Program Requirements for Musicology

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Musicology

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Musicology offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Musicology.

Master’s Degree

Advising

The Director of Graduate Studies serves as the administrative graduate adviser for all incoming students. The Director signs necessary petitions and other documents. Once a year, each student’s progress is reviewed. Students are required to submit a progress report in the seventh week of Spring Quarter, which is reviewed by the whole faculty. The faculty meeting on student progress is followed up by a discussion between the student, the department chair, and the Director of Graduate Studies. Students are responsible for checking the accuracy of their official study list through URSA.

For additional information on advising, students should consult the Guide for Graduate Students on the departmental website.

Areas of Study

The department offers the M.A. degree in the field of historical musicology. Degrees in composition, performance, and ethnomusicology are offered through other departments.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of nine courses at the 200 level. The requirements are Musicology 200A-200B-200C, and six other courses from Musicology 245-261 except for 246, 251, and 256, a minimum of 42 units. Students must take at least one each of Musicology 245, 250, and 255, with Ethnomusicology 206 recognized as a pre-approved equivalent for Musicology 255. Students also may substitute up to one seminar in Ethnomusicology and up to two approved courses from other departments at UCLA.

Teaching Experience

Although not required, it is expected that each student will serve as a teaching assistant for at least one year.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination

Students take the comprehensive examination after completing their course requirements, normally by the end of their fifth quarter. The examination is scheduled by the faculty during the Spring Quarter and all second-year students take it together. Students who enter with an M.A. in Musicology may choose to take the exam at the end of their first year or within two weeks of the beginning of the Fall quarter of their second year, with the defense scheduled at the committee’s convenience (normally early in the Fall quarter). Under exceptional circumstances, other students may be allowed to delay the exam from their fifth quarter to the two weeks before the beginning of the next fall quarter, with permission of the Director of Graduate Studies. In anticipation of the examination, students are asked to designate three topics that must link to the three methodological types of seminars now offered in the department: (1) music repertory and analysis; (2) musical history and historiography; (3) music and critical, cultural or social theory. Students are required to take one course of each type before the comprehensive examination. To fulfill this requirement, students can designate seminars in the 200 sequence, or any seminar they attended in this department. In rare cases, students can petition to be examined on up to one seminar from a previous degree program. The student should discuss and clarify with the instructors of each seminar how the topic will be formulated for the examination and how best to prepare for it. These examinations are designed to allow the student to review and synthesize what they have learned in seminars. The examination tests skill at historical analysis, knowledge of a body of critical theory, interpretive and music analytical abilities, and the capacity for critical and reflective thinking.

The chair, after taking into account the seminars/subjects designated by the student and the suggestions of the student, approves the appointment of three faculty members in this department to serve as the examining committee. The first stage is the written examination which is taken together by the cohort of students but is designed differently for each. The members of the examining committee (in consultation with each other to avoid duplication) formulate three essay topics related to the designated topics. Each student receives these topics at the time of the examination and is given the week-end to address them in essays of no more than 10-12 pages each. The comprehensive examination is concluded by a two-hour oral examination covering the three designated topics. On the basis of the student’s overall performance, the committee awards a grade of High Pass (pass to continue in the Ph.D. program), Pass (terminal pass), Fail, or Fail Subject to Reevaluation. In this last instance, the student is permitted to repeat the deficient portions of the examination in the following Fall Quarter, after additional coursework or study is completed. More than one such attempt may be granted at the discretion of the faculty.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

The course requirements for the degree could be finished within three quarters (three courses per quarter) and are expected to be finished within five, with an additional quarter devoted to preparing for and taking the comprehensive examination. The examination must be taken by the sixth quarter.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

The Director of Graduate Studies serves as the administrative graduate adviser for all incoming students. The Director signs necessary petitions and other documents. Once a year, each student’s progress is reviewed. Students are required to submit a progress report in the seventh week of Spring Quarter, which is reviewed by the whole faculty. Students are responsible for checking the accuracy of their official study list through URSA.

For additional information on advising, students should consult the Guide for Graduate Students on the departmental website.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

The department offers the Ph.D. degree in the field of historical musicology. Degrees in composition, performance, and ethnomusicology and systematic musicology are offered through other departments.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students are normally required to master a language other than English as part of their doctoral studies. Students are informed of the language requirement upon admission to the program, and should designate their language as soon as they know their areas of specialization and choose their doctoral committee. If the student is working on a topic that does not evidently require foreign language skills, the student should speak with their doctoral committee and the department chair about the language most suitable to their program. The three members of the student’s doctoral committee from this department determine the level and by what methods language proficiency must be demonstrated. If the committee cannot all agree on this matter, it will be brought to the department chair.

The methods for fulfilling the requirement may include, but are not limited to: (1) completion of an appropriate level of language instruction; (2) passing a departmental language examination; or (3) demonstration of previously acquired language skills through documentation or an examination.

Language proficiency must be demonstrated at the time of the scheduling of the University Oral Qualifying Examination for the doctoral degree, which in this department consists of a defense of the dissertation prospectus, as outlined below. Students are required to include texts in the foreign language they have designated on their dissertation prospectus, and be ready to discuss them in the prospectus defense.

Course Requirements

In addition to the M.A. course requirements, students are required to take a minimum of six courses (24 units minimum) from Musicology 245-261 except for 246, 251, and 256. Students must take at least one of Musicology 245, 250, and 255, with Ethnomusicology 206 recognized as a pre-approved equivalent for Musicology 250. Students also may substitute up to one seminar from Ethnomusicology and up to two approved courses from other departments at UCLA. If students receive approval from the faculty, four units of Musicology 596 may be substituted for one of the unspecified 200-level courses.

Students whose M.A. degree is not from UCLA must take the required introductory seminars 200A-200B-200C, and complete a minimum of eight additional courses from Musicology 245-261, except for 246, 251, and 256. Students must take at least one of Musicology 245, 250, and 255 with Ethnomusicology 206 recognized as a pre-approved equivalent for Musicology 250. These students also may substitute up to one seminar from Ethnomusicology and up to two approved courses from other departments at UCLA.

Teaching Experience

Although not required, it is expected that each student will serve as a teaching assistant for at least one year.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Academic Senate regulations require all doctoral students to complete and pass University written and oral qualifying examinations prior to doctoral advancement to candidacy. Also, under Senate regulations the University oral qualifying examination is open only to the student and appointed members of the doctoral committee. In addition to University requirements, some graduate programs have other pre-candidacy examination requirements. What follows in this section is how students are required to fulfill all of these requirements for this doctoral program.

Soon after completion of the doctoral coursework, normally at the end of the third year, students take the Special Field Examination, which includes both written and oral components. By this time, the student must have decided upon an area of specialization and secured the agreement of a qualified faculty member to serve as the dissertation adviser. Taking into account the field designated and the suggestions of the student and the adviser, the chair approves the appointment of three faculty members to serve as the examining committee. Three months before the examination, the student submits to the committee members a reading and repertoire list related to the area of specialization. Typically, this consists of a bibliography in the general area of the dissertation research and a list of relevant musical works, together totaling no more than 50 items. The members of the examining committee (in consultation with one another to avoid duplication) each formulate one or more questions relating to the topic, repertoire, and methods thus staked out by the student. The student is allowed one week to address these topics in writing, using any desired research materials. After the completed written examination has been distributed to the examiners, a two-hour oral examination is scheduled. At this time, the committee may discuss the results of the written examination with the student and ask further questions related to the area of the dissertation research. If a majority of the committee determines that the written and oral examinations have been passed, the student begins preparation for the second stage, the University Oral Qualifying Examination. If the committee determines that the written and oral examinations have not been passed, the student may retake the Special Field Examination after six months of further preparation. More than one such attempt may be granted at the discretion of the faculty.

The University Oral Qualifying Examination is a defense of the dissertation prospectus. All other requirements, including language proficiency, must be satisfied before this examination can be scheduled. At least two weeks before the examination, the student must submit the prospectus to the members of the examination committee, who may be, but are not required to be, the same as those on the first committee. The prospectus must be a substantially researched overview of the proposed dissertation that demonstrates that the student is fully prepared to undertake the dissertation project. Students are encouraged to consult with the members of their committee before the examination, which concentrates on the feasibility and significance of the project and the student’s preparation for it. If the defense is unsatisfactory, the candidate may repeat the examination once, at the discretion of the faculty. After passing this examination, the student is advanced to candidacy and begins to write the dissertation. Candidates are encouraged to enroll in or audit seminars in their field whenever they are offered. If enrolled, candidates may satisfy all course requirements through work connected with the dissertation.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy and awarded the Candidate in Philosophy (C.Phil.) degree upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Every doctoral degree program requires the completion of an approved dissertation that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research and constitutes a distinct contribution to knowledge in the principal field of study.

Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

Required for all students in the program.

Time-to-Degree

For students with no deficiencies upon admission to graduate status, the normal progress, after M.A. examinations, toward the Ph.D. degree is as follows:

From admission to the program to completion of coursework: three quarters.
From graduate admission to written and oral qualifying examinations: four quarters.
From graduate admission to approval of the dissertation proposal: five quarters.
From advancement to candidacy to final oral examination: six quarters.
Total time to award of the degree: 11 quarters.

