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

Master of Science and Doctoral Program

Admission

Program Name

Management: M.S., Ph.D.

Address

C-501 Entrepreneurs Hall
110 Westwood Plaza, Suite C501
Box 951481
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481 

Phone

(310) 825-2824 

Email

ms.phd.admissions@anderson.ucla.edu  

Leading to the degree of

M.S., Ph.D.

The program admits only applicants whose objective is Ph.D. 

Admission Limited to

Fall 

Deadline to apply

January 4th 

GRE (General and/or Subject)

GMAT or GRE 

Letters of Recommendation 

3 

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. 

Master's Degree

Advising

New master's degree students are initially advised by the M.S. adviser in their field of concentration. Students are urged to establish a working relationship with one or two faculty members early in their studies. Students are free to change advisers whenever they wish during the course of their progress through the master's program. The overall adviser of the program is the senior associate dean, M.S./Ph.D. programs.

Students are required to submit Proposal of Study forms by the end of their second quarter. These forms list the courses students expect to take to fulfill the requirements of the program. The M.S./Ph.D. Program Office conducts a quarterly review of student progress, based on study forms and transcripts. Students who are having scholastic difficulty or who are not making sufficient progress are asked to discuss their situation with the senior associate dean. All conversations with the senior associate dean relating to progress are documented; copies are sent to the student's adviser, and records are kept in the student's file in the M.S./Ph.D. Programs Office.

Areas of Study

Decision sciences.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students entering the M.S. program are assumed to have taken calculus through differentiation and integration of several variables, two courses in probability and statistics, two quarters of computer programming, and a managerial core of courses in managerial accounting, managerial economics, and managerial finance (Management 403, 405, 408). These courses can be waived on the basis of previous coursework.

The specialization consists of the following five-course methodological core: Management 203A, 210A, 210B, 210C, 216A. The specialization also includes three elective courses that typically are supportive of the thesis, along with four units of Management 598. The elective courses may be methodological in nature or may relate to management science aspects of a functional field such as operations management, information systems, or finance. Courses from other departments may also be selected. A minimum of 36 units of coursework, all at the graduate level, is required for the degree.

Teaching Experience

Not Required.

Field Experience

Not Required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

The comprehensive examination is a written examination of three to four hours duration. Students are tested on material covered in courses that are required for the M.S. degree program.

Thesis Plan

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

The thesis must be finished within one year after all required coursework is completed. A student lacking a strong prerequisite background nominates a thesis committee by the fifth quarter of study and presents a proposal for committee approval at the beginning of the sixth quarter.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree: six quarters.

Doctoral Degree

Advising

New doctoral students are initially advised by the doctoral adviser for their particular academic unit. Students are urged to establish a working relationship with one or two faculty members early in their studies. Students are expected to have a close working relationship with at least one faculty member by the end of their first year in the program. Students are free to change their adviser whenever they wish during the course of their progress through the program. The overall adviser is the senior associate dean, M.S./Ph.D. programs.

First-year students are reviewed by their respective academic units during Spring Quarter of their first year in the program. First-year grades and faculty evaluations are used in the review process. A final, written evaluation is forwarded to the M.S./Ph.D. Programs Office and is kept in the student's file in the M.S./Ph.D. Programs Office.

By the end of the first year in the program, students are required to submit Proposal of Study forms, which must be approved by the senior associate dean. These forms list coursework students plan to take to satisfy the program requirements and the dates when the coursework, research paper, and major field examination are expected to be completed. The M.S./Ph.D. Program Office conducts a quarterly review of student progress based on program deadlines, study forms and transcripts. For students who are having scholastic difficulty, who appear not to be making sufficient progress, or who are approaching a program deadline, the major field adviser is contacted. The senior associate dean, in consultation with the adviser, determines what action should be taken. A copy of all correspondence between the senior associate dean, the student, and/or the student's adviser is maintained in the student's file.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

Accounting; Decisions, Operations and Technology Management; Finance; Global Economics and Management; Management and Organizations; Marketing; Strategy.

Foreign Language Requirement

None

Course Requirements

Research Preparation Requirement. The research preparation requirement consists of two parts: (1) a course requirement and (2) a research paper. Students are required to take five research courses which are not part of the major field area classes taught in the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management. These courses must be completed before taking the oral qualifying examination and may not be waived by prior graduate work. A summer research paper must be submitted to and accepted by the student's faculty mentor no later than start of Fall Quarter of the second year of study.

Breadth Requirement. The breadth requirement consists of eight courses which are clearly outside the major field area. Students should use these courses to become more knowledgeable about the basic elements of several other management disciplines and functional areas or to define a minor field of research and teaching proficiency. Three of these courses may be waived by prior coursework from a previously earned master's degree. They must be completed before taking the oral qualifying examination.

There is no formal major field course requirement. In consultation with a major field adviser, a course of study is designed which prepares the student to pass the major field examination.

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.

Proficiency in the major field area is determined by a written examination, supplemented in some areas by an oral examination. The major field examination must be passed by the end of Spring Quarter of the third year of study.

Students are required to present the substance of their dissertation proposal in a formal seminar to which all Ph.D. students and faculty are invited.

When all the preliminary requirements have been fulfilled (coursework, research paper, major field examination, seminar), students are eligible to take the University Oral Qualifying Examination and, if passed, to be advanced to candidacy. The oral qualifying examination must be passed within four and one-half years of the date of entrance into the program.

Advancement to Candidacy

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

Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

Required for all students in the program.

Time-to-Degree

The program is designed to take four years (12 quarters) from graduate admission to awarding of the degree. Completion of the degree cannot exceed seven and one-half years (23 quarters). Normative time-to-degree is four and one-half years (14 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

Regular M.B.A. Program

At the end of the first year, a student who has a grade point average below 3.00 or who has completed fewer than 48 units is subject to a recommendation for termination. The student's records are reviewed by the assistant dean of the program, who makes a recommendation for termination. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination to the dean of the school.

M.S. Program

The decision to recommend termination is made by the assistant dean in consultation with the faculty in the student's area of specialization. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination through a request to the dean of the school to appoint a faculty committee to review it. The dean decides whether such action is warranted.

Ph.D. Program

A student may be recommended for termination as a result of conclusions of the major field area faculty's first-year review, or for failure to meet the time requirements for the research paper, major field examinations, advancement to candidacy or the dissertation.

The minimum standard of performance of the school exceeds the University's minimum grade point average of 3.00. In particular, if a student receives two or more grades of B, or if Incomplete grades are not removed within one quarter, the student's record indicates serious scholastic deficiencies that require review by the appropriate academic unit and may be the basis for a recommendation for termination.

A student is given written notification of approaching deadlines. All deadlines are determined by the date of entry into the program.

The decision to recommend termination is made by the senior associate dean in consultation with the faculty in the student's area of specialization. A student may appeal a recommendation for termination through a request to the dean of the school to appoint a faculty committee to review it. The dean decides whether such action is warranted.

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