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Applicable only to students admitted during the 2011-2012 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)

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

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.

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

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) 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

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

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.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Urban Planning

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Urban Planning offers the Master of Urban and Regional Planning (M.U.R.P.) degree and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Urban Planning.

Master’s Degree

Admission

Program Name

Urban and Regional Planning

Address

3250 Public Affairs Building
Box 951656
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656

Phone

(310) 825-4025

Email

upinfo@luskin.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

Master of Urban and Regional Planning

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

MURP: December 15th to be considered for admission and fellowships; January 15th to be considered for admission only

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 expected to submit the departmental application and a statement of purpose.

For those applicants whose native language is not English, a score of 600 (paper and pencil test) or 250 (computer-based test) or 100 (internet-based) on the TOEFL, or overall band score of 7.5 on the IELTS is expected.

The statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, grade-point averages and GRE scores, and resume of relevant experience are all considered in the review process for admission. Applicants must submit transcripts from each college attended.

Undergraduate preparation in college algebra and microeconomics is recommended prior to enrolling in the MURP program. Before enrolling in the program, students must demonstrate the ability to master skills in quantitative methods. This requirement can be met by a grade of B or better in a college mathematics course (minimum level: College Algebra), a minimum quantitative GRE score of 600, or satisfactory completion of a three-week preparatory Math Camp offered by the Urban Planning department, prior to the beginning of the Fall Quarter.

Work samples, preferably research papers and/or a copy of the master’s thesis, are required of doctoral applicants. No more than two pieces of work should be submitted; samples written in a foreign language are not considered. Work samples are returned only on request. Applicants in the U.S. must enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Urban Planning, MURP/Law, J.D.

The School of Law and the Department of Urban Planning offer a concurrent plan of study providing an integrated curriculum for those planning to specialize in the legal aspects of urban problems. Education in planning offers an overview of theories and methods that permit identification and treatment of urban problems; education in law offers insight into the institutional causes and possibilities for treatment of these problems. Students pursue studies in both areas and receive both the J.D. and MURP degrees at the end of four years.

In order to be considered for the concurrent degree program, applicants must apply separately and be admitted to both the School of Law and the Department of Urban Planning.

Further details regarding coursework and program structure may be obtained from the graduate adviser in the Department of Urban Planning.

Management, M.B.A./Urban Planning, MURP

The M.B.A./MURP program is a three-year concurrent degree program jointly sponsored by the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management and the Department of Urban Planning. The program is designed for individuals who seek careers which draw on general and specialized skills in urban planning and management. By providing knowledge of the workings of both the private and public sectors, the program enables individuals who have acquired these skills to move easily between careers in private industry and public service.

Applicants interested in the M.B.A./MURP program should contact the M.B.A. Program Office, John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, regarding admission requirements and application procedures.

Further details regarding coursework and program structure may be obtained from the graduate adviser in the Department of Urban Planning.

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

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 M.A. degree and a MURP degree. 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.

Applicants who are interested in this concurrent degree program must apply separately and be admitted to both the M.A. program in Latin American Studies and the MURP program in Urban Planning. Further details regarding coursework and program structure may be obtained from the graduate adviser in the Department of Urban Planning.

Architecture, M.Arch.I/Urban Planning, MURP

The Architecture and Urban Design Department in the School of the Arts and Architecture and the Department of Urban Planning in the School of Public Affairs offer a concurrent plan of study providing an integrated curriculum for architects interested in specializing in social, economic, and environmental policy issues and for urban planners interested in integrating architecture and urban design into policy and planning practice. Education in planning offers an overview of theories and methods that permit identification and treatment of urban problems; education in architecture stresses physical, aesthetic and technical issues in the design of buildings and building complexes. In the program, a student pursues studies in both schools/departments and receives both the Master of Architecture Degree (M.Arch. I) and the Master of Urban Planning (MURP) at the end of four years.

A student who is interested in the concurrent degree program, must apply and be admitted to the M.Arch. I Program in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, and the MURP Program in the Department of Urban Planning.

Further details regarding coursework and program structure may be obtained from the graduate adviser in the Department of Urban Planning or the graduate adviser in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design.

