 | The University of Virginia record January 15, 1936 |  |
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES
Full opportunity is given to any student to carry out any definite plan of
work which he may have in view on coming to the Univedsity, or which
may have been prescribed for him by those under whose direction he is completing
his education. But when no well-considered plan has been outlined
in advance, and the end in view is that for which the great majority of
students should enter college, namely, the attainment of a liberal education,
the student will be expected to enter upon regular work of the college leading
to a baccalaureate degree.
Five degrees are offered candidates for graduation in the College of Arts
and Sciences. Two of these, the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of
Science, are cultural; the Bachelor of Science in Architecture, the Bachelor
of Science in Chemistry, and the Bachelor of Science in Commerce, are vocational
degrees, designed for those who wish to fit themselves especially for
professional work.
No course offered by a successful candidate for one of the cultural baccalaureate
degrees can be offered by the same candidate as part of the work
credited toward the other cultural baccalaureate degree, nor can any course
which has been counted as credit toward a vocational degree be subsequently
counted as credit toward a cultural degree; and no work done to remove
an entrance condition can be counted for any degree.
The normal time required for obtaining a baccalaureate degree is four
years, assuming that the student completes each year courses which aggregate
the regular minimum of five. A student may, however, materially
shorten the time required for obtaining a degree by taking courses in the
Summer Quarter for which college credit is given. For credit for work done
at other colleges, see page 15.
The requirements for the cultural baccalaureate degrees are such as to
allow a large measure of freedom of election on the part of the individual
student, such restriction only being placed upon this liberty as is necessary
to insure at the same time the thoroughness and the breadth of culture for
a due measure of acquaintance with the methods of thought characteristic of
each of the leading departments of knowledge, as well as with their subject
matter, his courses must be chosen subject to the specific requirements detailed
below.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Degree requirements are stated in terms of courses. An academic course
is the work covered in an organized, scheduled class, meeting at least three
hours a week throughout the session. Beginners' courses in foreign languages
and certain first-year courses in mathematics may meet four or five
hours weekly. Science courses with three hours of class work and six hours
of laboratory work weekly are designated double-courses and are counted as
two courses.
For graduation from the College of Arts and Sciences the candidate
must have taken and passed a total of twenty courses, completed in conformity
with the regulations prescribed for the several degrees.
Exemption from certain Required Courses may be obtained as set forth
below. Such exemption increases the student's freedom of election, but does
not reduce the total number of courses (20) required for a degree.
Qualifying examinations are scheduled at the beginning of the session,
and no such examination may be taken more than once.
BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
The candidate must complete a total of twenty courses, chosen in accordance
with the following regulations:
I. Required Courses
The eight courses prescribed below must be completed at least one year before
graduation. Not less than six of them must be completed at least two
years before graduation.
English: English A1.
Students passing a qualifying examination on English A1 will be exempted
from further requirement in English.
Foreign Languages: A first-year college course (A1) and a second-year
college course (A2) in each of two foreign languages. A candidate for the degree
of Bachelor of Arts must offer two courses in Greek or Latin. A candidate
for the degree of Bachelor of Science must offer two courses in French or German.
A student who presents admission credit for two units of German, Greek
or Latin, or for three units of French, Italian or Spanish, must enter the A2
course if he wishes to study the language in question. If he passes the A2 course
he will be exempted from further requirement in that language.
Students passing a qualifying examination on the A2 course in any language
will be exempted from further requirement in that language.
Mathematics: Mathematics A1 or A2.
Students passing a qualifying examination on Mathematics A will be exempted
from further requirement in mathematics.
Natural Science: Biology B1 or Chemistry B1 or Geology B1 or Physics B1.
II. Field of Concentration
A student who has passed not less than six of the Required Courses
two years before graduation, shall at the beginning of his next session select
as his Field of Concentration a Major Subject taught in one of the Academic
Schools. Before registration he must present, as part of his plan of study
for the next two years, a program of not less than five nor more than seven
courses approved in writing by an official adviser for his Major School. This
program must include not less than three courses offered in the Major
School and not less than two courses in subjects related to the Field of
Concentration. No course offered by the candidate as a Required Course
may be counted as part of the major program. All courses included in a
Field of Concentration must be completed in this University.
