Program Requirements for Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

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Program Requirements for Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

School of Medicine

Graduate Degrees

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

Admission

Program Name

Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Applicants may apply to the Ph.D. program either directly or through UCLA Access to Programs in the Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences

Address

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
23-120 CHS
650 Charles E. Young Drive
Box 951735
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1735

Phone

(310) 825-0390

Email

efitch@mednet.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.S., Ph.D.

The Molecular and Medical Pharmacology department admits only applicants whose objective is Ph.D.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

December 28th

GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: General

Letters of Recommendation

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants must have received a bachelor’s degree in a biological or physical science or in the premedical curriculum.

M.S.: The M.S. degree in Molecular and Medical Pharmacology is offered only under special circumstances; for example, to those who already have a doctoral degree in another field and who wish to obtain additional training in pharmacology, or to students who are already in the program and, for some reason, cannot continue for the Ph.D.

Ph.D.: Prerequisite courses include basic biology, basic chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and laboratory. Courses in computer science, engineering, genetics, molecular biology, physical chemistry, and physics are encouraged. In suitable cases, students who have course deficiencies may be admitted to graduate status, but any deficiencies have to be removed within a specified time.

The Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology offers two M.D./Ph.D. Programs concurrently with the UCLA School of Medicine. One is the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) in which candidates are medical students that have been accepted into MSTP by the medical school in order to qualify. The second is the Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) Program in which candidates are post-M.D. housestaff (interns, residents, or fellows) who have been accepted into the STAR Program by its selection committee in order to qualify.

Master’s Degree

Advising

A graduate adviser is assigned for new entering graduate students or students in their first or second year of study. Students must obtain approval from this adviser for enrollment in courses each quarter. The adviser also is available to discuss their overall academic program. By the beginning of the second year, students choose a faculty sponsor to serve as their main adviser for thesis research.

To obtain the M.S. degree, the student must formally request approval by the graduate training committee. If approved, a guidance committee, proposed by the student and approved by the graduate training committee, reviews the thesis. None of the research conducted for the M.S. thesis may be applied to a Ph.D. degree at a later time.

Areas of Study

Consult the department.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

The M.S. degree requires satisfactory completion of the required courses as listed under Course Requirements for the Doctoral Degree, excluding three quarters of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology 200.

Teaching Experience

Seminar presentations are required of all students in the graduate program. Students may participate as teaching assistants in undergraduate, medical, or graduate courses.

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 M.S. degree requires satisfactory completion of a thesis.

Time-to-Degree

Consult the department.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

From the second year onward, students are required to submit an annual progress report that summarizes the progress made toward the dissertation research in the preceding 12 months. The report should not exceed two single-spaced pages and should include the following headings: title of project, original aims, summary of results, problems and obstacles that impeded progress, future plans, and abstracts and publications. A signature from the student’s mentor is required on the report. Failure to submit the progress report may result in suspension of the student’s stipend.

After advancement to candidacy and before the final oral examination, students are required to meet at least once annually with their doctoral committee. For this annual progress meeting, students are expected to give a presentation on their dissertation research. Students should be prepared to engage in a discussion with the committee members who will offer guidance on the progress and direction of the research project.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Cardiovascular pharmacology; chemical pharmacology; medical pharmacology; molecular imaging; molecular pharmacology; immuno-pharmacology; neuroendocrine pharmacology; neuropharmacology; psychopharmacology; nuclear medicine (positron emission tomography); pharmacokinetics; signal transduction; structural biology; toxicology; and virology.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Required: Molecular and Medical Pharmacology 200 (three quarters), 212A-212B, 237, 251 (must be taken every quarter), 291; Biological Chemistry CM253, CM267A-M267B.

Recommended Electives: Molecular and Medical Pharmacology 211A-211B, M241, M248, M255, 288; Molecular Biology 298; a course in biostatistics.

These requirements are waived for students who have passed equivalent courses with grades of B or better within the past 36 months. Students are required to maintain a grade-point average of 3.0 in all coursework and to achieve grades of B or better in all molecular and medical pharmacology courses. One grade of less than B in a required molecular and medical pharmacology course results in probationary status; the course must be repeated with a grade of B or better; two grades of less than B result in recommendation to the graduate dean for dismissal. A single grade below B in any of the other required courses results in probationary status as well. Any student with two grades less than B in any of the non-molecular and medical pharmacology courses is considered by the graduate training committee for dismissal. A total of three grades below B in any of the required courses results in recommendation to the graduate dean for dismissal.

All required coursework should be completed by the end of the sixth quarter.

The department provides a system of laboratory rotations (Molecular and Medical Pharmacology 200) in order to familiarize students with a variety of pharmacological research areas and techniques. During the first year in the department, students participate in projects of the laboratories of their choosing. Students also become familiar with the literature relevant to the various research projects and thus establish a basis for the selection of their own research areas.

Students must submit a report on their activities at the end of each quarter of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology 200 to research advisers. The report should include the nature of the project, how the student participated, the results obtained, and a critical evaluation of the project. A copy of this report and an evaluation form by the research adviser are submitted to the graduate training committee. A report on the student and the final grade are also submitted to the committee by the research adviser.

For students entering through UCLA ACCESS, required courses include Molecular and Medical Pharmacology 237, 251 (each term after entering a pharmacology laboratory for dissertation research), Biological Chemistry CM253 and CM267; Molecular Biology 297. Recommended electives include Molecular and Medical Pharmacology 211A-211B, 212A-212B, 234A, M248, M255, 288; Biological Chemistry CM248; Molecular Biology 298; a course in biostatistics. Students may use Molecular and Medical Pharmacology 200 or courses in other departments for the three required laboratory research rotations.

Examinations are given in all courses except seminars and research. These are in the form of written examinations, oral examinations, term papers, and/or laboratory practicals.

Teaching Experience

Seminar presentations are required of all students in the graduate program. Students may participate as teaching assistants in undergraduate, medical, or graduate courses. Students entering through ACCESS are required to serve as teaching assistants for two quarters either in the Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Department or in other departments on campus.

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.

Within six months after completing all required courses, students are required to take and pass a written qualifying examination and the University Oral Qualifying Examination in order to advance to doctoral candidacy. The examinations are administered by the student’s doctoral committee, which must be appointed in advance by the Graduate Division. The examinations test for a rational, analytical approach to problem solving and for ability to integrate material learned in different courses. Students are required to know basic principles of pharmacology and the status of topics of current interest in pharmacology. Specifically, the written examination consists of submitting a written research proposal to the student’s doctoral committee, at least one week before the proposed date of the University Oral Qualifying Examination. The research proposal must be written according to the NIH grant application format, with a maximum length of 10 pages, excluding references. The University Oral Qualifying Examination consists of defending the proposal to the doctoral committee.

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

(1) Students must select a major professor by the beginning of the second academic year.

(2) Students must take the written and oral qualifying examinations by the end of the second academic year.

(3) The time to final completion of the graduate program is expected to be 15 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

A student’s progress is evaluated on performance in coursework and on the qualifying examinations. Performance on the examinations is graded Pass, Fail and Deferral. Deferral means that a student is asked to repeat some part or all of the examination. If a student receives a Fail, the student may appeal the decision in writing to either the Graduate Training Committee or the departmental chair. The written appeal is reviewed by either the Graduate Training Committee or an ad hoc committee within the department.

Program Requirements for Classics (Greek)

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Classics

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

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

Greek

Admission

Program Name

Greek

Address

100 Dodd Hall
Box 951417
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417

Phone

(310) 206-1590

Email

classics@humnet.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.A.

Classics does not admit students whose final degree objective is the master’s degree.

Admission Limited to

Fall, Winter, Spring

Deadline to apply

January 15th

GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: General

Letters of Recommendation

3, normally from previous instructors in Classics

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose and a writing sample (research paper).

Applicants are expected to hold a UCLA B.A. degree or the equivalent degree from another university, preferably with a major in Classics, Greek or Latin, and a grade-point average of at least 3.0 in the major.

Master’s Degree

Advising

All students in the M.A. programs are supervised by the department’s graduate adviser, a member of the regular departmental faculty. Students are required to consult the graduate adviser (or the department chair when the graduate adviser is unavailable) at the beginning of each quarter to plan their programs, and as needed to discuss changes in programs, and are required to notify the graduate adviser of plans for examinations. Students also should consult with the adviser about problems they are experiencing in the program. Twice during each academic year, the graduate adviser conducts a review of all graduate students at a full departmental faculty meeting. The results of the review are recorded in the departmental minutes. At the end of each academic year, the substance of the evaluation of each individual student is communicated in writing to the student by the graduate adviser within 30 days.

Areas of Study

The department offers the M.A. degree in Classics (Greek and Latin) as a preliminary to the Ph.D. degree. The program that leads to an M.A. degree in Classics is considered the first step toward the Ph.D. degree in Classics. The M.A. degree in Greek may be awarded to students whose academic goals shift during the course of graduate study.

Foreign Language Requirement

In addition to taking courses in Greek, students must demonstrate proficiency in German, French, or Italian, either by passing German 5, French 5, or Italian 5 at UCLA (or an equivalent course) with a minimum grade of B, or by passing a one-hour written translation examination administered by the department.

