Curriculum for the University of Virginia

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Excerpt from the Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia:

I. Languages, ancient: Latin, Greek, Hebrew.

II. Languages, modern: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Anglo-Saxon.

III. Mathematics, pure: Algebra, Fluxions, Geometry, Elementary, Transcendental. Architecture, Military, Naval.

IV. Physico-Mathematics: Mechanics, Statics, Dynamics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Optics, Astronomy, Geography.

V. Physics, or Natural Philosophy: Chemistry, Mineralogy.

VI. Botany, Zoology

VII. Anatomy, Medicine.

VIII. Government, Political Economy, Law of Nature, and Nations History, being interwoven with Politics and Law.

IX. Law, municipal.

X. Ideology, General Grammar, Ethics, Rhetoric, Belles Lettres, and the fine arts.

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Excerpt from the Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia:

I. Languages, ancient: Latin, Greek, Hebrew.

II. Languages, modern: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Anglo-Saxon.

III. Mathematics, pure: Algebra, Fluxions, Geometry, Elementary, Transcendental. Architecture, Military, Naval.

IV. Physico-Mathematics: Mechanics, Statics, Dynamics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Optics, Astronomy, Geography.

V. Physics, or Natural Philosophy: Chemistry, Mineralogy.

VI. Botany, Zoology

VII. Anatomy, Medicine.

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VIII. Government, Political Economy, Law of Nature, and Nations History, being interwoven with Politics and Law.

IX. Law, municipal.

X. Ideology, General Grammar, Ethics, Rhetoric, Belles Lettres, and the fine arts