III. Electives
The remaining courses needed to make up the required twenty may be
elected from courses in the Academic Schools for which the candidate has
adequate preparation.
Final Comprehensive Examination
A candidate for a degree must make a satisfactory standing in a final
comprehensive examination on his Field of Concentration, set by the
faculty of his Major School. This examination shall be in lieu of separate
final examinations in all courses in the Field of Concentration, taken in the
session of graduation, which the Major School may include in it. It may be
wholly a written examination, or partly written and partly oral.
Professional Courses in Field of Concentration
The first-year course in the Department of Law or the first-year course
in the Department of Medicine, of this University, may be substituted for four
academic courses in the Field of Concentration. This substitution cannot be
made unless the candidate has spent three full sessions in the College of
Arts and Sciences of this University and has obtained credit for sixteen
courses, including:
1. The eight Required Courses (not less than six of which must be
completed at least two years before graduation). Exemption from Required
Courses, as provided above, increases the student's freedom of election,
but does not reduce the total number of courses (16) which must be
completed in the College.
2. A program of four courses, to be taken during the candidate's third
year in the College, and to be approved in writing before registration by
an adviser designated by the Dean of the College.
3. Electives, chosen from courses in the Academic Schools for which
the candidate has adequate preparation.
A candidate who includes the first-year course in Law or Medicine in
his Field of Concentration is exempted from the Final Comprehensive Examination.
Physical Education
In addition to satisfying the requirements for graduation stated above,
a candidate must complete a two-year course in physical education, unless
excused on a physician's certificate. This work must be taken during the
first two years and must be completed at least one year before graduation.
SUGGESTIONS TO STUDENTS ON PLANNING A BACHELOR OF ARTS OR
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE
Since all but two of the Required Courses must be completed two years before graduation,
the student is in general advised to confine himself to such courses in his first
year and to postpone freedom of election.
In the second year, election of courses should be made primarily with a view to exploring
academic fields in which the candidate may wish to major. In general the B1
courses in important subjects which are not represented among the Required Courses
should be elected in the second year. The following are suggested as suitable electives
to introduce a student to possible Fields of Concentration: Archaeology B1, Astronomy
B1, Biblical Literature B1, Economics B1, Government B1, History B1, B2 or B5, Philosophy
B1, Psychology B1, Rural Social Economics B1, Sociology B1. Courses in Commerce,
Education, the Fine Arts, Forestry or Public Speaking may be elected by students
interested in these subjects.
As many as two of the Required Courses may be completed as late as the third year.
However, it should be noted that an A1 course in a Required language should not be
taken later than the second year. If such a course be postponed until the third year, the
A2 course in that language must be completed in the following summer, since all Required
Courses must be passed at least one year before graduation.
It is not advisable to take A1 courses in two foreign languages in the same year.
Examples of degree programs are given below. Variations are often desirable. A
student who passes qualifying examinations will have greater freedom of election than is
indicated. A Field of Concentration, in the programs, is assumed to include six courses.
1. For students who present less than two entrance units in foreign language:
First Year: English A1, Language A1, Science B1, Mathematics A1 or A2, Physical
Education.
Second Year: Language A2, Language A1, Elective, Elective, Elective, Physical Education.
Third Year: Language A2, Major, Major, Major, Elective.
Fourth Year: Major, Major, Major, Elective, Elective.
2. For students who present entrance units sufficient to enter the A2 course in one
foreign language:
First Year: English A1, Language A2, Science B1, Mathematics A1 or A2, Physical
Education.
Second Year: Language A1, Elective, Elective, Elective, Elective, Physical Education.
Third Year: Language A2, Major, Major, Major, Elective.
Fourth Year: Major, Major, Major, Elective, Elective.
3. For students who present entrance units sufficient to enter the A2 course in each
of two foreign languages:
First Year: English A1, Language A2, Science B1, Mathematics A1 or A2, Physical
Education.
Second Year: Language A2, Elective, Elective, Elective, Elective, Physical Education.
Third Year: Major, Major, Major, Elective, Elective.
Fourth Year: Major, Major, Major, Elective, Elective.