Course Requirements

The courses presented for the Classics M.A. degree must include (1) four units of Classics 287, (2) Greek or Latin 210, (3) two courses from Greek 200A-200B-200C and two courses from Latin 200A-200B-200C, and (4) three four-unit graduate seminars (two-unit seminars may not be counted). Students must receive a grade of B or better in each of the above courses. Students presenting (1) Classics 287, (2) Greek 210, and (3) two courses from Greek 200A-200B-200C may apply for a Greek M.A. degree. The four-unit 200A-200B-200C courses test the appropriate part of the departmental reading lists. The remaining courses are to be selected in consultation with the graduate adviser. No 500-series courses may be applied toward the requirements for the M.A. degree. No 500-series courses may be applied toward the requirements for the M.A. degree.

Teaching Experience

Consult the department.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

The department follows the comprehensive examination plan. Students take an examination in each of the two courses from Greek 200A-200B-200C and each of the two courses from Latin 200A-200B-200C that are required for the M.A. degree. Students must earn a grade of B+ or better on each of these four examinations in order qualify for a terminal M.A. degree or to be admitted to the Ph.D. program. Students who elect to receive an M.A. degree in Greek take an examination in all three of Greek 200A-200B-200C, and must earn a grade of B+ or better on each of these examinations.

Essay Requirement

As part of the requirements for this plan, students also submit a revised seminar paper in Winter Quarter of their second year. A student must receive a grade of at least A- on this paper in order to qualify for a terminal M.A. degree or to be admitted to the Ph.D. program. In consultation with a faculty mentor, the student revises a paper previously submitted in a seminar in the M.A. program. A committee of two faculty members evaluates the revised paper. Shortly after submitting this paper in Winter or Spring Quarter of the second year, the student presents it at a departmental seminar and leads discussion on relevant bibliography agreed upon with the faculty mentor. Students who elect to receive an M.A. degree in Greek also must satisfy the essay requirement.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Adequately prepared students taking a normal course load of three courses per quarter are expected to complete the M.A. degree in six quarters. Entering students whose initial level of preparation is not fully adequate will be allowed one or two quarters to remedy deficiencies before beginning the regular M.A. program. Students serving as teaching assistants (normally not in the first year of study) are permitted to count the required course 375 as one of the three courses constituting the normal load per quarter.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be recommended for termination for failure to correct deficiencies in performance the term following notification of these deficiencies by the graduate adviser. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination by the graduate adviser to the departmental faculty.

Program Requirements for Latin American Studies

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Latin American Studies

Interdepartmental Degree Program
College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Latin American Studies Program offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Latin American Studies.

Admission

Program Name

Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies is an interdepartmental program. Interdepartmental programs provide an integrated curriculum of several disciplines.

Address

10373 Bunche Hall
Box 951487
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1487

Phone

(310) 206-6571

Email

idpgrads@international.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.A.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

December 15th

GRE (General and/or Subject), TWE

GRE: General

Letters of Recommendation

3, from academics, unless the applicant has been away from school for some time, in which case one of the letters may be from an employer.

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose discussing the applicant’s background in Latin American Studies, proposed program of study, and future career plans. An applicant may also choose to submit an optional resume or curriculum vitae describing both academic and Latin American experience.

A bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies constitutes the normal basis for admission to the M.A. program. Applicants with a degree in another field can be admitted but must complete certain undergraduate prerequisites subsequent to admission. Applicants with Latin American field experience or special methodological studies background are given special consideration. All applicants should meet minimum requirements in at least one language of Latin America.

Several options are available to combine the M.A. in Latin American Studies with a professional degree. After acceptance by both the Latin American Studies Program and the respective professional school, students may pursue both degrees simultaneously.

Latin American Studies, M.A./Urban Planning, M.A..

The Latin American Studies Program and the Department of Urban Planning offer a two and one-half to three-year concurrent degree program leading to an MA degree in each program. Issues related to migration and settlement, comparative urbanization, human resources development and distribution, and rural economics are all of direct concern to planners and other policymakers working in Latin America. The program provides an integrated curriculum through which students can develop professional knowledge and skills while receiving advanced area studies and language training.

Program and the graduate adviser in the Department of Urban Planning.

Management, M.B.A./Latin American Studies, M.A.

The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management and the Latin American Studies Program jointly sponsor a three-year concurrent degree program designed for individuals preparing for careers in international management with a special focus on the Latin American region. Establishment of the program was predicated on the belief that individuals employed in the area of international business and management are better equipped to meet the challenges of their employment with complementary preparation in language and regional studies. Application materials should be requested separately from both schools.

Latin American Studies, M.A./Education, M.Ed.

The Department of Education and the Latin American Studies Program offer an articulated degree program which allows students to combine study for the M.A. in Latin American Studies and the M.Ed., with an emphasis in curriculum. Articulated programs do not allow course credit to be applied toward more than one degree. This program is not currently accepting applications.

Latin American Studies, M.A./ Information Studies, M.L.I.S.

The M.L.I.S./M.A. Latin American Studies is an articulated degree program of the Department of Information Studies and the Latin American Studies Program. The student can obtain two degrees: the M.L.I.S. and the M.A. in Latin American Studies. Further details may be obtained from the graduate adviser in the Latin American Studies Program and the graduate adviser in the Department of Information Studies.

Latin American Studies, MA/Public Health, MPH

The School of Public Health and the Latin American Studies Program have arranged an articulated degree program, organized to permit specializations within the MA. And the MPH degrees, with the award of both degrees after approximately three years of graduate study. Qualified students apply to the graduate adviser of the Latin American Studies MA degree program and to a relevant area of public health, such as (1) environmental and nutritional sciences, (2) epidemiology, (3) health education, (4) population and family health.

Potential applicants should contact the Graduate Adviser, Latin American Studies, and/or the Public Health/Latin American Studies Articulated Degree Program Adviser, School of Public Health.

Master’s Degree

Advising

Academic advising is provided by the chair of the program and the Student Affairs Coordinator, who assists in program counseling, preparation of student petitions, and processing of student records. A faculty adviser meets with entering students individually to develop a program of study with academic coherence and vigor based on their proposed fields of specialization.

Areas of Study

Students are expected to develop and integrate two or three fields in Latin American studies, to be selected from the following: anthropology; art history; economics; education; engineering; folklore; geography; history; information studies; law; linguistics; management; music; political science; Portuguese; public health; sociology; Spanish; theater arts; and urban planning. At least one of the chosen fields must be a social science.

Foreign Language Requirement

Proficiency equivalent to 24 quarter units of university-level Spanish and 12 quarter units of university-level Portuguese or 16 quarter units of university-level Portuguese and 20 units of university-level Spanish is required. Only coursework taken within five years of the award of the M.A. degree may be used to demonstrate current proficiency. Since these courses may not be applied toward the M.A. degree, students are encouraged to pass these proficiency levels by examination. Degree candidates who completed their language training five years prior to their advancement to candidacy must demonstrate their current proficiency by examination. A major Indian language of Latin America may be substituted for either Spanish or Portuguese. Students must fulfill the foreign language requirements by examination or petition for a waiver of the examination if they have gained competency in another manner (i.e., native speaker, upper division coursework, Peace Corps service).

Course Requirements

Latin American Studies 205 is a core course required of all M.A. students, to be taken during the first Fall Quarter in residence. All courses must be selected from the department-approved list of courses. Other courses must be petitioned in advance. Courses numbered in the 300 and 400 series are not applicable toward the M.A. degree. Graduate courses may be repeated unless they are of the lecture type. No more than eight units of 500-series courses may be applied toward the total course requirement for the M.A. degree; no more than four units may be applied toward the minimum five graduate courses required for the M.A. degree.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

A minimum of nine courses is required, eight of which are to be distributed among three fields or disciplines on a 3-3-2 basis or among two fields on a 4-4 basis. Of the nine courses, five must be at the graduate level, with at least one in each of the three fields.

The examination requirement is fulfilled by the submission of three research papers written for at least two of the three fields included as part of the student’s program of study. At least two of these papers must have been submitted for graduate courses in the 200 series. The papers are evaluated by a three-member faculty committee representing the degree candidate’s three fields or both fields if the candidate is doing only two fields. Two positive votes among the three-member faculty examination committee constitute a pass. The committee evaluates the papers in the following terms: honor pass (a unanimous vote); pass; pass subject to revision of one or more of the research papers; or fail (majority vote). If two of the three members of the committee so request, an oral examination based on the papers may be required. When papers are passed subject to revision, one member of the committee is assigned the responsibility of working with the student on the revision, and determining when the paper has been satisfactorily revised. No reexaminations are permitted. The degree is awarded on recommendation of the faculty committee. Copies of the papers are filed in the Latin American Studies Academic Programs Office.

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.

A minimum of 10 courses is required, nine of which are to be distributed on a 4-3-2 basis among three fields. Three graduate-level courses are required in the first field, with one each in the two minor fields.

Although students are generally expected to follow the M.A. comprehensive examination plan, in special cases they may be allowed to follow the M.A. thesis plan. The student must develop a carefully prepared proposal to be approved by the academic coordinator in consultation with the student’s faculty committee chair. To be approved, the proposal must provide sound justification for the thesis plan, including provisions for funding any field research.

Once the thesis plan option has been approved, the student chooses a three-member faculty thesis committee consisting of one professor from each of three disciplines, one of whom has already agreed to serve as chair. The thesis committee works closely with the student in the development, writing, and revision of the thesis and is responsible for reading, evaluating, and approving the drafts and final version of the thesis, ensuring thereby that it meets the University standards of scholarship. Once the final version is approved, the thesis committee recommends the award of the M.A. degree. By the end of the quarter before graduation, the student must file for advancement to candidacy with the Graduate Division.

