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Academical Degrees.
In each Academical School a diploma of graduation is conferred in the
B. A. Course. Students who complete both the B. A. and the M. A. Course
in any School are entitled to a diploma of graduation in the School. The
titled degrees conferred in the Academical Department are Bachelor of Arts,
Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy.
The degree of Bachelor of Arts of the University of Virginia is designed
to secure in the candidate such a thorough and well-proportioned
general training in all of the great departments of human knowledge—Ancient
Languages, Modern Languages, History and Literature, Philosophy,
Mathematical Science, Natural Science, and Natural History—as will fit him
to fill his part in the vocations of life, whether in the field of business, in
the pursuit of the learned professions, or in the special studies preparatory to
didactic or scientific work. This degree is accordingly conferred upon a student
who has been graduated in eight B. A. Courses, selected from the following
list, of which, however, at least one must be taken from each group:
A.—Ancient Languages.
Latin—Greek.
B.—Modern Languages.
French—German—Spanish—Italian.
C.—History and Literature.
General History—English Literature—Modern English.
D.—Philosophical Science.
Political Economy—Logic and Psychology.
E.—Mathematical Sciences.
Mathematics—Astronomy—Mechanics.
F.—Natural Science.
General Chemistry—Physics—Geology—Biology.
The degree of Master of Arts of the University of Virginia is designed
for students who desire to extend their work in certain departments of
learning so as to lay a broader foundation for professional study, to equip
themselves for the work of teaching, or to prepare for specialized lines of
research in letters or science. It is conferred upon a Bachelor of Arts
who has been graduated in each of four Schools, elected by himself and approved
by the Faculty. The utmost freedom of election will be encouraged
in the arrangement of these courses, subject to the condition that the four
lines of advanced work chosen shall be so related as to form a rationally
connected whole.
It is expressly ordered, however, that none of the work done for the B. A.
M. A. degree, nor shall the advanced work done for the M. A. degree be
counted also for the B. A. degree.
The preliminary degree required of candidates for the M. A. degree may
be that of this University or of some other chartered institution of learning.
But in the latter case the degree shall be submitted for approval to the
Faculty, who have absolute power to accept or reject the degree offered. The
candidate must in all cases be graduated in the B. A. Course in each School
before he is admitted to the M. A. Course in that School. But this last
condition may be waived by the Faculty in favor of a candidate who evidences
upon examination adequate preliminary training to pursue with profit
the M. A. Course simultaneously with the B. A. Course of the School.
A Bachelor of Arts of any other chartered institution of learning who enters this
University as a candidate for the M. A. degree, must submit to the Faculty a statement
showing the four major studies in which he proposes to pursue the M. A. Courses, and
four associated minor studies, which would complete the requirements for the B. A. and
M. A. degrees. Under the regulations of the Visitors, he will be required to pursue
here both the B. A. and the M. A. Courses in the four major studies. But in any or all
of the four minor studies he will be excused from attendance upon the regular B. A.
Courses upon presenting his diploma and passing a SPECIAL EXAMINATION at this University
in such studies. This examination will, in all cases, be of a practical character,
designed to test the permanent acquisition by the student of a sound general knowledge
of the several subjects. Bachelors of Arts who are deficient in any of the minor studies
may fill out their schemes of study by attending the regular B. A. Courses at this University
in those subjects and passing the regular examinations.
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Virginia is
offered to students who propose to devote their energies to specialized research
in any of the various departments of letters or science. It will be conferred
on a Bachelor of Arts or Master of Arts who has passed examination in the
Post-graduate Courses of two Schools, elected by himself and approved by
the Faculty, and in addition has prepared and printed a dissertation, accepted
by the Professors of the Schools elected, as showing independent research
or original treatment of some subject belonging to the School chosen
as his major study.
The preliminary degree required of candidates for the Ph. D. degree may
be that of this University or of some other chartered institution of learning.
But in the latter case the degree must be approved by the Faculty, and the
candidate must in all cases be graduated in each of the two Schools elected
before he is admitted to the Ph. D. Course in that School. The last condition
may be waived by the Faculty in favor of a candidate who evidences
upon examination adequate preliminary training to pursue with profit the
Ph. D. Course at the same time with the M. A. Course of the School.
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