 | The University of Virginia record April 1, 1924 |  |
REGULATIONS.
(1) The Session-Hour.—All courses are measured in terms of the session-hour
as a unit. 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.
(2) Maximum and Minimum Number of Session-Hours.—Each College
student is required to undertake each session courses aggregating at least
fifteen session-hours (with the exception noted under Probation below). This
number may be increased in the following cases:
(I) Any first-year student may take eighteen session-hours, provided he
is credited with six session-hours of advanced standing.
(II) A student not in his first year in the College may take eighteen
session-hours, provided he (a) has passed in the preceding session or in the third
term thereof courses aggregating fifteen session-hours, or (b) is in his graduating
year and needs eighteen session-hours for his degree.
(III) A student not in his first year may take twenty-one session-hours
provided he passed in the preceding session or in the third term thereof courses
aggregating eighteen session-hours.
(IV) Any student whose term grade (or class grade, if the term grade
is not available) for the first or second term is at least 75 per cent. in each
of his courses, may take three additional session-hours for the ensuing term.
Exceptions to the above regulations will be allowed only by special permission
of the Committee on Rules and Courses.
Physical Training is not counted in the maximum and minimum requirements
detailed above.
(3) Grade.—The grade of a college student in any course either for a
grade, combined in such proportion as the professor in charge of the
course in question may decide. Class standing in any course is determined
by the regularity of the student's attendance upon the lectures (and laboratory
or other similar exercises) of the course, and by the quality of his
work, as indicated by his recitation grades, written tests, laboratory work,
etc. For passing in any course in the college a grade of seventy-five per cent.
is required.
(4) Exclusion from Courses, Probation and Suspension.
(I) Exclusion from Courses:
A student who, after due admonition, is evidently making no real progress
in a course, may, at any time during the session, be excluded from the
course by the Dean upon the recommendation of the instructor concerned.
A student whose term grade in a course is less than 50 per cent., or who discontinues
the course without the permission of the Dean, or who is absent
without excuse from the term examination, will be automatically excluded
from the course.
Any student receiving a grade of less than 65 per cent. in English A1, A2,
or A3 in the first or second term, must drop the course and take up English A4
at the beginning of the ensuing term.
(II) Probation:
(1) A student placed on 15-hour probation must pass on at least 6 session-hours
of his work and average at least 60 per cent. on all his courses, or else
be suspended from the College. A student placed on 15-hour probation who
attains an average grade of at least 70 per cent. on all his courses, is absolved
from probation.
(2) A student placed on 12-hour probation must pass on at least 6 session-hours
of his work and average at least 65 per cent. on all his courses, or else be
suspended from the College. A student on 12-hour probation whose average
grade on all his courses is at least 75 per cent., may take up 3 additional session-hours
and be absolved from probation.
(3) A student placed on 9-hour probation must pass on 6 session-hours of
his work and average at least 70 per cent. on all his courses, or else be suspended
from College. A student on 9-hour probation whose average grade on all his
courses is at least 75 per cent., may take up 3 additional session-hours and be
placed on 12-hour probation for the term next ensuing. A student on 9-hour
probation who passes on all his courses may take up 6 additional session-hours
and be absolved from probation.
(III) Suspension:
Suspension means enforced withdrawal from the College. If imposed
during the session, it applies to the remainder of the regular session; if imposed
In no case does it apply to the Summer Quarter. See also (6) below. No student
suspended for a second time may re-enter the College.
(IV) Probation and Suspension are administered as follows:
(1) A student who by exclusion from a course or courses is left at the
end of the first or second term with only 12 session-hours, is put on 12-hour
probation[1]
for the term next ensuing, unless his average grade on the remaining
12 session-hours is at least 75 per cent. In this case he may take up 3 additional
session-hours and escape probation.
(2) A student who by exclusion from a course or courses is left at the
end of the first or second term with only 9 session-hours, (a) will be put on
9-hour probation,[2]
unless his average grade on his remaining 9 session-hours
is at least 75 per cent., in which case he may take up 3 additional session-hours
and be put on 12-hour probation, or, (b) if he be other than a first-year student
he will be suspended unless he has passed on at least 3 session-hours.
(3) Any student not in his first year, who by exclusion from a course or
courses is left at any time during the session with only 6 session-hours, will be
suspended at the end of the term. Any first-year student left with only 6
session-hours will be suspended at the end of the term unless he has passed
on at least 3 session-hours. In this case he will be required to take up 3
additional session-hours and be put on 9-hour probation for the ensuing term.
(4) Any student not on probation who fails to attain a third-term grade
or a session grade of at least 75 per cent. on at least 9 session-hours of his work,
will be put on 15-hour probation for the first term of the subsequent session.
A student who is permitted to withdraw from the University during the session
will be readmitted on 15-hour probation if, at the time of his withdrawal, he
was (a) on probation, or (b) passing on less than 9 session-hours of his work.