Time-to-Degree

Full-time students with no deficiencies upon admission can expect to complete all requirements for the M.A. degree within four academic quarters. Students who undertake field research in conjunction with the thesis plan may take up to seven academic quarters.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A recommendation for termination is made by the interdepartmental degree program committee, in consultation with the academic coordinator and, when appropriate, the student’s M.A. committee. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination through submission of a letter to the chair of the interdepartmental degree program committee which is submitted to the entire committee for a final decision.

Program Requirements for Art History

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Art History

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

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

Admission

Program Name

Art History

Address

100 Dodd Hall
Box 951417
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417

Phone

(310) 825-3992

Email

vjohnson@humnet.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.A., Ph.D.

The department admits only applicants whose objective is the Ph.D.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

November 30th (postmark deadline for materials)

GRE (General and/or Subject), TWE

GRE: General

Letters of Recommendation

3, preferably from art historians. For the Ph.D., one of the letters must be a detailed letter of assessment and endorsement from the individual who served as the major adviser for the M.A.

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose (as specific as possible about the applicant’s interests in art history in approximately 400 words) and a curriculum vitae.

Ph.D.: A copy of the applicant’s M.A. thesis or, if no thesis was written, two 10 page, or one 20 page, research papers, and a completed language survey (available as a download from the Art History website).

Application materials cannot be returned or forwarded.

An M.A. in Art History is usually required for admission to the Ph.D. degree program. However, students with an M.A. degree in other disciplines may apply for admission. An M.A. in Art History from another institution may be accepted as equivalent to that from UCLA or the holder may be accepted into the program at a stage determined by the graduate review committee. All incoming Ph.D. students must show evidence of having taken and passed with a grade of B or better at least two courses (upper division and/or graduate) in areas not related to the proposed major.

Master’s Degree

Advising

The departmental graduate counselor is available for general and specific information about the degree program. Students are assigned an adviser upon admission to the program. The choice of adviser is determined by the student’s stated interests and faculty availability. Each adviser is responsible for the student’s course of study and completion of requirements within their own field. In addition, at least once each quarter students must consult the adviser regarding their overall course of study. A change of adviser(s) or change of field(s) must be approved by the Graduate Review Committee.

Areas of Study

There are 14 fields of study: African; American; Chinese; European, Greek and Roman; Indian and Southeast Asian; Islamic, Japanese; Korean; Latin American; medieval and Byzantine; modern and contemporary; pre-Columbian; and Renaissance and Baroque.

Foreign Language Requirement

A reading knowledge of one foreign language approved by the department is required for the M.A. degree. Students may not begin the fourth quarter of residence without having fulfilled this requirement.

Students of African, American, European, and Latin American art history must demonstrate reading fluency of French or German in any of the following ways: (1) by passing the departmental foreign language examination; (2) by enrolling in and completing with a minimum grade of B, French 5, German 6, Italian 5, and/or Spanish 25. Students of Italian art history may, with adviser consent, substitute Italian for French or German.

Students of Chinese or Japanese art history must demonstrate fluency of either Chinese or Japanese respectively. Students of South Asian, Southeast Asian, or Islamic art history must substitute an appropriate classical research language of South Asia, Southeast Asian, or the Islamic Middle East. The Asian or Islamic requirement is normally satisfied by enrolling in an appropriate course sequence for six consecutive quarters (normally beginning with the first quarter of graduate study) and by maintaining a grade of B or better in those courses. Details and/or exceptions must be worked out with the major adviser.

Students who fail to meet the language requirements are permitted to enroll only for the requisite language course until that requirement has been fulfilled. Examinations are scheduled four times a year, three weeks prior to finals week during the regular academic quarters, and approximately one week prior to instruction in Fall Quarter. Examination results are announced by the end of the last week of classes for the regular academic quarters, and by the last day to access URSA enrollment for the Fall quarter.

Course Requirements

Nine graduate and upper division courses (36 units) completed in graduate status are required for the M.A. degree. At least six of these courses (24 units) must be taken at the graduate level (200-series courses), including four graduate seminars. Students are required to complete Art History 200 with a grade of B+ or better. Art History 200 may be counted towards the total number of required graduate courses.

In addition, the nine required courses must satisfy the distribution requirement for the M.A. degree, including at least two courses from lists A and B below:

A: American; Greek and Roman; Latin American; medieval and Byzantine; modern and contemporary; Renaissance and Baroque.

B: African; Chinese; Indian and Southeast Asian; Islamic; Japanese; Korean; pre-Columbian.

Courses to be taken should be determined in consultation with the student’s major and minor advisers with the stipulation that progress toward the M.A. degree may not be impeded by requiring a course not offered at least once every two years.

Students who were admitted with coursework deficiencies must make up these deficiencies during the first two quarters of residence and may not apply such coursework toward the required courses for the degree. Instead of taking a course, the student may elect to substitute a competency examination in the area of deficiency.

By the end of the Fall quarter of their second year all students select one of their class essays to revise and expand for submission as a thesis and qualifying paper for admission to the doctoral program. Students then register for Art History 597 during Winter Quarter of the second year to work on their essay under the supervision of a ladder track faculty member who is usually the student’s adviser.

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.

During the Winter quarter of the second year, the chair of the Graduate Review Committee appoints two readers from the departmental faculty in addition to the student’s adviser to serve as the thesis committee. At least one of these appointees will have had no classroom experience with the student. For details on committee regulations, students should consult Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA, available on the Graduate Division website. Students and the major adviser must be in agreement on the members of the thesis committee.

The student selects a thesis topic in the major field. The thesis should deal succinctly with the topic in an independent, critical, and original fashion while taking fully into account the present state of research on the problem. The thesis must be clearly written, correctly documented, and illustrated, and must meet the minimum standards for formatting as set out by the Graduate Division Policies and Procedures for Thesis and Dissertation Preparation and Filing. The thesis should not exceed 40 pages in length and must be researched and written in consultation with the major adviser. If the thesis is rejected by one member of the committee, it may, at the request of the major adviser, be submitted to the Graduate Review Committee for final judgment; otherwise, the student is recommended for termination of graduate status.

All theses must be submitted to the departmental counselor by the first day of instruction in the Spring quarter. At this time the essays are distributed to the three committee members, who are required to submit a written evaluation to the department. At a special meeting called by the departmental chair, the faculty discuss these evaluations as well as the student’s overall academic performance. In most cases the faculty agree to award the M.A. degree and permit the student to continue for the Ph.D. degree. In some cases the faculty may recommend the student receive a terminal M.A. degree. If the faculty judge the thesis to be deficient, the student may be recommended for termination of graduate study.

Time-to-Degree

Completion of the requirements for the master’s degree is designed to meet requirements for admission to the departmental doctoral program. Students are expected to complete the requirements for the M.A. degree within six quarters of full-time study. Students who do not complete the degree requirements within this time frame will be recommended for termination of graduate study to the Graduate Division unless, by petition, the Graduate Review Committee grants an extension of time due to grave and unusual mitigating circumstances.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

At the time of application to the Ph.D. program, students select a major field of study within art history. By the end of the second quarter of residence, students select a minor field. These fields are registered on a form secured from and submitted to the graduate counselor, and must be signed by the graduate adviser. The faculty member responsible for the chosen minor field serves as the minor adviser, provided he or she consents to do so. Each adviser is responsible for the student’s course of study and completion of requirements within his or her field. In addition, the major adviser must be consulted regarding the student’s overall course of study at least once each quarter, and must approve and sign the program card. A change of adviser(s), and of either the major and/or minor field, must be approved by the Graduate Review Committee.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

There are twenty-three areas in three fields:

Field A: (1) Aegean; (2) American; (3) baroque; (4) Byzantine; (5) contemporary (post-1945); (6) 18th century; (7) Greek; (8) medieval; (9) 19th century; (10) Renaissance; (11) Roman; and (12) 20th century.

Field B: (13) African; (14) Chinese; (15) Indian; (16) Islamic; (17) Japanese; (18) Native North American; (19) oceanic; (20) pre-Columbian; (21) Southeast Asian; (22) Korean.

Field C: (23) critical theory.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students are normally required to demonstrate, no later than the time of the University Oral Qualifying Examination, reading fluency in one or more foreign languages in addition to those required for admission. The language requirement differs by field and area. The applicability of this requirement, the language(s) required, and the exact means of satisfying the requirement are determined in consultation with the major adviser.

Course Requirements

At the time of application to the Ph.D. program, the student selects a major field of study within art history; by the end of the second quarter of residence, an additional minor (or minors) is selected. The faculty member responsible for the minor serves as the minor adviser. The major and minor advisers are responsible for the student’s course of study and completion of requirements within the field. In addition, the major adviser must be consulted regarding the student’s overall course of study at least once each quarter. A change of adviser and of either the major or minor field must be approved by the Graduate Review Committee.

If a student enters the Ph.D. program deficient in Art History 200 or its equivalent, it must be added to the total requirements. In some cases, Art History 201 may also be required if recommended by the faculty adviser.

The department offers three options in the selection of majors and minors.

Option I

Major from Field A, areas 1-12 or Field B, areas 13-22 — five courses in one area.

