 | The University of Virginia record April 1, 1916 |  |
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
For admission to any department of the University the general conditions
are the following:
1. Sufficient Age:—The minimum legal age is sixteen years; the Faculty
advises seventeen or more. Eighteen years is the minimum for admission
to the Department of Law.
2. Good Character:—This must be attested by a certificate of honorable
dismissal from the school last attended, or by other valid proof.
3. Adequate Preparation:—This must be such as will enable the candidate
to meet the requirements for admission to the several departments of
the University, as detailed below.
For admission to the Department of Graduate Studies, see page 12.
For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 11.
For admission to the College, the Department of Law, or the Department
of Engineering, the candidate must present a certificate or pass an
equivalent examination. In either case the amount of preparation required
is measured in terms of units. For a detailed description of the entrance
units, see pp. 83-92 of the General Catalogue.
A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting
approximately a quarter of a full year's work.
This definition of a unit takes the four-year high-school course as a
basis, and assumes that the length of the school year is from thirty-six to
forty weeks, that a period is from forty to sixty minutes in length, and that
the study is pursued for four or five periods a week; but under ordinary
circumstances a satisfactory year's work in any subject can not be accomplished
in less than one hundred and twenty hours, or their equivalent.
Schools organized on any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless,
estimate their work in terms of this unit.
For the requirements as to the number and selection of units for entrance
to the three departments mentioned above, see, for the College, p.
9; for the Department of Law, p. 10; for the Department of Engineering,
p. 11.
SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.
The subjects accepted for admission and their values in units are gives
below in tabulated form.
| Subject | Topics | Units |
| English A | Grammar and Grammatical Analysis | 1 |
| English B | Composition and Rhetoric | 1 |
| English C | Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature | 1 |
| English D | History of English and American Literature | 1 |
| Mathematics A1 | Algebra to Quadratic Equations | 1 |
| Mathematics A2 | Quadratics, Progressions, and the Binomial Formula | ½ or 1 |
| Mathematics B | Plane Geometry | 1 |
| Mathematics C | Solid Geometry | ½ |
| Mathematics D | Plane Trigonometry | ½ |
| History A | Greek and Roman History | 1 |
| History B | Mediæval and Modern European History | 1 |
| History C | English History | 1 |
| History D | American History and Civil Government | 1 |
| Latin A | Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Latin B | Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Latin C | Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Latin D | Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Greek A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Greek B | Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| German A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Science A | Physical Geography | 1 |
| Science B | Inorganic Chemistry | 1 |
| Science C | Experimental Physics | 1 |
| Science D | Botany | ½ |
| Science E | Zoölogy | ½ |
| Science F | Agriculture (special schools) | 2 |
| Drawing | Mechanical and Projection Drawing | 1 |
| Shop-Work | Wood-Work, Forging, and Machine-Work | 1 |
ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE.
For admission by certificate the applicant should file with the Dean of
the University not later than the first of September a Certificate of Preparation,
made out on the blank form furnished by the University. This certificate
must come from a recognized institution of collegiate rank, from an
accredited public high school, or from an accredited private secondary
school.
The candidate for admission from a public high school must be a graduate
of an accredited four-year high school.
The candidate for admission from a private secondary school must be
a graduate of the school, or must present a certificate showing that he has
had at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school work of
standard grade.
In every case the candidate for admission must have the recommendation
of the principal of the certifying school.
Schools in Virginia are accredited by the Faculty of this university after
inspection and report by a committee of the Faculty (see pages 14-18).
The Dean of the University is further authorized to accept certificates from
schools outside Virginia, accredited by their own State Universities or institutions
of equal rank, provided the courses of study offered in such
schools meet the requirements demanded of accredited schools in this State.
If in any accredited school the number of periods given to a study, or
the length of the period, is below the specified standard, the credit for such
subject is reduced pro rata. In the science subjects only half-credit is
allowed unless individual laboratory notebooks, properly attested by the
teacher in charge, are filed with the certificate.
Certificates of preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted;
students thus prepared must in all cases take the entrance examinations.
ADMISSION BY EXAMINATION.
For admission by examination the candidate must present himself at
the University in June or in September, according to the dates given in the
Program of Entrance Examinations. The examinations are held under
the honor system, no paper being accepted unless accompanied by the usual
pledge. All candidates who take their examinations at the times appointed
are tested free of charge. In case of delayed entrance, where the grounds
of postponement are good, the President of the University may admit the
candidate to a special examination, for which a fee of five dollars is charged.
This fee is payable in advance and is in no case returned.
