PROGRAMS OF STUDY
The candidate who has satisfied the requirements for entrance as above
defined is matriculated as a student of Engineering and admitted to the
Freshman Class. The studies of this class comprise lecture courses in English,
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Chemistry with associated
laboratory courses in Chemistry, Drawing, Shop-work and Field-work.
For advancement to the Sophomore Class the student must have completed
at least two-thirds of his Freshman work. Upon entering this class
the student majoring in Chemical Engineering begins his specialized work,
while all others pursue identical courses of study through the year. On entering
the Junior year each student elects his specialty. The courses thereafter
diverge according to the major subject chosen by the student. Programs
of study for each degree are given below.
The courses are so ordered that the specified entrance requirements are adequate
for the work of the Freshman Year. Each succeeding year pre-supposes
the completion of the work for all the foregoing years. Students are advised to
adhere strictly to the regular programs. The arrangements specified in them have
been carefully planned and are the best. Departures from the curriculum will in
almost every case produce conflicts in lecture hours or laboratory periods and
may cost the student a year's time. Haphazard election is discouraged and in
extreme cases will be prohibited. No student will be registered for a course unless,
in the opinion both of the Dean and of the professor, his preliminary training
has fitted him for the profitable pursuit of that course.
Students are especially advised against the attempt to crowd too many studies
into their scheme of work, and are warned that admission to advanced courses
will be granted only to those who have adequate mathematical and scientific
training to profit by them. Men overloaded with work, too great in volume or
in difficulty for their powers, suffer inevitable discouragement and incur almost
certain failure.
Changes of classes with transfer of fees may be made, subject to the approval
of the Dean, within two weeks after the beginning of any term. Thereafter
such changes may be made only by special order of the faculty, and then
without transfer of fees.
Upon the completion of the four years' course as defined in any one of the
Programs of Study, the faculty will award to any student in regular and honorable
standing the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering. Upon the
completion of the additional Graduate Course in a satisfactory manner the faculty
will award the appropriate degree of Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer,
Electrical Engineer, Chemical Engineer, or Mining Engineer.
The new five-year curriculum has been adopted at the University of
Virginia in view of the impressive and growing demand from practicing
engineers and industrial leaders that Schools of Engineering should enlarge
the field of study to embrace more of the humanities and better opportunities
for student research, to the end that graduates may be better fitted to
undertake their duties as engineers and citizens.
