University of Virginia Library

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

For admission to any department of the University the general conditions
are the following:

1. Sufficient Age:—The minimum legal age is sixteen years; the Faculty
advises seventeen or more. Eighteen years is the minimum for admission
to the Department of Law.

2. Good Character:—This must be attested by a certificate of honorable
dismissal from the school last attended, or by other valid proof.

3. Adequate Preparation:—This must be such as will enable the candidate
to meet the requirements for admission to the several departments of
the University, as detailed below.

For admission to the Department of Graduate Studies, see page 160.

For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 185.

For admission to the College, the Department of Law, or the Department
of Engineering, the candidate must present a certificate or pass an
equivalent examination. In either case the amount of preparation required
is measured in terms of units.

This definition of a unit takes the four-year high-chool course as a
basis, and assumes that the length of the school year is from thirty-six to
forty weeks, that a period is from forty to sixty minutes in length, and
that the study is pursued for four or five periods a week; but under ordinary
circumstances a satisfactory year's work in any subject cannot be
accomplished in less than one hundred and twenty hours, or their equivalent.
Schools organized on any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless,
estimate their work in terms of this unit.

For the requirements as to the number and selection of units for entrance
to the three departments mentioned above, see, for the College, p.
150; for the Department of Law, p. 166; for the Department of Engineering,
p. 203.

SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.

The subjects accepted for admission and their values in units are given
below in tabulated form.

                                                                                 

Subject	Topics	Units
English A	Grammar and Grammatical Analysis	1
English B	Composition and Rhetoric	1
English C	Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature	1
English D	Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature	1
Mathematics A1	Algebra to Quadratic Equations	1
Mathematics A2	Quadratics, Progressions, and the Binomial Formula	½ or 1
Mathematics B	Plane Geometry	1
Mathematics C	Solid Geometry	½
Mathematics D	Plain Trigonometry	½
History A	Greek and Roman History	1
History B	Mediæval and Modern European History.	1
History C	English History	1
History D	American History and Civil Government	1
Latin A	Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Latin B	Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition	1
Latin C	Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition	1
Latin D	Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition	1
Greek A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Greek B	Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV; Grammar; Composition	1
Greek C	Homer's Iliad, I-III; Grammar; Composition	1
German A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Science A	Physical Geography	1
Science B	Inorganic Chemistry	1
Science C	Experimental Physics	1
Science D	Botany	½
Science E	Zoölogy	½
Science F	Agriculture (special schools)	2
Drawing	Mechanical and Projection Drawing	1
Shop-Work	Wood-Work, Forging, and Machine-Work	1

ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE.

For admission by certificate the applicant should file with the Dean of
the University not later than September 1 a Certificate of Preparation, made
out on the black form furnished by the University. This certificate must
come from a recognized institution of collegiate rank, from an accredited
public high school, or from an accredited private secondary school.

The candidate for admission from a public high school must be a graduate
of an accredited four-year high school.

The candidate for admission from a private secondary school must be
a graduate of the school, or must present a certificate showing that he has
completed at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school
work of standard grade, covering at least fifteen entrance units.

In every case the candidate for admission must have the recommendation
of the principal of the certifying school.

Schools in Virginia are accredited by the Faculty of this university after
inspection and report by a committee of the Faculty (see pages 90-93).
The Dean of the University is further authorized to accept certificates from
schools outside Virginia, accredited by their own State Universities or institutions
of equal rank, provided the courses of study offered in such
schools meet the requirements demanded of accredited schools in this State.

If in any accredited school the number of periods given to a study, or
the length of the period, is below the specified standard, the credit for such
subject is reduced pro rata. In the science subjects only half-credit is
allowed unless individual laboratory notebooks, properly attested by the
teacher in charge, are filed with the certificate.

Certificates of preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted;
students thus prepared must in all cases take the entrance examinations.

ADMISSION BY EXAMINATION.

For admission by examination, the candidate must present himself at
the University in June or in September, according to the dates given in the
Program of Entrance Examinations. The examinations are held under
the honor system, no paper being accepted unless accompanied by the usual
pledge (see page 14). All candidates who take their examinations at the
times appointed are tested free of charge. In case of delayed entrance,
where the grounds of postponement are good, the President of the Univercity
may admit the candidate to a special examination, for which a fee of
five dollars is charged. This fee is payable in advance and is in no case
returned.

PROGRAM OF EXTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.