Public Health, M.PH/Urban Planning, MURP

The Environmental Health Sciences department in the School of Public Health and the department of Urban Planning in the School of Public Affairs offer a concurrent plan of study providing an integrated curriculum for students interested in interdisciplinary training on the public health consequences of urban planning. Students in this program study how public health intersects with urban design and land use patterns, location choices and acticity participation, economic factors, equity and social justice, governance and institutional management and planning for sustainability.

Concurrent students pursue studies in both schools/departments and following three years of full time study earn both the Master of Public Health with an emphasis in Environmental Health Sciences and the Master of Urban and Regional Planning.

Applicants must apply and be admitted to both the M.P.H and MURP programs. Further details regarding coursework and program structure may be obtained from the admissions office or graduate adviser in either the department of Environmental Health Sciences or the department of Urban Planning.

Advising

The graduate adviser assigns temporary faculty advisers to new master’s degree students on the basis of similarities in student-faculty interests. Students are expected to select a permanent adviser by the end of Winter Quarter of the first year. Ongoing evaluations of student progress are made at the beginning of each quarter, when students meet with their adviser to determine a course of study which best suits their needs and interests within the context of the general departmental and University requirements.

Students in the M.U.R.P program at UCLA should inform the graduate adviser before December 15 of their second year if they wish to be considered for the Ph.D. program for the following Fall Quarter.

Areas of Study

Students choose an area of concentration by the end of the first quarter in the program. Areas of concentration are fields in which planners characteristically become engaged, professionally or through research. They are not meant to be mutually exclusive.

Community Economic Development and Housing. This concentration deals with social and economic forces affecting communities. Within this area, students can choose one of two streams: housing policies and development, or community economic development. Both streams highlight linkages to social, economic, and spatial justice; inequality; built form/physical environment; and applied research.

Design and Development. This concentration is intended to teach students how public and private market forces drive design and development of the built environment and how we can build in a smarter more sustainable way that is respectful of varying cultural needs and practices. This area of concentration equips urban planners aspiring to enter the public sector with tools to craft rules and regulations that meet public goals, and trains planners who wish to work for the private or nonprofit development sectors in the skills needed to work with neighbors, community and the public sector in the entitlement and development of complex projects.

Environmental Analysis and Policy. The natural environment is both the context within which all human activities take place and a social product of those activities. Environmental planning begins with analysis of the physical, biotic, socio-economic and cultural context in which environmental conflicts occur. An array of analytic tools ranging from cultural to socio-economic and ecological approaches is then applied to specific questions. Some of these are locality specific, but many also involve larger scale regional process and social movements. This multidisciplinary concentration engages resources within the program and the University to address the urgent questions inherent in environment and development. The program encourages broad training and use of the resources of many disciplines.

Regional and International Development. This concentration concerns the interrelated aspects of area development in both developed and developing countries. The perspective on questions of area development is that of political economy and spatial analysis. Industrialization, urbanization, and rural development are major focal points of interest. Within this area, students are expected to choose an emphasis on either developing or advanced economies.

Transportation Policy and Planning. This concentration emphasizes developing a broad, multi-faceted understanding of the historical, spatial, economic, social and environmental factors affecting transportation issues. While the program emphasizes domestic urban transportation policy, all aspects of transportation policy are covered.

Additional Areas of Concentration. In special circumstances, students may devise their own area in consultation with appropriate faculty members. Final approval of the proposed additional area of concentration must be obtained from the department chair. Further details may be obtained from the graduate adviser.

Foreign Language Requirement

There is no foreign language requirement for the master’s degree, but students who expect to emphasize international development studies are encouraged to acquire proficiency in at least one foreign language.

Course Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 72 units (18 courses). Students should enroll in a minimum of 12 units per quarter, completing the program in two years. A minimum of 13 courses must be graduate courses (all 200-series courses except for up to four courses or 16 units of 500-series courses) in urban planning or a related field. One course (four units) of Urban Planning 496 may be applied towards the degree.

Core Course Requirements. The core areas comprise knowledge common to all areas of planning, regardless of one’s specific focus. Six core courses are required: Urban Planning 207, 211, 220A, 220B, 222A, and one course on urbanization covering urban problems and processes chosen from a menu of options. Workshops in writing and presentation skills are integrated into Urban Planning 207, 220A, and 222A. Urban Planning 207, 220A, 220B and 222A should be completed during the first year of study. Exceptions to this timeline require the department chair’s approval. The urbanization course is recommended but not required to be completed the first year. Urban Planning core courses are sometimes waived with the instructor’s consent if the students can demonstrate mastery of the material through satisfactory completion of previous coursework that covered similar concepts, instructional materials, and content. Students are expected to present the relevant course syllabi when requesting waivers.