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

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may specifically be recommended for termination because of (1) a terminal master’s degree recommendation from the student’s master’s committee, or (2) consistent and prolonged failure to progress toward the degree as documented in the student’s file in at least two yearly departmental evaluations. Any recommendation for termination is forwarded to the department chair for review and decision. The chair may consult with the student’s dissertation chair, if appropriate, and with the Executive Committee of the department. The student is notified of a recommendation for termination in writing.

A student may appeal a recommendation for termination by stating the reasons in writing to the departmental chair.

Program Requirements for Management (Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific)

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Management

John E. Anderson School of Management

Graduate Degrees

The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management offers the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctoral of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Management, the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree, and the Master of Financial Engineering (M.F.E.) degree. In addition, there are a number of degree programs, offered in cooperation with other graduate and professional degree programs on campus, that lead to the M.B.A. and another degree. The school also offers the Executive M.B.A. Program (EMBA) and the M.B.A. for the Fully Employed (FEMBA).

Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific

Admissions Requirements

Advising

Small group information sessions are offered around the world. At these sessions faculty, staff and alumni are available to answer questions and provide information. One-on-one meetings can be arranged by contacting the program office.

Areas of Study

The emphasis is on general management training; increased competence in management specialties; management of international businesses, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region; organizational and interpersonal skills; and sophisticated understanding of the integration of businesses and their environments.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Completion of the intensive 15-month course of study leads to two separate regular M.B.A. degrees, one awarded by UCLA and one awarded by the National University of Singapore (NUS). Each degree requires the satisfactory completion of the degree requirements at the other institution. Students complete 36 units in courses taught by UCLA faculty and 36 units in courses taught by National University of Singapore faculty.

The program consists of six modules, with the first module of UCLA-based instruction starting in August. Each module lasts six weeks. A minimum of 8 UCLA units is taught each quarter beginning in Term 2. All instruction is in English.

Modules are taught in the following locations and time periods.

Term	Time Period	Location
Term 1 – Spring	May/June	Singapore
Term 2 – Fall	August	Los Angeles
Term 3 – Winter	November	Shanghai
Term 4 – Spring	February/March	Bangalore
Term 5 – Spring	May	Singapore
Term 6 – Fall	August	Los Angeles

For each module, the first two weeks involve the completion of reading assignments and written work that prepares students for classroom instruction that takes place in weeks three and four. Weeks five and six are spent doing projects or take-home examinations and case analyses. There are 30 contact hours per four-unit course. Students take two or three courses (for UCLA or NUS credit) per term.

For the UCLA MBA degree, required courses include Management 463, 464, 471A, 471B, 474, 482, 483, 485 OR 487A/B OR 488, and 486. In addition, 4 units of Executive MBA electives are required.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

Management practicum: This is a two-quarter project (MGMT 471A and MGMT 471B) that is designed to allow students to employ and enhance concepts learned in the classroom. It will deal with global strategic issues. The practicum may be an individual project or a group project consisting of three to five students. A faculty member from the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management will supervise and assess all students’ projects to ensure that students’ work meets the academic requirements of the program.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

The program must be completed within fifteen months of matriculation. All members of the class follow the same schedule.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Program Requirements for Statistics

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Statistics

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Statistics offers the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Statistics.

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

The vice chair for graduate studies is the chief graduate adviser and heads a committee of faculty advisers who may serve as academic advisers. The research interests of the members of this committee span most of the major areas of statistics. During their first quarter in the program students are required to meet with an academic adviser who assists them in planning a reasonable course of study. In addition, the academic adviser is responsible for monitoring the student’s degree progress and approving the study list each quarter. After the student identifies a thesis topic, the chair of the thesis committee becomes the student’s academic adviser.

Continuing students should meet with either the vice chair for graduate studies or their academic adviser at least once each quarter and a record of this interview is placed in the student’s academic file. Each spring a committee consisting of all regular departmental faculty meet to evaluate the progress of all enrolled M.S. degree students. This committee decides if students are making satisfactory progress, and if not offers specific recommendations to correct the situation. For students who have begun thesis work, the determination of satisfactory progress is typically delegated to the academic adviser. Students who are found to be consistently performing unsatisfactorily may be recommended for termination by a vote of this committee.

Areas of Study

The strengths of current and prospective faculty dictate the specific fields of emphasis in the department: applied multivariate analysis; bioinformatics; computational and computer-intensive statistics; computer vision; pattern recognition; machine learning; and social statistics.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Forty-four units of coursework are required for the M.S. degree, of which at least 32 units must be graduate courses, while the remaining 12 units may be approved upper division courses. With consent of either the vice chair for graduate studies or their academic adviser, students may take up to 20 units of the required 44 units in other departments provided that these courses are in professional or scientific fields closely related to research in statistics. All courses must be passed with the grade of B or better and students must maintain an overall grade-point average of 3.0 or better. Students may enroll in Statistics 596 any number of times and may apply up to eight units of 596 courses toward the 44-unit requirement for the M.S.degree, provided a B- or better (not the grade of S) is received in these courses. Students are required to enroll in Statistics 290 each quarter, and are strongly encouraged to take Statistics 200A-200B-200C, 201A-201B-201C, and 202A-202B-202C in their first year..

Students with gaps in their previous training are allowed to take, with the approval of their academic adviser, undergraduate courses offered by the department. However, Statistics 100A-100B-100C, 110A-110B, 120A-120B, and 161 may not be applied toward course requirements for a graduate degree in the department. Students who need a basic refresher course are encouraged to take Statistic 100A-100B (not 110A-110B).

Teaching Experience

Not required. Students who wish to serve as teaching assistants in the department must have taken or be currently enrolled in Statistics 495A-495B-495C.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

This plan is not available to terminal master’s degree students. The comprehensive examination plan is available to doctoral students who obtain the M.S. degree on the way to the Ph.D. degree. Students fulfill the comprehensive examination requirement by passing two of three sections of the written qualifying examination for the Ph.D. degree.

Thesis Plan

Every master’s degree thesis plan requires the completion of an approved thesis that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research.

This plan is for terminal master’s degree students only. Students must find a thesis adviser, who approves the topic and form of the thesis. Students must nominate a thesis committee consisting of the adviser and at least two other faculty members who are eligible to serve on thesis committees, and the committee must be appointed by the Graduate Division. The final thesis must be approved by the thesis committee.

Time-to-Degree

Students are expected to complete the requirements for the M.S. degree within six quarters of full-time study.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

The vice chair for graduate studies is the chief graduate adviser and heads a committee of faculty advisers who may serve as academic advisers. The research interests of the members of this committee span most of the major areas of statistics. During their first quarter in the program students are required to meet with an academic adviser who assists them in planning a reasonable course of study. In addition, the academic adviser is responsible for monitoring the student’s degree progress and approving the study list each quarter. Students are encouraged to begin thinking about their research interests as early as possible. After the student identifies a dissertation topic, the chair of the dissertation committee becomes the student’s academic adviser.

Continuing students should meet with either the vice chair for graduate studies or their academic adviser at least once each quarter and a record of this interview is placed in the student’s academic file. Each spring a committee consisting of all regular departmental faculty meet to evaluate the progress of all enrolled doctoral students. This committee decides if students are making satisfactory progress, and if not offers specific recommendations to correct the situation. For students who have begin dissertation work, the determination of satisfactory progress is typically delegated to the academic adviser. Students who are found to be consistently performing unsatisfactorily may be recommended for termination by a vote of this committee. Doctoral students normally are considered to be making satisfactory progress if they take the written qualifying examination in the summer following their first year of study and the University Oral Qualifying Examination by the end of their second year.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students are required to pass, with a grade of B- or better, 54 units of approved graduate coursework and to maintain an overall grade-point average of 3.0 or better. At least 40 of these units must be in courses from this department; the remaining units may be from courses in related departments. Students are strongly encouraged to take Statistics 200A-200B-200C, 201A-201B-201C, and 202A-202B-202C. These courses contain core material for the qualifying examination. All doctoral students are required to take Statistics 290, and 296 and/or 596, or 599 during each quarter of enrollment.

Students with gaps in their previous training are allowed to take, with the approval of their academic adviser, undergraduate courses offered by the department. However, Statistics 100A-100B-100C, 110A-110B, 120A-120B, and 161 may not be applied toward course requirements for a graduate degree in the department. Also, for doctoral students Statistics C236 may not be applied toward the course requirements for a graduate degree. Students who need a basic refresher course are encouraged to take Statistics 100A-100B (not 110A-110B).

