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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.

Graduate in a School.

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.

Master 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
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 description of the C courses open to candidate for the Master's
degree is given in its proper connection in that portion of the catalogue
which treats of the work of the independent Academic Schools,
pp. 115-157.

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 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 Rules
and Courses has duly considered the application, the applicant will 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 the
Committee on Rules and Courses consider 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.

Master of Science.

The degree of Master of Science of the University of Virginia
will be conferred upon a holder of the cultural degree (p. 162) of Bachelor
of Science, under regulations exactly similar to those under which the
degree of Master of Arts is conferred upon a Bachelor of Arts. Candidates
for the degree of Master of Science need, therefore,—in order
to see in detail what will be required of them,—merely substitute the

letters "B. S." for "B. A.," and the letters "M. S." for "M. A.," wherever
"B. A." and "M. A." respectively occur in the statement (pp.
167-168) of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.

Doctor of Philosophy.

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Virginia
will be conferred upon the holder of the B. A. or cultural B. S. degree
of this University, or (under the regulations mentioned below) upon
the holder of a similar 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, chosen by himself from at least two Academic Schools,
and approved 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 B 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 for
the Faculty's approval shall be written (type-written, if feasible) 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 Rules and Courses, 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 one of the cultural baccalaureate degrees 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 other States this minimum should be increased by a sum ranging
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. 94-101.

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
pay the annual University fee of $40 if not Virginians, and $10 if
Virginians, during such period of non-residence.

For days and hours of lectures and for dates of examinations in the
Department of Graduate Studies, see schedule on next page.

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES IN THE GRADUATE
DEPARTMENT

1910-1911

With Dates of the Examinations

                                                                   

Hours	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday	Hours
9:00 to 9:55		Chem. 3C;	9:00 to 9:55
		Geology 2C;
	Wednesday, Dec. 14.	Wednesday, Dec. 21.
	Thursday, Mar. 16.	Thursday, Mar. 23.
	Tuesday, May 30.	Tuesday, June 6.
10:00 to 10:55	Anal. Chem. 2C;	German 3C;	10:00 to 10:55
	Phil. 4C;	Phil. 5C;
	Tuesday, Dec. 13.	Saturday, Dec. 17.
	Wednesday, Mar. 15.	Monday, Mar. 20.
	Thursday, June 8.	Friday, June 2.
11:00 to 11:55	Appd. Math. 2C (Mon., Wed.)	French 3C;	11:00 to 11:55
		Appd. Math. 2C (Tue.)
	Friday, Dec. 23.	Monday, Dec. 19.
	Saturday, Mar. 25.	Tuesday, Mar. 21.
	Monday, May 29.	Saturday, June 3.
12:00 to 12:55	Latin 4C; Latin 6D (Fri.)	Latin 5C;	12:00 to 12:55
	Greek 4C;	Italian 3C;
	Math. 5C;	Latin 6D (Sat.)
	Astronomy 2C;
	History 2C;
	Tuesday, Dec. 20.	Thursday, Dec. 15.
	Wednesday, Mar. 22.	Friday, Mar. 17.
	Monday, June 5.	Wednesday, May 31.
1:00 to 1:55	Zoölogy 2C; Latin 6D (Fri.)	Botany 2C;	1:00 to 1:55
		Eng. Lit. 5C or 6D;
		Latin 6D (Sat.)
	Thursday, Dec. 22.	Friday, Dec. 16.
	Friday, Mar. 24.	Saturday, Mar. 18.
	Wednesday, June 7.	Thursday, June 1.
3:00 to 5:00	Indust. Chem. 3C.		3:00 to 5:00
	Tuesday, Dec. 20.
	Wednesday, Mar. 22.
	Monday, June 5.