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II. Nature of the Course of Study
With the objectives then of preparing young men for careers in the foreign services of the government,
or in non-governmental foreign service, and also of offering a well-balanced educational program in international
affairs for its own sake, the University of Virginia is establishing a SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE AND
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. To meet these objectives it is believed that two conditions are essential:
1st. The student must first be broadly educated in the basic liberal arts subjects.
2nd. The specialized curriculum should be inclusive enough and flexible enough to
permit him to frame a program to suit his individual tastes and needs.
For the purpose of fulfilling these conditions all students in the School, during their first two
years, will be required to take the basic liberal arts courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
These are English, Mathematics, Science, and Foreign Languages. In addition, they will be required to take
certain general college courses whose presentation will be oriented to the special needs of their advanced
program. These are History, Economics, American Government and Human Geography.
The advanced program of the last two years, constituting the field of concentration, will be articulated
from the courses listed in the following section. There will be a large measure of selection and
flexibility in framing the program of concentration, but the whole must represent a comprehensive unit
meeting the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. This program, of course, will be formulated
under the advice and guidance of advisers in the School.
The normal time for the completion of the program for the Bachelor's degree is four years. It may
happen, however, that a student will wish to prepare himself further by taking more courses than could be
fitted into his degree program. In this case he may stay on for a fifth year and do one of two things: frame
a program from the remaining courses that will meet the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts, or take
a number of the courses that will be useful for his future career but which do not meet the degree requirements.
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