 | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1929 |  |
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for the Admission of Men.—To be admitted to regular standing
in the Department of Education, men must have satisfied the entrance requirements
of the College. Students who have decided to enter the teaching profession
at the time of entering the University should register with the Dean of the Department
of Education in order to be advised in planning their curricula. Holders
of State Teachers' Scholarships are required to register in the Department of
Education.
Requirements for the Admission of Women.—To be admitted to regular
standing in the Department of Education, women must be twenty years of age,
must meet the entrance requirements of the University and must have completed
two years of college work aggregating thirty session-hours in academic subjects.
Candidates not able to meet these requirements may make up their deficiencies
during the Summer Quarter.
Women planning to enter the Department of Education after completing the
two years of work required for admission should choose, during the two years,
courses corresponding to the University courses recommended for students at the
University during the same period. The Dean will welcome conferences with such
students before they begin training elsewhere.
Special Students.—(a) Graduates of colleges and universities other than
the University of Virginia, desiring to secure the necessary professional training
to qualify for the Collegiate Professional Certificate, may register in the Department
of Education and upon completion of the required professional courses receive
a certificate which will entitle them to the Collegiate Professional Certificate
issued by the State Department of Education.
(b) Men may be admitted as special students without fulfilling the entrance
requirements above specified, provided that, if they are Virginians, they are more
than twenty years old or, if they are not Virginians, they are more than twenty-three
years old, on the day of registration, and give adequate evidence of serious
purpose and of the training needed to pursue with profit the courses for which
they are registered. No special student may be a candidate for a degree; but such
students are permitted and encouraged to make up deficiencies by private study or
by taking courses in the Summer Quarter. 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.
An applicant who has regularly attended a secondary school until he is
entrance units, will not be accepted as a special student.
(c) Women, twenty-five years of age, giving satisfactory evidence that they
are qualified to pursue courses in Education successfully, may be admitted as
special students, even though they fail to show credit for the thirty session-hours
of academic work required of women for admission to regular standing.
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 given sometime during the first month of his first session that he has
done work equivalent to that covered by any of the following courses offered in
the college: Latin A1, Greek A1, Greek A2, English A1 or A2 or A3, Mathematics
A1, German A1, French A1, Spanish A1, Italian A1. Candidates who apply for
examination for advanced standing must present a special certificate showing that
the full content of the course, on which advanced standing is sought, has been
covered in a systematic manner in the preparatory school, and in addition must
present the specific recommendation of the principal of the school that the candidate
be admitted to the advanced standing examination in question.
College Credit.—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 Department a certificate covering the courses
for which college credit is desired. 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. The final validation
of such certificates is effected by the successful completion of not less than
twelve session-hours of work during his first session. In no case will credit be
given on more than forty-five 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 of Arts and Sciences,
exclusive of any credit for work done in the Summer Quarter or in any of the
professional departments. In every case the candidate must spend the last session
of his candidacy, which must be a regular session of nine months, exclusively in
college work in this University; and the courses offered as major electives must
all have been completed in residence in this University. A maximum of fifteen
session-hours may be granted for one year of college work, and thirty-three hours
for two years.
In general, credit will not be granted for work completed elsewhere with the
lowest passing grade, if the grades are given as letters, or with a grade below
75 per cent., if the grades are given as percentages.
Conditioned Students.—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 10. A student who, while able to offer fifteen units, cannot offer fifteen units
as defined in this list, may be conditioned on any two units not including English
A, B, or C, or Mathematics A1. All conditions should be absolved before the
beginning of the session following initial registration. This may be done by
passing entrance examinations or by passing equivalent courses in the Summer
of the work credited toward a degree. No conditioned student may be later
registered as a special student.
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