2007-2008 Program Requirements for UCLA Graduate Degrees |
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Applicable only to students admitted during the 2007-2008 academic year. Design|Media Arts School of the Arts and Architecture Graduate Degrees The Department of Design|Media Arts offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) and the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degrees in Design|Media Arts. Admission
Master of Arts Advising Upon admission, an Initial Advisory Committee is established for the student by the departmental chair and the graduate counselor. This committee is composed of two departmental faculty and is responsible for monitoring student progress and providing guidance until the student's master's thesis committee is appointed at the end of the first year of study, at which time the thesis committee assumes this responsibility. Areas of Study Critical theory and history in design|media arts. Foreign Language Requirement None. Course Requirements A minimum of 42 units of graduate coursework is required. Required courses: Design|Media Arts 201, C206, C252A, M259, 269, 270, 271, and 272, and one course from Information Studies 200, 204, 260, or 282. Students must enroll in a minimum of four units of Design|Media Arts 598 each quarter during their second year of study. These course units do not apply toward the minimum course/unit requirements for the degree. Students are encouraged to supplement Design|Media Arts coursework with courses from other departments that may aid their research. Teaching Experience Not required. Field Experience Not required. Comprehensive Examination Plan None. Thesis Plan The purpose of the thesis is for students to conduct research in such areas as design, media arts, history, and theory and criticism, and to explore innovative ways to present their theoretical findings in a thesis of approximately 20,000 words. The thesis must be prepared in hard-copy form and in accord with University policy and procedure for thesis preparation and filing. Time to Degree Normal progress toward the degree is: (1) from matriculation to completion of required core courses and advancement to candidacy: four quarters; (2) from matriculation to completion of master's thesis and award of degree: six quarters. Master of Fine Arts Advising Upon admission, an Initial Advisory Committee is formed for the student by the chair and the graduate counselor of the department. This committee is composed of the student's faculty adviser, and at least one other member of the Design|Media Arts faculty. It is the adviser's responsibility, along with other members of the committee, to monitor the student's progress and provide advice until the student is considered ready to select an M.F.A. Graduate Guidance Committee for the graduate degree. Members of the Initial Advisory Committee may or may not eventually become members of the Graduate Guidance Committee. The Graduate Guidance Committee must be established no later than the fourth quarter of full-time residency. The Graduate Guidance Committee, which is made up from members of the Design|Media Arts faculty appointed by the chair of the department, is charged with the responsibility of reviewing the student's progress toward the comprehensive examination project at least once every quarter of enrollment. A record of these reviews is placed in the student's file, which is available for the student's inspection. Areas of Study Media Design: interfaced design, interactive media, time-based work, virtual environments, and information spaces. Foreign Language Requirement None. Course Requirements A minimum of 80 quarter units of upper division and graduate Design|Media Arts courses is required. No fewer than 24 quarter units in the Design|Media Arts 200 series are to be completed: Design|Media Arts 200, 201 or C206, 252A, 254, and 256 must be taken during the first two quarters in residence; Design|Media Arts 258 or M259, during the first year in residence; and the graduate seminar, Design|Media Arts 269 is to be taken twice (eight units). Students who believe they can demonstrate adequate background and justification to waive Design|Media Arts 252A or M259 may petition to waive the course and replace it with another Design|Media Arts elective. A further 32 units are to be taken from the Design|Media Arts 400 series, at least eight units in the third quarter in residence; and 16 units of electives, of which eight units of Design|Media Arts 596 may be applied toward the requirements for the degree. Teaching Experience While graduate students have the opportunity to work with the faculty as teaching assistants for undergraduate courses, this is not a requirement for the degree program. Field Experience Not Required. Comprehensive Examination Plan The comprehensive examination consists of an oral examination and a concentrated body of work which is presented as the master's statement. Also required is an accompanying record of the project, consisting of documentation in the form of images of physical work, research material, and other visual material; this may include a written statement as determined by the graduate guidance committee. Thesis Plan None. Time-to-Degree From graduate admission to award of the degree: six quarters is the normal time-to-degree. 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 Graduate Guidance Committee may recommend termination of graduate study if the committee deems that the student's creative work and progress towards the completion of the degree is inadequate in quality or quantity. This determination must be made in a formal meeting of the committee. The student may appeal a recommendation of termination by petition to the whole faculty through the department chair. An ad hoc committee of Design|Media Arts faculty may be assigned by the Chair to review the decision of the Guidance Committee and make a report to the entire Design|Media Arts faculty. They then make a final determination to uphold or reverse the recommendation of the Guidance Committee. |
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