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REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES

Full opportunity is given to any student to carry out any definite plan
of work which he may have in view on coming to the University, or which
may have been prescribed for him by those under whose direction he is completing
his education. But when no well-considered plan has been outlined in
advance, and the end in view is that for which the great majority of students
enter college, namely, the attainment of a liberal education, the student
will be expected to enter upon regular work of the college leading to
a baccalaureate degree.

Five degrees are offered candidates for graduation in the College of
Arts and Sciences. Two of these, the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of
Science, are cultural; the Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, the name

of which is inscribed on the diploma, the Bachelor of Science in Architecture,
and the Bachelor of Science in Commerce, are vocational degrees, designed
for those who wish to fit themselves especially for professional work.

No course offered by a successful candidate for one of the cultural baccalaureate
degrees can be offered by the same candidate as part of the work
credited toward the other cultural baccalaureate degree, nor can any work
done to remove an entrance condition be counted for any degree.

For a student who enters without advanced standing the normal time
required for obtaining a baccalaureate degree is four years, assuming that
he completes each year courses which aggregate the regular minimum of
fifteen session-hours. A student receiving advanced standing in not less than
two subjects may obtain a degree in three years, provided he is able to complete
each year eighteen session-hours. A student may materially shorten
the time required for obtaining a degree by taking courses in the Summer
Quarter for which college credit is given. For credit for work done at
other colleges, see page 2.

The requirements for the baccalaureate degrees are such as to allow a
large measure of freedom of election on the part of the individual student,
such restriction only being placed upon this liberty as is necessary to insure
at the same time the thoroughness and the breadth of culture for which
these degrees stand. In order to secure to the recipient of a degree a due
measure of acquaintance with the methods of thought characteristic of each
of the leading departments of knowledge, as well as with their subject matter,
his courses must be chosen subject to the specific requirements detailed
below.

BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

The degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science, respectively,
will be conferred upon regular students who have completed not less than
sixty (60) session-hours of undergraduate courses, taken in conformity with
the following programme:

(1) Required Subjects.—Candidates for either cultural degree must take
30 hours of required subjects as stated below and must in addition, unless exemption
is granted on a physician's certificate, complete the two years'
course in Physical Training which is not evaluated in session-hours (see
below). Of the 30 hours of required subjects not less than 24 hours must
be taken during the first two years, and the remaining 6 hours not later than
the third year.

Foreign Languages

For the Bachelor of Arts.—Nine session-hours from two languages, of which
six must be in either Latin or Greek.

For the Bachelor of Science.—Nine session-hours from two languages, of
which six must be in either French, German or Spanish.

Mathematics

For either degree.—Three session-hours.

Natural Science

For either degree.—Six session-hours.

English

For either degree.—Six session-hours, 3 of which may be in Biblical History,
or Biblical Literature, or Public Speaking, the other 3 being in English or
English Literature.

Social Science

For either degree.—Three session-hours in History B1 or B2, or Economics
B1, or Government B1, or Sociology B1 or B2. Economics B1, or Sociology B1,
if selected, cannot be taken before the candidate's second year. Sociology B2, if
selected, cannot be taken before the candidate's third year.

Philosophy

For either degree.—Three session-hours in Philosophy B1, Philosophy B2,
or Psychology B1.

Physical Training

For either degree.—Two years' course required of all candidates, which must
be completed before graduation. If not completed during the first two years, an
additional study-course of 3 session-hours must be taken. In this case, the candidate
must offer 63 hours, exclusive of Physical Training, for the degree. A
candidate excused on a physician's certificate from Physical Training during
his whole college course, however, is not required to take a 3-hour study-course
in place of Physical Training. He is required to offer only 60 session-hours for
the degree.

A candidate entering with advanced standing or with college credit shall
in his first, and, if necessary, continuously in subsequent sessions, take such
courses as are necessary to complete these requirements for the first and
second sessions.

(2) Electives-at-large.—Of the remaining 30 session-hours required by
the baccalaureate degree, 18 session-hours may be elected from any courses
in the academic schools for which the candidate has adequate preparation.

(3) Major-Electives.—The remaining 12 session-hours required for either
degree, shall be known as Major-Electives. The Major-Electives shall
include at least one C course, and must all be offered from some one of the
following Major-Groups of related subjects, except that when the Major-Group
is Group III, the candidate may offer, in lieu of a C course, any six-hour
B course in this Group, for admission to which another six-hour B
course in the Group is prerequisite. The Major-Electives must all be completed
in this College or in some professional department of this university.

