University Extension Act of 1884 No 15a (NSW)

No. XVII.

An Act to enable the University of Sydney to grant additional Degrees and Certificates in the nature of Degrees and for other purposes. [16th May, 1884.]

WH E R E A S by the Act fourteenth Victoria number thirty-one confer the several degrees of Bachelor of Arts Master of Arts Bachelor power was given to the Senate of the University of Sydney to
of Laws Doctor of Laws Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine but no power was given to confer other degrees or certificates in the nature of degrees And whereas it is expedient that the Senate should have extended powers to confer degrees and certificates in the nature of degrees And whereas the Senate has agreed to admit women to certain privileges heretofore enjoyed by men within the University but doubts have arisen as to the power of the Senate in that respect under the said recited Act Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows :—-

1 . The Senate is hereby empowered to give instruction and

grant such degrees and certificates in the nature of degrees as it shall think fit in all branches of knowledge except Theology or Divinity Provided that no student in the University shall be compelled to attend lectures upon or to pass examinations in any of the following subjects namely—Ethics Metaphysics and Modern History.

2. All persons upon whom the Degree of Master or Doctor shall be conferred in pursuance of the provisions of this Act shall have the same rights and privileges within the University hitherto enjoyed by graduates holding the degree of Master of Arts Doctor of Laws or Doctor of Medicine and all persons upon whom in pursuance of the said provisions the degree of Bachelor or any other certificate or qualifi­ cation which the Senate may by by-law declare to be of equivalent rank to the degree of Bachelor of Arts shall have the same rights and privileges hitherto enjoyed by Bachelors of Arts within the said University.

3. The benefits and advantages of the University and the pro­

visions of the Acts relating thereto shall be deemed to extend in all
respects to women equally with men.

4. This Act may be cited as the " University Extension Act of

1884."

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