Applicable only to students admitted during the 2018-2019 academic year.

Art

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Art offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

For general advising, students contact the graduate assistant. A faculty adviser is appointed for new students. Continuing graduate reviews, with the full faculty in attendance, are held twice yearly.

Areas of Study

Painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, new genres, and interdisciplinary studio. There are no limits to the variations, extent, or value of these designations.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 72 units in the department in upper-division and graduate level courses is required, with a B average or better. Within those 72 units, a minimum of 40 quarter units in the 200 series must be taken, including at least four units (one course) per academic year of Art 276 until completion of the degree, a minimum of 24 quarter units in the field of specialization, and eight units of Art C280.

A minimum total of 12 quarter units of art history and an additional 28 quarter units of art history or history, theory and criticism course work offered by related departments such as architecture and urban design, comparative literature, design|media arts, film, television, and digital media, and world arts and cultures in undergraduate or graduate study are also required (including Art C280). Studio-based courses cannot count as substitutions for this requirement. Art history and theory and criticism courses completed as an undergraduate count toward fulfilling the department’s combined 40-unit art history requirement but do not count toward the 72 units required for the degree. Students with few or no art history or theory or criticism courses in undergraduate study may take art history or theory or criticism upper division or graduate courses at UCLA as electives to be counted toward the 40-unit art history requirement and toward the total units required for the degree. Subjects related to the special interests of the student may be substituted by petition.

A total of 12 units of Art 596 may be applied toward the 72 units required for the degree; four units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

In addition to the completion of the required course work, each degree is awarded on the basis of the quality of the student’s work as demonstrated in the exhibition which is part of the comprehensive examination. The examination includes a formal exhibition and faculty review, in addition to the submission of a curriculum vitae, documentation of artwork, and a statement by the artist. The document becomes the property of and is retained by the university.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six to nine quarters.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Ceramics – M.F.A	9	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studio – M.F.A	9	9	9
Painting/Drawing – M.F.A	9	9	9
New Genres – M.F.A	6	6	9
Photography – M.F.A	6	6	9
Sculpture – M.F.A	6	6	9

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be placed on departmental probation by a majority of the faculty or by their M.F.A. committee after a biannual graduate review if there is concern about the student’s ability to progress toward completion of the M.F.A. degree. Within two weeks of the review, the student will be informed of this action in writing by the faculty area head or the M.F.A. committee chair and advised to submit more work for review by faculty at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the reviewed occurred, or at the end of summer for those students informed of their probationary status following a review in the spring quarter. At this subsequent review, the faculty will re-evaluate the student’s work and progress with regard to the student’s continuing status, and within two weeks of the review, by majority vote of the faculty, a recommendation for termination may be made. The student will be notified of this recommendation in writing.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Art

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Art offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

For general advising, students contact the graduate assistant. A faculty adviser is appointed for new students. Continuing graduate reviews, with the full faculty in attendance, are held twice yearly.

Areas of Study

Painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, new genres, and interdisciplinary studio. There are no limits to the variations, extent, or value of these designations.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 72 units in the department in upper-division and graduate level courses is required, with a B average or better. Within those 72 units, a minimum of 40 quarter units in the 200 series must be taken, including at least four units (one course) per academic year of Art 276 until completion of the degree, a minimum of 24 quarter units in the field of specialization, and eight units of Art C280.

A minimum total of 12 quarter units of art history and an additional 28 quarter units of art history or history, theory and criticism course work offered by related departments such as architecture and urban design, comparative literature, design|media arts, film, television, and digital media, and world arts and cultures in undergraduate or graduate study are also required (including Art C280). Studio-based courses cannot count as substitutions for this requirement. Art history and theory and criticism courses completed as an undergraduate count toward fulfilling the department’s combined 40-unit art history requirement but do not count toward the 72 units required for the degree. Students with few or no art history or theory or criticism courses in undergraduate study may take art history or theory or criticism upper division or graduate courses at UCLA as electives to be counted toward the 40-unit art history requirement and toward the total units required for the degree. Subjects related to the special interests of the student may be substituted by petition.

