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Undergraduate Record
©Copyright
2002
by the Rector and Visitors of
The University of Virginia.
Printed in the United States
of America
Cover Image: Special Collections
Library, University of Virginia Library. See p. 330 for details.
Cover Design: Heather Burns
The University of Virginia Undergraduate
Record is published annually by the Office
of the University Registrar, PO Box 400203, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4203,
(434) 924-4124, (434) 982-HEAR. Additional copies of the Record may be purchased through The University
Bookstore, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903. The University
of Virginia School of Medicine publishes a medical Record. Copies may be obtained by
contacting the Admissions Office, Box 800725, McKim Hall, School of
Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
Consistent with Federal and State
law, the University does not discriminate in any of its programs, procedures
or practices on the basis of age, color, disability, national or ethnic
origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
or veteran status. The University operates equal opportunity and
affirmative action programs for faculty, staff, and students, including
discriminatory harassment policies and procedures. The University of
Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
The Equal Opportunity Programs Office is responsible for enforcement of the University’s nondiscrimination
obligations. An applicant for admission or employment or any student
or employee may file a discrimination complaint with the Equal Opportunity
Officer, Washington Hall, East Range, P.O. Box 400219, University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, (434) 924-3200. Complaints are
to be submitted in accordance with, and are subject to, the standards
of the “University of Virginia Discrimination Complaint Procedures.”
The University’s Section
504, and American Disabilities Act Coordinator is Patricia M. Lampkin,
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs, P.O. Box 400303, Charlottesville,
VA 22903, (434) 924-7984. The Title IX Coordinator is Karen E. Holt,
Director of Equal Opportunity Programs Office, Washington Hall, East
Range, P.O. Box 400219, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
22904, (434) 924-3200.
Disclaimer Clause The provisions
of this Record are not to be regarded as
an irrevocable contract between the student and the University. The
University reserves the right to change any provision or requirement
at any time within the student’s term of residence. Any changes
made by the University will be made known to the student through the
spring or fall Course Offering Directory, the Summer
Session Course Offering Directory or through other means of communication where necessary.
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Purpose:
The central purpose of the University of Virginia is to enrich the mind
by stimulating and sustaining a spirit of free inquiry directed to understanding
the nature of the universe and the role of mankind in it. Activities
designed to quicken, discipline, and enlarge the intellectual and creative
capacities, as well as the aesthetic and ethical awareness, of the members
of the University and to record, preserve, and disseminate the results
of intellectual discovery and creative endeavor serve this purpose.
In fulfilling it, the University places the highest priority on achieving
eminence as a center of higher learning.
Goals:
The University of Virginia seeks to achieve its central purpose through
the pursuit of the following specific goals:
1. To offer instruction of the
highest quality to undergraduates from all walks of life, not only by
transmitting established knowledge and skills, but by fostering in students
the habits of mind and character required to develop a generous receptivity
to new ideas, from whatever source; a disposition for applying the most
rigorous criticism to all ideas and institutions, whether old or new;
an ability to test hypotheses and re-interpret human experience; and
a desire to engage in a lifetime of learning.
2. To sustain liberal education
as the central intellectual concern of the University, not only in the
curricula of the College of Arts and Sciences, but also as a foundation
for the professional undergraduate programs.
3. To educate men and women
for the professions in certain undergraduate and in graduate programs
leading to degrees in the School of Architecture, Business Administration,
Commerce, Education, Engineering and Applied Science, Law, Medicine,
and Nursing.
4. To lead in the advancement
and application of knowledge through graduate study and research and
to disseminate the results among scholars and the general public.
5. To attract and retain eminent
faculty in order to provide the highest quality of instruction and leadership
in research.
6. To seek the ablest and most
promising students, within the Commonwealth and without; and, in keeping
with the intentions of Thomas Jefferson, to attend to their total development
and well-being; and to provide appropriate intellectual, athletic, and
social programs.
7. To strive for diversity in
the student body and in the faculty and to promote international exchange
of scholars and students.
8. To provide for students and
faculty an atmosphere conducive to fellowship and understanding and
to their constructive participation in the affairs of the University
and the community at large.
9. To expand educational opportunities
for persons with special challenges such as minority status, physical
disability, ethnic heritage, or insufficient financial resources.
10. To engage in research in
the medical sciences and to provide innovative leadership in health
care and medical services in the local community, the Commonwealth,
and the nation.
11. To offer to the local community,
the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the nation the various kinds of public
service and intellectual and cultural activities which are consonant
with the purposes of the University.
12. To provide continuing education
programs of the highest quality to the Commonwealth and the nation.
13. To cooperate with and assist
other colleges, educational institutions, and agencies, especially in
the Commonwealth of Virginia, by making available to them the facilities
of the University and the experience and counsel of its members so as
to contribute to education in the Commonwealth and beyond.
14.
To establish new programs, schools, and degrees, and to undertake such
research as the needs of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation
may require.
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