Teaching Experience

Students are required to complete at least one quarter of service as a teaching assistant for a minimum of 25% time appointment. Students who serve as teaching assistants in the department must have taken or be currently enrolled in Statistics 495A-495B-495C. International students for whom English is a second language must pass either the Test of Spoken English (TSE) or the UCLA Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP) in English before they may serve as teaching assistants.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Each year the department offers a written qualifying examination that covers material from the core course sequences for applied probability and theoretical statistics, data analysis, and statistical computing (Statistics 200A-200B-200C, 201A-201B-201C, and 202A-202B-202C). The examination is offered toward the end of Summer Session and consists of three separate sections, each related to a different course sequence. Students must select and pass two of the three sections. The choice of the two sections is made by the student and should be based on the student’s ultimate research goals. After passing the written qualifying examination, students select a doctoral committee that administers the University Oral Qualifying Examination, required for advancement to candidacy. Students are encouraged to begin thinking about their research interests as early as possible and to seek out faculty members who might serve on their doctoral committee. Students making satisfactory progress are expected to take the written qualifying examination in the summer following their first year of study and the University Oral Qualifying Examination by the end of their second year.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy and awarded the Candidate in Philosophy (C.Phil.) degree upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

Required for all students in the program.

Time-to-Degree

Students are expected to advance to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree within seven quarters of full-time work. Completion of all degree requirements (including the dissertation) normally takes 15 quarters.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

Master’s

A student who does not complete all the requirements for the M.S. degree within seven quarters of full-time study is subject to a recommendation for termination. The graduate vice chair decides in each case whether a recommendation for termination is warranted. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination to the Graduate Studies Committee, which makes the final departmental decision.

Doctoral

A student who does not advance to doctoral candidacy within seven quarters of full-time study is subject to a recommendation for termination. The graduate vice chair informs a student of such a recommendation and the student is asked to submit a written appeal and to solicit letters of support from members of the faculty. The appeal is considered by the Graduate Studies Committee, which makes the final departmental decision.

Program Requirements for Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

Students are assigned a guidance committee composed of an adviser and at least two other faculty members whose interests touch on their area of specialization. The adviser is named by the chair to serve on the student’s guidance committee.

New students should make an advising appointment at the beginning of their first quarter. During this appointment, students and their advisers agree on a study list and their future program. In each subsequent quarter, it is the student’s responsibility to discuss their plans for that quarter with their adviser and obtain approval for their study list. If a student wishes to make changes in the study list after it is approved by the graduate adviser, the changes must be approved by the department chair or the graduate adviser before the student accesses the online enrollment system. Departmental policy requires the signature of the chair or the graduate adviser for approval of all petitions.

Areas of Study

Major fields of specialization are ancient Near Eastern civilizations, Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Iranian, Semitics, and Turkic. Students may concentrate on either language or literature in their selected field but are required to do work in both. In the field of ancient Near Eastern civilizations, the department also offers an archaeology emphasis.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students are required to pass an examination in one major modern research language other than English by the beginning of their fourth quarter in residence. Students in the master’s degree program specializing in Arabic study an Arabic dialect rather than a major modern research language. The choice of the language is determined in consultation with their adviser. Students may satisfy this requirement by one of the following methods: (1) a departmentally-administered examination with a minimum grade of B; or (2) two years of language instruction at a UC campus, with a grade of B or better. If students intend to continue toward the Ph.D. degree, it is strongly recommended that they acquire knowledge of a second major research language other than English while still a candidate for the M.A. degree.

Course Requirements

A minimum of nine upper division and graduate courses is required, of which at least six must be at the graduate level.

In general, students choosing either the language, literature, or archaeology option are required to study two Near Eastern languages, one of which is considered the major language. Students in Semitics or in Old Iranian study three languages.

In ancient Near Eastern civilizations, students may choose as their major language any of the following: ancient Egyptian (including Coptic), Akkadian, Aramaic (including Syriac), Hebrew (with Ugaritic and Phoenician), or Old Persian. For the second language, any of the above or Hittite or Sumerian may be chosen.

Students in Hebrew choose Hebrew and another Semitic language. In Turkic, either two Turkic languages or Turkish and a second culturally related language may be chosen. In Arabic, Armenian and Iranian (modern), a major language and a second culturally related language are chosen.

Students in Semitics are required to study three Near Eastern languages, at least two of which should be Semitic (the third may be Hittite or Sumerian). In Old Iranian, Persian, Sanskrit, and Old and Middle Iranian are studied.

Sixteen units of course 596 may be applied toward the total course requirement; eight units may be applied toward the minimum graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required but recommended.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

In general, students are required to take written final comprehensive examinations in their major and minor languages, as well as the history and literature of their major field. Further details can be found in the departmental Guide to Graduate Studies, available in the department.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to conferral of the degree – six quarters.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Foreign Language Requirement

Two modern major research languages other than English are required. The choice of languages must be approved by the adviser, who may also require additional language skills in modern and/or ancient languages if such skills are needed for scholarly work in the area of the student’s interest. The requirement is fulfilled by one of the following options: (1) a departmentally-administered examination with a minimum grade of B; or (2) two years of language instruction at a UC campus, with a grade of B or better.

Course Requirements

Students are required to achieve high competence in two languages and to familiarize themselves with the cultural backgrounds of each of the languages chosen. Students who study Arabic may use an Arabic dialect as their second language. Students are required to familiarize themselves, through appropriate coursework, with the history of the cultural area, and the methods of literary research and the history of literary criticism.

If the archaeology emphasis in the ancient Near Eastern civilizations specialization is chosen, students are required to achieve high competence in two ancient Near Eastern languages and must be well-versed both in the history of the cultural area and in archaeological methodologies.

Students who choose a language emphasis for the Ph.D. degree are required to add a third Near Eastern language to the two that are required for the M.A. degree.

Further details about the choice of languages and examination requirements may be found in the departmental Guide to Graduate Study, available in the department.

Teaching Experience

Not required but recommended.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Written qualifying examinations must be passed before the formation of a doctoral committee. Candidates in languages are examined in three Near Eastern languages and the literary and historical background of at least two of them. Candidates in literature are examined in the literatures written in two languages within the cultural area of concentration and the historical and cultural background of these languages, with emphasis on one of them. Candidates in ancient Near Eastern civilizations are examined in two ancient languages and in the history and archaeology of the major areas of the ancient Near East.

Following successful completion of the course and language requirements and the written qualifying examinations, students are required to form a doctoral committee and take the University Oral Qualifying Examination.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy and awarded the Candidate in Philosophy (C.Phil.) degree upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Final Oral Examination (Defense of the Dissertation)

Not required for all students in the program. The decision as to whether a defense is required is made by the doctoral committee.

Time-to-Degree

Ph.D. students are expected to respect the following normative guidelines in carrying out their program:

(1) From admission to the Ph.D. program (i.e., after obtaining the M.A. degree) to the written qualifying examinations – six quarters.

(2) From written qualifying examinations to the oral qualifying examination and approval of the dissertation prospectus – two quarters.

(3) From the oral qualifying examination to the conferral of the Ph.D. degree – six quarters.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

In addition to the standards reasons outlined above, a student may specifically be recommended for termination because of: (1) a terminal master’s degree recommendation from the student’s master’s committee; (2) inadequate scholarship as recommended by the Graduate Committee; or (3) inadequate progress toward the degree as recommended by the departmental section in the student’s specialization.

In all cases, the student’s academic progress is discussed in depth by the departmental section that made the recommendation. A recommendation for termination is forwarded to the departmental chair for review and decision. The student is notified of a recommendation for termination in writing.

A student may appeal a recommendation for termination by stating the reasons in writing to the departmental chair. The chair transmits the appeal to the student’s departmental section for consideration.

Program Requirements for Epidemiology

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Epidemiology

School of Public Health

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Epidemiology offers the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Epidemiology.

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

An adviser is appointed for each new master’s student by the head of the respective department. Student and adviser together agree upon a study list for each academic quarter and any subsequent alterations must be approved by both the adviser and the Associate Dean of Student Affairs. Students are expected to meet with their advisers each quarter. A departmental guidance committee is established when the student has completed approximately half of the program for the master’s degree. Members of the departmental guidance committee are nominated by the department chair after consultation with the student and the student’s adviser.

An adviser is responsible for the student’s academic progress. Progress is evaluated on an ongoing basis. At the end of each quarter, the Associate Dean of Student Affairs reviews academic listings of students and notifies them and the advisers when the cumulative grade-point average is below 3.0. Advisers review each case with their advisees and make recommendations to the Associate Dean of Student Affairs for continuance or dismissal. Students who wish to change advisers must file a petition which must be approved by the new adviser, the department chair, and the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.

Areas of Study

Students should consult the graduate adviser.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students must complete at least one year of graduate residence at the University of California and a minimum of 56 units: 38 units of core courses and 18 units of elective courses. At least 20 units must be in the 200 or 500 series. A maximum of one two-unit, approved Epidemiology seminar, and one 596 course (four units) may be applied toward the total course requirements. If the student intends to write a thesis, four units of Epidemiology 598 (thesis research) may also be applied to the 18-unit elective requirement.

Mandatory core courses are Epidemiology 200A (six units), 200B (six units), 200C (six units), 220 (four units); Biostatistics 100A (four units) or 110A, 100B (four units) or 110B; one additional statistics course (four units) in regression or multivariate methods that is approved by the department; and two units of an approved data-management course(s). Equivalent courses must be approved by the department. Each core course may be waived if a similar course has been taken elsewhere and the student passes the waiver examination. A waiver course does not reduce the unit requirements. Elective courses include all those offered by the department with the exception of those stated above.

