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

Education

Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Education offers the Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree, the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree, the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Education, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Special Education (with California State University, Los Angeles).

Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education with Cal State – L.A.

Admissions Requirements

Doctor of Philosophy

Advising

At the time of admission to the department, the student is assigned a faculty adviser.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Special education.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A program of study for a Ph.D. student is determined by the student and the faculty adviser and must conform to division and department requirements. A minimum of 18 courses is required as indicated below. At least 10 of the total courses must be in the 200 series.

(1) A sequential three-quarter research practicum (Education 299A-299B-299C) designed to provide an overview of research in the field of study. Students complete a research paper by the end of the sequence.

(2) Five courses from offerings in the student’s selected division.

(3) Three upper division or graduate courses from other academic departments of the University related to the student’s proposed area of research (the cognate).

(4) Appropriate research methods courses to enable demonstration of intermediate/advanced level competence in at least one area of research methodology. This requirement is satisfied by completing three methodology courses as specified in the list approved by the department; the approved list is available in the Office of Student Services.

The remainder of the courses to complete the required total may be chosen by the student; such courses must be in compliance with the selected division’s guidelines and must be approved by the student’s faculty adviser. Divisional course requirements may be waived, under exceptional circumstances, by the division. Students submit a petition, endorsed by their adviser, to the division head. Wherever additional academic background is needed, a faculty adviser may require other coursework.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Doctoral Screening Examination. A written examination is taken after completion of appropriate coursework determined by the division. This examination is concerned with central topics in the selected division and field of emphasis. Questions are comprehensive in nature and are designed to measure the breadth and depth of knowledge, as well as to focus that knowledge on specific problems.

Students taking the doctoral screening examination ordinarily are not allowed to take more than nine courses before taking the examination. This limit is intended to ensure that students demonstrate basic competencies as early as possible in their doctoral training.

All students admitted to a doctoral program without a master’s degree are required to take the doctoral screening examination.

In a first sitting for this examination, students may be passed with honors, passed at the master’s level (the terminal master’s), or failed. Students passed at the master’s level are given one further opportunity to pass at the doctoral level; students who fail are given a second opportunity to take the examination at the master’s level only.

Students who fail the doctoral screening examination, but who have been allowed to retake the examination, must do so at the next sitting. They can take up to 12 units per quarter until they have successfully completed the examination. Of these 12 units only four may be a doctoral 200- or 400-level course; the remainder must be the 597 course. After satisfying the above requirements, students are eligible to take the following qualifying examinations:

Doctoral Written Qualifying Examination. The examination is offered twice yearly, once in Fall Quarter and once in Spring Quarter. The written qualifying examination tests the core knowledge of the division and emphasis the student has selected. The questions on the examination reflect a research and theoretical orientation. Students may be passed, passed with honors, or failed on this examination. Students who fail this examination are given a second opportunity to take the examination at the discretion of the student’s adviser and a third opportunity on a two-thirds majority of all divisional faculty voting on this issue. No fourth sitting for the examination is allowed. Students who fail the doctoral written qualifying examination, but who have been allowed to retake it, should do so at the next scheduled sitting with consent of the divisional faculty.

University Oral Qualifying Examination. The oral examination is conducted by the student’s doctoral committee, which selects topics from both education and the cognate discipline(s) that are related to the student’s written research proposal. On a majority vote of the doctoral committee, the University Oral Qualifying Examination may be repeated once.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy 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)

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

From admission to the doctoral program to the written and oral qualifying examinations: three to four years (nine to 12 quarters).

From admission to the doctoral program to the approval of the dissertation prospectus: three to four years (nine to 12 quarters).

From approval of dissertation prospectus to the university oral qualifying examination: same quarter.

A maximum of 21 quarters is permitted for completion of a doctoral degree.

University Policy

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

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be recommended for termination either by the Committee on Degrees, Admissions and Standards, or by the faculty of a division or program. The student’s adviser or the program head is given the opportunity to review and respond to a recommendation for termination from the Committee. In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be recommended for termination who fails a master’s performance or doctoral screening examination. A student may appeal a decision by the Committee to the dean of the school.

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.

Culture and Performance

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

The Master’s degree is organized around the relationship between the individual student, the student’s faculty advisor, and the M.A. committee. The entering student will be assigned a temporary faculty advisor from among the department’s ladder faculty who takes primary responsibility for academic advising for the first year. Each student is expected to choose a committee chair and form an M.A. committee during the first year of academic residence and apply for advancement to candidacy no later than fall quarter of the second year. The faculty advisor is fundamentally responsible for advising students in regard to program requirements, policies, and University regulations.

Areas of Study

This department offers unique opportunities to develop specialized knowledge and skills in diverse fields ranging from arts and activism, critical theory, curatorial studies, dance studies, ethnography and new media, festivals, folklore, visual cultures, to specific area studies, among others. Students will designate a Major Field of study in consultation with their faculty advisor. The Major Field for Master’s students will consist of at least three courses. The faculty strongly advise that one of these should be a course that provides introduction to the special methods or discourse of the Major Field (whether in World Arts and Cultures/Dance (WACD) – i.e., Ethnography—or in another department). Examples of some possible fields would include dance studies, folklore, museology, or field studies in African, Caribbean, or Native American cultures. The student is expected to consult with their faculty advisor on a regular basis regarding area(s) of interest to determine associated coursework and research focus, and to plan the instructional schedule appropriately. Further specialized training may be accomplished through additional coursework in WACD or other departments.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students in the Master’s degree program must demonstrate competence in one foreign language. The purpose of the language requirement is to ensure that students have the necessary skills to conduct independent research. Any foreign language useful for field study and/or library research in their topics or major field of study and geo-cultural regions of choice is acceptable. The appropriateness of a particular language should be discussed with the student’s faculty advisor. The language requirement must be completed before students file the advancement to candidacy petition for the degree.

