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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. 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 Department of Graduate Studies, after consultation with the
candidates.
(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. A candidate who expects to obtain
the Master's degree in three Summer Quarters shall select his
subject for a thesis not later than the beginning of his second summer
of residence. This subject should be approved by October 15
following. 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.
Graduate Work in Education.—Graduate work in Education leading
to the degree of Master of Arts and Master of Science may be pursued
in the Summer Quarter.
Residence.—As stated above, the Master's degree may be won by
properly qualified persons in three full Summer Quarters of two terms
each. In no case will a degree be conferred without resident graduate
study during three Quarters, the equivalent in time of the regular session.
Graduate students in the Summer Quarter are required to make
their Master's degree in three out of five summers, after being accepted
for graduate courses without conditions. Graduate students are
advised to continue their residence, if possible, during one or more
terms of the regular session.
Courses, Session-hours, and Grade.—Only those courses marked C
in this catalogue may be counted toward the Master's degree. Not
more than two graduate courses each term of the Summer Quarter
will be credited toward the degree except by special permission of the
Dean and the Committee on Graduate Studies.
At least twelve session-hours of resident work, constituting a definite
program of study and distributed over three Quarters, or six Summer
terms, are required for the Master's degree. Terms devoted entirely
to undergraduate study will not be counted in residence for the Master's
degree.
A graduate student's standing in a course is indicated not by a
numerical grade, but by one of the following terms: Distinguished,
Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory.
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