Undergraduate preparation in college algebra and microeconomics is recommended for students prior to their enrollment in the M.U.R.P. program. Before enrolling in the program, students must demonstrate the ability to master skills in quantitative methods. This requirement can be met by achievement of a grade of B or better in a college mathematics course (at a minimum level of college algebra), a minimum score of 600 on the Quantitative Test of the Graduate Record Examination, or satisfactory completion of a three-week preparatory Math Camp offered by the department prior to the beginning of Fall Quarter.

Upon entering the program, students must pass proficiency examinations in basic mathematics and microeconomics before enrolling in Urban Planning 220A and 207 respectively. Copies of sample examinations are mailed to applicants accepted into the program. An undergraduate course in college algebra or precalculus should provide suitable background to pass the basic mathematics examination. An undergraduate course in microeconomics should be sufficient preparation for the microeconomics examination. Students are strongly encouraged to prepare for the examinations before beginning the program so that they can take Urban Planning 207 and 220A during their first year of study. If students do not pass either or both examinations, they are advised to take Mathematics 1 and/or Economics 1 or 5 at UCLA during their first year of study. (These courses do not count toward the master’s degree requirements.) Proficiency examinations need to be passed at the start of the second year in order to enroll in required courses Urban Planning 220A and/or 207, which are only offered in Fall Quarter.

Area Course Requirement. Students must choose an area of concentration and select at least five courses, two of which are generally specified, from a list of courses prepared for that area. One of the required core courses on urbanization may be used to fulfill an area of concentration requirement.

Students may seek waivers for requirements that have been met through coursework prior to entering the M.U.R.P. program.

Master in Public Health, M.P.H./Master of Urban and Regional Planning, M.U.R.P.

Concurrent students pursue studies in both schools/departments and earn both a M.P.H. with an emphasis in Environmental Health Sciences and a M.U.R.P. following three years of study. The concurrent degree program requires completion of 110 units (as opposed to 128 units if the two degree programs were completed sequentially). Students are required to complete 86 units of required courses, 20 units of Urban Planning Stream electives and four units of Environmental Health Sciences/Public Health electives. Concurrent degree program students are required to separately satisfy the capstone requirements for each program (i.e., the comprehensive examination in Public Health and the comprehensive examination or master’s thesis in Urban and Regional Planning.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

A student without substantial prior experience in planning is required to complete a minimum of three hundred hours of fieldwork. Fieldwork is defined as clinical or real world experience with a planning office, a private organization involved in planning, a community action agency, or applied research within a clinical context (excluding conventional university-based research projects). Students fulfill this requirement by enrolling in four units of Urban Planning 496 while completing the fieldwork requirement or immediately thereafter. Further details about fulfilling this requirement are available from the graduate adviser.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

A student must select this option by the deadline set by the department. Once a deadline has passed, students are limited to options with subsequent deadlines.

Plan A (Client-Oriented Project). A client-oriented project is recommended if students are more interested in practical application of what they have learned than in scholarly research. The time span of the final project approximates that of the thesis. Academic credit for project involvement is given through required courses Urban Planning 205A and 205B, and through 597 for faculty supervised independent research. Guidance of the project rests with a committee of at least one faculty committee chair, one consulting faculty, and a representative of the client. The project proposal should be ready for committee review by the end of the seventh week of Fall Quarter of the second year of study. The project must be successfully completed when it is approved by the faculty committee and delivered to the client. The client project poster presentations are required in the Spring Quarter.

As an alternative under Plan A, second-year students may take Urban Planning 217A-217B for eight units credit, offered each year, either during the Fall and Winter or the Winter and Spring quarters to fulfill the comprehensive examination requirement. The faculty members in charge of this course sequence, one supervising, one consulting, plus a representative of the client make up the comprehensive examination committee. Students must notify the graduate counselor that they have selected this option and (in the event that more than one section is offered) they must indicate in which section of Urban Planning 217A-217B they will enroll by the end of Fall Quarter of the second year of study.