The language requirement may be met by: (1) passing a departmental examination, administered by the department’s Graduate Foreign Language Examination Committee; (2) demonstrating the equivalent of five quarters or four semesters of training in an approved foreign language, completed within the last five years before admission with a grade of B or higher in the final courses; (3) placing at level six on the Foreign Language Placement Examination; or (4) petitioning to use English as a foreign language (only for international students whose native language is not English).

Course Requirements

All Master’s students must successfully complete a total of 36 units (normally nine courses) taken for a letter grade (unless only offered S/U) and with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average. Of the 36 units, at least 24 must be completed at the graduate level. No more than 8 units of 500-series independent study courses (e.g., World Arts and Cultures 596A) may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

The required courses are distributed as follows:

(1) Four core courses (16 units), taken during the first year of study; World Arts and Cultures 200, 201, 202, and 204. Students must earn a “B” or higher in each core course to count towards the degree requirements.

(2) Three courses (12 units) in the designated major field, chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty advisor. The Major Field for doctoral students will consist of at least four courses. The faculty strongly advise that one of these should be a course that provides introduction to the special methods or discourse of the Major Field (whether in WAC/D – i.e., Ethnography—or in another department).

(3) Two elective courses (8 units).

Of the combined three major field and two elective courses, at least three of the five courses must be graduate level courses taken within the department.

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

Teaching Experience

Teaching experience is encouraged but not required.

Field Experience

Field experience is not required but is expected of students whose theses are based on ethnographic research.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

Students who select this plan take a comprehensive examination that consists of three essay questions (chosed from six possible questions) posed by the student’s M.A. committee members. The questions are based on reading lists developed in advance by the student in consultation with the student’s M.A. committee members. This examination is designed to test the student’s knowledge of theories and methods in their research field, as well as their ability to apply these ideas and techniques to the study of particular traditions, genres, geo-cultural areas, social groups, or historical periods.

The Master’s comprehensive examination is graded: (1) Fail; (2) Pass with awarding of the Master’s degree; or (3) Pass with awarding of the Master’s degree and recommendation to proceed to the doctoral program. If it is recommended that the student continue to the doctoral program, departmental faculty make the final determination regarding admission to the doctoral program. Students who fail the comprehensive examination are allowed to retake it once, no later than the following quarter. In general, Master’s degree students who seek to apply to the doctoral program in Culture and Performance are advised to select the comprehensive examination plan as preparation for their doctoral studies.

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.

The purpose of the Master’s thesis is to demonstrate a student’s ability to conduct research in their chosen field, to interpret the results, to demonstrate the relevance of the work to conceptual and practical issues in selected disciplines, and to present the findings in lucid prose. Students who pursue this plan must submit an acceptable thesis, prepared under the direction of their faculty advisor and thesis committee. The thesis committee should be appointed no later than fall quarter of the student’s second year.

Whether choosing the comprehensive examination plan or the thesis plan, students interested in pursuing the doctoral degree will submit a formal request to continue in the Department as a doctoral student. These requests should be submitted to the department’s Vice Chair of Graduate Affairs the week before the completion of their Master’s exam or thesis. Students should include with their requests a 500 word abstract of their dissertation research and the name of their proposed dissertation committee chair.

After a student requests acceptance into the doctoral program from the Master’s program, the Culture and Performance faculty will make the final determination regarding the student’s continuation to the doctoral program within fourteen days of receiving the student’s request.

Time-to-Degree

The Master’s degree is designed as a two-year program. Students are considered beyond “normative time” after their second year in the MA program.

Normal progress toward the degree is as follows:

Core course requirements: third quarter.

Completion of foreign language requirement: fifth quarter (must be completed prior to the nomination of committee)

Approval of Master’s Committee: fifth quarter.

Advancement to candidacy: sixth quarter.

Completion of Master’s Degree: sixth quarter

Doctoral Degree

Advising

The doctoral degree is organized around the relationship between the individual student, the student’s faculty advisor, and the doctoral dissertation committee. The entering student will be assigned a temporary faculty advisor, from among the department’s ladder faculty, who takes primary responsibility for academic advising for the first year. Each student is expected to choose a primary advisor and begin forming a dissertation committee during the first year of academic residence. The faculty advisor is fundamentally responsible for advising students in regard to program requirements, policies, and University regulations.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

The department offers unique opportunities to develop specialized knowledge and skills in diverse fields ranging from arts and activism, critical theory, curatorial studies, dance studies, ethnography and new media, festivals, folklore, visual cultures, to specific area studies, among others. Students will designate a Major Field of study in consultation with their faculty advisor. Examples of some possible fields would include dance studies, folklore, museology, or field studies in African, Caribbean, or Native American cultures. The student is expected to consult with their academic faculty advisor on a regular basis regarding area(s) of interest to determine associated coursework and research focus, and to plan the instructional schedule appropriately. Further specialized training may be accomplished through additional coursework in WACD or other departments.

Foreign Language Requirement

Doctoral students must demonstrate competence in one foreign written and/or oral language. The purpose of the language requirement is to ensure that students have the necessary skills to conduct independent research. Any foreign language useful for field study and/or library research in their topics and geo-cultural regions of choice is acceptable. The appropriateness of a particular language should be discussed with the student’s faculty advisor. The foreign language requirement must be completed before the student takes their qualifying exams for their dissertation.

Course Requirements

All doctoral students must successfully complete a total of 48 units (normally 12 courses) taken for a letter grade (unless only offered S/U), and with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average. These courses are chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty advisor. No more than 8 units of 500-series independent study courses may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.

The required courses are distributed as follows:

(1) Four core courses (16 units), taken during the first year of study; World Arts and Cultures 200, 201, 202, and 204. Students must earn a “B” or higher in each core course for them to count toward their degree requirements.

(2) Four courses (16 units) in the designated major field, chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty advisor.

(3) Four elective courses (16 units).

Of the combined four major field and four elective courses, at least four of the eight courses must be graduate level courses taken within the department. It is strongly advised that students take some courses outside of the department.