A total of 12 units of Art 596 may be applied toward the 72 units required for the degree; four units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

In addition to the completion of the required course work, each degree is awarded on the basis of the quality of the student’s work as demonstrated in the exhibition which is part of the comprehensive examination. The examination includes a formal exhibition and faculty review, in addition to the submission of a curriculum vitae, documentation of artwork, and a statement by the artist. The document becomes the property of and is retained by the university.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six to nine quarters.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Ceramics – M.F.A	9	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studio – M.F.A	9	9	9
Painting/Drawing – M.F.A	9	9	9
New Genres – M.F.A	6	6	9
Photography – M.F.A	6	6	9
Sculpture – M.F.A	6	6	9

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be placed on departmental probation by a majority of the faculty or by their M.F.A. committee after a biannual graduate review if there is concern about the student’s ability to progress toward completion of the M.F.A. degree. Within two weeks of the review, the student will be informed of this action in writing by the faculty area head or the M.F.A. committee chair and advised to submit more work for review by faculty at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the reviewed occurred, or at the end of summer for those students informed of their probationary status following a review in the spring quarter. At this subsequent review, the faculty will re-evaluate the student’s work and progress with regard to the student’s continuing status, and within two weeks of the review, by majority vote of the faculty, a recommendation for termination may be made. The student will be notified of this recommendation in writing.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Art

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Art offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

For general advising, students contact the graduate assistant. A faculty adviser is appointed for new students. Continuing graduate reviews, with the full faculty in attendance, are held twice yearly.

Areas of Study

Painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, new genres, and interdisciplinary studio. There are no limits to the variations, extent, or value of these designations.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 72 units in the department in upper-division and graduate level courses is required, with a B average or better. Within those 72 units, a minimum of 40 quarter units in the 200 series must be taken, including at least four units (one course) per academic year of Art 276 until completion of the degree, a minimum of 24 quarter units in the field of specialization, and eight units of Art C280.

A minimum total of 12 quarter units of art history and an additional 28 quarter units of art history or history, theory and criticism course work offered by related departments such as architecture and urban design, comparative literature, design|media arts, film, television, and digital media, and world arts and cultures in undergraduate or graduate study are also required (including Art C280). Studio-based courses cannot count as substitutions for this requirement. Art history and theory and criticism courses completed as an undergraduate count toward fulfilling the department’s combined 40-unit art history requirement but do not count toward the 72 units required for the degree. Students with few or no art history or theory or criticism courses in undergraduate study may take art history or theory or criticism upper division or graduate courses at UCLA as electives to be counted toward the 40-unit art history requirement and toward the total units required for the degree. Subjects related to the special interests of the student may be substituted by petition.

A total of 12 units of Art 596 may be applied toward the 72 units required for the degree; four units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

In addition to the completion of the required course work, each degree is awarded on the basis of the quality of the student’s work as demonstrated in the exhibition which is part of the comprehensive examination. The examination includes a formal exhibition and faculty review, in addition to the submission of a curriculum vitae, documentation of artwork, and a statement by the artist. The document becomes the property of and is retained by the university.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six to nine quarters.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Ceramics – M.F.A	9	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studio – M.F.A	9	9	9
Painting/Drawing – M.F.A	9	9	9
New Genres – M.F.A	6	6	9
Photography – M.F.A	6	6	9
Sculpture – M.F.A	6	6	9

Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for academic disqualification from graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing academic disqualification of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be placed on departmental probation by a majority of the faculty or by their M.F.A. committee after a biannual graduate review if there is concern about the student’s ability to progress toward completion of the M.F.A. degree. Within two weeks of the review, the student will be informed of this action in writing by the faculty area head or the M.F.A. committee chair and advised to submit more work for review by faculty at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the reviewed occurred, or at the end of summer for those students informed of their probationary status following a review in the spring quarter. At this subsequent review, the faculty will re-evaluate the student’s work and progress with regard to the student’s continuing status, and within two weeks of the review, by majority vote of the faculty, a recommendation for academic disqualification may be made. The student will be notified of this recommendation in writing.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Art

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Art offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

For general advising, students contact the graduate assistant. A faculty adviser is appointed for new students. Continuing graduate reviews, with the full faculty in attendance, are held twice yearly.