A student previously suspended will, if re-admitted to the College, be placed on
15-hour probation.
(5) No student may remain on probation for more than three terms, whether
consecutive or not, in his entire college course. If his record is such as to call
for the imposition of probation for a fourth time, he will be suspended instead
of being placed on probation.
(6) Probation or suspension imposed at the end of the regular session may
be absolved by the successful completion of prescribed work in the Summer
Quarter.
(7) No student on probation may receive a leave of absence, except for
imperative cause, nor may such a student be a member of any student organization
student publications, etc.
(5) Absence from Examinations 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.
A student excused from more than one-half of his term examinations on
account of illness may not be a member of any student organization which
publicly represents the University, such as the athletic teams, musical clubs,
student publications, etc., until he has passed his examinations.
No student may remain in the College if he misses all the examinations of
two consecutive terms on account of illness.
(6) Special Examinations.—A student whose absence from an examination
is excused, in accordance with (5) above, is entitled to a special examination
on a date during the regular session to be arranged between himself
and the professor in charge of the examination.
(7) Re-Examinations.—(I) A College student whose session grade in
any course falls below seventy-five per cent., but not below sixty-five per cent.,
may, upon the written recommendation of the professor in charge, be admitted
to re-examination upon that course, or upon such portion of it as
the professor shall determine, during the registration week of the following
September. The fee for each re-examination is five dollars, and it should be
paid to the Bursar on or before July fifteenth.
(II) The candidate for an academic degree who fails on only one term
of one of his courses during his final session of candidacy, is entitled to a
special re-examination on the work of that term before the Final Day. The
candidate who passes the re-examination, as an independent unit and not
averaged in with the grades of the other terms, will receive credit for the
work of the whole course in question. No fee is charged for such re-examination.
(8) Reports.—Reports are sent at the end of each term to the parent
or guardian of each College student. These reports indicate the number of
times the student has been absent from lectures, and give his term grade on
each course. The dean will be glad at any time to furnish to the proper person
a special report on any student's standing.
In addition to the above, a report on the standing of each first year
student in the College is sent to the student's parent or guardian early in
November.
(9) Conduct.—The laws of the University require from every student
decorous, sober, and upright conduct as long as he remains a member of the
University, whether he be within the precincts or not. Drunkenness,
dismiss from the University for the residue of the current session every student
found guilty of them, or may administer such other discipline as seems
best under the circumstances.
In all cases of discipline, the law requires that the student must first be
informed of the objections to his conduct and afforded an opportunity of
explanation and defense.
The keeping of dogs by students within the University grounds is forbidden.
(10) Voluntary Withdrawal.—Voluntary withdrawal from the University
requires the written consent of the Dean of the University as well as the consent
of the student's parent or guardian, if he is a minor. Any student who withdraws
without permission will be recorded as having been suspended for the
residue of the current session. No student on probation may withdraw except
for imperative reasons; and any student on probation who withdraws without
permission will be suspended, not only for the residue of the current session,
but also for the whole of the subsequent session.
(11) Enforced Withdrawal is inflicted for habitual delinquency in class,
habitual idleness, or any other fault which prevents the student from fulfilling
the purposes for which he should have come to the University. See
also Suspension, above.
(12) Change of Studies.—No change can be made in a student's program
of studies except with the written consent of the Dean, together with
official notification by the Registrar. No permit for change of courses will be
issued after the end of the first week of each term, except that first-year students
may make such changes within the first two weeks after the beginning of lectures
in September. Any student who drops a course without permission will receive
a grade of zero in that course; and no credit may be received for any portion
of a course attended before formal permission has been granted as outlined above.
(13) (a) Absence from Lectures may be excused by the professors, but
only for sickness or like providential cause. Any explanation of an absence
which a student has to offer must be made on the day of the first lecture attended
after the absence. Unexcused absence from lectures renders the
student liable to discipline by the Faculty
It should be carefully noted that no student is "entitled" to be absent
at all. His presence is required at each class or laboratory exercise at which
he is due, unless his absence is excused for reasons outlined above or in the
next paragraph below. Even if the student is absent with excuse, he must
make up the work lost by such absence. No student who was, for any reason,
absent from more than fifty per cent. of the lectures of any one term,
can receive a grade on the work of that term.
(b) Absence from the University is permitted upon the written leave
of the dean, and should in every case be obtained in advance. But leaves
clubs on excursions will not be granted, except to the officers and members
of these organizations. The laws relating to absence from the University
of members of the athletic teams are found on page 306 of the General Catalogue.
The same regulations apply, mutatis mutandis, to members of other student
organizations. No student on Probation may receive a leave of absence except
for imperative cause.
It should also be carefully noted that no leave of absence can be granted just
before or just after a vacation, or just after term examinations, except for very
grave reasons, or unless the applicant is passing in all his courses.
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