Students who enter the doctoral program from the department’s own Master’s degree program are not required to repeat courses. Having completed the four core courses (World Arts and Cultures 200, 201, 202, and 204), and if these students continue in the same major field, they will need to complete one additional major field course (4 units) and two elective courses (8 units), in consultation with their faculty advisor. If these students choose a new major field, they will need to complete four major field courses (16 units) and two elective courses (8 units), in consultation with their faculty advisor.

Teaching Experience

Teaching experience is encouraged but not required.

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.

The doctoral qualifying examinations are composed of a written and an oral examination. The timing of these examinations is determined in consultation with the members of the doctoral committee. Students must successfully complete all required coursework (including the core courses and foreign language requirement) before scheduling their examination, and must be registered and enrolled during the quarter in which the examination is administered. Students who fail the written or oral examinations are allowed to retake them once, no later than in the following quarter. A second failure leads to a recommendation to the Graduate Division for termination from the doctoral program.

The written qualifying examination is administered by the student’s doctoral committee. This examination takes the form of four essay questions (chosen from eight possible questions), developed in consultation with the student’s faculty advisor and committee, and tailored to the theoretical and substantive interests of the student, and to the refinement of a dissertation topic. The written examination evaluates competence in three main areas relevant to the student’s dissertation topic: (1) theoretical concepts and problems; (2) geo-cultural and/or historical field of specialization; and (3) expressive genre(s) or media.

Examination answers are evaluated as pass or fail. If one answer is fail, the written examination receives an overall evaluation of fail. Any examination question that originally receives a fail evaluation may be retaken once. If a student fails any single question on the written examination a second time, the student has failed the written examination. A failed written examination leads to a recommendation to the Graduate Division for termination from the doctoral program.

The University Oral Qualifying Examination is primarily a defense of the dissertation proposal and is administered by the student’s doctoral committee. A pass examination evaluation cannot have more than one committee member who votes fail regardless of the size of the committee. Students may retake the oral examination once within the next quarter. If the second oral examination results in a second fail evaluation, the student has failed the oral examination. A failed oral examination leads to a recommendation to the Graduate Division for termination from the doctoral program.

Evaluation results of written and oral examinations are communicated to the student in writing within 14 days from the date of the completion of the examination. However, the doctoral committee usually informs the student of the evaluation result of the oral examination immediately upon completion of the examination.

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 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

For students entering the doctoral program with an approved Master’s degree, normative time to candidacy is two years from their entering date. After reaching candidacy, these students have two years to complete their doctoral degree to remain within normative time.

For students entering the doctoral program without an approved Master’s degree, normative time to complete our Master’s degree is two years from their entering date. After completing their Master’s in this department, students have three years to complete their doctoral degree to remain within normative time.

Normal progress toward the doctoral degree is as follows for students with a Master’s degree:
Core course requirements: third quarter

Forty-eight units of coursework: fifth quarter

Completion of foreign language requirement: fifth quarter (must be completed prior to the nomination of committee and the qualifying examinations)

Approval of doctoral committee: fifth quarter

Written and oral qualifying examinations: sixth quarter

Advancement to Candidacy: sixth quarter

Completion of doctoral dissertation and final oral examination (if required): end of fourth year

Normal progress toward the doctoral degree is as follows for students in the department’s Master’s degree program and continuing to doctoral program:
Core course requirements: third quarter

Completion of foreign language requirement: fifth quarter (must be completed prior to the nomination of committee and the qualifying examinations)

Approval of Master’s Committee: fifth quarter

Advancement to candidacy: sixth quarter

Completion of Master’s Degree: sixth quarter

Twelve to twenty-four units of additional coursework (depending on whether the student changes their Major Field): eighth quarter

Approval of Doctoral Committee: eighth quarter

Written and oral qualifying examinations: twelfth quarter

Advancement to Candidacy: twelfth quarter

Completion of doctoral dissertation and final oral examination (if required): fifth year

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A recommendation for termination is made by the chair of the department after a vote of the department’s graduate faculty. Examples for termination include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree (being “beyond normative time”), and poor performance in classes (earning less than a “B” in each core course). Before the recommendation is sent to the Graduate Division, a student is notified in writing and given two weeks to respond in writing to the chair. An appeal is reviewed by the department’s graduate faculty, which makes the final departmental recommendation to the Graduate Division.

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

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offers the Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Manufacturing Engineering, the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Mechanical Engineering, and the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Aerospace Engineering.

Manufacturing Engineering

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

Each department in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has a graduate adviser. A current list of graduate advisers can be obtained from the Office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Students are assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the School. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. All HSSEAS faculty serve as advisers.

New students should arrange an appointment as early as possible with the faculty adviser to plan the proposed program of study toward the M.S. or Ph.D. degree. Continuing students are required to confer with the adviser during the time of enrollment each quarter so that progress can be assessed and the study list approved.

Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the departmental graduate adviser and Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing by the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

Students are strongly urged to consult with the departmental student services office staff and/or the Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding procedures, requirements and on the implementation of the policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree, on the procedures for taking Ph.D. written and oral examinations if the Ph.D. is the ultimate degree objective, and on the use of the Filing Fee.

Areas of Study

Consult the department.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

At least nine courses are required, of which at least five must be graduate courses. In the thesis plan, seven of the nine must be formal courses, including at least four from the 200 series. The remaining two may be 598 courses involving work on the thesis. In the comprehensive examination plan, no units of 500-series courses may be applied toward the minimum course requirement. Choices may be made from the following major areas:

Undergraduate Courses. No lower division courses may be applied toward graduate degrees. In addition, the following upper division courses are not applicable toward graduate degrees: Chemical Engineering 102A, 199; Civil Engineering 106A, 108, 199; Computer Science M152A, 152B, M171L, 199; Electrical Engineering 100, 101, 102, 103, 110L, M116L, 199; Materials Science and Engineering 110, 120, 130, 131, 131L, 132, 140, 141L, 150, 160, 161L, 199; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101, 102, 103, 105A, 105D, 107, 188, 194, 199.

Upper Division Courses. Students are required to take at least three courses from the following: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 163A, M168, 174, 183, 184, 185.