Areas of Study

Painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, new genres, and interdisciplinary studio. There are no limits to the variations, extent, or value of these designations.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 72 units in the department in upper-division and graduate level courses is required, with a B average or better. Within those 72 units, a minimum of 40 quarter units in the 200 series must be taken, including at least four units (one course) per academic year of Art 276 until completion of the degree, a minimum of 24 quarter units in the field of specialization, and eight units of Art C280.

A minimum total of 12 quarter units of art history and an additional 28 quarter units of art history or history, theory and criticism course work offered by related departments such as architecture and urban design, comparative literature, design|media arts, film, television, and digital media, and world arts and cultures in undergraduate or graduate study are also required (including Art C280). Studio-based courses cannot count as substitutions for this requirement. Art history and theory and criticism courses completed as an undergraduate count toward fulfilling the department’s combined 40-unit art history requirement but do not count toward the 72 units required for the degree. Students with few or no art history or theory or criticism courses in undergraduate study may take art history or theory or criticism upper division or graduate courses at UCLA as electives to be counted toward the 40-unit art history requirement and toward the total units required for the degree. Subjects related to the special interests of the student may be substituted by petition.

A total of 12 units of Art 596 may be applied toward the 72 units required for the degree; four units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

In addition to the completion of the required course work, each degree is awarded on the basis of the quality of the student’s work as demonstrated in the exhibition which is part of the comprehensive examination. The examination includes a formal exhibition and faculty review, in addition to the submission of a curriculum vitae, documentation of artwork, and a statement by the artist. The document becomes the property of and is retained by the university.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six to nine quarters.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Ceramics – M.F.A	9	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studio – M.F.A	9	9	9
Painting/Drawing – M.F.A	9	9	9
New Genres – M.F.A	9	9	9
Photography – M.F.A	6	6	9
Sculpture – M.F.A	6	6	9

Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for academic disqualification from graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing academic disqualification of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be placed on departmental probation by a majority of the faculty or by their M.F.A. committee after a biannual graduate review if there is concern about the student’s ability to progress toward completion of the M.F.A. degree. Within six weeks of the review, the student will be informed of this action in writing by the faculty area head or the M.F.A. committee chair and advised to submit more work for review by faculty at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the reviewed occurred, or at the end of summer for those students informed of their probationary status following a review in the spring quarter. At this subsequent review, the faculty will re-evaluate the student’s work and progress with regard to the student’s continuing status, and within two weeks of the review, by majority vote of the faculty, a recommendation for academic disqualification may be made. The student will be notified of this recommendation in writing.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Art

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Art offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

For general advising, students contact the graduate adviser. A faculty adviser is appointed for new students. Continuing graduate reviews, with the full faculty in attendance, are held twice yearly.

Areas of Study

Ceramics, interdisciplinary studio, new genres, painting and drawing, photography, and sculpture.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 72 units in the department in upper-division and graduate level courses is required, with a B average or better. Within those 72 units, a minimum of 40 quarter units in the 200 series must be taken, including at least four units (one course) per academic year of Art 276 until completion of the degree, a minimum of 24 quarter units in the field of specialization, and eight units of Art C280.

A minimum total of 12 quarter units of art history and an additional 28 quarter units of art history or history, theory and criticism course work offered by related departments such as architecture and urban design, comparative literature, design|media arts, film, television, and digital media, and world arts and cultures in undergraduate or graduate study are also required (including Art C280). Studio-based courses cannot count as substitutions for this requirement. Art history and theory and criticism courses completed as an undergraduate count toward fulfilling the department’s combined 40-unit art history requirement but do not count toward the 72 units required for the degree. Students with few or no art history or theory or criticism courses in undergraduate study may take art history or theory or criticism upper division or graduate courses at UCLA as electives to be counted toward the 40-unit art history requirement and toward the total units required for the degree. Subjects related to the special interests of the student may be substituted by petition.