All courses included for advancement to candidacy, except the approved Epidemiology seminar, must have a letter grade (not S/U). Students must maintain an average of no less than 3.0 (B) in all courses required or elected during graduate residence at the University of California. In addition, students must maintain an average of no less than 3.0 (B) in Epidemiology 200A-200B-200C and 220.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

If the comprehensive examination option is chosen, a guidance committee of three department faculty is appointed. An examination on the major area of study must be passed. If failed, the examination may be repeated once. In addition, the student must complete a research project with an article appropriate for publication.

Thesis Plan

Every master’s degree thesis plan requires the completion of an approved thesis that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research.

If the thesis option is approved, a thesis committee of three faculty is appointed by the dean of the Graduate Division on recommendation of the department. The chair of the committee and at least one other member must hold academic appointments in the department. The committee approves the thesis prospectus before the student may file for advancement to candidacy. The thesis must be acceptable to the thesis committee.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree, normal progress is from three to seven quarters. Upper time limit for completion of all requirements is seven quarters of enrollment, including quarters enrolled in previous graduate study at a UC campus prior to admission to the School of Public Health. Maximum time allowable from enrollment to graduation, including leaves of absence, is five years.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

An academic adviser is assigned to each new student by the department chair. Student and adviser together agree upon a study list for each academic quarter; any subsequent alterations must be approved by the adviser. Courses to be taken must be approved by the adviser.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Consult the graduate adviser.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students must fulfill the course requirements for the M.S. degree in Epidemiology with an average of no less than 3.3 (B+) in Epidemiology 200A-200B-200C and 220. Equivalent courses taken at other institutions may be used to fulfill these requirements subject to approval by the department. Continuation in the doctoral program is contingent on satisfying the 3.3 (B+) average grade-point requirement in the four core courses. Students must also take Epidemiology M204 (four units) and one additional statistics course (four units) beyond the M.S. requirements, one course on pathobiology (four units), and at least three quarters of Epidemiology 292 (two units per quarter). The statistics and pathobiology courses must be approved by the department. In addition, students must take at least 12 units of graduate-level courses (excluding 500-level courses) outside the department. The 12 units must be selected with the approval of the academic adviser. Students with prior post-baccalaureate coursework may petition for substitution of part or all of the 12-unit requirement. Recommendation for the degree is based on the attainments of the candidate rather than on the completion of specific courses.

Teaching Experience

Teaching experience is recommended but not required for the doctoral degree.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Before advancement to candidacy, students must pass the departmental written doctoral examination and the University Oral Qualifying Examination. Normally for the written doctoral examination no more than one reexamination is allowed. A doctoral committee, consisting of at least four faculty members who hold professorial appointments at UCLA, is nominated and submitted to the Graduate Division and, if approved, administers the oral qualifying examination after successful completion of the written examination. Two of the faculty must be tenured. Three of the four must hold appointments in the department; at least one must hold an appointment in another department at UCLA.

After completing the course requirements and passing both the written doctoral examination and the oral qualifying examination, the student may be advanced to candidacy and complete work on a dissertation in the principal field of study.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Final Oral Examination (Defense of the Dissertation)

Required of all students in the program.

Time-to-Degree

Maximum allowable time for the attainment of the degree is 20 quarters of enrollment or eight years. This limitation includes quarters enrolled in previous graduate study at a UC campus prior to admission to the doctoral degree program and leaves of absence. However, the approved normative time-to-degree is eighteen quarters (six years).

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

Master’s

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be recommended for termination for failure to complete the required course work within seven quarters of matriculation.

Doctoral

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be recommended for termination for failure to maintain a 3.00 grade point average for two consecutive quarters following matriculation into the doctoral program; a second failure of any written qualifying examination in the major or minor fields; a second failure of either oral examination; failure to receive a Satisfactory grade for two consecutive quarters in Epidemiology 599; or exceeding enrollment time limits.

A student may appeal a recommendation for termination first to the departmental chair, then to the Associate Dean of Student Affairs, then to the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and finally to the dean of the school.

Program Requirements for Comparative Literature

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Comparative Literature

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Comparative Literature offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Comparative Literature.

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

Since the program only admits students to the Ph.D. program, please consult the requirements for the doctoral degree.

Areas of Study

During the first two years of study toward the Ph.D. degree, each student’s study plan combines the work in the major and minor literatures by focusing on a defined area. The area may be a literary period such as Romanticism, a genre such as the novel, or a theoretical problem.

The major area is that of primary concentration. The student specializes in one historically defined period (such as medieval, Renaissance and baroque, neoclassicism and 18th century, Romanticism to modern), but a general knowledge of the major area is a prerequisite for the specialization.

In the minor field, the student focuses on a period comparable to the area of specialization in the major literature, although the student may not have as much historical depth and breadth in this area as in the major field.

Foreign Language Requirement

Literary proficiency in the major and minor languages is an essential prerequisite for courses and degrees in Comparative Literature. Students should be able to take graduate courses conducted in the languages of their specialization, speak the major foreign language adequately, and read literary texts in that language with literary proficiency (in other words, with sensitivity to stylistic nuances).

Before completing the Ph.D. degree, students must demonstrate knowledge of two foreign languages. Proficiency in one language must be certified by completing two or more upper division and/or graduate literature courses in the appropriate language department. Students must prove more than elementary language competency in order to take these courses. The second language requirement may be satisfied by completion of one upper division literature class. In rare cases where sufficient courses are not available, students may substitute a translation examination administered by a departmental faculty member in place of coursework. In such cases, departmental approval is required.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 16 letter-graded seminar courses (and one pedagogy course taken at UCLA) are required for the Ph.D. degree, distributed as follows:

Comparative Literature 200A and 200B, five additional Comparative Literature graduate courses, six graduate courses in the major literature (of which two can be upper division), three graduate courses in the minor literature/field (of which two can be upper division), and Comparative Literature 495, the teaching practicum course.

Students admitted from graduate programs elsewhere may petition to use up to three courses not used toward a previous degree to count toward the course requirements for this degree.

All coursework must be completed by the end of the third year. The recommended schedule is as follows:

First year: Two seminars in the first quarter, followed by a three seminar load for the following two quarters, in addition to any language work required and Comparative Literature 495 that is taken in Spring Quarter.

Second year: For all teaching graduate students, the recommended course load, excluding language coursework, is two seminars per quarter. Altogether, a minimum of 13 seminars should be completed by the end of the second year and before the second year review.

Third year: Students should ideally take seminars only in Fall Quarter and complete coursework no later than Winter Quarter of the third year to ensure enough time for preparing their reading lists and Ph.D. examinations.

Graduate Summer Research Mentor coursework cannot be counted toward graduate degree requirements.

Under special circumstances student may petition for an exception to apply 500-series coursework toward the graduate degree requirements.

Teaching Experience

Although teaching experience is not required, students may have the opportunity to serve as a teaching assistant after spending at least one year in the program. Teaching assistantships are not automatically offered to students but are awarded on the basis of merit.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

See under Doctoral Degree.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

See under Doctoral Degree.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

The graduate adviser may be contacted at the departmental office. Students should meet at least quarterly with the adviser before the second year review, and once a year thereafter. Student records are reviewed on a regular basis by the core department faculty. Students whose grade-point average falls below 3.4 are sent a warning by the chair and may be placed on departmental academic probation.

First Stage Evaluation

Students in the Department of Comparative Literature are required to have a Second Year Review by the end of their second year or, at the latest, by the fall quarter of the third year. Prior to the review students must complete all the course work for the first two years (altogether, a minimum of 13 seminars) and show significant advance in fulfilling their language requirements. The requirements for at least one of the two foreign languages must be completed prior to the review.

At the date set for the review (students are required to coordinate the review in advance); students shall meet with a committee of three faculty members (one of which must be the Director of Graduate Studies and at least one other must be from Comparative Literature) to review progress toward the degree and plan the remaining course work required for the Ph.D. All students are required to choose two of their strongest seminar papers, carefully revise them and circulate them among the review committee in advance. The papers shall serve as writing samples that will be discussed during the review. If successful , at the end of the review, students are granted an MA, which is required before they can move ahead towards completing the Ph.D. program.

In cases in which the review committee determines that it is necessary, an MA exam would be added as a pre-condition for receiving the MA and continuing in the Ph.D. program. In such cases a date will be set for the MA exam, which will then be read by the three members of the review committee. At that point the review committee may approve the student’s continual study in the Ph.D. program or grant the student a terminal MA. Upon receiving a terminal MA degree, the student may not continue his/her studies in the Ph.D. program.

The MA exam (offered only upon the recommendation of the Second Year review Committee) is made of 2 written exams, each limited to 3 hours. Part one includes a critical theory reading list based on the readings included 200A and 200B (modifications may be made with the approval of DGS). Part two would be based on a literary field and must include texts in at least two languages). Both exams can be taken in the same day or in separate times within the frame of one week.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

During the third and fourth years of study, the study plan combines the work in a major and minor field by focusing on a limited area in which these fields may be explored. These areas may be a literary period or a particular aspect common to several literatures (for example, a genre like tragedy or the novel, or a phenomenon like neoclassicism or the baroque). They may also concern a critical or theoretical problem, involving analyses of styles or modes of interpretation; comparisons of classical and modern genres and themes; questions about the artistic process in different art forms; or problems in literary aesthetics or epistemology. The minor field can be a second literature as described above, or another discipline such as art history, film or gender studies, but in all cases knowledge of the relevant language(s) and literature(s) must be demonstrated. Students must obtain the approval of their major and minor fields by the Director of Graduate Studies.

