Standards & Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA Updated and Effective October 2020 Table of Contents Administration .............................................................................................................................................. 5 The Graduate Division ............................................................................................................................... 5 The Graduate Council ............................................................................................................................... 5 The Graduate Adviser ............................................................................................................................... 5 Degrees and General Requirements ............................................................................................................. 5 Preparation ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Duplication of Degrees .............................................................................................................................. 6 The Master’s Degree ................................................................................................................................. 7 University Minimum Standards ............................................................................................................ 7 Courses .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) Graded Courses ........................................................................... 7 Scholarship ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Transfer of Credit .............................................................................................................................. 7 Credit for UCLA Extension Courses ................................................................................................... 8 Academic Residence ......................................................................................................................... 8 Foreign Language Requirement ........................................................................................................ 9 Advancement to Candidacy .............................................................................................................. 9 Capstone Plan or Thesis ........................................................................................................................ 9 Master’s Comprehensive Examination or Capstone Project .......................................................... 10 Master’s Thesis ............................................................................................................................... 10 Thesis Committee Regulations ........................................................................................................ 11 Exception List .................................................................................................................................. 12 The Doctoral Degree ............................................................................................................................... 13 University Minimum Standards .......................................................................................................... 13 Program of Study ............................................................................................................................ 13 Scholarship ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Academic Residence ....................................................................................................................... 13 Foreign Language Requirement ...................................................................................................... 13 Departmental Guidance Committee / Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations ........................ 14 Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA 1 Doctoral Committee Regulations ........................................................................................................ 14 Doctoral Committee Membership Eligibility Table ......................................................................... 15 Minimum Standards for Doctoral Committee Membership........................................................... 16 Exception List .................................................................................................................................. 16 Appointment ................................................................................................................................... 17 Duties and Responsibilities ............................................................................................................. 18 Remote Participation of a Doctoral Committee Member at a Qualifying Examination or Final Defense ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Advancement to Candidacy ................................................................................................................ 19 Candidate in Philosophy (C.Phil.) Degree ........................................................................................... 20 Doctoral Dissertation .......................................................................................................................... 20 Filing Requirements ........................................................................................................................ 21 Final Oral Examination (Defense of the Dissertation) .................................................................... 21 Normative Time-to-Degree ................................................................................................................. 22 Graduate Foreign Language Requirements ............................................................................................ 22 Articulated and Concurrent Degree Programs ....................................................................................... 24 Individually Designed Articulated Degree Program ........................................................................ 24 Regulations and Policies ............................................................................................................................. 27 Courses .................................................................................................................................................... 27 Graduate Courses................................................................................................................................ 27 Individual Study or Research Courses ................................................................................................. 27 Regulations for Examinations ................................................................................................................. 28 Final Examinations in Graduate Courses ............................................................................................ 28 Disposition of Master’s Written Comprehensive Examinations ......................................................... 28 Doctoral Qualifying Examinations ....................................................................................................... 28 Disposition of Doctoral Written Qualifying Examinations .................................................................. 28 Standard of Scholarship .......................................................................................................................... 29 I (Incomplete) Grades ............................................................................................................................. 29 Credit by Examination ............................................................................................................................. 30 Change of Major/Classification ............................................................................................................... 30 Eligibility .......................................................................................................................................... 30 Deadlines ......................................................................................................................................... 30 2 Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA General Provisions .......................................................................................................................... 30 Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification ..................................................................... 31 Academic Disqualification Procedure ............................................................................................. 31 Appeals Policy ................................................................................................................................. 32 Student Appeals Process – Procedural Error .................................................................................. 32 Student Appeals Process – Grounds other than Procedural Error ................................................