A total of 12 units of Art 596 may be applied toward the 72 units required for the degree; four units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

In addition to the completion of the required course work, each degree is awarded on the basis of the quality of the student’s work as demonstrated in the exhibition which is part of the comprehensive examination. The examination includes a formal exhibition and faculty review, in addition to the submission of a curriculum vitae, documentation of artwork, and a statement by the artist. The document becomes the property of and is retained by the university.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six to nine quarters.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Ceramics – M.F.A	9	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studio – M.F.A	9	9	9
Painting/Drawing – M.F.A	9	9	9
New Genres – M.F.A	9	9	9
Photography – M.F.A	6	6	9
Sculpture – M.F.A	6	6	9

Students are required to submit a Time-to-Degree Declaration prior to September 15th of their second year. Students who fail to complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration are subject to academic disqualification. Students should consult the departmental handbook and publications for details as to the declaration process.

Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for academic disqualification from graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing academic disqualification of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be placed on departmental probation by a majority of the faculty or by their M.F.A. committee after a biannual graduate review if there is concern about the student’s ability to progress toward completion of the M.F.A. degree. Within six weeks of the review, the student will be informed of this action in writing by the faculty area head or the M.F.A. committee chair and advised to submit more work for review by faculty at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the reviewed occurred, or at the end of summer for those students informed of their probationary status following a review in the spring quarter. At this subsequent review, the faculty will re-evaluate the student’s work and progress with regard to the student’s continuing status, and within two weeks of the review, by majority vote of the faculty, a recommendation for academic disqualification may be made. The student will be notified of this recommendation in writing.

Students who fail to successfully complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration are subject to academic disqualification. Students who are subject to academic disqualification for failing to complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration can appeal to the Department of Art senate faculty for an extension through the end of the summer session of the academic year of their declared Time-to-Degree. Students who fail to successfully complete their comprehensive examination by the end of that summer session will be subject to academic disqualification, and no further extensions will be permitted.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2023-2024 academic year.

Art

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Art offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

For general advising, students contact the graduate adviser. A faculty adviser is appointed for new students. Continuing graduate reviews, with the full faculty in attendance, are held twice yearly.

Areas of Study

Ceramics, interdisciplinary studio, new genres, painting and drawing, photography, and sculpture.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 72 units in the department in upper-division and graduate level courses is required, with a B average or better. Within those 72 units, a minimum of 40 quarter units in the 200 series must be taken, including at least four units (one course) per academic year of Art 276 until completion of the degree, a minimum of 24 quarter units in the field of specialization, and eight units of Art C280.

A minimum total of eight quarter units of art history and an additional four quarter units of art history or history, theory and criticism course work offered by related departments in consultation with the student’s faculty area head are also required, and are applicable toward the total minimum 72 units required for the MFA degree requirements. Coursework must be upper-division or graduate level, completed for a letter grade while in graduate status in the MFA Art program at UCLA. Art c280 and studio-based courses may not be used as substitutions for this requirement.

A total of 12 units of Art 596 may be applied toward the 72 units required for the degree; four units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

In addition to the completion of the required course work, each degree is awarded on the basis of the quality of the student’s work as demonstrated in the exhibition which is part of the comprehensive examination. In preparation for their comprehensive examination, students are required to participate in a preliminary group exhibition in the fall prior to their final, formal exhibition and faculty review. The comprehensive examination includes a formal exhibition and faculty review, in addition to the submission of a curriculum vitae, documentation of artwork, and a statement by the artist. The document becomes the property of and is retained by the university.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six to nine quarters.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Ceramics – M.F.A	9	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studio – M.F.A	9	9	9
Painting/Drawing – M.F.A	9	9	9
New Genres – M.F.A	9	9	9
Photography – M.F.A	6	6	9
Sculpture – M.F.A	6	6	9

Students are required to submit a Time-to-Degree Declaration prior to September 15th of their second year. Students who fail to complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration are subject to academic disqualification. Students should consult the departmental handbook and publications for details as to the declaration process.

Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for academic disqualification from graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing academic disqualification of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be placed on departmental probation by a majority of the faculty or by their M.F.A. committee after a biannual graduate review if there is concern about the student’s ability to progress toward completion of the M.F.A. degree. Within six weeks of the review, the student will be informed of this action in writing by the faculty area head or the M.F.A. committee chair and advised to submit more work for review by faculty at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the reviewed occurred, or at the end of summer for those students informed of their probationary status following a review in the spring quarter. At this subsequent review, the faculty will re-evaluate the student’s work and progress with regard to the student’s continuing status, and within two weeks of the review, by majority vote of the faculty, a recommendation for academic disqualification may be made. The student will be notified of this recommendation in writing.