Foreign Language Requirement

In addition to the course requirements for the major and minor fields, students must have literary proficiency in at least two foreign languages before taking the qualifying examination, to be demonstrated either by completion of upper division or graduate courses in the language, or, rarely, by examination. Additional details on fulfilling the requirement are included under Master’s Degree. A reading knowledge of a third foreign language is strongly recommended. A classical language is usually necessary for anyone majoring in a period prior to the 19th century.

Students who select a non-literary minor must still meet the requirements indicated above. For example, a student who selects French (major) and film (minor) as the areas of specialization is expected to demonstrate literature reading proficiency in another foreign language, for example, Spanish, Arabic, etc.

Course Requirements

See above.

Teaching Experience

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Qualifying Examination

There is a two-section qualifying examination for which the student prepares reading lists for one major literature and one minor literature/field. The examination consists of written and oral sections. All coursework and language requirements must be completed before the examination takes place. In rare cases that require approval from the Director of Graduate Studies, students may take their examinations during the quarter in which they are complete their coursework. All reading lists must be approved by the field examiners and the graduate adviser by the end of the quarter preceding that in which the examination is given. It is the student’s responsibility to constitute an examining committee, of which two members must be from the department, in the quarter preceding that in which the examination is given.

The examination consists of a written part comprised of a 72-hour take home examination in the major and minor fields based on a reading list of 50 works in the major field and 25 works in the minor field; 15-20 percent of these lists will be theoretical works related to each field. In rare cases that require approval from the Director of Graduate Studies, students may substitute an on-campus examination of shorter duration for the 72-hour take home examination. The major reading list must cover a vast range of genres and periods over at least 150 years or more, depending on the particular field.

Written examinations consist of one long or two shorter questions for the major field examination and one question for the minor field. Altogether students are expected to produce about 25-30 page answers during the 72-hour examination period and they may not include in these pages any excerpts of previously written seminar papers.

An oral examination follows the written examination, no later than two weeks after the submission of the written portion. It is the student’s responsibility to constitute a three-member faculty committee that includes the faculty member who wrote the major examination and at least two faculty members from the department.

Second Stage Evaluation

After completion of the written and oral examinations, students enroll in a 597 course with their major adviser to begin work on the dissertation prospectus. This 35- to 50-page prospectus includes a substantial bibliography, a review of the relevant secondary literature, and a critical or theoretical perspective. Students should nominate their examination committee (which is normally the Ph.D. committee) at least two months in advance of the prospectus defense. This examination/doctoral committee is composed of three faculty members from the department and one faculty member from outside of the department. The University Oral Qualifying Examination is a two-hour examination that is based primarily on a defense of the prospectus.

Following advancement to candidacy and the completion of the dissertation, the student’s decision to file the dissertation must first be approved by the chair of the doctoral committee. The Director of Graduate Studies and all certifying members of the doctoral committee must be notified of the student’s plan to file the dissertation, and the final draft of the dissertation must be submitted to these members for review no later than two months prior to the planned date of filing to allow sufficient time for any needed final revisions.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy and awarded the Candidate in Philosophy (C.Phil.) degree upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Final Oral Examination (Defense of the Dissertation)

Not required for all students in the program. The decision as to whether a defense is required is made by the doctoral committee.

Time-to-Degree

Year one: By the end of the third quarter, students must have completed six to eight courses chosen in consultation with the Comparative Literature graduate adviser.

Year two: By the end of the sixth quarter, students must have completed 12 courses chosen in consultation with the graduate adviser and major field adviser.

Year three: By the ninth quarter, students must have completed the written examinations in the major and minor fields and the two-hour oral examination, and must have completed 15 to16 courses.

Year four: By the end of the twelfth quarter, students must have completed 18 to 20 courses chosen in consultation with the graduate adviser and major field adviser, and must have completed the qualifying examinations and been advanced to candidacy.

Years five and six: The dissertation normally takes one to two years to complete. It must be completed no later than the end of the seventh year or twenty-first quarter.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

Students may be recommended for termination if their grade point average falls below a 3.4 for two consecutive terms, failure to progress toward the degree through the completion of five courses per academic year or failure to pass the written or oral qualifying examinations. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination to the program chair who will appoint a committee, which may include the chair, to review the recommendation, and if necessary, meet with the student. The chair makes a final decision based on the committee’s report.

Program Requirements for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Biology)

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology offers the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Biology.

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

All academic affairs for graduate students in the department are directed by the departmental Graduate Adviser who is assisted by the administrative staff of the Graduate Affairs Office. The Graduate Adviser establishes, at the time of admission to graduate study, a guidance committee for each student that consists of three faculty members for each student.

The chair of the guidance committee acts as the provisional adviser until a permanent adviser is selected. Service as a provisional adviser is designed to be provisional for both professor and student. It does not commit the professor to supervise the thesis, nor does it commit the student to a provisional adviser. The provisional adviser serves until a permanent adviser is found and the master’s examination or thesis committee is established.

Areas of Study

Study consists of coursework and research within the department and within related programs in biochemistry, geology, microbiology, and molecular biology on campus. Opportunities are also available off-campus for intensive study of marine biology at a marine science center in Fall Quarter, of field biology in Spring Quarter, and of tropical biology through courses offered by the Organization for Tropical Studies.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students must be enrolled full time and complete a minimum of 36 units (nine courses) of graduate (200 or 500 series) or upper division (100 series) coursework for the master’s degree. Within this overall requirement, students must complete 20 units (five courses) at the graduate level for a letter grade. Of these five required graduate courses, four must be in the 200 series and one may be in the 200 or 500 series. Students must take the following courses during their first year: (1) two from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology M200A, 200B, and 200C; (2) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 250. Students also must complete an advanced course (100 or 200 series) in statistics, biomathematics, or bioinformatics. Other specific course requirements are established individually for each student by the guidance committee.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

Students who select this plan are required to take the Departmental Written Qualifying Examination for the Ph.D. degree during their first year in residence. The examination consists of two parts. Part I examines the breadth of understanding (conceptual and synthetic) of the diversity of specialized subjects within integrative biology and consists of an examination based on two of the three following courses: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology M200A, 200B, and 200C. Part II consists of a first-year literature review and research proposal that is ten pages in length. The first draft of the proposal must be submitted to the student’s advisory committee for comment by the end of Winter Quarter. A final draft of the proposal must be submitted to the advisory committee in the eighth week of Spring Quarter. The advisory committee evaluates and grades the proposal as not pass or M.S. pass and forwards the results to the Graduate Adviser.

Thesis Plan

Every master’s degree thesis plan requires the completion of an approved thesis that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research.

Before beginning work on the thesis, students must obtain approval of the subject and general plan from the master’s thesis committee, which consists of three faculty. The thesis must be prepared in accord with University format requirements in UCLA Policies and Procedures for Thesis Dissertation and Filing, available on the Graduate Division website. The completed thesis is presented to the thesis committee for approval.

Time-to-Degree

The normative time-to-degree for the master’s degree is six quarters.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

The chair of the guidance committee acts as the provisional adviser until a permanent adviser is selected. Service as a provisional adviser is designed to be provisional for both professor and student. It does not commit the professor to supervise the dissertation, nor does it commit the student to a provisional adviser. The provisional adviser serves until a permanent adviser is found and the doctoral dissertation committee is established.

Students are required, as part of their degree requirements, to find a faculty member who agrees to serve as their permanent adviser and dissertation research supervisor/chair of the doctoral committee. Students who fail to find or retain a permanent adviser and dissertation research supervisor will be placed in departmental probationary status for one quarter. If the student does not find an adviser by the end of that quarter, they are recommended for termination of graduate study to the Graduate Division. Students are urged to discuss permanent sponsorship and dissertation research with faculty at the earliest opportunity, to pick a permanent adviser by the end of their first year, and are expected to advance to candidacy by the end of Winter Quarter of their third year of graduate study.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Foreign Language Requirement

No foreign language is required for admission to the Ph.D. program, and there is no uniform language requirement for the Ph.D. degree. However, at the discretion of the faculty, students who pursue certain subspecialties of biology may be required to gain proficiency in one or more foreign languages.

Course Requirements

Students must enroll for full-time study as defined by the university. Doctoral students must complete a minimum of 20 units of graduate-level courses (200-series). Students must take the following courses during their first year: (1) two from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology M200A, 200B, and 200C; (2) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 250. Students also must complete an advanced course (100 or 200 series) in statistics, biomathematics, or bioinformatics. Other specific course requirements are established individually for each student by the guidance committee.