DEGREES WITH HONORS
The courses required for the B.A. and cultural B.S. degrees are adapted to
the powers of the average student, and any graduate of an accredited school, who
has, either by certificate or examination, satisfied the requirements for admission
to the College of Arts and Sciences, if he is reasonably industrious and regular in
his studies, should obtain one of these degrees without great difficulty in four
sessions' work. In every body of students, however, there are a number who
possess greater ability and application than the average, and whose ambition aims
higher than a bare pass-mark on their work. For the proper stimulation of such
students toward the best that they can do, and for due and authoritative recognition
of unusual ability and high achievement in studies, the Academic Faculty
has instituted the following system of Special Honors:
Intermediate Honors
A certificate of Intermediate Honors is conferred by the Academic
Faculty on the student who, during his first two regular sessions in the
College of Arts and Sciences of this University, has passed not less than ten
academic courses, including six of the eight Required Courses, without failure
on any course, and with an average grade on all courses of 85 per cent.
or more each session.
The holder of a Certificate of Intermediate Honors, so long as he has no
grade below 75 per cent. on the work of any term in any course, is not subject
to the rules limiting absence from the University, nor does absence from any class
entail on such student any penalty, affecting class-standing, imposed for absence
alone.
The Certificates of Intermediate Honors are publicly conferred at the Annual
Convocation of the University following the session in which the honors have
been attained. The names of the holders of these certificates are published under
a separate heading in the annual catalogue of the University.
Final Honors
Final Honors are conferred only on graduation, and the diploma of B.A.
or B.S. with Final Honors states that the honors were won in a given academic
school.
A student who wishes to attain Final Honors must be accepted as a candidate
for honors two sessions before graduation. Any student who has met the requirements
for the Dean's List for two sessions may apply to become a candidate for
Final Honors. Application must be made first to the Dean, and, if approved by
him, must also be approved by one of the academic schools which offer work for
honors. A list of such schools is published annually.
Final honors are conferred on the basis of a final comprehensive examination,
both oral and written, on some field of knowledge, and not for work done in
any or all of the regular courses required for a baccalaureate degree. Honors
work involves wide and independent reading for two years, under the general
direction of the professors of an academic school. It does not require regular
attendance upon lectures or the passing of any tests or examinations, except the
the development of a capacity for scholarly work in a field of knowledge, rather
than a mastery of required details of subject matter.
The completion of work for Final Honors may be counted as credit
towards a B.A. or cultural B.S. degree in lieu of two courses, other than Required
Courses. In the event that the work for honors is not of sufficiently
high quality for Final Honors to be conferred, credit for two courses toward
a degree without honors may be granted upon recommendation of the
academic school in charge.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
The candidate must complete the courses in the following program.
Exemption from Required A courses in English, mathematics and language
may be obtained as in the case of the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor
of Science degrees. Such exemption increases freedom of election, but does
not reduce the total number of courses required for the degree.
At the beginning of his first and each subsequent year of candidacy for
this degree the student must have his program of study approved in writing
by an official adviser for the School of Architecture.
Mathematics A1 or A2
English A1
Approved Modern Language or Elective
Architectural Drawing B1
Projective Drawing B1
Freehand Drawing B1
First Year:
Architectural Construction B1
History of Art B1
Approved Modern Language or Elective
Architectural Design B1
Freehand Drawing B2, first and third terms
Modeling B1, second term
Projective Drawing B2
Pure Design, second and third terms (Alternate years with History of
Ornament)
Second Year:
Architectural Construction B2
History of Art B2
Economics B1, first and second terms
Commercial Law for Architects, third term
Architectural Design B2
Water Color B1, first and third terms
Modeling B2, second term
Elements of Surveying, first term
History of Ornament, second and third terms (Alternate years with
Pure Design)
Third Year:
Reinforced Concrete Design, first term
Mechanical Equipment of Buildings, second and third terms
History of Art B3
Architectural Design B3 or B4
Outdoor Sketching, first term
Freehand Drawing B3, third term
Professional Practice, second term (Given in alternate years)
One elective in the second term selected from the following:
Colonial Archaeology
Perspective Rendering
Special Architectural Studies
Modeling B3
Fourth Year:
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY
The candidate must complete a total of twenty courses, chosen in accordance
with the following program.