                           

June, 1917	9-11 A. M.	11A.M.-1P.M.	3-5 P. M.	Sept., 1917
	Botany
Mon. 4	Zoölogy	Phys. Geog.	Physics	Mon. 10
	French A	French B	History D
Tues. 5	English A	English B	English C	Tues. 11
	Greek A	Greek B	French C
Wed. 6	History A	History B	History C	Wed. 12
	Spanish A	Spanish B	Chemistry
Thur. 7	Math. A1	Math. A2	Math. B	Thur. 13
			French D
Fri. 8	German A	German B	German D	Fri. 14
	Spanish C	Spanish D	Math. C and D
Sat. 9	Latin A	Latin C	Latin D	Sat. 15
	Latin B	German C	English D

For Admission to the College the candidate should possess an amount
of preparation which is at least the equivalent of that represented by four
years of successful work in an accredited school. He must offer fifteen
units, of which three must be in English, two and one-half in Mathematics,
and one in History. The remaining eight and one-half units may be selected
at will from the list on page 8, unless the candidate expects to apply for a
baccalaureate degree. In that case he should offer, if he is an applicant for
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, four units in Latin or two units in Greek;
if he is an applicant for the degree of Bachelor of Science, four units in two
modern languages (French, German, Spanish).

Advanced standing is given to any candidate who, in addition to meeting
the minimum requirements for entrance above stated, can show by passing
an examination that he has done work equivalent to that covered by
any of the following courses offered in the College: Latin A1, Greek A1,
English Literature A1, English Literature A2, Mathematics A1, Mathematics
A2. Such a candidate will be admitted to the corresponding B
course, and upon his successful completion of the same will be entitled to
count toward a baccalaureate degree the credit value of both the A and the
B courses in question. The examinations for advanced standing are set at
some time during the first month of the session.

Candidates who desire credit for work done at other colleges must
satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students, and must, in
addition, file with the Dean of the College a certificate covering the courses
for which college credit is desired. This certificate must be acceptable
both to the Dean and to the professors in charge of the courses accredited.
The certificate must bear the official signature of the head of the

candidate's college, must specify the character and content of the courses
passed by the candidate, and must give his grades, which should in no case
fall below the standard of seventy-five per cent. The final validation of such
certificates is effected by the successful completion of the courses taken in
this university. In no case will credit be given on more than forty-eight session-hours
of work done elsewhere, and any candidate who receives this
maximum amount of credit can count among the remaining fifteen session-hours
required for his degree only the credit value of the courses he has
passed as a resident student in the College, exclusive of any credit for work
done in the Summer School or in any of the professional departments. In
every case the candidate must spend at least one regular session exclusively
in college work in this university.

A candidate for entrance must offer fifteen units as defined by the
Southern Commission on Accredited Schools. At least thirteen of the
units offered must be included in the list of units accepted for admission
on page 8. A student not able to offer fifteen units as defined in this
list may be conditioned on any two units except English A and B. All
conditions must be absolved before the beginning of the session following
initial registration. This may be done by private study or by taking
courses in the University or in the Summer School. But no course taken to
remove a condition may be counted as part of the work credited toward a
degree. No conditioned student may be later registered as a special student.

A candidate may be admitted as a special student without fulfilling
the entrance requirements above specified, provided he is more than twenty
years old on the day of registration and gives adequate evidence of
serious purpose and of the training needed to pursue with profit the
courses for which he is registered. No special student may be a candidate
for a degree; but such students are permitted and encouraged to make
up their deficiencies by private study or by taking courses in the University
or in the Summer School. They will then be admitted as regular students,
and may be accepted as applicants for degrees provided all entrance requirements
are met at least one academic year before the date of graduation.

For Admission to the Department of Graduate Studies the candidate
must have a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of collegiate
rank; or, in case the institution he attended does not confer such
a degree, he must present a certificate of graduation in a course of study
accepted by the Academic Faculty as fully equivalent to that ordinarily
required for the degree in question.

In order to be recognized as an applicant for a Master's or Doctor's
degree, any candidate who has not received a baccalaureate degree from this
university must secure from the Registrar of the University a blank form,
which, when properly filled out, he must file with the Dean of this department,
together with a catalogue of the institution from which he graduated.
If that institution has (1) a faculty of at least six professors giving their full
time to college or university work; (2) entrance requirements equal to those
of this university, and (3) a course of four full years in the liberal arts and
sciences, the candidate will not be required to take any undergradate courses

except such as the Committee on Rules and Courses or the professors in
charge of the graduate courses he elects may consider necessary for their
successful prosecution. If, however, the institution in question does not
meet the three conditions mentioned above, the candidate's preparation will
be carefully considered by the Committee on Rules and Courses, which will
prescribe such undergraduate courses as are deemed necessary to supply his
deficiencies.