Plan B (Two-Week Examination). Examinations for all areas of concentration are offered during the break between Winter and Spring quarters. A three-member faculty committee consisting of the departmental chair and two members nominated by the student, coordinates, administers and evaluates the examination. Students may be requested to do additional work on the examination after it has been reviewed by the committee. No course credit is received for the two-week examination. Students who choose this option must notify the graduate counselor by the end of Fall Quarter of the second year of study.

Client and comprehensive projects and two-week examinations are graded on an S/U basis. To receive a grade of S the level of the student’s work must be equivalent to that of a letter grade of B.

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 student must select this option by the deadline established by the department. Once a deadline has passed, students are limited to options with subsequent deadlines.

The thesis is intended to provide the opportunity for independent scholarly research and should be the length and quality of a publishable journal article. In order to meet graduation deadlines, students must begin thesis work no later than the beginning of Fall Quarter of the second year and present a preliminary proposal to their thesis committee chair by the end of the second week of classes. The thesis committee consists of three ladder faculty and must be selected by the end of Fall Quarter of the second year. Students enroll in required course Urban Planning 208C for four units of academic credit for thesis preparation, and for four units of 598 for faculty supervised independent research. The student must receive a grade of S in Urban Planning 598 for the thesis project to be considered of passing quality. The thesis poster presentations are required in the Spring Quarter.

Time-to-Degree

Urban and Regional Planning is a full-time degree program. Students are expected to enroll in a minimum of 12 units per quarter. From admission to the master’s program, normal time to award of the degree is six quarters (12 units of coursework per quarter).

Students who have completed the normal two-year program residence requirements (not to be confused with the official University residence requirements), but have remaining deficiencies, are allowed an upper time limit of one additional year to complete all remaining requirements (thesis, comprehensive examination, removal of outstanding Incomplete grades). An extension of the upper time limit may be requested by written petition to the department. Such requests will be approved only in extreme circumstances.

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2012-2013 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.

Chemistry

Admission

Program Name

Chemistry

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

December 15th

GRE (General and/or Subject)

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

Inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

At least nine quarter courses (36 units) are required, of which at least five (20 units) must be graduate courses and the remainder upper division courses. Students must take a minimum of two courses in their major area and one course in an outside area. Choices may be made from the following:

Inorganic: Chemistry and Biochemistry 207, 271, C273, C274, C275, C276A, 276B, 277, C279, C280, C281.

Organic: Chemistry and Biochemistry 236, 241A through 241Z, 242, C243A, C243B, 244A, 244B, C245, C281.

Physical: Chemistry and Biochemistry C215A, C215B, C215C, 215D, C223A, C223B, M223C, 225.

Substitutions may be made with consent of the faculty area adviser. With the consent of the faculty graduate adviser, courses of directed individual study, but not research courses, may replace any of the courses listed above.

Up to 24 units of Chemistry and Biochemistry 596 or 598 may be applied toward the total course requirement; up to 20 units may be applied toward the minimum 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, the comprehensive examination plan is used in lieu of a thesis. Under this plan, Chemistry students may apply an additional six units of Chemistry and Biochemistry 597 and six units of Chemistry and Biochemistry 228, 248, or 278 toward the graduate course requirement and the total course requirement. The comprehensive examination plan requires the satisfactory completion of three cumulative examinations.

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 Chemistry.

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, 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

Inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, materials chemistry, biophysics, theory/computation, and analytical chemistry/measurement science and technology.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Candidates in each area of specialization should normally complete as a minimum the coursework indicated below. Some of these requirements can be met on the basis of orientation examinations and courses taken prior to entry into the graduate program. If the projected research falls in an area which differs appreciably from that anticipated by the field requirements listed below, students may be permitted appropriate modifications.

Inorganic Chemistry: (1) Required background material: Chemistry and Biochemistry C172 or its equivalent, and satisfactory performance on the inorganic chemistry orientation examination; (2) Chemistry and Biochemistry 207, C275, C276A,and C280; (3) one elective course from the following: Chemistry and Biochemistry M205, C213B, C215B, 215D, C223A, 232, 236, 241A through 241Z, 242, C243A, C243B, 244A, 244B, C245, 271, C274, 277, or other graduate courses with the approval of the inorganic chemistry area adviser. If the C274 requirement is waived, two electives should be selected from this list; (4) Chemistry and Biochemistry 278 and one quarter of Chemistry and Biochemistry 282; (5) Chemistry and Biochemistry C400.

