 | The University of Virginia record February, 1908 |  |
THE DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES.
| EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN, D. C. L., LL. D., | President. |
| RICHARD HEATH DABNEY, M. A., Ph. D., | Dean. |
Required for Entrance upon the Work of the Department.—The
possession of a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of
collegiate rank: or, in the case of a graduate of an institution of such
rank that does not confer a baccalaureate degree, presentation of a
certificate of graduation in a course of study accepted by the Academic
Faculty as fully equivalent to that ordinarily required for the
degree in question. A candidate entering the University under these
conditions will be registered as a Graduate Student if he is pursuing
one or more graduate courses: he may, however, be permitted, or, if he
is a candidate for a degree who enters from another college, be required
to take in addition such strictly undergraduate courses as may
be desirable or necessary for his purpose.
Graduates in Schools.
Any student who successfully completes all the courses offered in
any Academic School is entitled to a diploma of graduation in that
School: but a student thus pursuing graduate studies will not be
registered as a member of this Department unless he has satisfied
the conditions above stated.
Masters of Arts.
The degree of Master of Arts of the University of Virginia will
be conferred upon a Bachelor of Arts of this University who has
completed the work in four fully organized graduate courses chosen
by himself and approved by the Academic Faculty; each of which
courses must be one in which the professor regularly meets the class
not less than three hours a week. The four courses must be chosen
from at least three distinct subjects distributed among three different
Academic Schools, except by special order of the Academic Faculty;
and at least three of the courses must be cognate. Students who
take such graduate courses in some subjects before receiving the
B. A. degree will not be granted the M. A. degree unless they take
at least two of their graduate courses in the academic year when
the latter degree is conferred.
A brief summary of the C courses open to candidates for the
Master's degree is given upon a following page, together with a
schedule of the hours of lectures and examinations: a description of
each is given in its proper connection in that portion of the catalogue
which treats of the work of the independent Academic Schools.
The courses indicated are also, in many cases, included among
the advanced courses that may be offered as electives at large for
the degree of Bachelor of Arts: credit can, of course, be obtained for
any such course in but one of these capacities by the same candidate;
work done for the lower degree being in no case counted again as
part of the work required for the attainment of the higher degree.
Students holding baccalaureate degrees from other chartered institutions
of learning and desiring admission to candidacy for the
degree of Master of Arts should write immediately to the Registrar
of the University and ask for a blank form of application, to be filled
out (partly by the applicant, and partly by the President of the institution
from which the applicant has received a degree) and promptly
returned to the Registrar. When the Committee on Academic Degrees
has duly considered the application and reported to the Academic
Faculty, the latter will decide whether the application will be
accepted; and, if so, the applicant will then be informed what work
he will have to do in order to obtain the M. A. degree.
In general, the Faculty will require that, unless the baccalaureate
degree of the candidate conforms with reasonable closeness to the
B. A. degree of the University in the character of its requirements,
the candidate must take such undergraduate courses here as will
supplement his deficiencies. In particular, the Faculty will require
the candidate to take not only the four graduate courses mentioned
above, but also the undergraduate courses in the same subjects, unless
convinced by the report of the Committee on Academic Degrees that
the candidate's work done elsewhere in one or more of these subjects
has been fully equal in quality and quantity to the undergraduate
work required in such subject or subjects at the University of Virginia.
Nor can the candidate be excused from doing the undergraduate
work in any one of these four subjects without the consent
of the professor of that subject.
Doctors of Philosophy.
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Virginia
will be conferred upon a Bachelor of Arts of this University, or (under
the regulations mentioned below) upon the holder of a baccalaureate
degree from some other chartered institution of learning
who possesses a reading knowledge of French and German, and who
completes the prescribed graduate work in three cognate subjects,
by the Academic Faculty; this graduate work to be pursued for at
least three years in the major subject, for at least two years in the
primary minor, and for at least one year in the secondary minor
subject. It is also provided that any student taking the second or
third year of graduate work in a subject may be required by the
professor, with the approval of the Academic Faculty, to attend such
lectures or courses in any of the Academic Schools as the professor
may deem necessary.