Graduate Courses. Students are required to take at least three courses from the following: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 263A, 263C, 263D, CM280A, CM280L, 293, 294, 295A, 295B, 296A, 296B, 297.

Additional Courses. The remaining courses may be taken from other major fields of study in the department or from the following: Mathematics 120A, 120B; Computer Science 241A, 241B; Architecture and Urban Design M226B, M227B, 227D; Management 240A, 240D, 241A, 241B, 242A, 242B, 243B, 243C.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

The comprehensive examination is offered in either written or oral format. A committee to administer the examination consists of the academic adviser as chair and two other faculty members; at least two members must be from within the department. Students may, in consultation with their adviser and the master’s committee, select one of the following options for the examination: (1) take and pass the first part of the doctoral written qualifying examination as the master’s comprehensive examination; (2) conduct research or design a project and submit a final report to the master’s committee; (3) take and pass three extra examination questions offered separately from each of the final examinations of three graduate courses, to be selected by the committee from a set of common department courses; or (4) take and pass an oral examination administered by the M.S. committee. In case of failure, students may be reexamined once with the consent of 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.

The thesis must describe some original piece of research that has been done under the supervision of the thesis committee. Students would normally start to plan the thesis at least one year before the award of the M.S. degree is expected. There is no examination under the thesis plan.

Time-to-Degree

The average length of time for students in the M.S. program is five quarters. The maximum time allowed for completing the M.S. degree is three years from the time of admission to the M.S. program in the School.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A recommendation for termination is reviewed by the school’s Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

Master’s

In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for termination for:

(1) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in all courses and in those in the 200 series.

(2) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in any two consecutive terms.

(3) Failure of the comprehensive examination.

(4) Failure to complete the thesis to the satisfaction of the committee members.

(5) Failure to complete the requirements for the M.S. degree within the three-year time limit.

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

Theater

School of Theater, Film, and Television

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Theater offers the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) and Master of Arts (M.A.) degrees in Theater, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Theater and Performance Studies.

Theater

Master’s Degrees

Admissions Requirements

Master of Arts

Advising

In most instances, the chair of the appropriate graduate committee acts as principal adviser to students in the program, although some students may be assigned by the chair to other members of the faculty. Students meet with their adviser for program planning prior to the beginning of each quarter. Students are urged to confer with their adviser as frequently as necessary to discuss academic and curricular issues course substitutions, petitions, and other concerns. Students are also encouraged to confer with the departmental student affairs officer. Assessment of student academic progress in the program is made by the appropriate committee during the final examination week of each quarter.

Areas of Study

The program leads to a general graduate degree in theater, though there are opportunities, through electives and thesis or research paper topics, to stress a particular interest such as design, directing, dramatic writing, performance, or theater history and theory.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of 36 units of coursework, 28 units of which must be at the graduate level, with a minimum course load of 12 units each quarter. At least one year of study, leading to the successful completion of either the thesis or comprehensive examination plan, is required. Only eight units of 596 coursework may be applied toward the total course requirement, and only four of these units may be applied toward the minimum graduate course requirement. No 598 coursework may be applied toward the total course requirement. In accord with University policy, students must maintain a 3.0 gradepoint average in all courses and be registered and enrolled unless on official leave of absence.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

Students who select this plan take a written examination that consists of a series of essay questions in their area of study or present a portfolio of other evidence that demonstrates completion of a significant creative project (an original play, director’s notes, or designs that grow out of original research). Students must propose and obtain approval of an area of study that deals with theater research and/or practice and a general plan of investigation from the appropriate graduate committee. An examination committee is formed when students are within one quarter of completion of coursework, at which time they petition to the adviser and committee to advance to candidacy for the master’s degree. Students who fail this examination may retake it once.

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 a subject dealing with the aesthetics, history, techniques, or theoretical analysis of the theater and a general plan of investigation from the appropriate committee. A thesis committee is then formed when students are within one quarter of completing the coursework, at which time they are eligible to advance to candidacy. The student must give the adviser and the committee a prospectus of the thesis and a petition to advance to candidacy for approval. If the thesis fails to pass the committee, the student may present a rewritten version for approval. The number of times a thesis may be presented depends on assessments made by the committee.

Time-to-Degree

Normal progress toward the degree: from graduate admission with no deficiencies to award of the M.A. degree, a minimum time period of three quarters is necessary for completion of the required courses and thesis or comprehensive examination. Maximum residency for the M.A. program is seven quarters.

Master of Fine Arts

Advising

In most instances, the chair of the appropriate graduate committee acts as principal adviser to students in the program, although some students may be assigned by the chair to other members of the faculty. Each program has a specific procedure and calendar for assignment of each student’s committee. Students should consult the adviser for this information.

Students meet with their adviser for program planning prior to the beginning of each quarter and again early in each quarter for formal approval of the study list. Students are urged to confer with their adviser as frequently as necessary to discuss program changes, petitions, and other concerns.

Assessment of student academic progress in the program is made by the appropriate committee during the final examination week of each quarter. The adviser then notifies students of problems, when warranted, in writing and assists in planning a solution. Normally, committee recommendations are referred directly to the chair of the department, though in some instances, special problems may be referred to the faculty for recommendation of action to the chair.

Areas of Study

The areas of specialization for the M.F.A. program are as specified above under the Admission section.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Acting. A total of 23.5 courses (94 units) is required for the degree; of these, 20.5 courses (82 units) must be graduate-level (200- and 400-series) courses. Only 12 units of 596 courses may be applied toward the total number of units for the degree and the minimum graduate course requirement.

Design for Theater and Entertainment (costume design, lighting design, scenic and production design, sound design, or production management). A total of 26 courses (104 units) is required for the degree; of these, 23.5 courses (94 units) must be graduate-level (200- and 400-series) courses. A maximum of 10 units of upper division courses and a maximum of 12 units of 596 courses may be applied toward the total number of units for the degree.

Directing. A total of 26.5 courses (106 units) is required for the degree; of these, 23.5 (94 units) must be graduate-level (200- and 400-series) courses. A maximum of 12 units of upper division courses and a maximum of 12 units of 596 courses may be applied toward the total number of units for the degree.

