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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, 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 year in which it is expected that the
degree will be conferred. 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, to be accepted as satisfactory
by the Professor of the candidate's Major Subject. 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.

Doctor of Philosophy.—The degree of Doctor of Philosophy will be conferred
upon the holder of a baccalaureate degree who has fulfilled the following
requirements:

(1) The successful completion, in not less than three full years of graduate
work, of the program of studies approved for the candidate by the
Committee on Rules and Courses, as embodied in the student's formal application
for advancement to candidacy. This application must be submitted
not later than October 1 of the session preceding the final year of candidacy
for the degree. The program of studies must include a Major Subject, pursued
for at least three years, and may include one, or two, Minor Subjects,
pursued for at least one year. The Minor Subject, or Subjects, if any, must
be closely related to the Major Subject, and the program as a whole must

contribute to the mastery of some definite field of knowledge as an object
of study and research. The name of the Major Subject will be incorporated
in the body of the diploma conferring the degree. At least one full year of
graduate study, which must be the last year of the student's candidacy,
must be spent in residence; but by special permission of the Committee on
Rules and Courses the student may be allowed to complete his dissertation
in absentia.

Upon advancement to candidacy the Dean will appoint a special committee
of not less than three Professors, under the Chairmanship of the
Professor of the candidate's Major Subject, and including a representative
of the Committee on Rules and Courses. This committee will conduct the
candidate's final examinations, and pass upon his dissertation.

(2) A reading knowledge of French and German sufficient to enable
the student to use these languages for purposes of research. This knowledge
shall be attested by passing examinations in French and German, set
by the professors of these languages, in consultation with the Professor of
the Major Subject, not later than Oct. 1 of the session preceding the final
year of candidacy for the degree. Upon recommendation of the professor
of the Major Subject, and at the discretion of the Committee on Rules and
Courses, some other language may be substituted for either French or German.