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ACADEMIC DEGREES.
In each Academic 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 Academic 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 nine B. A. courses, selected from the following list, of
which at least one must be taken from each of the seven
groups indicated, the other two may be chosen at will:
A.—Ancient Languages.
Latin—Greek.
B.—Modern Languages.
French—Spanish—Italian—German—English Language.
C.—History and Literature.
General History—English Literature.
D.—Philosophical Science.
Political Economy—Logic and Psychology—Ethics and
Philosophy.
E.—Mathematical Sciences.
Mathematics—Astronomy—Mechanics.
F.—Natural Sciences.
Physics—General Chemistry.
G.—Natural History.
Geology—Botany—Comparative Anatomy.
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. degree shall be counted again as part of
the advanced work required for the 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 five 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 M. A. courses
in the four major studies. But in any or all of the five minor
B. A. courses upon presenting his diploma and passing
A SPECIAL EXAMINATION at this University in such studies.
This examination, which shall be held in writing, 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 is offered to students
who propose to devote their energies to specialized
research in some of the various departments of letters or
sciences.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY.
Admission to the advanced University courses as a
candidate for this degree will be granted any B. A. or M. A.
of this institution or of any other institution of learning,
provided in the latter case the Faculty are satisfied with his
preliminary training. The Faculty will accept as evidence
of this adequate general education the degree of B. A., or
that of M. A. of any reputable chartered college or university,
but the Academic Faculty will pass, if necessary,
upon the standing of the institution in question.
The preparation of the candidate for entrance upon the
Ph. D. courses in the particular subjects selected shall be
passed upon by the Academic Faculty on the basis of a
report from the professors in charge of the schools selected.
These professors may satisfy themselves of such preparation
by any test they see fit to apply, including a formal examination
if they deem this necessary.
The preparation required shall be substantially equivalent
to that of a student graduating in the M. A. courses
of each of the two schools in question.
Requirements for the Degree.—At least two years of
special advanced work is required after admission to candidacy
under the conditions above stated. It is required of
in the case of a professor in a chartered institution of learning
whose department embraces the studies elected by him:
of such a candidate but one year of residence is required.
It should be clearly understood that this period of candidacy
represents a minimum requirement only. The degree does
not depend upon any allotment of time, but upon the completion
of advanced work of a specified amount and
character, the determination of which is in each school left
to the professor at its head. Work must be elected in two
subjects belonging to two distinct schools; one of these
subjects shall be designated as the major; the election of
work and the choice of a major subject shall be submitted
to the Faculty for its approval.
On the completion of the approved courses of study
the candidate shall submit and present for his approval to
the professor at the head of the school in which his major
study lies a dissertation showing independent research upon
or original treatment of some subject within the province
of his major study; this dissertation must be submitted not
later than the first day of May immediately preceding the
Final Day on which the degree is sought; on its approval
it must be printed and fifty copies deposited in the Library
of the University. On the acceptance of the dissertation
and the passage of the final examinations the degree shall
be conferred.
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