Minor from Field A, areas 1-2 or Field B, areas 13-22 — three courses in one area other than the major field, or from Field C, three courses from area 23.

Option II

Major from Field A, areas 1-12 or Field B, areas 13-22 — five courses in one area.

Minor from an extra-departmental area such as history, anthropology, or film — three courses in one area.

Option III

Major from Field C, area 22 — four courses from Field C, area 23 plus four courses in one area from Field A, areas 1-12, or Field B, areas 13-22.

Minor from Field A, areas 1-12, or Field B, areas 13-22 — three courses in one area not chosen as part of the major or three courses in one area from an extra-departmental area.

For major/minor options I and II, a minimum total of eight graduate and upper division courses is required, of which at least four must be art history courses on the graduate (200 and 596) level. Of this total, at least two must be taken, and up to five may be taken, as extra-departmental upper division and/or graduate courses on approval of the major or minor advisers (where applicable).

For Option III, a minimum total of 11 graduate and upper division courses is required, of which at least four must be art history courses on the graduate (200 and 596) level. Of this total, at least two must be taken, and up to five may be taken, as extra-departmental upper division and/or graduate courses on approval of the major or minor advisers (where applicable).

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

After completion of coursework and language study, students must take the Ph.D. written qualifying examination to test breadth and depth of knowledge in the major and minor fields of study. If the examination is failed, or any part thereof, that portion may be repeated during the subsequent quarter of residence. No further repetition is allowed.

After passing the written qualifying examination, the student selects a dissertation topic. The members of the doctoral committee are then nominated, and the committee is appointed by the Graduate Division.

After submitting a dissertation proposal, the student then takes the University Oral Qualifying Examination, given by the doctoral committee. Assuming there is no more than one negative vote, the student becomes eligible to advance to candidacy.

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

From admission to the Ph.D. program: seven years.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

Master’s

If a thesis is rejected by one member of the committee, it may, at the request of the major adviser, be submitted to the Graduate Review Committee for final judgment; otherwise the student is recommended for termination.

Doctoral

The Ph.D. written qualifying examination may be repeated once. If failed the second time, the student is recommended for termination. Appeals of recommendation for termination are submitted to the graduate counselor for referral to the Graduate Review Committee.

Program Requirements for Chicana and Chicano Studies

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Chicana and Chicano Studies

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Chicana and Chicano Studies.

Admission

Program Name

Chicana and Chicano Studies

Address

7349 Bunche Hall
Box 951559
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1559

Phone

(310) 206-7695

Email

gradadvisor@chavez.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.A., Ph.D.

The department admits only applicants whose objective is the PhD.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

December 15th

GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: General

Letters of Recommendation

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are required to submit a personal statement and a writing sample. Evidence of creative work relevant to the degree program may also be included.

Master’s Degree

Advising

The vice chair for graduate studies is assigned as provisional adviser to all incoming M.A. students until a permanent faculty adviser is selected in the second year. The faculty adviser assists students with planning their program of study. Students are expected to meet with their faculty adviser at least once a quarter, usually at the beginning of the quarter to have their enrollment plan approved. The student affairs officer provides assistance with policy and procedure.

Areas of Study

Students are expected to master one interdisciplinary area of study from among the following: 1) border and transnational studies; 2) expressive arts; 3) history, culture, and language of the Americas; and 4) labor, law, and policy studies.

Foreign Language Requirement

Reading fluency in Spanish is required. Students may satisfy the language requirement in one of the following ways: 1) satisfactory completion of two years of coursework at the University level; or 2) passing a language proficiency examination deemed appropriate by the department. It is recommended that this requirement be met in the first year of graduate work.

Course Requirements

Completion of the M.A. degree requirements is required for the Ph.D. degree program; the M.A. program is not a terminal or stand-alone degree program. Students must successfully complete a total of 36 units (normally nine courses), all for a letter grade. Of the 36 units, 28 must be completed at the graduate level. Up to eight units of upper division courses may be applied to the 36-unit requirement. One 500-series course (up to four units) may be applied toward the 36-unit requirement.

Required courses:

Chicana/o Studies 200 and 201 to be taken in the first year.
One graduate methodology course in the first area of study.
Three seminars, one of which may be an upper division course, in the first area of study.
Eight elective units (two courses) may be an upper division course or taken outside the department.
Four units of Chicana/o Studies 598 (master’s thesis research) or 597 (examination preparation).

Teaching assistants may enroll in Chicana/o Studies 495 when they receive their first teaching appointment and must enroll in Chicana/o Studies 375 each quarter in which they hold a teaching appointment. Neither of these courses may be counted toward the degree requirements.

Because University of California policy specifies that courses already applied to a graduate degree cannot be applied to another, students who enter the program with a previously earned M.A. degree will be required, at a minimum, to take the structured core of two required graduate courses: Chicana/o Studies 200 and 201. It is recommended that students who already have a master’s degree take all of the required courses in the first year of graduate study.

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

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Required for some areas of study. Students should consult the department for more information.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

Students may choose to take a comprehensive examination that consists of a series of essay questions designed to demonstrate the student’s knowledge of theories and methods in the field of Chicana/o Studies, and their ability to apply these ideas to their chosen area of study. Students may enroll in Chicana/o Studies 597 (examination preparation) while preparing for the examination. The examination is developed and administered by the student’s faculty adviser, and evaluated by the adviser and either the department chair or vice-chair for graduate studies. A grade of B or better is required for successful completion of the master’s comprehensive examination.

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.

Students may choose to complete a master’s thesis relevant to their chosen area of study. The thesis should be submitted at the end of the second year, but no later than Spring Quarter of the third year. Students must enroll in Chicana/o Studies 598 (thesis research) under the guidance of the faculty adviser. Students should consult Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA for the policy on thesis committee membership. The department requires an outside member. The committee must be appointed no later than Fall Quarter of the student’s second year. The thesis is evaluated by the committee on a pass/no pass basis.

Time-to-degree

Full-time students are expected to complete the requirements for the master’s degree within two years (six quarters) of registration.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

The vice chair for graduate studies is assigned as provisional adviser to all incoming students until a permanent faculty adviser is selected in the second year. After completing coursework for the Ph.D. degree but before taking the University Oral Qualifying Examination, students submit a nomination of doctoral committee that requires approval of the department and appointment by the Graduate Division. The doctoral committee is responsible for supervision, review, and approval of the doctoral dissertation. The student affairs officer provides assistance with policy and procedure.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Doctoral students are expected to specialize in two area of study from among the following: 1) border and transnational studies; 2) expressive arts; 3) history, culture, and language of the Americas; and 4) labor, law, and policy studies.

Foreign Language Requirement

Reading fluency in Spanish is the minimum requirement. The foreign language requirement is typically completed in the first year of graduate study, but must be completed before the student is allowed to take the University Oral Qualifying Examination and advance to candidacy.

Course Requirements

Doctoral students are required to complete a total of 16 units (generally four courses) in addition to the course requirements for the M.A. degree. These 16 units are to be completed in the second area of study. Competency in the two areas of study is expected by the time doctoral coursework is completed. Students are required to complete one graduate methodology course related to the second area of study and three seminars in the second area of study, one of which may be taken outside the department.

Teaching Experience

Doctoral students are expected to fulfill at least one year of teaching experience as teaching assistants in the department.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

The written qualifying examination consists of two parts. Part one covers the student’s general knowledge of the history of the field of Chicana/o Studies. Part two covers the student’s two chosen areas of study. Students may enroll in Chicana/o Studies 597 (examination preparation) while preparing for the examination. Students who fail either part of the written qualifying examination may retake it once without petition, as early as the following quarter. Students who fail the written qualifying examination a second time will not advance to doctoral candidacy.

The University Oral Qualifying Examination is required after completion of the written qualifying examination, completion of the dissertation proposal, and appointment of a doctoral committee in accord with University regulations. This examination, administered by the four-member doctoral committee, is focused on the dissertation proposal, and lasts approximately two hours.

Advancement to Candidacy

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

Doctoral Dissertation

Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

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

Time-to-Degree

Full-time graduate students should normally complete the requirements for the Ph.D. degree within five years of completion of the requirements for the master’s degree, with the total time from admission to graduate status until completion of the Ph.D. being seven years.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University policy

Special departmental or program policy

A recommendation for termination is made by the vice chair for graduate studies after a vote of the faculty. 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 faculty, which makes the final departmental recommendation to the Graduate Division.

Program Requirements for Sociology

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2010-2011 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.

Admission

Program Name

Sociology

Address

264 Haines Hall
Box 951551
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551

Phone

(310) 825-1026

Email

wendyf@soc.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.A., Ph.D.

The Sociology department normally accepts applications for the Ph.D. program only, although students may be awarded the M.A. en route to the Ph.D.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

December 1st

GRE (General and/or Subject), TWE

GRE: General

Letters of Recommendation

3, preferably from professors of sociology or related social science fields who are familiar with the applicant’s written work and research experiences

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit transcripts from all colleges where applicants have studied (the department’s evaluation considers not only the record in sociology, but all undergraduate work and graduate work, whre relevant, including coursework in English composition, logic, linguistics, and mathematics); a statement of purpose, not to exceed three typewritten double-spaced pages, outlining the reasons for pursuing graduate work, interests within sociology, and any pertinent intellectual and career experiences and interests; and copies of one or two term papers or research reports written by the applicant.