Organic Chemistry: (1) Required background material: Chemistry and Biochemistry 30A, 30B, 30BL, 30C, 30CL, 136, and satisfactory performance on the organic chemistry orientation examination; (2) Chemistry and Biochemistry 236, C243A, C243B, 244A, 244B; (3) one course from Chemistry and Biochemistry 207, 232, 236, 241A through 241Z, 242, C245, C281 or other courses with approval of the organic chemistry area adviser; (4) Chemistry and Biochemistry 248 (every quarter); (5) Chemistry and Biochemistry 400; (6) Chemistry and Biochemistry 249A (four quarters) and 249B (one quarter).

Physical Chemistry: (1) Required background material: Chemistry and Biochemistry 110A, 110B, 113A, and satisfactory performance on the physical chemistry orientation examination; (2) Chemistry and Biochemistry C215A-C215B, C223A-C223B, or equivalent; (3) Chemistry and Biochemistry 228 each quarter; (4) Chemistry and Biochemistry 218 (one quarter). Substitutions may be made with consent of the physical chemistry area adviser; (5) Chemistry and Biochemistry C400.

Materials Chemistry: (1) Required background material: Chemistry and Biochemistry 110A, 110B and 113A, or 172, or 136, or their equivalents, and satisfactory performance on the physical, inorganic, or organic chemistry orientation examination; (2) Chemistry and Biochemistry C280 and C285; (3) one from the following: Chemistry and Biochemistry C215A, C223A, C276A, 276B, 244A; (4) one from: Chemistry and Biochemistry C215B, C223B, 236, C243A, C275, 276B; (5) one from: Chemistry and Biochemistry C240, C281, 277, or any other class from the preceding two groups; (6) Chemistry and Biochemistry 228, or 248, or 278, every quarter; (6) Chemistry and Biochemistry C400.

Biophysics: Track A: (1) Required background material: Chemistry and Biochemistry 110A, 110B and 113A or its equivalent, and satisfactory performance on the physical chemistry orientation examination; (2) Chemistry and Biochemistry C215A, and C223 A, B; (3) 8 units from: Chemistry and Biochemistry M230B, 257, 269A, B, C, Physics 220, Physics 241A, B, C; (4) Chemistry and Biochemistry 228 or 268, every quarter; (5) Chemistry and Biochemistry C400. Track B: (1) Required background material: Chemistry and Biochemistry 153A and 153B or its equivalent; (2) Chemistry and Biochemistry 269A, B, C, M230B or 257, C200 or CM260A, and one quarter of 258; (3) 8 units of additional graduate courses from: Chemistry and Biochemistry M230B, 257, M230D, CM260A, CM260B, Physics 220, and Chemistry and Biochemistry C223A, B; (4) Chemistry and Biochemistry 268 or 228, every quarter; (5) Chemistry and Biochemistry C400; (6) 3 lab rotations.

Theory/Computation: (1) Required background material: Chemistry and Biochemistry 110A, 110B and 113A or its equivalent, and satisfactory performance on the physical chemistry orientation examination; (2) Chemistry and Biochemistry C215A, B, C223A, B, and C226A, or C215A, C223A, and either C215B or C223B and 2 courses from the following: Chemistry and Biochemistry C245, C215C, C226A, CM260A, 269A, 269B, C276A; (3) Chemistry and Biochemistry 228, every quarter.

Analytical Chemistry/Measurement Science and Engineering: (1) Required background material: Chemistry and Biochemistry 110A, 110B and 113A, or 172, or 136, or their equivalents, and satisfactory performance on the analytical chemistry orientation examination; (2) Chemistry and Biochemistry C243A and 244A, or C215A and C223A , or 207 and C276A, or C279 and CM205A; (3) Chemistry and Biochemistry C285 or 257; (4) 8 units from: Chemistry and Biochemistry C208, 236, C240, 266, 276B, Bioengineering C204, C231, M225, M248, or other engineering or medical school graduate level courses approved by the area advisor; (5) Chemistry and Biochemistry 228, or 247, or 278, every quarter; (6) Chemistry and Biochemistry 400.

First Year Report for Students in Organic Chemistry

Students in organic chemistry must write a report for their adviser and one other organic chemist covering their progress and accomplishments in the laboratory. The report is due on November 1 of the second year in residence.

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 and maintain their standing in the PhD program.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

All Ph.D. candidates in Chemistry take a series of written tests called cumulative examinations. These are designed to encourage and evaluate the continued growth of professional competency through coursework, study of the literature, departmental seminars, and informal discussions with colleagues.