Playwriting. A total of 23.5 courses (94 units) is required for the degree; of these 20.5 (82 units) must be graduate-level (200- and 400-series) courses. A maximum of 12 units of upper division courses and a maximum of 12 units of 596 courses may be applied toward the total number of units for the degree.

Students are required to enroll in a minimum of 12 units per quarter. Required courses are scheduled to permit completion within a three-year period.

Specific course requirements for each program are available in the Student Services Office.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

For the Design for Theater and Entertainment, Directing, and Playwriting Programs, a professional internship experience associated with a theater, film, television or entertainment company is required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

The plan is satisfied by fulfilling a series of creative projects appropriate to student specializations. On completion of the final creative project or in the last quarter of residence, whichever is last, students must file for advancement to candidacy. The committee then reviews and evaluates students’ records. Student participation in the final review is at the discretion of the committee. If students fail the review and evaluation of their creative work by the examining committee, they may, with the approval of the department chair, be reexamined.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Normal progress toward the degree is for students to be enrolled in their specialized areas for a continuous period until all required courses are completed, typically seven to nine quarters. Maximum residency in these specializations is 12 quarters.

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).

Fully Employed M.B.A. Program

Admissions Requirements

Advising

Large and small group information sessions are offered to prospective applicants during the recruiting season, September through April; individual advising is done at the smaller information lunches and over the phone. For more information on advising, students should call the admission offices at (310)-825-2632.

Areas of Study

Core courses are in the following areas: economics, finance, decision sciences, operations, management organization, accounting, strategy and policy. Elective courses are offered in three broad tracks: finance, marketing, and general management. For more information students should consult the FEMBA program.

Course Requirements

Students in the FEMBA program choose, based on space availability, one of five class section formats: Section one classes meet all day Saturday; Section two classes meet all day Saturday; Section three classes meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings; Section four classes meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings; Section five classes meet in a hybrid model both on-campus and online. A traditional M.B.A. degree is awarded on completion of 80 units which are typically taken in a three-year period. Section schedules are subject to change.

The three required elements of the FEMBA program are the management core, the international management field study (Global Access Program), and the management electives.

Management Core. The management core consists of nine courses (34 units) on subjects basic to the practice of management. Student must maintain a 3.0 (B) overall average in the management core courses. Each class section completes core courses in a specified sequence.

International Field Study. The Global Access Program is the 10-unit, two-term field study project requirement in the third year of the FEMBA program. Teams of FEMBA students work with international client firms to create strategic business plans. Clients are typically high-growth, technology based companies seeking to expand into international markets, particularly, but not exclusively, into the United States. Students apply what they have learned from both their professional experience and their academic courses in a real world business environment.

Electives. The management electives requirement consists of 9 courses (36 units). The FEMBA program offers three broad elective tracks: finance, marketing, and general management. Students are not required to specialize in one track but may choose courses from the three tracks. Students take electives outside of their regular class section formats to permit a wider choice of courses.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

The comprehensive examination requirement is fulfilled by completing the two-quarter core course in field studies. Students should refer to course requirements listed above.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Students enrolled in the FEMBA program generally complete the degree within three years.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

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

Music

School of the Arts and Architecture

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Music offers the Master of Music (M.M.) degree, the Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree, and the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Music.

Admissions Requirements

Master of Arts

Advising

Students must plan a program under the guidance of a composition ladder faculty member, as assigned by the head of the composition faculty area. Students are required to contact their faculty adviser at the beginning of each quarter. When the student’s thesis committee is selected, the chair of that committee becomes the primary adviser. Students are advised to contact their faculty adviser at the beginning of every quarter in which they are enrolled.

An ongoing evaluation of each student’s progress toward the degree is made by the faculty adviser each quarter in consultation with the student. Any problems are reviewed by the faculty in composition. Students are responsible for checking that their official study list is correct.

Areas of Study

The department offers two specializations for the M.A. degree in the fields of composition and composition for visual media.

Foreign Language Requirement

For the composition specialization a reading knowledge of one foreign language is required. Students must select from French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Students whose native language is not English may use English as a foreign language. Students may fulfill the language requirement by completing three successive quarters of the regular undergraduate series or the 1G language study course with a grade of B (3.0) or better in each course or by passing the UCLA Foreign Language Placement Test in one of those languages, placing into level four or higher.

For the composition for visual media specialization there is no foreign language requirement.

Course Requirements

For the composition specialization students are required to complete a minimum of 48 units (normally 14 courses) of which 44 units (normally 13 courses) must be at the 200 level. Only four units of Music 596A may be applied toward the total unit requirement. No more than four units of all types of 500-series courses may be applied toward the minimum graduate course requirement. Music 598 serves to guide the preparation of the thesis and should normally be taken during the last quarters of residence; however, this course cannot be applied to the minimum course requirements for the degree.

Required courses are Music 251, 252 (for 16 units), 253, 254, 255 and 256; three quarters of Music M201/Musicology M201; and one upper division or graduate elective course (at least four units) chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty adviser. Students also are required to complete Music 290 during their first year of residency. In addition to the thesis, students are expected to produce other works involving both instrumental and vocal music for both solo and ensemble forces. Furthermore, students are responsible for the campus presentation of one original work during each year of residency.

For the composition for visual media specialization, students are required to complete a minimum of 46 units (normally 11 courses), of which 30 units (normally seven courses) must be at the 200 level. Only four units of Music 596A may be applied toward the total unit requirement. No more than four units of all type of 500-series courses may be applied toward the minimum graduate course requirement. Upper division and/or graduate courses from the departments of Music, Musicology or Ethnomusicology as recommended by the student’s faculty adviser may be applied toward the elective requirement. Music 598 serves to guide the preparation of the thesis and normally should be taken during the last quarters of residence; however, this course cannot be applied to the minimum course requirement for the degree.

