2007-2008 Program Requirements for UCLA Graduate Degrees

Applicable only to students admitted during the 2007-2008 academic year.

Master of Architecture II

Advising

New M.Arch. II students are assigned a temporary adviser and select a permanent faculty adviser when they are ready to do so. Students who wish to change advisers must obtain the consent of the new faculty adviser and discuss this change with the staff graduate adviser. The faculty adviser and the staff graduate adviser work together to explain curricular requirements and to provide counseling and advice. Students meet with their faculty adviser and with the graduate adviser at least once a quarter. Records are not usually kept in regard to these meetings, unless the end product of a meeting is a written petition or document.

Areas of Study

The areas of study for the M.Arch. II degree are design, technology, and critical studies in architectural culture.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Students must complete required preparatory coursework by enrolling in Architecture and Urban Design 289 (two sections) and 401 in UCLA Summer Session prior to formally matriculating in Fall Quarter. Students must receive a minimum 3.0 grade-point average in this coursework in order to continue in the fall. If this minimum standard is not met, students will not be allowed to matriculate in Fall Quarter and admission will be cancelled. Three academic quarters in residence are required. Students are expected to enroll full-time and to remain continuously in residence until all academic work is completed, unless a leave of absence is granted.

All students are required to take at least three advanced studios, one required course in technology, one required course in critical studies in architectural culture, Architecture and Urban Design 403A-403B-403C and a minimum of five electives. Two of the electives must be within a designated area.

A minimum total of 56 units of coursework is required. At least 48 units must be at the graduate level. The remaining eight units may include upper division (undergraduate) courses as long as they are completed outside of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, or no more than eight units of Architecture and Urban Design 596, as part of the 56 total units required.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination

All M. Arch. II students must complete a comprehensive examination. The comprehensive examination requirement is fulfilled through the completion of Architecture and Urban Design 403C in Spring Quarter and the final design project for this course. The examination committee consists of at least three faculty members appointed by the department chair. The examination is administered and evaluated for satisfactory performance by the examination committee. The committee evaluates the final design project in the following manner: pass (a unanimous vote), pass subject to revision of the final design project, or fail (majority vote). No reexaminations are permitted. When the final design project is passed subject to revision, one member of the committee is assigned the responsibility of working with the student on the revision, and determining when the final design project is satisfactorily revised.

Two positive votes form the committee constitute a pass on the comprehensive examination. The degree is awarded on recommendation of the faculty committee.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Students begin preparatory coursework in summer session followed by three quarters of residency. The degree must be completed by the end of Spring Quarter.

Master of Arts

Advising

Students working toward the M.A. degree are assigned a temporary adviser upon entering the school and select a permanent faculty adviser when they are ready to do so. Students who wish to change their adviser should obtain the consent of the new faculty adviser and discuss this change with the staff graduate adviser. The faculty adviser and the staff graduate adviser work together in explaining curricular requirements and in dealing with any personal or academic difficulties that may occur.

There is no formal review process established for students in the M.A. program. Individual faculty advisers make final determinations regarding which courses students are permitted to take, and also approve the decision to begin thesis work.

Students meet with their faculty adviser and with the graduate adviser at least once a quarter. Records are not usually kept in regard to these meetings, unless the end product of a meeting is a written petition or document.

Areas of Study

Students are required to focus their work on a specific academic area or professional issue. Specializations are currently available in critical studies in architectural culture and in technology. In addition, students have the option of the open M.A. degree whereby they structure their own area of interest from the courses offered by the department.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Candidates for the M.A. degree are expected to be in residence at UCLA for two years and undertake six quarters of study. Students must choose and pursue one area of specialization. A thesis is required. When the committee members have signed the thesis proposal, students may sign up for four and no more than eight units of Architecture and Urban Design 598 and begin work on the thesis itself. The course should be taken at some point during the last year of study.

Students are required to complete a minimum of 16 courses (64 units) of graduate or upper division work. At least five (20 units) of these courses must be 200-series courses and at least two (eight units) must be 500-series courses. No more than 20 units of 500-level courses may be counted toward the total unit requirement for the degree. Up to seven courses may be taken from upper division (undergraduate) or graduate courses offered campus wide. Students who choose the area of critical studies in architectural culture as their area of specialization are required to take a total of 30 units of Architecture and Urban Design 290 as part of their requirement for graduation. This set of six five-unit courses must be completed by the end of the sixth quarter of residency.

Students must enroll in at least four and no more than eight units of course 598. Students may also apply 12 units of course 596 toward the unit requirements for graduation. Courses in the 400 series may not be applied toward the graduate course requirement for the M.A. degree, but a limited number may be applied toward elective course requirements.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

None.

Thesis Plan

All M.A. students must complete a master's thesis.

Time-to-Degree

The average length of study for the M.A. degree is six academic quarters (two years).

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