Although undergraduate or masters-level study in sociology or related disciplines is desirable, it is not mandatory for admission to the department. Applicants need not be uniformly high on all indicators of potential. The admissions committee, which generally consists of at least five faculty members and two advisory graduate student members, uses a number of indicators of particular skills rather than relying heavily on just one or two. For example, in assessing the level of verbal skills, the committee considers several items, including samples of written work and grades in courses that ordinarily require extensive verbal skills, as well as verbal GRE scores.

In addition to relatively formal criteria (such as analytic proficiency and articulateness), the department pays particular attention to applicants who seem likely to contribute considerable intellectual, social, or cultural diversity to its student body. Women, minorities and other students with diverse backgrounds and experiences are therefore encouraged to apply.

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, 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 chair or graduate director.

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 affairs assistant.

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 Curriculum and Advisement Committee. Based on the advisors’ evaluation of the paper and their own assessment of the student’s academic record, the Graduate Curriculum and Advisement 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. Recommended: 235.

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

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

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 quarter of Sociology 295. Recommended: Sociology 230A-230B, 235, 236C, 261.

Political Sociology. Required: Sociology 233. Recommended: Sociology 211A, 211B, 230A-230B, 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.

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 affairs assistant 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 Curriculum and Advisement 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.

Program Requirements for Art History

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Art History

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

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

Admission

Program Name

Art History

Address

100 Dodd Hall
Box 951417
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417

Phone

(310) 825-3992

Email

vjohnson@humnet.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.A., Ph.D.

The department admits only applicants whose objective is the Ph.D.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

November 30th (postmark deadline for materials)

GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: General

Letters of Recommendation

3, preferably from art historians. For the Ph.D., one of the letters must be a detailed letter of assessment and endorsement from the individual who served as the major adviser for the M.A.

Other Requirements

Application materials cannot be returned or forwarded.

Master’s Degree

Advising

Areas of Study

Foreign Language Requirement

Course Requirements

In addition, the nine required courses must satisfy the distribution requirement for the M.A. degree, including at least two courses from lists A and B below:

A: American; Greek and Roman; Latin American; medieval and Byzantine; modern and contemporary; Renaissance and Baroque.

B: African; Chinese; Indian and Southeast Asian; Islamic; Japanese; Korean; pre-Columbian.

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.

Time-to-Degree

Doctoral Degree

Advising

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

There are twenty-three areas in three fields:

Field B: (13) African; (14) Chinese; (15) Indian; (16) Islamic; (17) Japanese; (18) Native North American; (19) oceanic; (20) pre-Columbian; (21) Southeast Asian; (22) Korean.

Field C: (23) critical theory.

Foreign Language Requirement

Course Requirements

The department offers three options in the selection of majors and minors.

Option I

Major from Field A, areas 1-12 or Field B, areas 13-22 — five courses in one area.

Minor from Field A, areas 1-2 or Field B, areas 13-22 — three courses in one area other than the major field, or from Field C, three courses from area 23.

Option II

Major from Field A, areas 1-12 or Field B, areas 13-22 — five courses in one area.

Minor from an extra-departmental area such as history, anthropology, or film — three courses in one area.

Option III

Major from Field C, area 22 — four courses from Field C, area 23 plus four courses in one area from Field A, areas 1-12, or Field B, areas 13-22.

Minor from Field A, areas 1-12, or Field B, areas 13-22 — three courses in one area not chosen as part of the major or three courses in one area from an extra-departmental area.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

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

From admission to the Ph.D. program: seven years.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

Master’s

Doctoral

Program Requirements for Music

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2012-2013 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.

Admission

Program Name

Music

Please note that ethnomusicology and musicology are offered as separate majors.

Address

2539 Schoenberg Music Building
Box 951616
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1616

Phone

(310) 825-4769

Email

sandram@arts.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.A., M.M., Ph.D., D.M.A.

Consult department for area.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

December 1st

GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: Not required.

Letters of Recommendation

3, from former instructors and/or professionals with whom applicant has worked (for the D.M.A. the Music Department is especially interested to hear from persons who can speak to the applicant’s academic potential)

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose and sample of work as described below.

M.A.: Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in Music. Other fields of study are accepted if applicants have the musical training and musicianship necessary to pursue graduate work. Transcripts must show an average grade of at least B in the basic areas that normally constitute the undergraduate core curriculum in music (harmony, counterpoint, music history, analysis, and musicianship).

Applicants for the M.A. in music are required to: (1) submit a statement of purpose including background of study and reasons for wishing to pursue graduate studies in music at UCLA; (2) submit, as samples of work, 3 written musical scores that show a breadth of instrumentation and genre, and a CD recording of a performance of at least one of these; (3) be available for an interview (applicant semi-finalists); and (4) take the departmental Assessment Examination (applicant semi-finalists).

Assessment Examination. The assessment examination for the M.A. is administered annually at Schoenberg Hall on the UCLA campus. Semi-finalists who are applying from outside the southern California area and who find it impossible to take the examination on campus can make arrangements with the Student Services Office to take the examination in absentia. Information on, and registration for, the examination, as well as the absentia process, is available on the department’s web site. The Assessment Examination is approximately five hours long and covers music theory, history and analysis, and musicianship skills.

The dossier and Assessment Examination are reviewed by the composition faculty to assess the applicant’s potential as a graduate student.

M.M.: Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in Music. Other fields of study are accepted if applicants have the musical training and musicianship necessary to pursue graduate work. Transcripts must show an average grade of at least B in the basic areas that normally constitute the undergraduate core curriculum in music (harmony, counterpoint, music history, analysis, and musicianship).

Applicants applying for the M.M. are required to (1) submit a statement of purpose which also includes a description of their background of study; (2) submit three letters of recommendation from former instructors and/or professionals with whom the applicants have worked; (3) submit a repertoire list and summary of recent performances covering the last three years; and (4) perform an audition. Applicants to the M.M. in jazz performance receive consideration on a biennial basis (even-numbered years). Detailed information is available on the department web site.

Placement Examination. The placement examination is required of all new M.M. students and covers theory, musicianship skills, and music history. Those who do not pass any portion are required to do remedial work which must be completed by the end of the first year.

Ph.D.: Master’s degree in Music (or the equivalent degree). The degree normally will have been taken in the same field of concentration as the proposed doctorate. If applicants wish to obtain a doctorate in a field other than that of the M.A., additional coursework, as prescribed by the area, may be required. Applicants are required to: (1) submit a statement of purpose including background of study and reasons for wishing to pursue graduate studies in music; (2) submit three letters of recommendation; (3) submit, as samples of work, five written musical scores that show a breadth of instrumentation and genre and a CD recording of a performance of at least one of these; applicants should submit their M.A. thesis or composition, if possible; and (4) be avaiable for an interview and to take the departmental Assessment Examination (applicant semi-finalists).

No application can be considered until the Assessment Examination has been taken and all of the required materials have been received.

Assessment Examination. The assessment examination for the Ph.D. is administered annually at Schoenberg Hall on the UCLA campus. Semi-finalists who are applying from outside the Southern California area and find it impossible to take the examination on campus can make arrangements with the Student Services Office to take the examination in absentia. Information on, and registration for, the examination, as well as the absentia process, is available on the department’s web site. The Assessment Examination is approximately five hours long and covers music theory, history and analysis, and musicianship skills.

The dossier and assessment examination are reviewed by the composition faculty to assess the applicant’s potential as a doctoral student.

D.M.A.: Applicants to the Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) program are expected to hold a master’s degree, or equivalent, in music. Other fields of study are accepted if the applicant has the musical training and musicianship necessary to pursue doctoral work. Transcripts must show an average grade of at least B in the basic areas that normally constitute the undergraduate core curriculum in music (harmony, counterpoint, music history, analysis, and musicianship) as well as all graduate study. Applicants are required to (1) submit a statement of purpose which also includes a description of the their background of study; (2) submit three letters of recommendation from former instructors and/or professionals with whom the applicant has worked; (3) a repertoire list and summary of recent performances covering the last three years; (4) a sample seminar or research paper; and (5) perform an audition. Detailed information is available on the departmental website.

No application can be considered until the audition has been taken and all of the required materials have been received.

Placement Examination. The placement examination is required of all new D.M.A. students and covers theory, musicianship skills, and music history. Those who do not pass any portion are required to do remedial work, which must be completed by the end of the first year.

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 URSA to be sure 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-2G series of language study 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 with a grade of B 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, 271, 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, 271, 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, 271, 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-2G series of language study 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 Musicologyat 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

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. 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. The Student Services Office staff acts as proctor for the tests. 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.

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.

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 with a grade of B 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 102 units, 28 of which must be at the 200 level, 60 units at the 400 level, and 10 units at the 500 level. Ninety-eight 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 32 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, 271; 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, 271, 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, 271; 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, 271, 596D, additional courses in pedagogy, Musicology 250A, 250B, 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, 271; 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, 271, 596D, courses in pedagogy, Musicology 250A, 250B, 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 adjudicated 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.

Program Requirements for Chemistry and Biochemistry (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Chemistry, and the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Admission

Program Name

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Address

4009 Young Hall
Box 951569
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569

Phone

(310) 825-3150 Fax: (310) 267-0204

Email

chemgrad@chem.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.S., Ph.D.

Applicants are admitted to the MS program only under exceptional circumstances.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

January 15th

GRE (General and/or Subject), TWE

GRE: General required for all and Subject required for international, recommended for all

Letters of Recommendation

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose and departmental application.