• Group I.—Languages, Literature, Fine Arts and Music.

• Group II.—Social and Philosophical Sciences.

• Group III.—Mathematical and Natural Sciences.

(4) Substitutions for Major-Electives.—The first-year course in Law, or
the first-year course in Medicine or 12 session-hours of technical courses in
one of the professional departments of Engineering or Education may be substituted
for the 12 session-hours of Major-Electives in academic subjects.
This work, which must be completed in one of the professional departments
of this University, cannot be begun by the candidate until he has spent at
least 2 sessions of 9 months each in successful work in this College, and has
at least 45 session-hours to his credit.

DEGREES WITH HONORS

The courses required for the cultural B.A. and B.S. degrees are adapted
to the powers of the average student, and any graduate of an accredited
school, who has, either by certificate or examination satisfied the requirements
for admission to the College and Arts of Sciences, if he is reasonably
industrious and regular in his studies, should obtain one of these degrees
without difficulty in four sessions' work. In every body of students, however,
there is a varying proportion of men and women who possess greater
ability and application than the average, and whose ambition aims higher
than a bare pass-mark on their work. For the proper stimulation of such
students toward the best that they can do, and for due and authoritative recognition
of unusual ability and high achievement in studies, the Academic
Faculty has instituted the following system of Special Honors:

Intermediate Honors

A certificate of Intermediate Honors is conferred by the Academic Faculty
on the student who, during his first two regular sessions in the College
of Arts and Sciences of this University, has passed on not less than 30
session-hours, including all required A courses, without failure or reexamination
on any course, and with an average grade on all courses of 85 per cent. or
more.

The holder of a Certificate of Intermediate Honors, so long as he has no
grade below 85 per cent. on the work of any term in any course, is not subject
to any of the rules 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.

The Certificates of Intermediate Honors are publicly conferred at the
Annual Convocation of the University following the session in which the honors
have been attained. The names of the holders of these certificates are
published under a separate heading in the annual catalogue of the University.

Final Honors

Final Honors are conferred only on graduation, and the diploma of B.A.
or B.S. with Final Honors states that the honors were won in a given academic
school.

A student who wishes to obtain Final Honors must be accepted as a candidate
for honors two sessions before graduation. Any student who has met the

requirements for the Dean's List for two sessions may apply to become a candidate
for Final Honors. Application must be made first to the Dean, and, if
approved by him, must also be approved by one of the academic schools
which offer work for honors. A list of such schools is published annually.

Final honors are conferred on the basis of a final comprehensive examination,
both oral and written, on some field of knowledge, and not for work done in
any or all of the regular courses required for a baccalaureate degree. Honors
work involves wide and independent reading for two years, under the general
direction of the professors of an academic school. It does not require regular
attendance upon lectures or the passing of any tests or examinations, except the
final examination, though consultations and reports may be required. Its aim
is the development of a capacity for scholarly work in a field of knowledge,
rather than a mastery of required details of subject matter.

The completion of work for Final Honors may be counted as credit towards
a B.A. or cultural B.S. degree in lieu of six session-hours of electives-at-large
or major-electives. In the event that the work for honors is not of sufficiently
high quality for Final Honors to be conferred, six session-hours' credit
toward a degree without honors may be granted upon recommendation of the
academic school in charge.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN A SPECIAL SUBJECT.

The degree of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject will be conferred
upon regular students who have completed not less than sixty-three (63)
session-hours of undergraduate courses, taken in conformity with the following
program:

(1) Required Subjects: Candidates must complete 33 session-hours of
required subjects as stated below, of which 3 must be in Physical Training
B1. Of the remaining 30 session-hours of required subjects not less than
24 must be taken during the first two years, and the remaining 6 not later
than the third year.

Foreign Languages: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in French and
3 in German.

Mathematics: 6 session-hours.[1]

Natural Science: 12 session-hours in 2 subjects.

English: 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be in English B3.

Physical Training: 3 session-hours, which must be completed during the
first two years.

A candidate entering with advanced standing or with college credit, shall
in his first, and, if necessary, continuously in subsequent sessions, take such

courses as are necessary to complete the requirements for the first and second
sessions.

(2) Major-Electives: 30 session-hours. At least two years before the
date of graduation, the candidate must select one of the schools of the Natural
or Mathematical Sciences as his Major School, and during the remainder of
his candidacy must pursue work in that School, with such other courses as shall
be prescribed by the professor or professors in charge of his Major School and
approved by the Academic Faculty.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

A six-year course of study in architecture is offered jointly by the University
of Virginia and the School of Architecture of Harvard University. This
course comprises four years of undergraduate study at Virginia and two years
of graduate study at Harvard. It is essentially a professional course, but with
a larger number of non-technical subjects than are usual in a course in architecture.
The student who completes the first four years of this course, at Virginia,
will receive the degree B.S. in Architecture; upon completion of two additional
years at Harvard he will receive, from Harvard, the degree Master of
Architecture.