Required courses are Music C226, 251, 252, 253 and 260A-260B; a minimum of eight units of Film, Television and Digital Media courses from an approved list of courses (students should see the graduate adviser); and an additional eight units of electives chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty adviser. Students also are required to complete Music 290 during their first year of residency.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

None.

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.

The thesis is a work proposed by the student and approved by the composition and theory faculty. The membership of the committee is approved by the faculty before the committee nomination is submitted to the Graduate Division. The chair and second member of the committee normally are from the area of composition. The third member normally is from the area of performance or conducting.

Time to Degree

The normal progress toward the degree for full-time students with no deficiencies upon admission to graduate status is as follows:

a) From graduate admission to completion of required courses: four quarters.
b) From graduate admission to award of the degree: six quarters.

Master of Music

Advising

Students must plan a program under the guidance of the graduate adviser in their field of concentration. Students are required to contact their adviser at the beginning of each quarter. The graduate adviser for each area of specialization is assigned by the chair on a yearly basis. Students may contact the Student Services Office at the beginning of Fall Quarter for the name of their adviser.

An ongoing evaluation of each student’s progress toward the degree is made by the graduate adviser each quarter in consultation with the student. Any problems are reviewed by the faculty in the student’s area of specialization. Students are responsible for checking URSA to be sure their official study list is correct.

Areas of Study

The department offers the M.M. degree in all classical solo instruments, voice, jazz performance, collaborative piano, and conducting. Degrees in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and systematic musicology are offered through other departments.

Foreign Language Requirement

There is no uniform language requirement. Students in voice, collaborative piano, and choral conducting must demonstrate their proficiency in a foreign language by passing a departmental examination in German, French, Italian, or Spanish. This requirement may also be satisfied by completing three quarters of foreign language instruction in the same language or the 1G language study course with a grade of B (3.0) or better, or by passing the UCLA Foreign Language Department Placement Test in one of those languages and being placed into level four or higher. Students specializing in repertoire where another language is vital may petition to use another language.

Course Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of 68 units, 16 of which must be at the 200 level, 40 units at the 400 level, and six units at the 500 level. Sixty-two of these units are specified below. With the exception of jazz performance (see specific requirements listed under Jazz Performance,) the remaining elective units must be from 200-, 400-, or 500-series courses. Music 595A serves to guide the preparation of the master’s recital and should normally be taken during the last quarter of residence. The department provides a maximum of six quarters of enrolled private instruction in instrumental/vocal performance; five quarters for jazz performance. If students do not complete the degree within that period and wish to continue instruction, they must do so at their own expense on a noncredit basis.

The course requirements are as follows:

Instrumental/Vocal Performance. A core of Music 202, 203, 204; one course from Music 261A through 261F; five quarters of 400-level performance instruction; three quarters of 400-level performance organizations utilizing the student’s major instrument; two quarters of Music C485; one quarter of Music 595A; and six additional units of coursework (selected with advisement) from Music 261A through 261F, C267, 270E, 270F, 401, 596D, courses in pedagogy, Musicology 250, Ethnomusicology 271, 273, 275, 279 or other appropriate graduate courses selected with advisement. Orchestral string players must taken three additional terms of Music C481, which may be counted toward the elective units. Keyboard specialists must take three additional quarters of Music C485 in lieu of the performance organization requirement and must collaborate with at least one vocalist or vocal ensemble, one wind player or wind ensemble, and one string player or small string ensemble.

Jazz Performance. A core of Music 202, 203, 204; 261J; five quarters of Music 466 – jazz performance instruction; six quarters of Music 486 – jazz performance ensemble; one quarter of Music 595A; and four additional units of upper division or graduate coursework (selected with advisement) from Ethnomusicology, Music, or Musicology.

Collaborative Piano. A core of Music 202, 203, 204; one course from Music 261A through 261F; five quarters of 400-level performance instruction; two quarters of Music C458; two quarters of Music C455; one quarter of Music C450; one quarter of 400-level performance organization; one quarter of Music 595A; and four additional units of coursework (selected with advisement) from Music 261A through 261F, C267, 270E, 270F, 401, 596D, courses in pedagogy, Musicology 250, Ethnomusicology 271, 273, 275, 279 or other appropriate graduate courses selected with advisement.

Conducting . A core of Music 202, 203, 204; one course from Music 261A through 261F; five quarters of 400-level conducting instruction; three quarters of 400-level performance organizations utilizing the student’s major instrument; two quarters of Music C485; Music 595A; and six additional units of coursework (selected with advisement) from Music 261A through 261F, C267, 270E, 270F, 401, 596D, courses in pedagogy, Musicology 250, and Ethnomusicology 271, 273, 275, 279 or other appropriate graduate courses selected with advisement. Conducting students may substitute two additional quarters of 400-level performance organizations for the C485 requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

After completing one year of coursework and three quarters of performance/conducting instruction, students must submit the program for the master’s recital for approval. Upon approval of this program, students may book a campus facility for the recital and request that a master’s committee be formed. The committee consists of the student’s master teacher and two other department faculty in related areas of instruction. Two of the three committee members must be full-time Senate faculty. The committee oversees the preparation of the recital and adjudicates the recital itself.

Master’s Recital. Students present a final master’s recital. If, in the opinion of a student’s master teacher, the student is not prepared to present a recital at the level of what is normally expected of a student who completes the M.M. degree, the recital may be postponed. An audio tape of the recital is archived in the Music Library.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

The normal progress toward the degree for full-time students with no deficiencies upon admissions is as follows:

(a) From graduate admission to completion of required courses: six quarters.

(b) From graduate admission to award of the degree: six quarters (nine quarter maximum).

Doctoral Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy

Advising

Students must plan a program under the head of the composition faculty who serves as the faculty adviser. Students are required to contact their adviser at the beginning of each quarter.

An ongoing evaluation of students’ progress toward the degree is made by the faculty adviser each quarter in consultation with the student. Any problems are reviewed by the faculty in composition. Students are responsible for checking URSA to be sure their official study list is correct.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

The department offers the Ph.D. degree in the field of composition, composition for visual media and in the field of composition with a cognate in ethnomusicology.