An excellent undergraduate record is required of all applicants.

Master’s Degree

Advising

Initial academic advising is handled by the appropriate faculty area adviser. Students continue to consult with this adviser each quarter until completion of their course requirements. During this period, students also choose a Research Director to supervise their thesis research. The Graduate Study Committee, consisting of the graduate advisers and faculty area advisers, reviews each student’s progress quarterly. Notification in writing is given to students who are performing at a very high level and to those who are not making adequate progress. The faculty graduate adviser, faculty area advisers, and Director of Graduate Student Services are available for personal consultation.

Areas of Study

Biochemistry and molecular biology.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Thirty-eight units of coursework are required. At least 20 of the 38 units must be at the graduate level (courses numbered 200 and above), while the remaining units may be upper division undergraduate courses (courses numbered from 100 to 199). Required courses include either Chemistry and Biochemistry CM253 (four units) or Chemistry and Biochemistry 269A-269B-269C (10 units). Students should consult with the graduate adviser when making this choice. After completion of Chemistry and Biochemistry 269A-269B-269C, at least four additional units of graduate level courses are required. Additional lecture courses are chosen from a list of approved graduate courses available from the staff graduate adviser. Up to 24 units of Chemistry and Biochemistry 596 or 598 may be applied toward the total course requirement; up to eight units may be applied toward the graduate course requirement. Up to four units of graduate-level seminar courses may be applied to the graduate course requirement.

Teaching Experience

Not Required. Students who serve as teaching assistants must enroll in and receive a grade of S for Chemistry and Biochemistry 375 for each quarter they teach in order to continue teaching.

Field Experience

Not Required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

In exceptional cases, a comprehensive examination is administered in lieu of a thesis. This written examination is administered and graded by a faculty committee selected by the faculty graduate adviser and is graded pass or fail. For students who fail, recommendation for or against a second examination is made by the faculty 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 plan is the preferred method of attaining the M.S. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Preference in admissions is given to students who have already identified a research adviser under whose direction the thesis research is conducted. By the sixth week of the first term in residence, a master’s committee is appointed for each student consisting of the student’s faculty research adviser and two additional faculty members chosen by the faculty graduate adviser. This committee has the responsibility for approving or disapproving the master’s thesis. By the end of the first term, the student is required to submit a brief written research proposal for approval by the master’s committee. Students have five academic quarters after the submission of proposal to complete the degree.

Time-to-Degree

From admission to completion of courses: Three academic quarters (one calendar year).

From admission to award of degree: Three to six academic quarters (one to two calendar years).

Doctoral Degree

Advising

Initial academic advising is handled by the appropriate faculty area adviser. Students continue to consult with this adviser each quarter until completion of their course requirements. During this period, students also choose a research director to supervise the dissertation research. The Graduate Study Committee, consisting of the faculty and staff graduate advisers and faculty area advisers, reviews each student’s progress quarterly. Notification in writing is given to students who are performing at a very high level and to those who are not making adequate progress. The faculty graduate adviser, faculty area advisers, and Director of Graduate Student Services are available for personal consultation.

Minimum Progress. At the end of the first and second year, the overall progress of each student is evaluated by the Graduate Study Committee or Biochemistry Faculty Committee, taking into account performance in courses, written examinations, teaching, and research. The committee may recommend that students (1) proceed to the oral examination, (2) be redirected to the M.S. program, or (3) be terminated.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Biochemistry and molecular biology

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Candidates should normally complete as a minimum the coursework indicated below. Some of these requirements can be met on the basis of courses taken prior to entry into the graduate program with consent of the faculty graduate adviser. Required coursework must be completed prior to advancement to candidacy.

(1) Required background material: one year organic chemistry, one course in physical chemistry or biophysical chemistry, one year of biochemistry, some coursework in the life sciences, and some biochemistry laboratory experience.

(2) Chemistry and Biochemistry 269A-269B-269C (ten units) should be taken in the first year.

(3) Sixteen units of additional upper division or graduate-level lecture courses, including four to six units of discussion courses or the equivalent, chosen in consultation with the graduate adviser. These courses are to be chosen with the following goals in mind: (a) in addition to the in-depth training in the student’s areas of specialization, the selected courses should provide broad training in the multiple areas of biochemistry and molecular biology; and (b) in addition to a didactic lecture component, there should be a significant discussion component. Two seminar courses should be included in the selected courses to ensure that the student gains training in the critical evaluation of scientific literature.

(4) Chemistry and Biochemistry 258 during the first quarter.

(5) Chemistry and Biochemistry 268 during the first three quarters.

(6) Three laboratory rotations (Chemistry and Biochemistry 596) during the first year.

(7) Chemistry and Biochemistry 400.

Teaching Experience

One year of teaching experience is generally required. Students who serve as teaching assistants must enroll in and receive a grade of S for Chemistry and Biochemistry 375 for each quarter they teach in order to continue teaching.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

The written examination requirement is coupled to the graduate student seminar (Chemistry and Biochemistry 258). Chemistry and Biochemistry 258 requires a presentation of the student’s proposed dissertation research. After completing this oral presentation, the student prepares a written dissertation research proposal. The proposal includes information about the background and significance of the area of research, the specific aims to be addressed and experiments proposed. The written qualifying component of the Ph.D. program is fulfilled after the student satisfactorily completes this proposal. A written proposal that is deemed unsatisfactory may be revised once.

The University Oral Qualifying Examination consists of an original research proposal in an area distinct from the student’s dissertation research and done without assistance from the research adviser. The proposal is presented orally to the committee, and the committee questions the candidate on the proposal, general knowledge of the area, and dissertation research progress. The proposal represents independent work and offers the doctoral committee the opportunity to judge the student’s ability to think creatively and to formulate significant ideas for research.

All students are required to take the University Oral Qualifying Examination by June 30 of their second year. The committee’s decision to advance a student to candidacy, to allow the student to repeat all or part of the oral, or to disqualify the student, is based on the student’s overall record at UCLA as reflected in coursework and examinations, and the student’s research ability and productivity.

Advancement to Candidacy

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

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

The following are normal times to complete the requirements of the program:

From admission to completion of written qualifying examinations (see above for definition/description of these for each major): three to five academic quarters (one to one and two-thirds calendar years).

From admission to advancement to candidacy: six academic quarters (two calendar years).

From admission to award of degree: 12 to 18 academic quarters (four to six calendar years).

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

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

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A student may be recommended for termination by the Graduate Study Committee or the Biochemistry Faculty Committee. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination to the departmental chair.

Program Requirements for Nursing

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Nursing

School of Nursing

Graduate Degrees

The School of Nursing offers the Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) degree and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Nursing.

Admission

Program Name

Nursing

Address

2-137 Factor Building
Box 951702
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1702

Phone

(310) 825-9193, (310) 825-3109

Email

rflenoy@sonnet.ucla.edu / mcovin@sonnet.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.S.N., Ph.D.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

Deadline for M.S.N.-MECN: November 1st
Priority deadline for M.S.N.-AP and Ph.D.: December 1st
Final deadline for M.S.N.-AP and Ph.D.: February 1st

GRE (General and/or Subject), TWE

GRE: General (within the last five years; Ph.D. only)

Letters of Recommendation

Recommenders must use the School of Nursing form.
M.S.N. Advanced Practice Nursing: 3, attesting to professional and/or academic competence in nursing.
M.S.N. Master’s Entry Clinical Nursing: 3, attesting to personal and academic competence, on School of Nursing form.
Ph.D.: 4, affirming potential for scholarly, investigative, and creative endeavors in nursing, on School of Nursing form.

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit the School of Nursing application, a statement of purpose or educational objectives, and a curriculum vita.

Since written and oral communication skills are basic to the practice of nursing, it is essential that applicants read, write, and speak English well. International applicants from a country in which English is not the first language and medium of instruction, whether a licensed registered nurse in the U.S. or not, are required to submit TOEFL or IELTS scores prior to consideration for admission.

Registered nurses who are not licensed in the United States must, prior to consideration for admission, submit verification of a passing score on both the nursing and the English sections of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) examination.

The following are also required:

M.S.N. Advanced Practice Nursing: (1) Graduation from a recognized college or university having an accredited baccalaureate nursing program satisfactory to the School of Nursing and to the Graduate Division, or graduation with a baccalaureate degree in nursing from an international institution with a nursing program satisfactory to the School of Nursing and to the Graduate Division. If admitted under the latter, applicants may be required to enroll in certain undergraduate nursing courses which generally may not be applied toward requirements for advanced degrees.

(2) Status as a licensed registered nurse. Prior to entry into any clinical practicum, evidence of current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of California is mandatory.

(3) An upper division statistics course or a lower division statistics course with content equivalent to Biostatistics 100A must be completed before entering the school.

(4) An upper division nursing research course, taken at an accredited institution and equivalent to Nursing 173, must be completed before entering the school.

(5) An upper division physical assessment course, taken at an accredited institution and equivalent to Nursing 174, must be completed before entering the school.

(6) An upper division or equivalent undergraduate physiology course equivalent to Nursing 105. This course must have been completed within the last five years (not required of students selecting the nursing administration specialty). Pathophysiology is not acceptable.

(7) Refer to the Evaluation Criteria Form on the UCLA School of Nursing website when writing the statement of purpose.