An outline of this Virginia-Harvard Course is given below. Additional information
may be had upon application to Professor Alfred Lawrence Kocher,
University of Virginia, or to Dean G. H. Edgell, the School of Architecture,
Harvard University.

PROGRAM OF THE VIRGINIA-HARVARD COURSE IN ARCHITECTURE

First Year (Virginia): English A1, Mathematics A1, French A1, History
B2, Architectural Drawing A1.

Second Year (Virginia): Architecture B1, Architectural Construction
B1, Freehand Drawing B1, History of Art B1, French B1.

Third Year (Virginia): Architecture B2, Architectural Construction B2,
Freehand Drawing B2, History of Art B2, French B2.

Fourth Year (Virginia): Architecture B3, Freehand Drawing B3, History
of Art B3, French C or an elective to be approved by the Professor of
Architecture.

Fifth Year (Harvard): Architecture 4a and a part of 4b (Advanced
design), Architecture 3b (Life drawing), Architecture 1b (Modern Architecture),
Architecture 6ab (Modeling), Architecture 5b (Structural design), Architecture
8 (Mechanical Plan of Buildings).

Sixth Year (Harvard): Architecture 5c (Advanced structural design),
Architecture 9 (Contracts and Specifications), Architecture 10ab (Theory of
Architecture), two historic problems, two construction problems, thesis.

PROGRAM FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY

First Year: Chemistry B1, Mathematics A2,[2] French A1, English A1,
Physical Training begun: Total, 15 session-hours.

Second Year: Chemistry B2, MathematicsB2,[3] Physics B1, German A1,
Physical Training completed: Total, 18 session-hours.

Third Year: Chemistry B3, Chemistry C3, English B3: Total, 15 session-hours.

Fourth Year: Chemistry C4, Electives: nine session-hours to be selected
with the advice of the faculty of the School of Chemistry.

Applicants for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry are required
to file applications for this degree with the Secretary of the School of Chemistry
not later than one year before the degree is to be conferred.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE

The degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce will be conferred upon
regular students who have completed not less than 60 session-hours of undergraduate
courses, taken in conformity with the following program:

(1) Required Subjects.—Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Commerce
must take 33 session-hours of required subjects as stated below, 3 hours
of which must be in Physical Training. Of the remaining 30 session-hours of
required subjects, not less than 24 hours must be taken during the first two
years and the remaining 6 hours not later than the third year.

Foreign Languages.—Six session-hours from one of the following languages:
French, German or Spanish.

Mathematics.—Three session-hours in Mathematics A4.

Natural Science.—Six session-hours.

English.—Six session-hours, 3 of which shall be in English A1, A2 or A3.

Social Science.—Nine session-hours in History B2 or B3, Government B1
and Economics B1. History B1 or B2 should be taken in the candidate's first
year, and Government B1 and Economics B1 in the candidate's second year.

Physical Training.—Two years' course required of all candidates, which
must be completed before graduation. If not completed during the first two
years, an additional study-course of 3 session-hours must be taken.

(2) Major-Electives.—Of the remaining 30 session-hours required for the
degree, 24 session-hours must be taken from commercial subjects in the Schools
of Economics and Commerce and Business Administration, 18 session-hours of
which shall include the following courses: Economic Geography B, Commercial

Law B1, Economics B2, Economics B3, Economics B4 and Economics B5.
One C course must be taken in commercial subjects. The remaining 6 session-hours
may be elected from any courses in the academic schools for which the
candidate has adequate preparation.

PROGRAM FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE

First Year: French, German or Spanish A, Mathematics A4, English A1,
A2 or A3, History B2 or B3, Economic Geography B1, Physical Training begun:
Total, 15 session-hours.

Second Year: French, German or Spanish B, Natural Science, Economics
B1, Economics, B4, Physical Training Completed: Total, 15 session-hours.

Third Year: English B, Commercial Law B1, Economics B2, Economics
B3, Government B1: Total, 15 session-hours.

Fourth Year: Economics B5, Select one from Economics B6, B7, B8, B9,
B10, B11, select one from Economics C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8 or C9,
General electives six session-hours: Total, 15 session-hours.