Students who fail to successfully complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration are subject to academic disqualification. Students who are subject to academic disqualification for failing to complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration can appeal to the Department of Art senate faculty for an extension through the end of the summer session of the academic year of their declared Time-to-Degree. Students who fail to successfully complete their comprehensive examination by the end of that summer session will be subject to academic disqualification, and no further extensions will be permitted.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Art

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Art offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

For general advising, students contact the graduate adviser. A faculty adviser is appointed for new students. Continuing graduate reviews, with the full faculty in attendance, are held twice yearly.

Areas of Study

Ceramics, interdisciplinary studio, new genres, painting and drawing, photography, and sculpture.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 72 units in the department in upper-division and graduate level courses is required, with a B average or better. Within those 72 units, a minimum of 40 quarter units in the 200 series must be taken, including at least four units (one course) per academic year of Art 276 until completion of the degree, a minimum of 24 quarter units in the field of specialization, and eight units of Art C280.

A minimum total of eight quarter units of art history and an additional four quarter units of art history or history, theory and criticism course work offered by related departments in consultation with the student’s faculty area head are also required, and are applicable toward the total minimum 72 units required for the MFA degree requirements. Coursework must be upper-division or graduate level, completed for a letter grade while in graduate status in the MFA Art program at UCLA. Art c280 and studio-based courses may not be used as substitutions for this requirement.

A total of 12 units of Art 596 may be applied toward the 72 units required for the degree; four units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

In addition to the completion of the required course work, each degree is awarded on the basis of the quality of the student’s work as demonstrated in the exhibition which is part of the comprehensive examination. In preparation for their comprehensive examination, students are required to participate in a preliminary group exhibition in the fall prior to their final, formal exhibition and faculty review. The comprehensive examination includes a formal exhibition and faculty review, in addition to the submission of a curriculum vitae, documentation of artwork, and a statement by the artist. The document becomes the property of and is retained by the university.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six to nine quarters.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Ceramics – M.F.A	9	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studio – M.F.A	9	9	9
Painting/Drawing – M.F.A	9	9	9
New Genres – M.F.A	9	9	9
Photography – M.F.A	6	6	9
Sculpture – M.F.A	6	6	9

Students are required to submit a Time-to-Degree Declaration prior to September 15th of their second year. Students who fail to complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration are subject to academic disqualification. Students should consult the departmental handbook and publications for details as to the declaration process.

Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for academic disqualification from graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing academic disqualification of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be placed on departmental probation by a majority of the faculty or by their M.F.A. committee after a biannual graduate review if there is concern about the student’s ability to progress toward completion of the M.F.A. degree. Within six weeks of the review, the student will be informed of this action in writing by the faculty area head or the M.F.A. committee chair and advised to submit more work for review by faculty at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the reviewed occurred, or at the end of summer for those students informed of their probationary status following a review in the spring quarter. At this subsequent review, the faculty will re-evaluate the student’s work and progress with regard to the student’s continuing status, and within two weeks of the review, by majority vote of the faculty, a recommendation for academic disqualification may be made. The student will be notified of this recommendation in writing.

Students who fail to successfully complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration are subject to academic disqualification. Students who are subject to academic disqualification for failing to complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration can appeal to the Department of Art senate faculty for an extension through the end of the summer session of the academic year of their declared Time-to-Degree. Students who fail to successfully complete their comprehensive examination by the end of that summer session will be subject to academic disqualification, and no further extensions will be permitted.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2025-2026 academic year.

Art

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Art offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

For general advising, students contact the graduate adviser. A faculty adviser is appointed for new students. Continuing graduate reviews, with the full faculty in attendance, are held twice yearly.

Areas of Study

Ceramics, interdisciplinary studio, new genres, painting and drawing, photography, and sculpture.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 72 units in the department in upper-division and graduate level courses is required, with a B average or better. Within those 72 units, a minimum of 40 quarter units in the 200 series must be taken, including four units (one course) of Art 276 in the first quarter in residence at UCLA, and then at least once per academic year thereafter until completion of the degree; a minimum of 24 quarter units in the field of specialization; and eight units of Art C280.