Foreign Language Requirement

A reading knowledge of two foreign languages is required. Students must select from German, French, Italian, Latin, Russian, or Spanish. Students whose native language is not English may use English or their native language as one of the foreign languages; the other language must be selected from the above group of languages. Students who elect a cognate in ethnomusicology may petition to substitute a language related to their area of research for one of the required languages. Students may fulfill the language requirement by completing three successive quarters of the regular undergraduate series or the 1G language study course with a grade of B (3.0) or better in each course or by passing the UCLA Foreign Language Department Placement Test in one of those languages, placing into level four or higher.

Course Requirements

Students may petition to their area on the advice of their faculty adviser for exemption from specific requirements on the basis of equivalent work done at the M.A. level. If students are in the program in composition with the cognate in ethnomusicology and have had no prior coursework in ethnomusicology, they are required to take Ethnomusicology 20A-20B-20C. They are also encouraged to participate in the ethnomusicology performance organizations (Ethnomusicology 91A through 91Z and 161A through 161Z).

Students may complete the residency requirement by taking 100- or 200- series courses as recommended by the faculty adviser.

Required courses for the Ph.D. degree in composition are one course in Musicology at the 200 level whose topic covers some aspect of music after 1900, excluding performance practice seminars; three quarters of Music M201/Musicology M201; Music 204, 251, 252 for 24 units, 253, 254, 255, and 256. To satisfy the breadth area requirement, students must take two additional graduate research seminars from the department of Musicology (not including performance practice seminars) or Ethnomusicology, or from another outside department, chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty adviser. Students also are required to complete Music 290 during their first year of residency. Students who received the M.A. degree in composition from UCLA take a minimum of one additional quarter of Music 290.

Students who received the M.A. degree in composition from UCLA are required to take an additional 12 units of Music 252 in the Ph.D. program in composition. Students who received the M.A. degree in composition elsewhere are required to take 24 units of Music 252.

In addition to the dissertation, students are expected to produce other works involving both instrumental and vocal music for both solo and ensemble forces. Furthermore, students are responsible for the campus presentation of one original work during each year of residency.

Cognate in Ethnomusicology. Students may substitute Ethnomusicology 201 for Music 204 and Ethnomusicology 282 or 283 for Music 253.

Required courses for the Ph.D. degree in composition for visual media are three quarters of Music M201/Musicology M201; Music 204, 226, 251, 252 for 12 units, 253, 255, 256, 260A, 260B, and three graduate seminars from the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty adviser. To satisfy the breadth area requirement, students must take two additional graduate seminars from the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty adviser. Students also are required to complete Music 290 during their first year of residency. Students who received the M.A. degree in composition for visual media from UCLA take a minimum of one additional quarter of Music 290, an additional three quarters of 252, and two seminars in film studies offered by the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty adviser.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

For students in the Ph.D. degree in composition, the guidance committee normally consists of the faculty members who taught the following courses that the student completed: Music 254 or Music 255, Music 256, Musicology 200-level music after 1900; and of the student’s principal breadth adviser. For students in the Ph.D. degree in composition for visual media, the guidance committee normally consists of the faculty members who taught the following courses that the student completed: Music 255, Music 256, Music 260A or Music 260B; and of the student’s principal breadth adviser. The guidance committee consists of three ladder faculty. In the event that the manner in which the student completes the above courses results in a committee of four faculty members, one may be dropped. In the event that the manner in which the student completes the above courses results in a committee of two faculty members, one from the composition area must be added, in consultation with the faculty adviser.

When the student and the guidance committee believe the student is ready to take the qualifying examinations, the student should submit a schedule to the Student Services Office and the committee members listing the order in which the examinations are to be taken. Normally the four written examinations are spread over a two-week period but should be completed within three weeks. Repeat examinations may be scheduled in consultation with the guidance committee and after a stipulated period of time.

For students in the Ph.D. degree in composition, the written examinations consist of the following: (1) analysis of pre-1900 music; (2) analysis of post-1900 music; (3) topics in 20th-century music; and (4) the breadth area. For students in the Ph.D. degree in composition for visual media, the written examinations consist of the following: (1) analysis of pre-1900 music; (2) analysis of post-1900 music; (3) topics in music for visual media; and (4) the breadth area.

Upon successful completion of the written examinations, a departmental oral qualifying examination is scheduled. The oral examination consists of two parts: (1) defense of the written examinations before the guidance committee (listed above); and (2) a presentation of analyses of typically four compositions specified by the composition faculty in the previous year, before the composition faculty.

Written examinations ordinarily are taken in the first two weeks of Winter Quarter. The first departmental oral examination ordinarily is taken in the sixth or seventh week of Winter Quarter. Both examinations are scheduled in consultation with the guidance committee and with the Student Services Office. The second departmental oral examination ordinarily is scheduled by the composition faculty for the tenth week of Winter Quarter.

For students with a cognate in ethnomusicology, the dissertation composition should reflect the ethnomusicological area interests of the student and draw from a variety of traditional, classical, Western, and/or non-Western sources; a public reading of this composition is required. The monograph should deal with a cross-cultural, 20th-century work.

For composition for visual media students, the dissertation composition will be a newly-composed score for a new (student or commercial) film, to be chosen and approved from qualified film making schools, which the candidate’s committee must approve of before composition commences. The film would ideally be a feature, although a documentary of at least 30 minutes duration may be acceptable; the student must write at least 15 minutes of underscore accepted by the director and included in the final mix. The written dissertation monograph will be an essay on some aspect of film composition, related to the thesis dissertation film or on an unrelated film music subject, approved by the candidate’s committee. A public screening of the completed thesis dissertation film is required.On completion of the departmental qualifying examinations and the second language, the student may submit the dissertation topic and request for a doctoral committee for approval. The dissertation topic and the composition of the doctoral committee are approved by the faculty before he committee nomination is submitted to the Graduate Division. Once the committee is formally appointed the student is eligible to 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 Dissertation)

Required for all students in the program.