PROGRAM OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.
| June, 1916 | 9-11 A. M. | 11-1 A. M. | 3-5 P. M. | Sept., 1916 |
| Botany | ||||
| Mon. 5 | Zoölogy | Phys. Geog. | Physics | Mon. 11 |
| French A | French B | History D | ||
| Tues. 6 | English A | English B | English C | Tues. 12 |
| Greek A | Greek B | French C | ||
| Wed. 7 | History A | History B | History C | Wed. 13 |
| Spanish A | Spanish B | Chemistry | ||
| Thur. 8 | Math. A1 | Math. A2 | Math. B | Thurs. 14 |
| French D | ||||
| Fri. 9 | German A | German B | German D | Fri. 15 |
| Spanish C | Spanish D | Math. C and D | ||
| Sat. 10 | Latin A | Latin C | Latin D | Sat. 16 |
| Latin B | German C | English D |
For admission to the College the candidate should possess an amount of
preparation which is at least the equivalent of that represented by four years
of successful work in an accredited school. He must offer fourteen units,
of which three must be in English, two and one-half in Mathematics, and
one in History. The remaining seven and one-half units may be selected at
will from the list on page 7, unless the candidate expects to apply for a baccalaureate
degree. In that case he should offer, if he is an applicant for the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, four units in Latin or two units in Greek; if he
is an applicant for the degree of Bachelor of Science, four units in two modern
languages (French, German, Spanish).
Advanced standing is given to any candidate who, in addition to meeting
the minimum requirements for entrance above stated, can show by passing
an examination that he has done work equivalent to that covered by
any of the following courses offered in the College: Latin A1, Greek A1,
English Literature A1, English Literature A2, Mathematics A1, Mathematics
A2. Such a candidate will be admitted to the corresponding B
course, and upon his successful completion of the same will be entitled to
count toward a baccalaureate degree the credit value of both the A and the
B courses in question. The examinations for advanced standing are set at
some time during the first month of the session.
Candidates who desire credit for work done at other colleges must
satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students, and must, in addition,
file with the Dean of the College a certificate covering the courses for
which college credit is desired. This certificate must be acceptable both to
the Dean and to the professors in charge of the courses accredited. The
certificate must bear the official signature of the head of the candidate's college,
must specify the character and content of the courses passed by the
candidate, and must give his grades, which should in no case fall below the
effected by the successful completion of the courses taken in this university
In no case will credit be given on more than forty-five session-hours of
work done elsewhere, and any candidate who receives this maximum amount
of credit can count among the remaining fifteen session-hours required for
his degree only the credit value of the courses he has passed as a resident
student in the College, exclusive of any credit for work done in the Summer
School or in any of the professional departments. In every case the
candidate must spend at least one regular session exclusively in college
work in this university.
A candidate for entrance who cannot offer fourteen units may be admitted
with conditions on any two units except English A and B. All conditions
must be absolved before the beginning of the session following
initial registration. This may be done by private study or by taking courses
in the University or in the Summer School. But no course taken to remove
a condition may be counted as part of the work credited toward a degree.
No conditioned student may be later registered as a special student.
A candidate may be admitted as a special student without fulfilling the
entrance requirements above specified, provided he is more than twenty
years old on the day of registration and gives adequate evidence of serious
purpose and of the training needed to pursue with profit the courses for
which he is registered. No special student may be a candidate for a degree;
but such students are permitted and encouraged to make up their deficiencies
by private study or by taking courses in the University or in the Summer
School. They will then be admitted as regular students, and may be accepted
as applicants for degrees provided all entrance requirements are met
at least one academic year before the date of graduation.
For admission to the Department of Law the candidate must offer fourteen
units, selected at will.
By special action of the Law Faculty an applicant who is at least 23
years old, and who presents proper evidence of good character, and of needful
maturity and training, though unable to fulfill the foregoing entrance requirements,
may, in exceptional cases, be admitted as a special student, and
not as a candidate for the degree.
When so admitted, such special student may qualify as a regular student,
and as a candidate for the degree, by fulfilling the entrance requirements
before the beginning of the second year of his work in the Law
School, and not afterwards.
Every applicant for admission as a special student shall make written
application to the Dean of the University, on a blank furnished for the purpose,
with detailed information as to his age, general habits, his educational
and business experience, and his general fitness to undertake the study of
law. Such application, together with such testimonials as may be required,
must be filed with the Dean of the University not later than August 1 of
the year in which the applicant desires to enter the Law School. In rare
such application may be waived.
Every such applicant for admission as a special student must pass a
satisfactory examination, to be held at the University on the first registration
day of the session This examination, which will be conducted by a
committee of the Law Faculty, will include the subjects of English, American
and English History, and Civil Government.