Teaching Experience

Each student is required to serve a minimum of three terms as a teaching assistant.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Students are required to take the Departmental Written Qualifying Examination during their first year in residence. The examination consists of two parts. Part I examines the breadth of understanding (conceptual and synthetic) of the diversity of specialized subjects within integrative biology and consists of an examination based on two of the three following courses: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology M200A, 200B, and 200C. Part II consists of a first-year literature review and research proposal that is ten pages in length. The first draft of the proposal must be submitted to the student’s advisory committee for comment by the end of Winter Quarter. A final draft of the proposal must be submitted to the advisory committee in the eighth week of Spring Quarter. The advisory committee evaluates and grades the proposal as not pass, M.S. pass, or Ph.D. pass and forwards the results to the Graduate Adviser.

The University Oral Qualifying Examination is conducted by the doctoral committee and must be completed by the end of the second year of graduate study. Students prepare, present and defend an original written dissertation proposal. The examination focuses on the content of the final dissertation proposal and topics directly related to it. The final dissertation generally follows the format of a National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant and forms the basis of the student’s defense. The examination is graded pass, fail, or repeat. A failure results in a recommendation for termination of graduate study to the Graduate Division. A repeated examination is graded pass/fail only. Students who do not pass this examination and advance to doctoral candidacy by the end of Winter Quarter of their third year will lose fellowship support and access to departmental grants.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy and awarded the Candidate in Philosophy (C.Phil.) degree upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

Not required for all students in the program. The decision as to whether a defense is required is made by the doctoral committee.

Time-to-Degree

The normative time for the Ph.D. degree is 18 quarters.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be recommended for termination for unsatisfactory performance as determined by the advisory committee, failure to pass all areas of the departmental written qualifying examination, failure to pass the master’s comprehensive examination, and failure to maintain a provisional or personal adviser. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination to the appropriate subgroup or the departmental chair.

Program Requirements for Moving Image Archive Studies

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Moving Image Archive Studies

Interdepartmental Program
School of Theater, Film and Television
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Graduate Degrees

The Moving Image Archive Studies Program offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Moving Image Archive Studies.

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

Academic advising on degree requirements and related matters is done by staff and faculty advisers from the Departments of Film, Television, and Digital Media and Information Studies. All academic actions and petitions are considered by the appropriate standing faculty and program committees. Students meet with their adviser for program planning prior to the beginning of each quarter. Matters that cannot be resolved by the individual faculty adviser are reviewed by the M.I.A.S. administrative committee. Advising on professional matters such as employment and internships, and general counseling are provided by the coordinator of the M.I.A.S. program and relevant professional staff from the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Areas of Study

Students should consult the program for information about specialized areas of study.

Foreign Language Requirement

Not required. Some students may be required to demonstrate competence in a foreign language to their committee if it is needed to support research in their area of specialization.

Course Requirements

A total of 72 units of coursework is required, including a minimum of 48 units of graduate (200- and 500-series) courses. A maximum of 16 units of 500-series courses may be counted toward the overall and graduate course requirement. The remaining six courses may be either in the graduate (200) or professional (400) series. Students must complete six Moving Image Archive Studies seminars (in history and philosophy of moving image archiving, moving image preservation and restoration, archaeology of the media, moving image cataloging, archival administration and access to moving image collections; three Film, Television and Digital Media seminars: 200, and two 200-level courses in film and/or television history, theory, or criticism from an approved list of courses; two Information Studies seminars: 260 and 431: and 16 units of elective courses that are chosen by the student and approved by the student’s adviser.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required. Students are encouraged through their directed studies and internship to gain direct, hands-on experience in a moving image archive, library or laboratory.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

Students are required to write a research-based essay that addresses a topic in the field and to submit a portfolio assessment of their work in the program. The portfolio is a presentation of the author’s professional self, as developed in the program. The student presents the recorded form of the portfolio in advance, and then gives an in-person presentation to a panel of three members of the M.I.A.S. committee. Detailed examples of the portfolio are available upon request.

Thesis Plan

Students have the option to submit a proposal to do a master’s thesis – a research-based, written work addressing a significant issue in the field – that requires the approval of the Program Director and a supervising committee. The student proposes the membership of the supervising committee that consists of three faculty members, one from Film, Television, and Digital Media, one from Information Studies, and the third from either of these departments or from another UCLA department as deemed appropriate.

Time-to-Degree

Students normally complete degree requirements within two years, with a minimum enrollment of 36 units each year. Students who require additional time must submit a petition for consideration to the M.I.A.S. committee.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A recommendation for termination of graduate study is first made by the graduate adviser to the M.I.A.S. program committee. If the committee concurs with the recommendation, the student is immediately placed in program probation status. The student’s progress in the subsequent quarter is reviewed by the committee, based on the written concerns outlined by the graduate adviser, in order to make a final recommendation on whether the student should be allowed to continue or to be recommended to the Graduate Division for termination of graduate study.

Program Requirements for World Arts and Cultures (Dance)

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

World Arts and Cultures/Dance

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Dance and the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Culture and Performance.

Dance

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

The M.F.A. degree in Dance is organized around the relationship between the individual student, the student’s advisor, the full M.F.A. faculty, and once advanced to candidacy, the M.F.A. Comprehensive Examination Committee. Entering students will be assigned a faculty advisor from among the department’s ladder faculty for the first year; this advisor will take primary responsibility for academic counseling. Advisors may be changed depending on the student’s focus of studies. Before requesting a change, however, the student must speak with her/his current faculty advisor. Students meet with their respective facutly advisor each quarter to plan their program of study for the subsequent quarter. Progress is assessed periodically by the full M.F.A. faculty.

Areas of Study

The M.F.A. degree is designed for students who wish to pursue a professional choreographic career. Students are encouraged to investigate theories of culture and performance as they relate to creative work. Interests in interculturalism and multi-disciplinarity also are encouraged. These interests may be pursued in consultation with the faculty academic advisors.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students must successfully complete a total of 72 units. The 72 units of coursework required for the degree must include a minimum of 32 units of graduate and professional courses (200 and 400 series). Courses must be taken for a letter grade (unless a course is offered as S/U only) to count towards degree progress and with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average. No more than four units of WL Arts 596A may be applied toward the degree, and must be designed in consultation with the faculty advisor.

The required courses are distributed as follows:

(1) Creative practice – 20 units (Dance 211A-D; additional units may be elected from from 211E-F, 490)
(2) Theoretical/critical studies seminars – 12 units chosen in consultation with student’s faculty advisor (Dance or WL Arts 200-series courses)
(3) Production/practicum experience – 12 units (production/design courses, Dance C243, 441)
(4) Electives in all areas (e.g., education, dance science/movement studies, internship, field work, movement practices) – 28 units

Students are expected to be actively engaged in movement practice(s) throughout their studies. Successful completion of the first-year curriculum with a minimum grade of B or higher for each core requirements (211A-D), including all prerequisites, determines whether students may continue in the program.

The minimum course load is 12 units per quarter. Students must be registered and enrolled at all times unless they are on official leave of absence.

Teaching Experience

Teaching experience is not a requirement. However, it is highly recommended for those who plan to teach in their area of specialization.

Field Experience

Field Experience is not required. However, engagement with the community is encouraged.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

The M.F.A. degree follows the Comprehensive Examination Plan towards completion of degree. A preliminary examination evaluated by the candidate’s proposed three-member Comprehensive Examination Committee is required. The preliminary examination consists of a research paper, a written proposal of the student’s final project and presentation of the proposed works. The research paper is completed prior to submission of the final project written proposal and presentation. The final project written proposal must include fundamental concepts, objectives, and production plans for the final project. M.F.A candidates prepare a major concert in the third year, or a series of concerts for their respective final projects. Students may obtain specific guidelines for the completion of the research paper, written proposal, and the final project presentation from the department.

After passing the preliminary examination, the candidate’s proposed three-member M.F.A. comprehensive examination committee is formalized to advise students in developing the final project. Students may obtain specific guidelines for nominating the comprehensive examination committee from the department. The student is advanced to candidacy when the required coursework is completed and all portions of the preliminary examination are passed. Students are allowed one year after advancement to candidacy to complete their M.F.A. comprehensive examination (final project). An oral defense of the final project concert material is held with the candidate’s M.F.A. comprehensive examination committee.

A written production book with analysis and critique must be completed after the performance(s). Students may obtain specific guidelines from the department. The production book is filed in the department archives along with video documentation of the candidate’s final project.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

The normative time-to-degree is nine quarters. The number of required quarters is dependent on the student’s need to complete prerequisites or additional coursework on choreographic investigations.

Program Requirements for Sociology

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Sociology

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Sociology offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Sociology.

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

Entering graduate students are assigned a faculty member as an entrance adviser. Students may change advisers at any time if they find another faculty member who agrees to serve as the new adviser.

Areas of Study

See Major Fields or Subdisciplines under Doctoral Degree.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

In addition to the departmental requirements outlined below, some field examinations have their own course requirements for students who plan to take that field examination.

Before the Master’s Paper Review

Departmental Requirements. For departmental requirements, all students are required to take a total of 42 units of coursework, as outlined below:

(1) Sociology 201A-201B-201C. These courses introduce students to the range of theoretical and research interests represented by departmental faculty and must be taken in the first year.

