The University of Virginia record :: February 1, 1918

Required for Admission to the Department.—A candidate for admission
to the Department of Graduate Studies 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.

Required for Admission as Applicant for a Degree.—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 full time to college or university
work; (2) entrance requirements equal to 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 their successful prosecution. 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.

REGULATIONS.

Grade.—The grade of a student in any course, either for a term or for
the session, is determined by his class standing and his examination grade,
combined in such proportion as the professor in charge of the course in question
may decide.

Grade Required for Passing.—For passing in any course a grade of
seventy-five per cent is required.

Absence from Examination will not be excused except for sickness on
the day of examination, attested by a physician's certificate, or for other cause
which the faculty by special order may approve. An unexcused absence is
counted as a total failure.

Special Examinations.—A student whose absence from an examination

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is excused, is entitled to a special examination on a date to be arranged between
himself and the professor in charge.

Change of Subjects of Study after registration can be made only with
the consent of the Dean and of the professors concerned.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES.

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.

The Master's Degrees.

A candidate who has received a baccalaureate degree from this university,
or who has fulfilled the conditions above specified under Entrance Requirements,
is entitled to a master's degree upon his successful completion of four
graduate courses, chosen in accordance with the restrictions detailed below:

No C course which a candidate has offered as part of the work credited
for baccalaureate degree (page 144) may be counted for a master's degree.

A candidate must take at least two graduate courses during the last year
of his work for a master's degree, and no candidate may receive this degree
until at least one year after he has received his baccalaureate degree, except by
special consent of the Academic Faculty.

The degree of Master of Arts is conferred upon a Bachelor of Arts who
has successfully completed four graduate courses, chosen with the approval
of the Academic Faculty. These four courses must be in at least three distinct
subjects, and in three different Academic Schools, except by special order of the
Academic Faculty. Three of the subjects must be cognate, which means that
they must be selected from kindred groups of subjects, such as, for example,
languages and literature, or mathematics and natural science, or history,
economics, and government, or philosophy, education, and biology.

The degree of Master of Science is conferred upon a holder of the cultural
degree of Bachelor of Science (page 144), who has successfully completed
four graduate courses chosen in accordance with the regulations prescribed for
the Master of Arts above.

The degree of Master of Science in a Special Subject, the name of which
is inscribed on the diploma, is conferred upon a holder of the vocational degree
of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject (page 144), who has successfully
completed four graduate courses selected from among those offered in his
special subject, or from among other courses which meet with the approval of
the professor or professors in charge of his special subject.

Doctor of Philosophy.

A candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy must hold the degree
of Bachelor of Arts or the cultural degree of Bachelor of Science of this university,
or, if he be a graduate of some other institution, he must have fulfilled
the conditions above specified under Entrance Requirements. The requirements
for the degree are as follows:

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(1) A reading knowledge of French and German, attested by the successful
completion of the B courses in these languages, or else by examinations
held at the beginning of the first year of the candidate's work for the doctorate,
by committees consisting of the professor in charge of the candidate's
major subject and the professors of French and German, respectively. If the
candidate fails on one or both of these examinations, he will be required to
enter the appropriate course in one or both of these languages. No student will
be regarded as a regular candidate for the doctorate until he has fulfilled this
requirement.

(2) The successful completion of at least three years of graduate work
in three subjects, to be known, respectively, as the candidate's major, primary
minor and secondary minor. These subjects must be cognate (see page 149),
and must be chosen, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Courses,
from at least three Academic Schools. The major must be pursued for at least
three years, the primary minor for at least two years, and the secondary minor
for at least one year.

Any student taking a D course in any 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.

Graduate work done in other universities may be accepted in lieu of resident
work, 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 the candidate
takes in this university at least one graduate course in his primary minor, and
does at least one year's resident work in his major subject.

A candidate who is a professor in a chartered college or university, of
the subject selected by him as major, may be allowed by the Academic Faculty
to spend only two years in resident work. In all cases the work of the last
year of candidacy shall be done in residence, unless the Academic Faculty shall
for special reasons direct otherwise.

(3) A dissertation exhibiting independent research in some branch of the
candidate's major subject. The dissertation must be submitted to the Academic
Faculty 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 (typewritten, 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 the dissertation is accepted by the faculty as satisfactory, the copy submitted
shall immediately become the property of the University. Before the degree is
conferred the dissertation must be printed at the candidate's expense, 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.

EXPENSES.

The necessary expenses of a Virginia student in the Department of Graduate
Studies may be estimated at from $245 a year upward, according to the mode
of living; for students from other States this minimum should be increased by

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a sum ranging from $90 to $130 for tuition fees. A fuller statement of expenses,
including the conditions under which Virginians and other students are entitled
to free tuition, will be found on pages 84-91.

Applicants for degree of Doctor of Philosophy who are granted the privilege
of non-residence during a period of their candidacy, under the conditions above
stated, are required to register each year during such period of non-residence,
and to pay the annual university fee ($10 for Virginians, $40 for students from
other States).

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EXAMINATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF GRADUATE STUDIES, 1918-1919.

Any change in the lecture-hours of a course involves a corresponding change
in the examination date.

The lecture-hours of courses which meet at hours not corresponding to the
periods indicated below will be found under Announcement of Courses (pages
108-137). Their examination dates will be announced later. Many C courses
and most D courses meet at hours not arranged until the beginning of the
session. In case these lecture-hours, when arranged, correspond to the periods
tabulated below, the examinations will be held on the dates named in this
schedule. The examination dates of other courses will be announced later.

Hours	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday	Hours
8.30 to 9.30	English C1	Philosophy C2	8.30 to 9.30
	Friday, Dec. 13	Physics C2
	Thursday, Mar. 13	Friday, Dec. 20
	Tuesday, May 27	Thursday, Mar. 20
		Tuesday, June 3
9.30 to 10.30	Analytical Chemistry C1	German C2	9.30 to 10.30
	Applied Mathematics C1	Philosophy C3
	Philosophy C1	Tuesday, Dec. 17
	Thursday, Dec. 12	Monday, Mar. 17
	Wednesday, Mar. 12	Friday, May 30
	Thursday, June 5
10.30 to 11.30	Economics C1	Botany C1	10.30 to 11.30
	Mathematics D3	Mathematics C1
	Monday, Dec. 23	French C1
	Saturday, Mar. 22	Wednesday, Dec. 18
	Monday, May 26	Tuesday, Mar. 18
		Saturday, May 31
11.30 to 12.30	Biblical Literature C1	Government C1	11.30 to 12.30
	History C1	Latin C2
	Latin C1	Latin D1 (Sat.)
	Latin D1 (Fri.)	Industrial Chem. C1 (Tues.)
	Thursday, Dec. 19	Saturday, Dec. 21
	Wednesday, Mar. 19	Friday, Mar. 21
	Monday, June 2	Wednesday, June 4
12.30 to 1.30	Latin D1 (Fri.)	English Literature C1	12.30 to 1.30
	Saturday, Dec. 14	Latin D1 (Sat.)
	Friday, Mar. 14	Monday, Dec. 16
	Wednesday, May 28	Saturday, Mar. 15
		Thursday, May 29

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