2007-2008 Program Requirements for UCLA Graduate Degrees |
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Applicable only to students admitted during the 2007-2008 academic year. Educational Leadership Program Admission
Doctor of Education Advising Students in the Educational Leadership Program are assigned an adviser during the second year. Major Fields or Subdisciplines Educational leadership emphases are kindergarten through postsecondary educational reform and systemic change. Foreign Language Requirement None. Course Requirements A program of study for an Ed.D. student is determined by the student and faculty adviser, and must meet division or program and department requirements. A minimum of 21 courses is required. (1) Three research methods courses, with no more than two introductory (first tier) courses and at least one intermediate/advanced (second tier) course, selected from the departmental list approved for the Ed.D. degree. (2) Eleven education courses are selected by the program of which at least six are from the Education 400 series. (3) Two leadership capacity-building courses. (4) A sequential three-quarter field practicum (Education 499A-499B-499C). Course requirements may be waived, under exceptional circumstances, by the program. Students submit a petition, endorsed by their adviser, to the division or program head. Whenever additional academic background is needed, the program head may require other coursework. (5) Two practicums on the development of the culminating project (Ed.D. dissertation). 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. Doctoral Screening Examination. All students are required to take a written examination after the completion of appropriate coursework determined by the division or the program. This examination is concerned with central topics in the selected division and field of emphasis or program. Questions are comprehensive in nature and are designed to measure the breadth and depth of knowledge, as well as to focus that knowledge on specific problems. Students who take the doctoral screening examination ordinarily are not allowed to take more than nine courses before taking the examination. This limit is intended to ensure that students demonstrate basic competencies as early as possible in their doctoral training. In a first sitting for this examination, students may pass with honors, pass, or fail. Students who fail are given one additional opportunity to pass the examination. Students who have been allowed to retake the examination must do so at the beginning of Fall Quarter of the same year that the examination was initially attempted. They are permitted to enroll in Fall courses with their cohort. Doctoral Written Qualifying Examination. Students are required to take the doctoral written qualifying examination in June of their second year. The examination consists of two parts: submission of a proposal for the dissertation that has been approved by the faculty members who have taught the Education 499 series and a take-home written examination. The examination is reviewed and graded by at least two faculty members. In case of a conflict, a third reader is used. The examination is graded pass with honors, pass, or fail. Students can fail the written qualifying examination in three ways: 1) the proposal is incomplete; 2) the proposal is judged to be substandard; 3) the response to the written portion of the examination is judged to be substandard. Students who fail in any one of these three ways in June of the second year may take the examination the following October at the beginning of the third year. Students who fail to successfully complete the examination in June will be assigned faculty mentors to guide them. Students who fail to successfully complete the examination a second time will be recommended for termination of graduate study to the Graduate Division. In some rare cases when students can demonstrate that their lack of progress is the result of unusual circumstances (i.e., significant health, professional, or personal difficulties), they may petition the Director to continue in the program and to take the examination a third time. The Director will consult with the faculty on student petitions to reach a decision. In cases when students' petitions to continue in the program are approved, the Director and the faculty will appoint faculty mentors to guide them. Each faculty mentor will develop a time table for each student that shows milestones when tasks are to be completed. Failure to meet established milestones will result in a recommendation for termination of graduate study. Fourth-year students Students who have passed the University Oral Qualifying Examination but who have not completed the dissertation by the beginning of Fall Quarter are required to petition to the Director to continue in the program. Students must meet wit the Director and the faculty to establish timetables for completion. Such timetables must also be approved by the students' committee chairs. To remain in good standing with the University and the program, students must be continuously registered and enrolled except for the final quarter when they sit for and pass the Final Oral Examination (if required by the committee) and file the dissertation, a quarter for which, as continuing students, they may establish eligibility to pay the Filing Fee. University Oral Qualifying Examination. The oral examination is conducted by the student's doctoral committee, which selects topics from education that are related to the student's written dissertation proposal. On majority vote of the doctoral committee, the University Oral Qualifying Examination may be repeated once. Advancement to Candidacy Students are advanced to candidacy 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 From admission to the doctoral program to the written and oral qualifying examinations: two years to two and one-half years (six to eight quarters). From admission to the doctoral program to the approval of the dissertation prospectus: two years to two and one-half years (six to eight quarters). From approval of dissertation prospectus to the university oral qualifying examination: same quarter. For students in the Educational Leadership Program, a maximum of 15 quarters is permitted for completion of a doctoral 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 A student may be recommended for termination either by the Committee on Degrees, Admissions and Standards, or by the faculty of a division or program. The student's adviser or the program head is given the opportunity to review and respond to a recommendation for termination from the Committee. In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be recommended for termination who fails a master's performance or doctoral screening examination. A student may appeal a decision by the Committee to the dean of the school. PAGE 1 -- Master's Degrees |
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