Requirements for Admission to the Department of Law.—Candidates
for the degree of Bachelor of Laws must have attained the age of eighteen
years before entering the department, must produce a certificate of good
character from the school or college last attended, or from other satisfactory
source, and must conform to the general requirements following:

For admission to the Department of Law the candidate must offer
fifteen units, of which three must be in English and one in History.

Notice is given that an additional requirement of one year of work in a
standard college will become effective with the beginning of the session of
1919-20.

An applicant who is at least 23 years old, and who presents proper
evidence of good character, and of needful maturity and training, though
unable to fulfill the foregoing entrance requirements, may, by special action
of the Law Faculty, in exceptional cases, be admitted as a special student,
and not as a candidate for the degree.

Every applicant for admission as a special student shall make written
application to the Dean of the University, on a blank furnished for the
purpose, with detailed information as to his age, general habits, his educational
and business experience, and his general fitness to undertake the
study of law. Such application, together with such testimonials as may be
required, must be filed with the Dean of the University not later than September
1 of the year in which the applicant desires to enter the Law School.
For good cause shown, the requirement as to the time of filing such application
may be waived.

Every such applicant for admission as a special student must pass a
satisfactory examination, to be held at the University during the registration
days of the session. The examination, which will be conducted by a
committee of the Law Faculty, may include the subjects of English, American
and English History, and Civil Government.

This regulation is subject to the general university regulation as to
delayed entrance examinations.

Special students who fail to complete 60 per cent of the work taken
during any session may be declared ineligible for re-admission the following
session.

Requirements for Admission to the Department of Medicine.—Applicants
for admission to the Department of Medicine are required to furnish
evidence of the completion of a four-year course at a recognized public or

private high-school, or acceptable certificates which represent work equivalent in
amount and character to such a high-school course, and, in addition, to present
evidence of the completion at an approved institution of collegiate rank of
two years of work aggregating thirty session-hours. This college course must
include a year's work in each of the following subjects: English (rhetoric,
composition, and literature), mathematics (solid geometry and trigonometry),
inorganic (general) chemistry, physics, biology, and either
German or French.

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.

A student otherwise qualified may be admitted conditioned upon one
subject, the condition to be removed before admission to the second year
of the medical course; but no condition may be allowed in chemistry,
English, or mathematics, nor will any condition be allowed in German
or French, unless the student has satisfactorily completed one year of
college work or two years of high-school work in the language (i. e., the
equivalent of German 1 or French 1 in the College of this university).

The modern language (German or French) course must be based
upon two years of high-school work in that language or its equivalent;
but a candidate may absolve the requirement in this subject by demonstrating
on examination the possession of a satisfactory reading knowledge
thereof. The modern language requirement may, in exceptional cases, be
waived in the case of college graduates by special vote of the faculty.

A year's work in general biology, zoölogy, or botany will be regarded
as satisfying the requirement in biology. Zoölogy is considered preferable
to botany, and it is desirable that the course should include the dissection
of a mammal.

Further information concerning the character of these requirements
and forms for certificates may be obtained by addressing the Dean of the
Department of Medicine.

In planning the two-year college work, students are advised to take
English, mathematics, biology, and a modern language during the first
year; and to take physics and chemistry during the second year. This
arrangement of studies is advised because mathematics should precede
physics, and it is desirable to avoid the lapse of a year between the general
chemistry of the college and the organic and physiological chemistry of
the first year of the medical curriculum. Students who have completed
general chemistry and who have one more year of college work for entrance
to the medical school, are advised to take some courses in chemistry (e. g.,
analytical, physical, or organic chemistry) during their last year in college.

For Admission to the Department of Engineering the candidate must
offer fifteen units, which must include English A, B, C, Mathematics A1, A2,
B, C, D, and one unit of History. The remaining seven units are elective.

A candidate may be admitted as a conditioned student in spite of some
deficiencies, provided these are not such as will impair the integrity of his
work. But no such candidate will be conditioned except upon subjects
actually taught in this university, nor will any candidate be conditioned on
more than two units; and all conditions must be absolved before the beginning
of the next session after initial registration. Courses taken for the
removal of entrance conditions may in no case be counted as part of the
work credited for any degree. No conditions will be allowed in English A,
or B, or in Mathematics A1, A2, or B.

A candidate may be admitted as a special student, without formal examination,
provided he is more than twenty years old, and gives evidence
of serious purpose and of fitness to pursue with profit the courses for which
he is registered. No special student may be a candidate for any degree.
No conditioned student may register later as a special student.