A minimum total of eight quarter units of art history and an additional four quarter units of art history or history, theory and criticism course work offered by related departments in consultation with the student’s faculty area head are also required, and are applicable toward the total minimum 72 units required for the MFA degree requirements. Coursework must be upper-division or graduate level, completed for a letter grade while in graduate status in the MFA Art program at UCLA. Art c280 and studio-based courses may not be used as substitutions for this requirement.

A total of 12 units of Art 596 may be applied toward the 72 units required for the degree; four units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

In addition to the completion of the required course work, each degree is awarded on the basis of the quality of the student’s work as demonstrated in the exhibition which is part of the comprehensive examination. In preparation for their comprehensive examination, students are required to participate in a preliminary group exhibition in the fall prior to their final, formal exhibition and faculty review. The comprehensive examination includes a formal exhibition and faculty review, in addition to the submission of a curriculum vitae, documentation of artwork, and a statement by the artist. The document becomes the property of and is retained by the university.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six to nine quarters.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Ceramics – M.F.A	9	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studio – M.F.A	9	9	9
Painting/Drawing – M.F.A	9	9	9
New Genres – M.F.A	9	9	9
Photography – M.F.A	6	6	9
Sculpture – M.F.A	6	6	9

Students are required to submit a Time-to-Degree Declaration prior to September 15th of their second year. Students who fail to complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration are subject to academic disqualification. Students should consult the departmental handbook and publications for details as to the declaration process.

Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for academic disqualification from graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing academic disqualification of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be placed on departmental probation by a majority of the faculty or by their M.F.A. committee after a biannual graduate review if there is concern about the student’s ability to progress toward completion of the M.F.A. degree. Within six weeks of the review, the student will be informed of this action in writing by the faculty area head or the M.F.A. committee chair and advised to submit more work for review by faculty at the end of the quarter following the quarter in which the reviewed occurred, or at the end of summer for those students informed of their probationary status following a review in the spring quarter. At this subsequent review, the faculty will re-evaluate the student’s work and progress with regard to the student’s continuing status, and within two weeks of the review, by majority vote of the faculty, a recommendation for academic disqualification may be made. The student will be notified of this recommendation in writing.

Students who fail to successfully complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration are subject to academic disqualification. Students who are subject to academic disqualification for failing to complete their comprehensive examination on the schedule of their Time-to-Degree Declaration can appeal to the Department of Art senate faculty for an extension through the end of the summer session of the academic year of their declared Time-to-Degree. Students who fail to successfully complete their comprehensive examination by the end of that summer session will be subject to academic disqualification, and no further extensions will be permitted.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Architecture and Urban Design

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Architecture and Urban Design offers the Master of Architecture I (M.Arch. I) and Master of Architecture II (M.Arch. II) degrees, and the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in architecture.

Master of Architecture II

Admissions Requirements

Advising

New M.Arch. II students are assigned a temporary adviser and select a permanent faculty adviser when they are ready to do so. Students who wish to change advisers must obtain the consent of the new faculty adviser and discuss this change with the staff graduate adviser. The faculty adviser and the staff graduate adviser work together to explain curricular requirements and to provide counseling and advice. Students meet with their faculty adviser and with the graduate adviser at least once a quarter. Records are not usually kept in regard to these meetings, unless the end product of a meeting is a written petition or document.

Areas of Study

The areas of study for the M.Arch. II degree are design, technology, and critical studies in architectural culture.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students must complete required preparatory course work by enrolling in Architecture and Urban Design 289 (two sections) and 401 in UCLA Summer Session prior to formally matriculating in fall quarter. Students must receive a minimum 3.0 grade-point average in this course work in order to continue in the fall. If this minimum standard is not met, students will not be allowed to matriculate in fall quarter and admission will be canceled. Three academic quarters in residence are required. Students are expected to enroll full-time and to remain continuously in residence until all academic work is completed, unless a leave of absence is granted.

All students are required to take at least three advanced studios, one required course in technology, one required course in critical studies in architectural culture, Architecture and Urban Design 403A-403B-403C and a minimum of five electives. Two of the electives must be within a designated area.