(2) Sociology 202A-202B. These courses constitute an examination of the interrelations of theory, method, and substance in exemplary sociological works, and must be taken in the first year.

(3) Sociology 204, topics in sociological theorizing. Students must take at least one course offered in this series during the first year of graduate study.

(4) A two-quarter graduate-level methodology sequence of which there are several alternatives such as the survey methods course or the demographic methods course. The methodology series is numbered Sociology 208A-208B, 211A-211B through M213B, 216A-216B, 217B-217C, 244A-244B. Students are required to take one methods sequence before the master’s paper review and one methods sequence after the review. Only one of Sociology 212A-212B and 216A-216B may meet the two-quarter methodology sequence requirement. In choosing a methodology sequence, students should note some of the Ph.D. field examinations require particular methodology sequences. If students have equivalent methodological training elsewhere, they should file a petition (along with pertinent evidence and an adviser’s recommendation) with the Director of Graduate Studies for exemption from the methodology requirement.

(5) Four 200-level courses in Sociology, excluding 201A-201B-201C, 202A-202B, 204, 208A-208B, 210A-210B, 211A through M213B, 216A-216B, 217B-217C, 244A-244B.

(6) While there is no statistics requirements for the M.A. degree, Sociology 210A-210B must be completed before students are permitted to take the first field examination, which typically occurs in the third year. Students are advised to take Sociology 210A-210B early in their graduate training. Students whose interests are in areas with substantial quantitative literature should take Sociology 210A, 210B, and 210C in their first year.

Students who want to take a course outside the department because they believe it would be beneficial to their master’s paper or area of interest may petition to take one course outside of Sociology. The petition must be approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

No later than in the sixth quarter of residence students must submit an acceptable master’s paper for approval by the general faculty. The paper must demonstrate general competence in sociological theory, methodology, and selected substantive areas.

As early in the graduate career as possible, students select two faculty members who consent to serve as their master’s committee. Faculty serving should represent a broad range of professional interests. Formation of the master’s committee may not be postponed beyond the beginning of the fourth quarter of residence in graduate work. For more specific guidelines, deadlines, and procedures regarding the master’s review, students should contact the graduate advisor.

Under the direction of the master’s committee, students develop a paper, ordinarily one that was written for a course that demonstrates intellectual attainment. For example, the paper may show that the student (1) has an accurate grasp of the intellectual traditions of sociology; (2) can bring evidence to bear on theoretical problems; (3) can describe how some aspect of the social order works; and (4) can adequately handle research and methodological issues. The main concern is with the student’s capacity to do Ph.D.-level work.

When the master’s committee determines that the paper demonstrates the required level of intellectual attainment, they submit the paper and an evaluation of it to the Graduate Committee. Based on the advisors’ evaluation of the paper and their own assessment of the student’s academic record, the Graduate Committee makes a recommendation to the department about the awarding of the degree. Recommendations range from acceptance of the paper and award of the M.A. degree to termination from the program, with or without the M.A. degree. Students should consult with the department for specific guidelines, procedures, and deadlines regarding the M.A. review.

Students who enter the program with an M.A. degree in sociology should see Major Fields or Subdisciplines under Doctoral Degree.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Students are allowed two years from entrance into the department to qualify under the master’s paper system. This means that students must be nominated for faculty review no later than the sixth quarter of residence. The nomination must be made regardless of the state of the paper. All the requirements for the M.A. degree must be completed by the end of the quarter in which students are nominated for faculty review.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

When students submit their proposals for the field examinations, they select an adviser. Students may change advisers at any time if they find another faculty member who agrees to serve as the new adviser.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Students who enter graduate study in this program with an M.A. degree in sociology from another institution normally come up for a master’s paper review in the first quarter of residence at UCLA, and under no circumstances later than the third quarter of residence. In this review, the department determines whether or not the student may proceed directly to preparation for the field examinations, if additional courses need to be taken for breadth purposes, if the submitted paper needs additional work or if an additional paper needs to be done, and if the theory and methodology sequence requirements have been adequately satisfied. In addition to a paper of normally no more than 50 double-spaced pages, which can be based on an M.A. thesis written at another university, students should submit for the master’s review a transcript from the university at which the M.A. degree was earned so that the department can determine whether the requirements ordinarily constraining students in the first years of this program have been met.

In the first week of the quarter following acceptance of the master’s paper, students must submit a proposal to the Director of Graduate Studies specifying two of the field examinations listed below and a time table for completing these examinations. The Director must approve the proposed examinations. The Director assesses whether the two proposed fields, considered in tandem, are rigorous, coherent, and broad; plans that involve fields with substantial overlap will not be approved. Any proposed revision of an approved field of examination plan must be endorsed by the student’s adviser and approved by the Director. Such proposals must be submitted to the Director at least four weeks before the beginning of the quarter in which the student intends to take an examination not previously included in the field examination plan.

Field Examinations

Comparative Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism. This field addresses race, ethnicity, and nationalism in comparative and historical perspective. It focuses not on the American experience but on the comparative analysis of variation across time, place, and context in the organization, conceptualization, experience, and politicization of ethnicity, nation, and race. Critical issues include the rationale, or lack of rationale, for distinguishing analytically between ethnicity, nation, and race; the distinctiveness, in comparative perspective, of the organization and understanding of ethnicity, nation, and race in America; the manner in which the modern state, in different contexts, has shaped the organization and expression of claims based on ethnicity, nation, or race; the opposition (or pseudo-opposition) between primordialist and contextualist or constructivist theories of ethnicity, nation, and race; and the contribution, and limitations, of rational choice and other micro-analytical approaches to the understanding of ethnicity, nation, and race. Students who have previously taken examinations in the related race and ethnicity or international migration fields must submit questions previously answered at the time when they declare the intent to take this examination; overlapping questions are not allowed.

Conversational Analysis. Conversational analysis is a field of inquiry addressed to talk and other forms of conduct in interaction studied through the detailed examination of naturally occurring instances or specimens of its occurrences. Talk-in-interaction is taken to be that primordial site of sociality in which much of what composes the life of a society and its institutions is realized. Although conversation has been the most intensively and extensively examined domain of talk-in-interaction, the field comprehends a broad range of settings and specialized genres of talk or speech-exchange systems, especially talk in work settings.

Economic Sociology. This field provides an overview of the major debates in economic sociology, at both the macro and micro level. Topics include precapitalist economies and the development of capitalism; modernization, dependency, development and the world system; globalization; the economic institutions of advanced economies; labor, work, and entrepreneurship; and class, stratification, and inequality.

Ethnographic Methodology. Sociology in the U.S. was largely created through a series of ethnographic studies. Over the last twenty-five years, ethnographic research has been the focus of some of the most probing self-examination in social science as a whole, featuring debates over reflexivity, human subjects’ consent in narrow and broad senses of the issue, the importance of context for understanding individual acts and items of culture, social constructionism and relativism, and bias (gender, cultural, and so forth) in research procedures and the conceptualization of data.

Ethnomethodology. Ethnomethodology is a field of sociology which studies the common sense resources, procedures and practices through which the members of a culture produce and recognize mutually intelligible objects, events and courses of action. Studies in the field are directed to the investigation of social processes underlying the construction of social phenomena ranging from factual knowledge, social organization, and attributes such as race and gender, through the acquisition of skills and management of memory.

International Migration. This field is concerned with the causes and consequences of international migration, that is, the movement of peoples from one territorially defined, self-consciously delimited nation-state to another. The actors include not just the migrants but also their descendants, as well as the states that seek to control (encourage, impede, constrain) their flows, and the domestic entities of various kinds that react to the immigrants’ arrival in ways both positive and negative. The issues in play involve both migration and its aftermath. In particular, the field seeks to understand both those forms of social inequality that impinge immigrants and their descendants and the new identities and collectivities that the latter effect as settlement progresses. Thus, the field takes up a set of issues specifically associated with migration, denoted by the (contested) terms of integration or assimilation, while also engaging in a broader set of questions involved in the study of race, ethnicity, and nationalism.

The study of international migration is, perhaps, unique in its interdisciplinarity and methodologically pluralist nature: stretching from the demography and economics of migration, through political science, sociological and geographical approaches, to the ethnography and oral history of migrants. Migration is also a crucial research site for exploring the possibility of doing sociology beyond the bounded nation-state-society focus of most sociological research. And, while opening the door to a crucial dimension of globalization, the comparative study of immigration and immigrants opens up fresh perspectives on conceptions of nationhood, citizenship, and the state. While the examination and the related courses principally focus on two migration systems, the North American and the European, extension to other systems, such as the Persian Gulf or the East Asian, adds much to our understanding of the phenomenon. Students who previously have taken examinations in the related race and ethnicity or comparative ethnicity and nationalism fields must submit questions previously answered at the time when they declare the intent to take this examination; overlapping questions are not allowed.

Political Sociology. This field examination is organized around a reading list in which the first section, foundations of political sociology, is required. Students are expected to read in five of the following sections: theories of the state; the development of modern states with special focus on democratization; welfare states and neo-liberalism; citizenship, nation-building and nationalism; collective action; revolution; political categorizations – class, race, ethnicity, and gender; and globalization and the nation-state.