Three examinations are given per quarter at approximately monthly intervals. Students must begin writing the examinations in their second quarter of residence and must continue until they have passed four examinations. A maximum of twelve attempts are allowed. To remain in good standing, students must pass at least one of the first five examinations attempted. Students with a master’s degree from a U.S. university are required to pass three examinations out of nine attempts.

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

Special Departmental or Program Policy

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

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Biomathematics

School of Medicine

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Biomathematics offers the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Biomathematics, and the Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Clinical Research.

Clinical Research

Admission

Program Name

Clinical Research

Address

David Geffen School of Medicine
5303 Life Sciences
Box 951766
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1766

Phone

(310) 825-6312

Email

kdipple@mednet.ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.S.

Admission Limited to

Fall

Deadline to apply

May 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 expected to present the departmental application, M.D., D.D.S., or D.N.S. degree, high academic achievement, considerable interest in a career as a clinical investigator, commitment by a research mentor.

Master’s Degree

Areas of Study

Consult the department.

Advising

The co-chairs of the departmental Executive Committee for the M.S. in Clinical Research confer with incoming students about their goals and prior preparation. Students are assigned a major adviser, either from the Executive Committee, the Admissions Committee, or from a faculty mentor list available within the department. Clinical fellows may use a faculty member from their subspecialty training program as an additional adviser. Students meet with their adviser(s) at least once a month. Detailed student progress assessments are reported to the Executive Committee.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Master’s degree candidates must complete a total of 54 units, including 38 units of required upper division and 200 level graduate courses. The 12 required courses (38 units) are Biomathematics 170A, 258, 259, M260A-M260B-M260C, M261, M262, M263, 265A, 266A (formerly numbered 171) and 266B (formerly numbered 266). Two additional elective graduate courses (8 units) are required and must be approved by the assigned adviser(s). Eight units of Biomathematics 596 are required for thesis research.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Clinical experience is obtained in subspecialty training and clinic rotation.

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.

A master’s thesis is required. A master’s thesis committee is nominated by the department and appointed by the Graduate Division. Students discuss with their adviser(s) their choice for the chair of the thesis committee. The committee composition must be approved by the Executive Committee.

Time-to-Degree

The minimum time to degree is two years. The maximum time to degree is three years. Exceptions require approval of the Executive Committee.

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

None.

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

Applied Linguistics

College of Letters and Science

Graduate Degrees

The Department of Applied Linguistics offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Applied Linguistics, the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Linguistics, the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Teaching English as Second Language, and the Certificate in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language.

Applied Linguistics

Admission

Program Name

Applied Linguistics

Address

Program is not accepting applications for 2015-2016

Phone

(310) 825-4631

Email

appling@ucla.edu

Leading to the degree of

M.A., Ph.D.

Admission Limited to

Program is not accepting applications for 2012-2013

Deadline to apply

GRE (General and/or Subject)

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.

M.A. Applicants to the M.A. program are expected to submit a relevant research paper as a writing sample, and a statement of research. The statement of research should contain the reasons for wishing to study applied linguistics at UCLA; the area of applied linguistics in which the applicant may want to specialize and do research and the reasons for this interest, the qualifications and professional experience relevant to doing research in this area; and knowledge of other languages, dialects or cultures.

While not required for admission, admitted applicants may be required to take or audit any course including Linguistics 103, 120A, and 120B to make up deficiencies in preparation as deemed necessary by the faculty.

Ph.D. Applicants are expected to sbmit a statement of research and a relevant research paper, such as a master’s thesis, related research paper or comprehensive examination, as a writing sample. The statement of research should describe the applicant’s research background and expectations of type of dissertation to be prepared. Applicants should have completed a master’s degree in applied linguistics or linguistics, or in a related field such as anthropology, psychology, modern languages, or sociology.

Admitted applicants may be required to make up deficiencies in preparation as deemed necessary by the faculty.

Master’s Degree

Advising

New students entering the program discuss their academic program with a faculty mentor initially assigned by the faculty according to areas of common interest, expertise, and experience. Students may request a change of mentor at any time through the graduate adviser. Students must nominate a thesis committee before beginning work on the thesis and at least one quarter before filing the thesis. The chair of the thesis committee assumes the role of faculty mentor after the committee is appointed.

