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REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION

General Requirements:

(1) For admission to the Department of Education a candidate must meet
the general requirements for admission to the University and also the specific
requirements as to number and selection of high school units required for admission
to the College of Arts and Sciences.

(2) Regular Students: For admission as a regular student in the Department
of Education a candidate, in addition to meeting the above general
requirements, must satisfy one of the following:

(a) File with the Dean of the Department a transcript of record from a
standard college showing the completion of at least 30 session-hours of acceptable
credit which should include the following:

           

Foreign Language	6 session-hours
Mathematics	3 session-hours
Natural Science	6 session-hours
History and Sociology	6 session-hours
English	6 session-hours
General Psychology or the History of Education	3 session-hours

(b) Present an official transcript of record showing the satisfactory completion
of the program of study leading to the normal diploma from a standard
teacher-training institution.

(3) 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
twenty years of age without, because of failure, obtaining credit for 15 acceptable
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 30 session-hours
of academic work required of women for admission to regular standing.

Graduation Requirements:

Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Education.—Candidates for the
degree of Bachelor of Science in Education shall offer in addition to the
credits presented for admission sufficient credits to bring the total to 60 session-hours.
The subjects offered toward graduation are to be so chosen as to make
the full degree program consist of the following:

                 

Foreign language	6 session-hours (in one language)
Mathematics	3 session-hours
Natural Science	6 session-hours
Social Science	6 session-hours
English	6 session-hours
General Psychology or the History of Education	3 session-hours
Education (including School Hygiene and Sanitation)	12 session-hours
Electives	18 session-hours
Total	60 session-hours

Sequence of Required Courses in Education:

• (a) Teachers in Secondary Schools:

  Students preparing to teach in secondary schools are required to complete
  the following courses:

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  • Education B2—Educational Psychology

  • Education B7—Secondary Education

  • Education B11a—Special Methods in High School Subjects

  • Education B11b—Directed Teaching

  • Education B12—School Hygiene and Sanitation

  The student must complete Education B2, Education B7, and Education
  B11a before being admitted to Education B11b, "Directed Teaching."

• (b) Rural Supervisors:

  Students preparing for Rural Supervision must complete the following:

  • Education B2—Educational Psychology

  • Education B3—Elementary School Supervision

  • Education B4—Directed Supervision

The student will be required to complete Education B2, and Education B3
before being admitted to Education B4.

Elective Subjects: The elective subjects shall be chosen, subject to the
approval of the Dean, so as to provide the best preparation for recognized
teaching combinations in the secondary schools.