Time-to-Degree

Progress toward the degree for full-time students with no deficiencies upon admission to graduate status, is as follows:

(a) From graduate admission to admission to the doctoral program (approval of the Form I): four quarters.

(b) From graduate admission to departmental written and oral qualifying examinations: six quarters.

(d) From advancement to candidacy to final oral examination: four quarters.

(e) From graduate admission to award of the degree: 12 quarters.

Doctor of Musical Arts

Advising

Students must plan a program under the guidance of the faculty adviser in their field of concentration. Students are required to contact their adviser at the beginning of each quarter. The faculty adviser for each area of specialization is assigned by the chair on a yearly basis. Students may contact the Student Services Office at the beginning of Fall Quarter for the name of their adviser.

An ongoing evaluation of students’ progress toward the degree is made by the graduate adviser each quarter in consultation with the student. Any problems are reviewed by the faculty in students’ areas of specialization. Students are responsible for checking URSA to be sure their official study list is correct.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

The department offers the D.M.A. degree in all classical solo instruments, voice, collaborative piano, and conducting.

Foreign Language Requirement

A reading knowledge of one foreign language from German, French, Italian, or Spanish is required. Students may fulfill this requirement by passing a departmental examination. This requirement may also be satisfied by completing three quarters of UCLA foreign language instruction in the same language or the 1G language study course with a grade of B (3.0) or better or by passing the UCLA Foreign Language Department Placement Test in one of those languages, placing into level four or higher. Students specializing in repertoire where another language is vital may petition to use another language. This requirement must be completed by the end of the student’s second year of residency.

Students in voice, collaborative piano, and choral conducting must demonstrate reading proficiency in a second language by one of the means listed above.

Course Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of 98 units, 24 of which must be at the 200 level, 60 units at the 400 level, and 10 units at the 500 level. Ninety-four of these units are specified below. The elective must be from 200-, 400-, or 500-series courses. Music 599 serves to guide the preparation of the dissertation and should normally be taken during the final year of residence. Students who received the M.M. degree at UCLA are expected to complete at least 28 additional units and two recitals beyond the M.M. requirements, subject to the specific requirements of their area of specialization. The department provides a maximum of nine quarters of enrolled private instruction in performance. Students who were admitted to the program with a master’s degree from another institution may petition for up to a year of private lessons (18 units) and 12 units of academic courses to be applied to D.M.A. requirements.

The requirements for the D.M.A. degree are:

Instrumental/Vocal Performance. A core of Music 202, 203, 204; three courses from Music 261A through 261F; eight quarters of 400-level performance instruction; three quarters of Music C485; one quarter of Music 401, 595B, and 599; the appropriate course from Music 469, 471; one additional course from Music 261A through 261F, C267, 270E, 270F, 596D, additional courses in pedagogy, Musicology 250, and Ethnomusicology 271, 273, 275, 279 or other appropriate graduate courses selected with advisement. Keyboard specialists are required to collaborate with at least one vocalist or vocal ensemble, one wind player or small ensemble, and one string player or small string ensemble within the context of the Music C485 requirement.

Collaborative Piano. A core of Music 202, 203, 204; three courses from Music 261A through 261F; eight quarters of 400-level performance instruction; one quarter of Music C455 and C458; one quarter of 400-level performance organization; one quarter of Music 401, 595B, and 599; the appropriate course from Music 469, 471; one addition course from Music 261A through 261F, C267, 270E, 270F, 596D, additional courses in pedagogy, Musicology 250, and Ethnomusicology 271, 273, 275, 279 or other appropriate graduate courses selected with advisement.

Conducting. A core of Music 202, 203, 204; three courses from Music 261A through 261F; eight quarters of 400-level conducting instruction; three quarters of 400-level chamber ensembles; one quarter of Music 401, 595B, and 599; one course from Music 469, 471; one additional course from Music 261A through 261F, C267, 270E, 270F, 596D, courses in pedagogy, Musicology 250, 596, Ethnomusicology 271, 273, 275, 279 or other appropriate graduate courses selected with advisement. Conducting students may substitute three quarters of 400-level performance organizations for the C485 requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Two preliminary recitals are required; they will be overseen by the department’s Graduate Committee for Performance. The first-year recital is a standard program and is normally performed on campus. The second-year entrepreneurial recital is an individual project in public performance and is performed outside the UCLA campus. All scheduling, publicity, program notes, and ticketing must be arranged by the student without assistance from the supervising instructor.

Departmental written and oral qualifying examinations are required. The written examination requires the student to bring together the material covered in the core course sequence of Music 202, 203, 204, one of the performance practice seminars, and other relevant coursework in the research for and writing of a scholarly essay on a given work or topic. Students choose the historical era of the examination; they do not know the work or topic beforehand. This examination is graded by the Graduate Committee and the student’s master teacher. The oral examination with the student’s doctoral committee consists of a discussion/demonstration of portions of the relevant works on the final recital program (including the New Music Forum premier work ) and a defense of the dissertation topic and its relationship to the final recital (the University Oral Qualifying Examination).

After the entrepreneurial recital is passed and the foreign language requirement is met, the student may schedule the written qualifying examination and submit the request for a doctoral committee and the proposal for the dissertation. Upon successful completion of the written examination, the proposed program for the final recital is submitted.

The final doctoral recital (a full professional recital of approximately 60 minutes of music) and lecture, a formal lecture open to the public on the subject of the dissertation, take place well after students take the second examination, the University Oral Qualifying Examination.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy upon 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

The normal progress toward the degree for full-time students with no deficiencies upon admission to the D.M.A. program is as follows:

(a) From admission to the written qualifying examinations: six quarters

(b) From admission to the oral qualifying examinations: seven quarters

(d) From admission to the award of the degree: nine quarters (minimum of six; maximum of 12)

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 in the student’s area; (3) inadequate progress toward the degree as recommended by the student’s area; or (4) denial of the Form I.

In all cases, the student’s academic progress is discussed in depth by the council or committee 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 area for consideration.

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