed. After having
selected seven B Courses in accordance with Section (1), (b), of
these regulations, the candidate may offer as an elective-at-large
any B Course, not already selected, contained in the list, pp. 157-163
or any C Course, of which the precedent B Course has been completed,
contained in the list, pp. 169-175.

But in every case at least two of the electives-at-large must be
selected from the subjects of some one of the five groups (p. 151);
and this group is to be known as the Candidate's Major Group.

(4) Substitutions Allowed for Electives-at-Large.

The candidate who has satisfied the requirements of Section (1),
(a) and (b), of these regulations, will be permitted to offer in
lieu of three of the four electives-at-large, (Section (1), (c)),
the work of the first year in the Department of Law, or of Medicine,
or any three technical courses in the Department of Engineering.
Thus the candidate who desires to obtain both the B. S. degree and
a professional degree, may save one year of the time required for
both degrees.

II. Regulations Concerning the Vocational Degree of
Bachelor of Science.

(1) Selection and Number of Courses.

Unless admitted to advanced standing, (p. 74), the candidate must
select the required thirteen courses as follows:

• (a) A Courses: The candidate must complete the work of English Literature
  1A, and Mathematics 1A.

• (b) B Courses: The candidate must complete the work in French 2B and
  German 2B, and must also complete one B Course from Group II
  (p. 151), and two B Courses from Group III. These five courses
  should be completed during the first two years of candidacy.

• (c) B or C Courses: The candidate must complete the work of six courses
  selected from the electives-at-large in accordance with Section (3), below
  of these regulations.

First-Year Students receiving no advanced standing should take
English Literature 1A. Mathematics 1A, either French 2B, or
German 2B; and a B Course from Group III.

(2) Time required for Obtaining the Vocational B. S. Degree.

All undergraduates, except first-year students who enter without
advanced standing (Section (1)), are required to undertake the
work of three courses each session; and of only three unless otherwise
authorized by the Academic Faculty. Hence, the time normally
required for obtaining the vocational degree of Bachelor of
Science, by the candidate who enters without advanced standing,
is four years.

The candidate who enters with advanced standing from another
College (p. 74) must devote at least one full session to collegiate

work here, and must complete the work of at least three of the
required B or C Courses in this College. The programme of studies
offered by such candidate must satisfy all the requirements of the
vocational B. S. degree as here established.

(3) Major School and Electives-at-Large.

At least two years before the date of expected graduation the
candidate must select one of the Schools of Natural or Mathematical
Science as his Major, or principal, School; and during the
remainder of his candidacy must pursue work in that School. As
subsidiary to the principal subject thus chosen, he shall pursue
such other courses within the limits of the electives-at-large (see
below) as are deemed most important in his case by the professor
or professors in charge of his major school, and approved by the
Academic Faculty.

Each elective-at-large consists of a B Course, or of a C Course
of which the precedent B Course has been completed. After five
B Courses have been chosen in accordance with Section (1), (b),
of these regulations, the six electives-at-large required are to be
selected, (subject to the restrictions detailed in the first paragraph
of this section), from the lists of B and C Courses enumerated
pp. 157-163, and pp. 169-175, respectively.

(4) Title Conferred with Diploma.

The name of the principal subject selected by the successful candidate
shall be inscribed upon his diploma. For example, the successful
candidate who selected one of the Schools of Chemistry
as his major School, (Section (3)), shall receive the title of
"Bachelor of Science in Chemistry."