A minimum total of 56 units of course work is required. At least 48 units must be at the graduate level. The remaining eight units may include upper division (undergraduate) courses as long as they are completed outside of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, or no more than eight units of Architecture and Urban Design 596, as part of the 56 total units required.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

All M. Arch. II students must complete a capstone. The capstone requirement is fulfilled through the completion of Architecture and Urban Design 403C in spring quarter and the final design project for this course. The final design project committee consists of at least three faculty members appointed by the department chair. The individual project or group project is administered and evaluated for satisfactory completion by the capstone committee. Within the first two weeks of the quarter, the 403C instructor will determine whether the final project is done as an individual project or group project.  If a student produces a final project in a group framework, a student’s individual contribution will be determined by the instructor in consultation with each student prior to a group’s presentation and evaluation.  The committee evaluates the final design project in the following terms: 1) pass (a unanimous vote), 2) two positive votes from the committee constitute a pass, 3) pass subject to revision of the final design project, 4) or fail (majority vote). A failing project cannot be revised.  When the final design project is passed subject to revision, one member of the committee is assigned the responsibility of working with the student on the revision, and determining when the final design project is satisfactorily revised.  The degree is awarded on recommendation of the faculty committee.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Students begin preparatory course work in summer session followed by three quarters of residency. The degree must be completed by the end of spring quarter.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
M.Arch. II	4	4	8

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Architecture and Urban Design

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Architecture and Urban Design offers the Master of Architecture I (M.Arch. I) and Master of Architecture II (M.Arch. II) degrees, and the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in architecture.

Master of Architecture II

Admissions Requirements

Advising

New M.Arch. II students are assigned a temporary adviser and select a permanent faculty adviser when they are ready to do so. Students who wish to change advisers must obtain the consent of the new faculty adviser and discuss this change with the staff graduate adviser. The faculty adviser and the staff graduate adviser work together to explain curricular requirements and to provide counseling and advice. Students meet with their faculty adviser and with the graduate adviser at least once a quarter. Records are not usually kept in regard to these meetings, unless the end product of a meeting is a written petition or document.

Areas of Study

The areas of study for the M.Arch. II degree are design, technology, and critical studies in architectural culture.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students must complete required preparatory course work by enrolling in Architecture and Urban Design 289 (two sections) and 401 in UCLA Summer Session prior to formally matriculating in fall quarter. Students must receive a minimum 3.0 grade-point average in this course work in order to continue in the fall. If this minimum standard is not met, students will not be allowed to matriculate in fall quarter and admission will be canceled. Three academic quarters in residence are required. Students are expected to enroll full-time and to remain continuously in residence until all academic work is completed, unless a leave of absence is granted.

All students are required to take at least three advanced studios, one required course in technology, one required course in critical studies in architectural culture, Architecture and Urban Design 403A-403B-403C and a minimum of five electives. Two of the electives must be within a designated area.

A minimum total of 56 units of course work is required. At least 48 units must be at the graduate level. The remaining eight units may include upper division (undergraduate) courses as long as they are completed outside of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, or no more than eight units of Architecture and Urban Design 596, as part of the 56 total units required.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

All M. Arch. II students must complete a capstone. The capstone requirement is fulfilled through the completion of Architecture and Urban Design 403C in spring quarter and the final design project for this course. The final design project committee consists of at least three faculty members appointed by the department chair. The individual project or group project is administered and evaluated for satisfactory completion by the capstone committee. Within the first two weeks of the quarter, the 403C instructor will determine whether the final project is done as an individual project or group project.  If a student produces a final project in a group framework, a student’s individual contribution will be determined by the instructor in consultation with each student prior to a group’s presentation and evaluation.  The committee evaluates the final design project in the following terms: 1) pass (a unanimous vote), 2) two positive votes from the committee constitute a pass, 3) pass subject to revision of the final design project, 4) or fail (majority vote). A failing project cannot be revised.  When the final design project is passed subject to revision, one member of the committee is assigned the responsibility of working with the student on the revision, and determining when the final design project is satisfactorily revised.  The degree is awarded on recommendation of the faculty committee.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Students begin preparatory course work in summer session followed by three quarters of residency. The degree must be completed by the end of spring quarter.

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
M.Arch. II	4	4	8

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.