(not required of students selecting the nursing administration specialty).

M.S.N. Master’s Entry Clinical Nursing: (1) Graduation from a recognized college or university having an accredited baccalaureate program satisfactory to the School of Nursing and to the Graduate Division, or graduation with a baccalaureate degree from an international institution with a program satisfactory to the School of Nursing and to the Graduate Division. Applicants admitted from international institutions may be required to enroll in certain undergraduate courses, which generally may not be applied toward requirements for advanced degrees.

(2) Completion of acceptable prerequisite courses with a grade of C or better in group and verbal communications, English composition (two college level writing intensive courses in the English language), human anatomy, human physiology, introductory microbiology, principles of epidemiology, introductory psychology, introduction to biostatistics, and introductory inorganic, organic and biochemistry.

(3) Refer to the Evaluation Criteria Form on the UCLA School of Nursing website when writing the statement of purpose.

Management, M.B.A./Nursing, M.S.N.

The School of Nursing and the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management offer a concurrent degree program designed for students interested in employment in all sectors of the health care delivery system, including hospitals, corporate health care headquarters, home health care agencies, and long-term care facilities, as well as policy-making bodies and consulting firms. Applicants must apply to both the M.B.A. program and the School of Nursing.

Ph.D.: Priority for admission to the Ph.D. program is given to graduates of accredited master’s degree programs in nursing. Those admitted to doctoral study with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in a non-nursing field are required to make up clinical specialty deficiencies by taking courses in one of the current master’s advanced practice programs. Such courses may be taken concurrently with doctoral courses. Individuals admitted with a bachelor’s degree in nursing are required to complete selected master’s courses in nursing at UCLA as a prerequisite to entry into doctoral courses.

Applicants to the Ph.D. program must provide evidence of the following:

(1) A master’s degree in nursing; a B.S. degree in Nursing and a master’s degree in a non-nursing field; or a B.S. degree in Nursing. Degrees must be from an accredited program satisfactory to the School of Nursing and the Graduate Division. Students who are accepted with deficiencies are required to complete appropriate master’s courses.

(2) A minimum grade-point average of 3.5.

(3) An upper division statistics course with content equivalent to Biostatistics 100A or Biomathematics 170A.

(4) A graduate-level nursing research course with content equivalent to Nursing 204.

(5) Status as a licensed registered nurse; evidence of current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of California is mandatory.

(6) Examples of scholarly papers and/or creative works.

(7) A statement of educational objectives, specific focus of research, and program and career goals.

Master’s Degree

Advising

Upon admission to the school, students are assigned a faculty adviser who has the responsibility to aid students in planning a total program. Together, student and adviser identify academic and personal needs and match them with school and University resources available in order to maximize the student’s ability to reach educational and professional goals. Due to the heavy course load required by the School, students are cautioned against working full-time.

Transcripts and grade reports are reviewed quarterly. Evaluations of performance in clinical coursework are written at the end of the quarter. Students are requested to read and sign these evaluations. Individual instructors are encouraged to contact a student’s faculty adviser if they feel the student needs guidance in any academic endeavor. Signed records of all interviews are kept on counseling forms in the student’s file.

Any student who is having difficulty must meet with the faculty adviser and the assistant dean for student affairs to determine the areas of need and any recommendations to be made. These meetings are also recorded on counseling notes that remain in each student’s folder.

Areas of Study

M.S.N. Advanced Practice Nursing: The School of Nursing offers graduate studies and preparation in the Nurse Administrator role, or the Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner role, Clinical Nurse Specialist role. The following specialties are available for the nurse administrator role: Nursing Administration or Nursing Administration/Occupational and Environmental Health. Advanced Practice is divided into four distinct population foci: Adult/Gerontology, Adult/Gerontology Acute Care, Family and Pediatrics. Students in the Adult/Gerontology population focus may select a specialty in one of the following areas: Gerontology; Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing or Oncology; and either the nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist or dual nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist role. Adult/Gerontology Acute Care students may also select a specialty in Oncology and either the nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist or dual nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist role. Students in the Family and Occupational and Environmental Health specialization will be prepared in the Nurse Practitioner role only.

Some specialties have course requirements over and above the minimum requirements for the degree. Applicants are advised to seek counseling prior to admission in order to select the population, specialty and role most appropriate to career goals, as well as to meet requirements for acceptance into the particular area of study. Students selecting the nurse practitioner role may take the neuropsychiatric subspecialty. Students in the family nurse practitioner specialty may take the underserved populations subspecialty.

All graduates are strongly encouraged to sit for advanced practice certification in the appropriate specialty area by agencies providing national certification.

M.S.N. Master’s Entry Clinical Nursing: The School of Nursing offers graduate studies for master’s entry clinical nursing to prepare individuals with a baccalaureate in another field who wish to become registered nurses. Students are prepared as nurse generalists with strong leadership skills to function in health care delivery across a variety of settings in the health care system, including the acute care setting. Graduates of this program work at the bedside and are prepared to implement the outcomes-based practice and quality improvement in clinical settings.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

M.S.N. Advanced Practice Nursing: A minimum of three core courses (seven to ten units) and additional coursework in the 100-, 200-, and 400-series are required for each area of clinical specialization. A total of four units of 500-series courses may be applied toward the total course requirement for the degree.

A minimum grade-point average of 3.0 is required. Grades of B are required in graduate clinical nursing courses in order to advance to the next clinical course in a series. A minimum of three quarters of full-time enrollment is required for academic residence.

M.S.N. Master’s Entry Clinical Nursing: A minimum of 26 courses in the 200- and 400-series are required. A total of four units of 500-series courses may be applied toward the degree.

A minimum grade-point average of 3.0 is required. Grades of B are required in graduate clinical theory and practice nursing courses in order to advance to the next clinical theory and practice course in a series. A minimum of three quarters of full-time enrollment is required for academic residence.

Core Requirements

M.S.N. Advanced Practice Nursing

Core Courses. Nursing 200, 204, 224, 231, and 264. In addition, Nursing 220 is required for students selecting the clinical nurse specialist role. Nursing 204 is the only core course required for nursing administration and nursing administration/occupational and environmental health students.

Clinical Specialty Theory Courses. Nursing 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 214F, 215F, 216F, 217F, 219A, 219B, 223, 232F, 233F, 236. Course requirements vary for each specialty area; students should see courses under each population focus and/or specialty.

Advanced Practice Theory Courses. Nursing 218A, 218B, 218C, 218D, 236, 238A, 238B, 238C, 239A, 239B, 239C, 245.

Clinical Practicum/Residency Courses. Nursing 418A through 418D, 429A through 429E, 438A through 438D, 439A through 439D, 445.

M.S.N. Master’s Entry Clinical Nursing

Research Courses. Nursing 204.

Nursing Core. Nursing 225A, 225B, 230A, 230B, 250

Clinical Theory and Practice Courses. Nursing 171, 252, 254A, 254B, C260, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 467.

Administrative Courses. Nursing 266, 267, 268, 269.

Course requirements vary according to role, focus and specialty area selected:

Requirements for Nursing Administration

Nursing Administration Specialty. The goal of the nursing administration specialty is to prepare nurse administrators in organizational theory, health services, and financial management for the practice of administrative roles within acute, ambulatory care, and/or community-based settings. Content includes finance, strategic planning, project management, leadership, quality improvement, risk management, human resource management, quality clinical and organizational outcomes management, education and research. Electives may be taken in the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, the School of Public Health or the School of Public Affairs. Practicums with outstanding administrative leaders are individualized to meet the goals of each student, and give practice experience in health services administration. Required courses include Nursing 204, 218A, 218B, 218C, 218D, 219A, 219B, 418A through 418D, and a minimum of 16 units of theory electives including a course in organizational theory and human resource management.

Nursing Administration/Occupational and Environmental Health Specialty. The goal of the nursing administration/occupational and environmental health specialty is to prepare nurses for administrative roles within occupational settings. Content includes occupational and environmental health, finance, strategic planning, project management, leadership, quality improvement, risk management, human resource management, quality clinical and organizational outcomes management, education, and research. Electives are primarily taken in the School of Public Health but students may request approval for courses in the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management or the School of Public Affairs. Practicums with outstanding occupational health administrative leaders are individualized to meet the goals of each student, and give practical experience in the administration of occupational health programs. Required course include Nursing 204, 213A, 213B, 218A, 218B, 218C, 218D, 219A, 219B, 418A, through 418D, and at least 10 units of coursework approved by the student’s adviser, which includes content in the areas of epidemiology, industrial hygiene, physical agents, ergonomics, and occupational safety.

Requirements for Adult/Gerontology Population

The Adult/Gerontology population covers individuals from adolescence through adult and older adults. Students selecting the Adult/Gerontology population focus will select a specialty from the following: Gerontology, Occupational and Environmental Health, or Oncology.

Gerontology Specialty. The gerontology specialty prepares nurses to assume an advanced practice role as a nurse practitioner and/or clinical nurse specialist to meet the increased demands for leadership in health care for older persons, particularly those challenged by chronic illness. Emphasis is on the comprehensive assessment, treatment, and evaluation of the client and family. Advanced knowledge and skills in pathophysiology and psychosocial concepts guide theory-based practice, with the goal of optimizing functional status. Interdisciplinary collaboration and care management are emphasized. Required courses include Nursing 200, 204, 224, 231, 232F, 233F, 239A, 239B, 239C, 264, 439A through 439D, 440, and four units of theory elective. In addition to the required courses listed above, students who select the clinical nurse specialist role also take Nursing 245 and 445. Except for the four units of theory elective, students who prepare for dual certification (NP/CNS) take the required courses listed above plus Nursing 245 and 445.

