 | The University of Virginia record March 1, 1927 |  |
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 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 Department of Education 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 Faculty.
Physical Training is not counted in the maximum and minimum requirements
detailed above.
(3) Grade.—The grade of a student in course either for a term or
for the session, is determined by his class standing and his examination
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 Department of Education. 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 first-year student on 12-hour probation must make an average
of at least 65 per cent. on all his courses, or else be suspended from the
Department. Any other student 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 Department. 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 first-year student on 9-hour probation must make an average
of at least 70 per cent. on all his courses, or else be suspended from the
Department. Any other student 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 the Department. 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 Department. If imposed
during the session, it applies to the remainder of the regular session; if imposed
at the end of the session, it applies to the whole of the subsequent session. 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 Department.
(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. A first-year student
excluded from a course under (I) during the first term, however, is not to
be put on probation during the rest of the first term. At the end of the
first term such a student is to be on the same footing as regards probation
as is a student who made less than 50 per cent. on one of his courses at
the end of the first term.
(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 sessionhours
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 sessionhours
of his work. A student previously suspended will, if re-admitted to
the Department, be placed on 15-hour probation.
(5) No student may remain on probation for more than three terms,
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
which publicly represents the University, such as athletic teams,
musical clubs, 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 Department 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 the academic degree who fails on only one of
his courses during his final session of candidacy is entitled to a special reexamination
on the work of that course before the final day, provided that
he average at least 65 per cent. on the work of the three terms, and provided
the professor in charge recommends that the candidate be granted a re-examination.
The professor in charge is to decide whether the candidate is
to stand a re-examination upon the whole course, or upon some portion or
portions of the course. No fee is charged for such re-examination.
It should be carefully noted, in connection with both (I) and (II)
above, that no student is entitled to more than one re-examination on a
given course without repeating the course.
(8) Reports.—Reports are sent at the end of each term to the parent
or guardian of each 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 Department 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,
gambling, and dissoluteness are strictly forbidden, and the President may
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.
The president will dismiss from the University every student convicted
of public drunkenness.
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
of absence for the purpose of accompanying the athletic teams or musical
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 —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.
The Dean's List.—A student who passes on not less than fifteen session-hours
during a session with an average of at least eighty-five per cent.,
and with no session grade less than seventy-five per cent., will be placed
on the Dean's List, and will remain on the List as long as he receives an
average of at least eighty-five per cent., on at least fifteen session-hours
per term and receives no term grade less than seventy-five per cent. in any
course. Any student on the Dean's List failing to maintain this standard
of excellence will be automatically dropped from the List. A student once
dropped from the List can again make the Dean's List by meeting the above
standard for entire session. A student on the Dean's List is not subject to
the regulations limiting the issuance of leaves of absence from the University,
nor does absence from any class entail on such student any penalty, affecting
class standing, imposed for absence alone.
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