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 presupposes
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 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 the graduates may be better fitted to undertake their duties
as engineers and citizens.