Students meet each quarter with their faculty mentor and the graduate adviser to discuss their course of study and are required to have their course enrollment plan approved by their faculty mentor and the graduate adviser. During the year the faculty and the graduate adviser review the student’s records and advise on progress in the program and the remaining requirements that must be met. In addition, the graduate adviser provides guidance on a variety of academic issues.

Areas of Study

Students may specialize in areas of applied linguistics such as language acquisition, language assessment. discourse analysis, service learning, and others, depending on faculty expertise. Students should consult the department regarding what is available. In particular, students who are interested in specializing in language assessment should contact the department prior to submitting an application.

Foreign Language Requirement

Before advancement to candidacy, students must demonstrate effective knowledge of one foreign language equivalent to a minimum of three quarters of foreign language study at the university level. This knowledge may be demonstrated by : (1) completion of the third quarter of instruction in a foreign language with a minimum grade of B or better; (2) completion of the second quarter of instruction in a foreign language course plus Linguistics 221; (3) a UCLA Foreign Language Department Placement Test, demonstrating equivalency to completion of the third quarter of instruction in a foreign language. Non-native speakers of English may petition to use English to fulfill the foreign language requirement.

Course Requirements

A total of 10 courses is required for the M.A. degree, including a minimum of seven 200-series courses. Nine of these courses are applied toward the University’s nine-course minimum for the master’s degree. A total of eight units of 500-series courses may be applied toward the 10 courses required by the department for the M.A. degree; however, only four of those units may be used to fulfill the University’s nine-course minimum requirement for the degree.

Prerequisites: Introductory course in phonetics taught at UCLA (Linguistics 103); a minimum of two quarters of a foreign language.

First-Year Curriculum

The typical course of study for the first year of the M.A. program is as follows:

Fall Quarter: Applied Linguistics C201 and C204, one additional course.

Winter Quarter: Applied Linguistics C202, two additional courses.

Spring Quarter: Applied Linguistics 208, two additional courses.

Five foundation courses (Applied Linguistics 200, C201, C202, C204, and 208) are required. Choice of additional coursework in the first year is flexible and is to be determined in conjunction with the faculty mentor and graduate adviser. Those students who lack the prerequisite linguistics courses and foreign language background are expected to take these courses within their first two quarters.

Students who come to the program from fields other than linguistics may need to take additional courses in the nature of language and language analysis, in order to better prepare themselves for advanced study in one of the three areas of specialization offered in this program. Exceptions to the above requirements are made only after consultation with the faculty mentor and graduate adviser.

Second-Year Curriculum

The typical course of study for the second year of the M.A. program is as follows:

Fall Quarter: Applied Linguistics 200, two guided electives.

Winter Quarter: Applied Linguistics 598, two guided electives.

Spring Quarter: Applied Linguistics 400, 598.

During the second year, students complete their specialization and elective course requirements and work on their thesis. The four elective courses are to be chosen in consultation with the student’s faculty adviser/mentor from courses in the department. Two of these electives must be 200-series courses in the student’s area of specialization, beyond the foundation courses. In order to enhance an interdisciplinary perspective, students are also encouraged to take relevant electives in other departments and programs, such as Anthropology, Education, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Psychology, and Sociology.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, each student must enroll in Applied Linguistics 200. By the end of the fourth quarter the thesis proposal must be approved by the thesis committee and submitted to the department chair. Once students complete the thesis proposal, they enroll in Applied Linguistics 598, which is conducted as an independent tutorial with the master’s thesis committee chair as mentor until the thesis is completed, typically the end of the second year. Students may only apply Applied Linguistics 598 once towards the 10-course requirement.

Applied Linguistics 400 is a seminar in which M.A. candidates present and defend the results of their thesis research. Enrollment is required in Spring Quarter but does not count as one of the 10 courses required for the M.A. degree.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination

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 culmination of the mentoring relationship during the M.A. degree is the master’s thesis, which is based on research that each student plans and conducts under the supervision of a faculty mentor. The master’s thesis is a substantial research report, which could provide the basis for a journal article. During the fourth quarter, each student must enroll in Applied Linguistics 598. In this course, the student prepares a thesis proposal and forms, in collaboration with a faculty mentor, a thesis committee, which consists of three members who meet University regulations for service on thesis committees, at least two of whom must be from the department. By the end of the fourth quarter the thesis proposal must be approved by the thesis committee and submitted to the department chair.

