The University of Virginia record :: March 1, 1922 :: University of Virginia Library

Admission to the Department.—For admission to the Department of
Graduate Studies a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution
of collegiate rank is required, for men and women alike. In order to
become a candidate for a degree, the student must be advanced to
candidacy by the Committee on Rules and Courses upon formal
application as set forth below.

Advancement to Candidacy for a Degree.—Any graduate student
who wishes to become a candidate for a degree must file with the
Dean of the Department his application on a blank form to be secured
from the Registrar. This application must include a proposed program
of work arranged in accordance with the requirements for the
several degrees as stated below, and must be accompanied, in case
the applicant does not hold an academic degree from the University,
by an official transcript of the applicant's academic record made out
by the Registrar of the institution from which the baccalaureate degree
was received, and by a catalogue of that institution, marked to
show the courses of study pursued. The application will be submitted
by the Dean to the Committee on Rules and Courses, who will

consider it in conference with the professors concerned. The Committee
will have the right to require that the applicant add to his
program any courses, undergraduate or graduate, considered necessary
to supply his deficiencies, or to enable him to pursue with profit
the courses he has selected. When the program has been finally
approved, the Dean will report to the applicant his advancement to
candidacy for a degree.

It should be distinctly understood that graduate degrees are not
conferred merely upon the basis of the unmber of courses passed,
or of the length of time spent in resident or non-resident work, but
upon the basis of the quality and scope of the candidate's knowledge
and his power of investigation in his chosen field of study. Candidates
whose training and attainments are inferior cannot expect to secure
a degree in the normal length of time estimated below for the respective
degrees.