For admission to the Department of Engineering the candidate must
offer fourteen units, which must include English A, B, C, Mathematics A1,
A2, B, C, D, and one unit of History. The remaining six units are elective.
A candidate may be admitted as a Conditioned Student in spite of some
deficiencies, provided these are not such as will impair the integrity of his
work. But no such candidate will be conditioned except upon subjects
actually taught in this university, nor will any candidate be conditioned on
more than two units; and all conditions must be absolved before the beginning
of the next session after initial registration. Courses taken for the removal
of entrance conditions may in no case be counted as part of the work
credited for any degree. No conditions will be allowed in English A, or B,
or in Mathematics A1, A2, or B.
A candidate may be admitted as a Special Student, without formal examination,
provided he is more than twenty years old, and gives evidence
of serious purpose and of fitness to pursue with profit the courses for which
he is registered. No special student may be a candidate for any degree. No
conditioned student may register later as a special student.
Requirements for Admission to the Department of Medicine, Session
1916-1917.—Applicants for admission to the Department of Medicine are
required to present the diploma of a recognized institution of collegiate
rank; or a certificate of good standing in such an institution; or the diploma
of a recognized public or private high school having a four years' course,
or acceptable certificates which represent work equivalent in amount and
character to such a high-school course; and, in addition, to present evidence
of the completion of at least one year's work in Inorganic (General) Chemistry,
Physics, and Biology, at an approved institution of collegiate rank.
Candidates for admission will be required also to present satisfactory evidence
of a reading knowledge of at least one modern language besides
English, preferably German; this requirement may be satisfied either by the
presentation of certificates showing the completion of one year of college
work following upon two years of high-school work in the same language or
by an examination which will test the candidate's reading knowledge of the
language.
The completion of a year's work in Zoölogy or Botany will be accepted
as satisfying the requirements in Biology.
A student may be admitted conditioned on any one of the above subjects
except Chemistry, this condition to be removed before entering on the
work of the second year.
The requirement in Biology may be waived in the case of graduates of
approved colleges and universities.
The number of students in the first-year class is limited to thirty-six.
Further information concerning the character of these requirements
and forms for certificates may be obtained by addressing the Dean of the
Department of Medicine, or Mr. Howard Winston, Registrar, at the University.
Requirements for Admission to the Department of Medicine beginning
with the Session 1917-18.—Applicants for admission to the Department of
Medicine are required to furnish evidence of the completion of a four-year
course at a recognized public or private high school, or acceptable certificates
which represent work equivalent in amount and character to such a
high-school course, and, in addition, to present evidence of the completion
at an approved institution of collegiate rank of two years of work of not
less than fifteen session-hours each. This college course must include a
year's work in each of the following subjects: English (rhetoric, composition,
and literature), mathematics (solid geometry and trigonometry), inorganic
(general) chemistry, physics, biology, and either German or French.
A session-hour is one hour a week throughout the session of lecture or
recitation, or two hours a week throughout the session of laboratory work.
A student otherwise qualified may be admitted conditioned upon one
of these subjects, the condition to be removed before admission to the second
year of the medical course; but no condition may be allowed in chemistry,
English, or mathematics. The modern language (German or French)
course must be based upon two years of high-school work in that language
or its equivalent; but a candidate may absolve the requirement in this
subject by demonstrating on examination the possession of a satisfactory
reading knowledge thereof.
A year's work in either general biology, zoölogy, or botany, will be regarded
as satisfying the requirement in biology. Zoölogy is considered
preferable to botany; and it is desirable that the course should include the
dissection of a mammal.
For admission to the Department of Graduate Studies the candidate
must have a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of collegiate
rank; or, in case the institution he attended does not confer such a degree,
he must present 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.
In order to be recognized as an applicant for a Master's or Doctor's degree,
any candidate who has not received a baccalaureate degree from this
university must secure from the Registrar of the University a blank form,
which, when properly filled out, he must file with the Dean of this department,
together with a catalogue of the institution from which he graduated.
If that institution has (1) a faculty of at least six professors giving their
those of this university, and (3) a course of four full years in the liberal
arts and sciences, the candidate will not be required to take any undergraduate
courses except such as the Committee on Rules and Courses or the
professors in charge of the graduate courses he elects may consider necessary
for the successful prosecution of those courses. If, however, the institution
in question does not meet the three conditions mentioned above,
the candidate's preparation will be carefully considered by the Committee
on Rules and Courses, which will prescribe such undergraduate courses as
are deemed necessary to supply his deficiencies.
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