Time-to-Degree

From admission to award of the M.A. degree: six quarters, and in some cases, a summer session. Students must complete the degree, including the filing of the thesis, within three years of beginning the M.A. program. If the degree is not completed within that time period, a petition must be filed with the department indicating reasons for the extension of time.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

New students entering the program discuss their academic program with a faculty mentor initially assigned by the faculty according to areas of common interest, expertise, and experience. Students may request a change of mentor at any time through the graduate adviser. Students must nominate a doctoral committee at least one quarter before taking the University Oral Qualifying Examination . The chair of the doctoral committee assumes the role of faculty mentor after the committee is appointed.

Students meet each quarter with their faculty mentor to have their course enrollment plan approved and to discuss their progress toward the degree. This process is intended to assist students in making satisfactory progress and to encourage a strong mentorship relationship between students and faculty. During the year the faculty and the graduate adviser review the student’s records and advise on progress in the program and the remaining requirements that must be met. In addition, the graduate adviser provides guidance on a variety of academic issues.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Foreign Language Requirement

Before advancement to candidacy, students must demonstrate effective knowledge of one foreign language. This knowledge may be demonstrated by: (1) completion of the sixth quarter of instruction in a foreign language with a grade of Satisfactory or a grade of B or better; (2) a UCLA Foreign Language Department Placement Test, showing equivalency to completion of the sixth quarter of instruction in a foreign language. Non-native speakers of English may petition to use English to fulfill the language requirement.

Course Requirements

Basic Preparation. Students must take Applied Linguistics 209 during their first quarter in the program.

Units and Courses. As a breadth requirement, students must take at least 32 units (eight courses) of graduate-level coursework (in the 200 or 500 series), determined in consultation with the student’s faculty mentor. These 32 units may not include Applied Linguistics 400, 597, or 599. No more than eight of the 32 units may be in 596 courses, and these should be in Applied Linguistics 596.

Appropriate graduate courses taken at UCLA after completion of the M.A. degree but before admission to the doctoral program may be applied toward the eight-course requirement for the Ph.D. degree. Credit may be transferred for up to two courses taken at another institution, but only for graduate-level courses taken after completion of the M.A. degree and preferably taken within the framework of Applied Linguistics 501.

Courses that may be taken on an S/U basis include undergraduate courses taken as prerequisites to required graduate courses, undergraduate courses not required, reading courses in a foreign language, graduate courses taken in addition to the required 32 units, Applied Linguistics 209, 501, 597, and 599. All other courses must be taken for letter grades.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

In lieu of a written qualifying examination, students are required to submit one Qualifying Paper that is an original research paper of publishable quality. This paper may be a revised or an extended seminar paper but must be prepared after admission to the Ph.D. program. Students choose the topics of these papers in consultation with appropriate faculty members from the department and with the consent of the faculty mentor. The finished paper is evaluated by three faculty members, two of whom must be from inside the department and one of whom must be from outside of the department.

The doctoral committee administers the University Oral Qualifying Examination, the focus of which is a prospectus of the dissertation that must be submitted to the committee prior to the examination. The committee also has the responsibility for determining the adequacy of the student’s preparation for writing the dissertation. If prospectus and preparation are judged adequate, the choice of the dissertation topic is thereby approved, and the student becomes eligible for advancement to doctoral candidacy. In case of failure, the doctoral committee determines whether or not the student may be reexamined and if further courses must be taken before the reexamination.

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

From first enrollment in the doctoral program to advancement to candidacy: two to three years. From first enrollment to completion of degree: three to five years. The outside limit for the Ph.D. from start to finish, including leaves or interruptions of any kind, is seven calendar years from first enrollment. The approved normative time-to-degree for the Ph.D. is 15 quarters (five years).

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

Special Departmental or Program Policy

Master’s Degree

The chair makes a recommendation for termination on the recommendation of a departmental committee set up to review the particular circumstances of a given case. The committee includes at least one student. Either the graduate adviser or a member of the faculty may initiate the process by informing the chair of the need to recommend a student for termination.

A student may appeal a recommendation for termination to the chair who reconvenes the ad hoc committee to reconsider the matter.

Doctoral Degree

A student who has not completed the degree within seven years will be recommended for termination. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination to the departmental committee that administers the program.

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