Occupational and Environmental Health Specialty. The occupational and environmental health specialty prepares nurses to assume an advanced practice role as a nurse practitioner. The curriculum integrates principles of occupational and environmental health assessment and care with primary ambulatory care of adult groups. Practitioners evaluate the individual as seen within the work setting as well as within the family and community group. Primary focus and emphasis are on health status assessment, health promotion, illness/accident prevention, hazard control, screening, surveillance, and rehabilitation of adult workers. Requirements are met through a combination of courses and experiences specific to the delivery of occupational and environmental health care services. Required courses include Nursing 200, 204, 213A, 213B, 239A, 239B, 239C or Environmental Health Sciences 454, Nursing 264, 439A through 439D, 440, and at least 10 units of coursework approved by the student’s adviser, which includes content in the areas of epidemiology, industrial hygiene, physical agents, ergonomics, and occupational safety.

Oncology Specialty. The oncology specialty prepares nurse practitioners and clinical specialists to care for individuals with/or at risk for cancer. Students will obtain expert clinical skills for the assessment and management of patients with/at risk for cancer; to provide education for patients, families, and nursing staff, and to provide consultation in oncology-related problems. Clinical practicums are available with expert clinicians across the health/illness continuum (for example, cancer screening, ambulatory oncology clinics and private practices, inpatient oncology units, radiation therapy). Graduates are expected to become leaders in oncology advance practice and to engage in research-based practice as an oncology nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist. Previous clinical oncology experience is highly recommended. Required courses include Nursing 200, 204, 214F, 215F, 224, 231, 239A, 239B, 239C, 264, 439A through 439D, 440, and four units of theory elective. In addition to the required courses listed above, students who select the clinical nurse specialist role also take Nursing 245 and 445. Except for the four units of theory elective, students who prepare for dual certification (NP/CNS) take the required courses listed above plus Nursing 245 and 445.

Requirements for Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Population

The adult/gerontology acute care population covers individuals from adolescence through adult and older adult who are identified as ill and who have high intensity nursing and medical needs. These patients may receive care in a wide variety of settings, from intensive care units to specialty clinics, doctor’s offices, or the home. A minimum of two years of prior experience in acute care is highly recommended. Graduates are expected to engage in research-based practice as acute care practitioners, educators, consultants, and to become leaders in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Required courses include Nursing 200, 204, 216F, 217F, 239A, 239B, 239C, 264, 439A through 439D, 440, and four units of theory elective. In addition to the required courses listed above, students who select the clinical nurse specialist role also take Nursing 245 and 445. Except for the four units of theory elective, student who prepare for dual certification (NP/CNS) take the required courses listed above plus Nursing 245 and 445. Applicants selecting the adult/gerontology acute population focus may also select an oncology specialty. Students should see specialty requirements listed above.

Requirements for Family Population

The family population covers primary health care for individuals throughout the life span. The focus is on collaborative, interdisciplinary practice to assure comprehensive quality health care and health maintenance in outpatient, work site, home health, nursing home, and hospital settings. Emphasis is on the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of the client’s responses to actual or potential health problems, which may be chronic or acute and include primary prevention and health promotion. Required courses include Nursing 200, 204, 211, 212, 231, 236, 239A, 239B, 239C, 264, 439A through 439D, 440, and four units of theory elective.

Requirements for Pediatrics Population

The pediatric population covers the health care of children from birth to adolescence. Emphasis is on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of children’s actual or potential health problems. Content stresses care for acute and chronic illnesses as well as primary prevention. Required courses include Nursing 200, 204, 212, 223, 224, 231, 238A, 238B, 238C, 264, 438A through 438D, 440, and four units of theory elective. In addition to the required courses listed above, students who select the clinical nurse specialist role also take Nursing 245 and 445. Except for the four units of theory elective, students who prepare for dual certification (NP/CNS) take the required courses listed above plus Nursing 245 and 445.

Subspecialties for Nurse Practitioners

Neuropsychiatric Subspecialty. The neuropsychiatric subspecialty prepares nurses to assume an advanced practice role as a nurse practitioner in community and inpatient settings. The focus is on the primary care of adults with cognitive, addictive, and affective dysfunctions. Students select both a nurse practitioner specialty and neuropsychiatric nurse practitioner subspecialty. Required courses include those listed under the nurse practitioner specialties and Nursing 241F, 242F, 441. Nursing 209 is a highly recommended theory elective.

Underserved Populations Subspecialty. The undeserved populations subspecialty provides enriched theory and clinical experiences to more fully prepare new family nurse practitioners to take on the challenges of improving primary care practices in complex, culturally diverse, and low resource practice settings. Required courses including Nursing 209, 249, 450, and two to four units from Nursing 241 and/or 242.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

Successful completion of the comprehensive examination is required. The comprehensive examination is given in written form during Spring Quarter. Students are eligible to take the examination once they are advanced to candidacy and may repeat the examination twice. Retakes only are offered during Summer Sessions and Fall Quarter. Students must complete all requirements for the degree within one calendar year after advancement to candidacy.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time to Degree

M.S.N. Advanced Practice Nursing: Normal progress from graduate admission to conferral of degree is a minimum of six quarters.

M.S.N. Master’s Entry Clinical Nursing: Normal progress from graduate admission to conferral of degree is a minimum of six quarters and one summer.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

Students are assigned doctoral advisers recommended by the doctoral program committee to provide individual supervision and to guide selection of a suitable program of study. Doctoral advisers are chosen for their experience in the student’s research area.

Students meet with their doctoral advisers once each quarter before enrolling; however, a student may seek the doctoral program committee’s advice at any time.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

In the doctoral program, students focus their study in one of four areas: biobehavioral sciences, biologic sciences, health disparities/vulnerable populations, or health services.

Students who choose biobehavioral sciences focus on the influence of both biologic and behavioral factors on health beliefs and health promotion, sense of well-being and quality of life, symptom management, and adherence to and utilization of prevention and treatment services. Students who choose biologic sciences focus on the phenomena in the biologic, physiologic and pathophysiologic sciences, including cellular adaptations and injury, genetics, neoplasia, inflammatory, immune and neuroendocrine responses and the effect of these on tissue and organ system functioning in the context of human health. Students who choose health disparities/vulnerable populations focus on nursing science in the area of community-based interventions to prevent disease, decrease morbidity and mortality for populations at a relative higher risk for poor health and in the context of a culturally diverse environment for care. Students who choose health services focus on interrelationships of structure, process, and outcomes of care in the context of a wide range of health care delivery systems, from inpatient settings to outpatient and home care and community-based prevention and treatment delivery systems. Ethical considerations and policy decisions that impact the conduct and advancement of research in these domains are addressed.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

The following courses are required of all students in the Ph.D. program.

(1) Nursing theory: Nursing 202, 206. 210.

(2) Nursing research: Nursing 205A-205B-205C, 207, 208, 295A-295B-295C, 299A-299B-299C. Nursing 205A, 207, 208 and 299A are required for all doctoral students. Students must take either of the following: Nursing 299B and 299C for quantitative research, or 205B, 205C and 299B or 299C for qualitative research (299B and 299C must be taken twice for biologic sciences).

(3) Statistics. Nursing 203A, 203B.

(4) Professional development: Nursing 299D.

(5) Cognates: Minimum of 12 units, three courses in related field relevant to area of research. Biologic sciences students also must complete an approved Chemistry course..

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Written Qualifying Examination. The written qualifying examination must be taken after completion of the following courses: Nursing 202, 203A, 203B, 206, 210, 295A, 295B, 295C, 299A, 299D. The examination is submitted in July. Only one reexamination is permitted and it must be completed during the Summer of the same year as the original examination.

Oral Qualifying Examination. The University Oral Qualifying Examination, taken after completing the course requirements and successfully passing the written qualifying examination, evaluates students’ dissertation proposals. The initial step is selection of a doctoral committee. Students are responsible for obtaining the consent of four or more faculty members to serve on the committee as certifying members. Qualifications of members must be consistent with students’ area of research and special interests and also with the requirements for doctoral committees as stated in the Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA. Additional members, including those from an institution or clinical agency representing the student’s clinical and research interests, may be appointed as non-certifying members by petition if the doctoral committee and the student agree that additional experts are needed. The graduate adviser of the doctoral committee must give approval of members consenting to serve on the doctoral committee before the committee is submitted for the approval of the Graduate Division.

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 for all students in the program.

Time-to-degree

Students entering with a master’s degree in nursing should be able to complete the doctoral program as follows:

From admission to written qualifying examination: three quarters minimum, six quarters maximum.

From written qualifying examination to approval of proposal and oral qualifying examination: three quarters minimum, six quarters maximum.

From advancement to candidacy to final oral examination: six quarters.

From graduate admission to awarding of degree: 15 quarters maximum recommended.

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 (3.0) 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

Master’s

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be recommended for termination because of grades of B- or lower in clinical theory and practice courses, regardless of overall grade point average, or for unprofessional or unethical conduct.

Doctoral

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be specifically recommended for termination for failure of the written or oral qualifying examination a second time.

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