University of Virginia Library

REGULATIONS

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 regular
session of lecture or recitation, or two hours a week throughout the session of
laboratory work; or five hours a week of lecture or recitation or five laboratory
periods of two hours each a week for a term of six weeks in the Summer
Quarter.

The session-hour is equal to two semester-hours or three quarter-hours.

Maximum and Minimum Number of Session-Hours.—Each student may
undertake each term courses aggregating 3 session-hours with the exception noted
in paragraph (I).

(I) A student may take 4 session-hours, provided he (a) has passed in the
regular session at the college last attended courses aggregating 15 session-hours,
or (b) is in his graduating year and needs 4 session-hours for his degree.

Exceptions to the above regulations will be allowed only by special permission
of the Dean of the University.

Grade.—The grade of a student in any course is determined by his class
standing and his examination grade, combined in such proportion as the professor
in charge of the course 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 exercise) 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 undergraduate course a grade of 75 per cent.
is required.

Report of Grades.—A report of the final grade in each course pursued is
mailed to each student as soon as practicable after the close of each term. In
order to facilitate this and to insure his correct address each student is requested
to leave a stamped, self-addressed envelope with the Registrar before the end of
each term attended.

The names of students who passed will be posted as soon as reported after
each examination but no grades will be given out from the Registrar's Office.

Transcript of Records.—After the original record is issued, a charge of
twenty-five cents will be made for each transcript of a record. Remittance should
accompany each application.

Report of State Credits.—State teachers' certificates will be sent from
the Department of Public Instruction, Richmond. Students who fail to get their
certificates should communicate with the Supervisor of Certification, State Board
of Education, Richmond, Virginia.

For certificate regulations see page 38.

Absence from Lectures may be excused by the professors, but only for
sickness or like 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.

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.

Special Examinations.—A student whose absence from an examination is
excused, in accordance with above, is entitled to a special examination on a
date to be arranged between himself and the professor in charge of the examination.

Re-examinations.—A candidate for an academic degree who fails on only
one of his courses during his final session of candidacy is entitled to a special
re-examination on the work of that course before the final day, 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 noted carefully that no student is entitled to more than one reexamination
on a given course without repeating the course.

The Honor System.—All examinations are held under the Honor System.
Its administration is entirely in the hands of the students through the Honor
Committee.

Parking Regulations.—Motor driven vehicles either owned or operated
by students are prohibited from parking in the roadways and alleys of the University
grounds between the hours of 8:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. However,
students suffering from serious physical disability, or living more than two miles
outside the city limits, may be granted permits to park.