The "reading knowledge" of French and German mentioned
above is intended to enable the candidate to pursue his chosen subjects
through the medium of books and periodicals in the French and
German languages. His ability to do this must be tested at the beginning
of the first year of his candidacy by examinations on these
languages in the presence of a committee consisting of the professor
of the candidate's major subject and the professors of French and
German. In case of failure on either or both of the examinations, he
will be required to enter the appropriate class or classes in one or
both of the languages, and will not be regarded as a regular candidate
for the doctorate until he has fulfilled the requirements in French
and German. It is provided, however, that any student who has
already passed on the regular B. A. course in either or both of the
languages at this University shall be considered as having the requisite
knowledge of either or both of them, as the case may be.
Graduate work done in other universities may be accepted in
lieu of resident work done here, provided sufficient evidence is furnished
by examination, written or oral, or both, that such work
has been of a grade similar to that required here, and has been satisfactorily
performed, and provided also that, while it shall be possible
for a candidate to get credit in this way for the whole of his
secondary minor subject, every candidate must take here at least one
advanced course in his primary minor, and at least one year's work
in his major subject.
It is also provided that a candidate who is a professor, in charge
of the subject selected by him as major, in a chartered college or university,
may be allowed by the Academic Faculty to spend only two
years in resident work at this University. The graduate work of the
last year of candidacy shall in all cases be done at this University,
unless the Academic Faculty shall for special reasons direct otherwise.
Upon the completion of the approved courses, the candidate
shall submit to the Academic Faculty a Dissertation exhibiting independent
research in some branch of his major subject. The Dissertation
must be submitted not later than April 15 of the year in which
the candidate applies for the degree. Moreover, the copy presented
on paper of prescribed quality and size; shall be bound; and shall
have certain prescribed phrases on the cover and title page. If accepted
as satisfactory by the Faculty, this copy shall immediately
become the property of the University. If approved, the Dissertation
must be printed at the candidate's expense before the degree is conferred,
and one hundred copies deposited in the Library of the University;
or, if this be impracticable on account of lack of time, the
candidate must deposit with the Bursar a sum of money sufficient
to have a hundred copies of the Dissertation printed.
The instruction open to candidates for the Doctor's degree in
each of the Academic Schools is described in a preceding portion of
the catalogue. No graduate course can be counted for the Doctor's
degree unless the professor regularly meets the class not less than
three hours a week.
The conditions on which students holding baccalaureate degrees
from other chartered institutions of learning are admitted to candidacy
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are as follows.
Each applicant should write to the Registrar of the University
and ask for a blank form of application to be filled out (partly by
the applicant, and partly by the President of the institution from
which the applicant has received a degree) and promptly returned to
the Registrar. When the application has been duly considered by
the Committee on Academic Degrees and by the Academic Faculty,
the applicant will be informed as to the work which he, if accepted
as a candidate, will have to do in order to secure the Doctor's degree.
The general rule will be that unless his baccalaureate degree
conforms with reasonable closeness to the B. A. degree of this University
in the nature of its requirements, he must take such undergraduate
courses here as will supplement his deficiencies. In particular,
he will be required to take not only the graduate work in his
three chosen subjects, but the undergraduate courses as well, unless
the Faculty is convinced that his work done elsewhere in one or
more of these subjects has been fully equal in quality and quantity
to the undergraduate work required in such subject or subjects at
this University. Moreover, the individual professor of any of these
three subjects may require the candidate to take his undergraduate
course, should he regard him as insufficiently grounded in the fundamental
facts or principles of the subject.
EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses at the University for a Virginia student
in the Department of Graduate Studies may be estimated at from
$160 a year upward, according to the mode of living; for students
from $90 to $130 for tuition fees. A fuller statement of expenses,
including the conditions under which Virginia or other students are
entitled to free tuition, will be found on pp. 91-95.
Applicants for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy who are
granted the privilege of non-residence during a portion of their
candidacy, under conditions above stated, are required to matriculate
and to pay the annual University fee of $40 if not Virginians, and
$10 if Virginians, during such period of non-residence.
| The University of Virginia record February, 1908 | |