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REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES.

Master of Arts.—The degree of Master of Arts will be conferred
upon the holder of a degree of Bachelor of Arts who has fulfilled
the following requirements:

(1) The successful completion, in not less than one full year of
resident graduate work, or three summer quarters, of the program of
studies approved for the candidate by the Committee on Rules and
Courses, as embodied in his formal application for advancement to
candidacy. This application must be submitted not later than one
week after registration in the regular session, in the year in which
it is expected that the degree will be conferred. Each candidate in
the summer quarter shall submit as early as possible, and not later
than the close of his second summer quarter of graduate work a
program of study leading to the degree desired. The program must
form a consistent plan of work, to be pursued with some definite
aim, and grouped around some one subject to be known as the
candidate's Major Subject, the name of which will be incorporated
in the body of each diploma conferring the degree. The program
should be arranged in consultation with the professors concerned,
and must be approved in writing by a professor of the candidate's
Major Subject, who shall be designated by the Dean of the Department
of Graduate Studies, after consultation with the candidate.

(2) The preparation and submission of a thesis, and an examination
written or oral, upon the program of study, to be accepted as
satisfactory by the Professor of the candidate's Major Subject in the
regular session of the University. Two copies of the thesis, typewritten
on paper of prescribed quality and size, and substantially
bound, must be deposited in the office of the Dean of the Department
of Graduate Studies not later than May 15 of the year in which
it is expected that the degree will be conferred. The back of the
cover must bear the title of the thesis and the writer's name, and
the title page must bear the words: A thesis presented to the
Academic Faculty of the University of Virginia in candidacy for
the degree of Master of Arts.

Master of Science.—The degree of Master of Science will be conferred
upon the holder of a degree of Bachelor of Science who fulfills
requirements corresponding to those stated above for the degree
of Master of Arts.

For information concerning the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
see pages 157 and 158 of the regular catalogue.