I. Extension Classes
Extension classes are courses of instruction corresponding closely with those
regularly given in the University by members of the faculty, and conducted for
the benefit of persons unable to follow courses in residence. The classes are under
the administration, supervision and control of the University. Each course represents
a definite amount of study corresponding to an equivalent amount of work
required in residence at the University, and, when completed satisfactorily by
persons meeting the entrance requirements of the University, receives the same
degree of credit as if taken in residence.
Extension classes will be organized upon application for them in as many
centers as possible, if a sufficient number (a minimum of fifteen for each class)
apply for them. Application for such courses should be made to the Director,
Division of Extension, University, Virginia.
A catalogue announcing courses offered in Extension for 1928-1929 is published
for free distribution and will be sent upon request.
Co-operation with Other Virginia Colleges.—In 1926 the University in cooperation
with Roanoke College, adopted temporarily a plan for conducting jointly
extension classes in the city of Roanoke and vicinity. This plan with certain
modifications by mutual consent of the two institutions has been continued. The
organization of this work is under the direction of the Roanoke center of the
University Extension Division. Members of the faculty of the University and of
Roanoke College conduct the classes.
Because the demand for extension courses is greater than the University can
care for with its own faculty, and because the plan described above has proven
satisfactory, the University has invited other colleges to participate in the extension
class work on a co-operative basis. Besides Roanoke College, Randolph-Macon
Woman's College, Farmville State College for Teachers, Hampden-Sidney College
and Emory and Henry College have arranged to assist in this work for the year
1928-1929. Members of the faculty of Washington and Lee University also engage
in extension teaching under the direction of the University of Virginia Extension
Division. It is hoped that this co-operate plan may be extended to include
other higher educational institutions in the state as soon as resources permit.