Race/Ethnicity. The race/ethnicity field examination focuses on the nature and persistence of ethnic and racial categories and groupings in contemporary societies, and on how these structures relate to social stratification systems and political and economic dynamics. The field includes a variety of perspectives and concerns including race relations, racism, ethnic, stratification, immigration, ethnic economies and ethnic politics. While race and ethnicity in the U.S. today are the central substantive concerns, the field is explicitly comparative historical, viewing contemporary ethnic and racial structures in the context of the spread of European colonialism and imperialism. Students who have previously taken examinations in the related comparative ethnicity and nationalism or international migration fields must submit questions previously answered at the time when they declare intent to take this examination; overlapping questions are not allowed.

Social Demography. Social demography examines key issues and debates related to the biological, economic, social, and environmental causes and consequences of trends and patterns in demographic behaviors such as fertility, marriage, divorce, migration, social stratification, health and mortality. Particular attention will be paid to the rapidly growing literature on racial and socioeconomic differentials in demographic behavior, aging, the causes and consequences of population growth, and family and household structure and composition.

Social Stratification and Social Mobility. The major issues in stratification are the determinants of who gets greater and lesser amounts of scarce resources, in particular, the extent of which those resources are passed on from generation to generation within families, and the extent to which those answers depend on the organization of families, schools, labor markets, and other institutions.

Sociology of Culture. The domain of this field examination is social activity by which people negotiate meaning, express and interpret symbols, and construct the aesthetic dimension of societies. It addresses both the cultural dimension that permeates all social life and the specialized institutions that specifically engage in symbolic expression. The scope of study spans the broadly macrosociological comparison of entire societies to the more microsociological probing of small groups and individual minds. While insisting that all inquiry is theoretically informed, the emphasis is on empirically based analysis using a variety of methods. The field also emphasizes the continuity of culture to other sociological themes such as race, class, gender, institutions, interaction, language, power and change.

Sociology of the Family. Sociologists conceptualize the family as a social institution – meaning it involves a set of social roles (such as parent, partner, or child), with some shared understanding of expectations regarding how we should behave in these roles and what kinds of obligations are associated with them. As with any social institution, the family is malleable over time, across contexts, and can be difficult to define at its margins. Students who take this field examination are expected to be familiar with the wide variety of substantive topics and methodological approaches reflected in the work of family sociologists.

Sociology of Gender. This field examination is concerned with gender inequality and gender differences and the social processes producing and reproducing them. It includes both macrosociological and microsociological perspectives on these processes. It also encompasses the growing scholarship on the intersection between race, class, and gender.

Sociology of Medicine and Science. This topic-based field examination draws from the traditional fields of medical sociology and sociology of health and illness and the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies as it relates to knowledge production in health and other scientific fields.

Urban and Suburban Sociology. This field comprises the major topics in urban suburban sociology. It addresses two main issues: (1) historical and comparative perspectives of urbanization, and (2) urbanization and suburbanization in the U.S.

Foreign Language Requirement

There is no departmental foreign language requirement for the Ph.D. degree. However, specific field examination areas may require students to demonstrate mastery of a language other than English before taking that field examination.

Course Requirements

After the Master’s Paper Review

Departmental Requirements. Sociology 210A and 210B must be completed before students are permitted to take the first field examination. Students are advised to take Sociology 210A and 210B early in their graduate training. All students are required to take two courses (eight units) of an additional methodology sequence (Sociology 208A-208B, 211A through M213B, 216A-216B, 217B-217C, 244A-244B), which must be completed before award of the Ph.D. degree. In order to ensure breadth and diversity of methodological training, only one of Sociology 212A-212B and 216A-216B may meet the two-course methodology sequence requirement.

Comparative Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism. Students who have previously taken examinations in the related race and ethnicity or international migration fields must submit questions previously answered at the time when they declare the intent to take this examination; overlapping questions are not allowed. Required: Sociology 230A and either 230B or 230C.

Conversational Analysis. Required: Sociology 244A, 244B, C258 and 266. Recommended: Sociology 289A.

Economic Sociology. Required: Sociology 260. Recommended: Sociology 237, 254, 259, 265, special topics courses in economic sociology selected from 285A through 285N, and Management 259C.

Ethnographic Methodology. Required: Sociology 217A, 217B, 217C, and one substantive graduate course that uses ethnographic studies.

Ethnomethodology. Recommended: Sociology 222, 244A, 244B, C258.

International Migration. Students who have previously taken examinations in the related race and ethnicity or comparative ethnicity and nationalism fields must submit questions previously answered at the time when they declare the intent to take this examination; overlapping questions are not allowed. Required: Sociology 236A, 236B and at least two quarters of Sociology 295. Recommended: Sociology 230A, 230B, 230C, 235, 236C, 261.

Political Sociology. Required: Sociology 233. Recommended: Sociology 211A, 211B, 230A, 230B, 230C, 232, 237, 272, 285 series with relevant topics.

Race and Ethnicity. Students who have previously taken examinations in the related comparative ethnicity and nationalism or international migration fields must submit questions previously answered at the time when they declare the intent to take this examination; overlapping questions are not allowed. Required: Sociology 235, 261. Recommended: Sociology 230A-230B-230C, 236B.

Social Demography. Required: Sociology M213A-M213B, 226A-226B. Recommended: Sociology 210C, 212A-212B and M225A.

Social Stratification and Social Mobility. Recommended: Sociology 239A-239B.

Sociology of Culture. Required: Sociology 245, 246.

Sociology of the Family. Required: Two courses from: Sociology 205, 226B, M252, M255, 257.

Sociology of Gender. Required: Any two courses from: Sociology M238, 241, M252, M255.

Sociology of Medicine and Science. Required: One course from Sociology 227, 250, 282, or 283 and one Sociology 596 course focusing on an agreed upon topic related to the examination.

Urban and Suburban Sociology. Required: Sociology C297.

Courses in the 500 series (Sociology 595, 596, 597, 599) are normally taken in preparation for the master’s paper review, the field examinations, and dissertation research. While these courses may be taken to maintain enrollment, they do not count toward the course requirements.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Two specialized field examinations are administered and evaluated according to guidelines specified by each field examination area. Students should consult the department for details regarding field examinations.

If the performance on the field examinations is satisfactory and the foreign language requirement (if stipulated by the field examination area) has been fulfilled, students may nominate a doctoral committee and proceed to take the University Oral Qualifying Examination, no later than six months after the completion of the written examination. This examination covers general sociology, and the student’s specific fields and plans for the dissertation. A two-page abstract of the dissertation proposal must be submitted to the graduate advisor for distribution to the entire faculty of the department two weeks before the oral examination. In addition to the two-page abstract, a full-length dissertation proposal is required at the time of the oral qualifying examination.

A dissertation proposal approved by the committee must be filed with the department reasonably soon after the oral qualifying examination. In the event of a major revision in the topic or methodology of the dissertation, a revised prospectus approved by the committee is required and is filed in the same manner as the original prospectus. Minor changes in the methodology and hypotheses which normally takes place as students carry out the dissertation research do not call for a revised prospectus.

When both the written and oral qualifying examinations are successfully completed and the required documents are submitted, students are advanced to candidacy by the Graduate Division.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy and awarded the Candidate in Philosophy (C.Phil.) degree upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

Not required for all students in the program. The decision as to whether a defense is required is made by the doctoral committee.

Time-to-Degree

(1) From graduate admission to completion of the master’s review (i.e., the master’s degree stage): six quarters.

(2) From completion of the master’s paper to field examinations: four quarters.

(3) From field examinations to first oral examination: two quarters.

(4) The dissertation and final oral examination (if required) should be completed during the fifth and sixth years of graduate study.

(5) Normative time-to-degree for the Ph.D. degree: eighteen quarters

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

The decision to recommend a student for termination for reasons other than failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 is made by the full faculty at the quarterly master’s paper review meeting or the annual student review meeting. A recommendation for termination may be forwarded to that meeting by the Graduate Committee, which serves as the review body making recommendations to the full faculty concerning disposition of candidacies for completion of the master’s paper and awarding of master’s degree. The elected Executive Committee of the department is the mechanism by which a student may appeal for a review of the disposition of the student’s case; the Executive Committee may make a recommendation for reconsideration to the department where it deems such reconsideration warranted. The departmental by-laws provide for an alternative method of appeal to full faculty review of Executive Committee action, by way of the regular (By-Laws, Item 13) that two voting faculty members are empowered jointly to request a faculty meeting on any action within the department.

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, specific conditions that may lead to a recommendation for termination include: submission of graduate work which is, in the judgment of the full faculty review, unsatisfactory for either the granting of the master’s degree or further pursuit of the doctorate; unsatisfactory progress toward the completion of the master’s paper and/or doctoral work (for example, requiring repeated extensions of time for completion of program requirements, receiving numerous Incomplete grades, and/or failure to remove Incomplete grades; repeated failure to pass any of the required steps of the doctoral program (for example, specialty field examinations, oral examination) or failure to complete the doctoral degree within seven years after advancement to candidacy.

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