Exemption from Required A courses in English, mathematics and language
may be obtained as in the case of the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor
of Science degrees. In addition, a student who presents admission credit for
three units of French is exempted from the requirement of French A1. Such
exemption from Required Courses increases freedom of election, but does
not reduce the total number of courses (20) required for the degree.
Applications for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry must be
approved in writing by an official adviser for the School of Chemistry
not later than two years before graduation.
Chemistry B1
English A1
French A1
Mathematics A1 or A2
First-year Physical Education
First Year:
Chemistry B2
Chemistry B6
English B6
German A1 or A2
Mathematics B2
Second-year Physical Education
Second Year:
Chemistry B4
Chemistry B7
Physics B1
German A2 or Approved Elective
Third Year:
Chemistry C1
Chemistry C2
Approved Elective
Fourth Year:
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE
The candidate must complete a total of twenty courses, chosen in accordance
with the following regulations:
I. Required Courses
The eight courses prescribed below must be completed at least one year before
graduation. Not less than six of them must be completed at least two years before
graduation.
English: English A1 and one B course in English.
Students passing a qualifying examination on English A1 will be exempted
from that course, but must pass one B course in English.
Foreign Language: Two courses from one of the following languages:
French, German, Italian, or Spanish.
A student who presents admission credit for two units of German, or for
three units of French, Italian or Spanish, must enter the A2 course if he
wishes to study the language in question. In any event, the student must
pass two courses in the College in one of the languages mentioned above.
Mathematics: Mathematics B1.
Natural Science: Biology B1 or Chemistry B1 or Geology B1 or Physics B1.
History: One B course in History.
II. Field of Concentration
At the beginning of the second and all subsequent years of candidacy
for this degree, and before registration, a student must have his program
of study approved in writing by an official adviser for the School of Commerce.
Ten courses are required in the Field of Concentration, seven of which
are prescribed for all candidates for the degree. The remaining three courses
must be approved by the official adviser for the School of Commerce. The
seven prescribed courses are as follows:
Economic Geography B1
Commercial Law B1
Economics B1 (The Principles of Economics)
Economics B2 (The Growth of American Commerce and Industry)
Economics B3 (Money and Banking)
Economics B4 (Elementary Accounting)
Economics B5 (Statistics)
III. Electives
The remaining courses needed to make up the required twenty may be
elected from courses in the Academic Schools for which the candidate has
adequate preparation.
Final Comprehensive Examination
A candidate for this degree must make a satisfactory standing in a final
comprehensive examination on his Field of Concentration, set by the faculty
of the School of Commerce. This examination shall be in lieu of separate
final examinations in all courses in the Field of Concentration, taken in
the session of graduation, which the School of Commerce may include in it.
It may be wholly a written examination, or partly written and partly oral.
Professional Course in Field of Concentration
The first-year course in the Department of Law, of this University, may
be substituted for four academic courses. This substitution cannot be
made unless the candidate has spent three full sessions in the College of
Arts and Sciences of this University and has obtained credit for sixteen
courses, including:
1. The eight Required Courses (not less than six of which must be
completed at least two years before graduation).
2. Eight courses in the Field of Concentration, six of which must be
passed by all candidates for the degree. The remaining two courses will
be prescribed by an official adviser for the School of Commerce: The six
Required Courses are as follows: Economic Geography B1, Economics B1,
Economics B2, Economics B3, Economics B4, Economics B5.
3. Such additional courses as may be necessary to make up the required
sixteen, which must be approved in writing by an official adviser for
the School of Commerce.
A candidate who includes the first-year course in Law in his Field of
Concentration is exempted from the Final Comprehensive Examination.
Physical Education
In addition to satisfying the requirements for graduation stated above,
a candidate must complete a two-year course in physical education, unless
excused on a physician's certificate. This work must be taken during the
first two years and must be completed at least one year before graduation.
SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE
First Year: English, Foreign Language, Mathematics B1, Natural Science, Physical Education.
Second Year: English, Foreign Language, Economic Geography B1, Economics B1, Economics
B4, Physical Education.
Third Year: History, Commercial Law B1, Economics B2, Economics B3, Economics B5.
Fourth Year: Government B1, one B and one C course or two C courses in Economics
or Commerce, two Elective Courses.
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