UCLA Graduate Catalog 1980-81 - Registrar - UCLA

third year. Failure to comply with this time
schedule may result in disqualification from the
Ph.D. program, unless express permission has been
obtained from the Area Adviser. Prior to the
examination, the student's Research Adviser is to
prepare a thorough written evaluation of the candidate's
research abilities, progress, and potential to
present to the committee. The committee's decision
to advance the student to candidacy, to allow him/
her to repeat the oral, or to disqualify him/her will
be based on the quality of the written proposal, the
adequacy of the oral presentation, his/her overall
record at UCLA as reflected in coursework and
examinations, and his/her research ability as
judged by an abstract of the student's research submitted
with the proposal and the Research
Adviser's written assessment.
Appointment of the doctoral commitee . A doctoral
committee, appointed with the approval of the Graduate
Division, will conduct the Oral Qualifying
Examination. This committee must consist of not
fewer than five members, two of whom must be
from departments other than Chemistry. The student,
after consultation with his/her Research
Adviser, submits a list of proposed committee
members to the Area Adviser; if approved, these
nominations are officially submitted to the Gradute
Division by the Graduate Office. After appointment
of the committee the student will a) arrange a time
and place for the examination and notify each committee
member in writing: b) at least one week
prior to the examination date, submit copies of the
following items to the members of the doctoral
committee and to the Chemistry Graduate Office
(abstract of research proposal, summary of dissertation
research work, abstract of student seminar).
The committee will indicate its decision on the
Report on the Qualifying Examination form. At the
end of a successful examination the chairperson
and members of the committee in consultation with
the student shall determine which of its members
will guide, read, approve and certify the dissertation.
At least two members from the Chemistry
Department and at least one outside member must
act in this capacity. A decision is also made as to
whether a Final Oral Examination will be required.
Advancement to Candidacy . When a satisfactory
report on the completion of the Written and Oral
Qualifying Examinations and the departmental
language requirements has been submitted, the student
will be mailed an application for advancement
to candidacy. The filing of this application and payment
of the fee constitutes formal advancement
candidacy for the Ph.D.
to
In-Candidacy Fee Offset Grant Program. Students
who have been advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D.
are eligible for this program and the attendant
registration fee offset of $120 per quarter. Students in
the program must register each quarter until completion
of all degree requirements, including filing of the dissertation.
The fee offset will be issued until the
departmental normative time-to-degree (seventeen
quarters) is reached. Students who fail to complete
their Ph.D. within this time frame may continue as
students, subject to the regulations of the program,
but will no longer be eligible for the fee offset.
Unless a leave of absence has been approved, failure
to register will result in lapse of status as a graduate
student and Ph.D. candidate. Additional information
and application
duate Office.
forms are available in the Gra-
Normal Progress Toward the Degree (M.S.)
Academic Calendar
Quarters Years
From graduate
admission to
completion of
required courses
3-5 1-1.6
From graduate
admission to approval
of the thesis or the
Comprehensive
Examination and
award of the degree
5-8
1.6-2.6
Upper time limit for 9 3
completion of all
requirements
Normal Progress Toward the Degree (Ph.D)
Academic Calendar
Quarter Years
From graduate 3-6 1-2
admission to
completion of
cumulative exams
From graduate 6-7 2-2.3
admission to
advancement
candidacy
to
From graduate 12-17 4-5.6
admission
the degree
to award of
Upper time limit for 21 7
completion
requirements
of all
Final Oral Examination . The Final Oral Examination
is optional with doctoral committee.
Teaching Experience. One year of teaching
experience is required.
Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification. A
student may be disqualified from the M.S. or Ph.D.
program by action of the Graduate Study Committee
for failure to maintain an adequate level of performance
in coursework, in qualifying examinations,
or in research progress. Appeal of disqualification
may be made to the Department
Chairperson.
The Division of Biochemistry of the Department of
Chemistry and the Department of Biological
Chemistry in the Medical School offer coordinated
programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
Although there is close cooperation between the
two departments, a student must be formally
admitted into the program of one department or the
other. The M.S. in Biochemistry may be obtained by
the Thesis Plan or Comprehensive Examination
Plan. A student who is planning to work toward
the Ph.D. degree should not seek to obtain a M.S.
degree first, but should apply directly to the Ph.D.
program. Application materials may be obtained by
writing to Phyllis Jergenson, Director, Graduate Office,
Department of Chemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles,
California 90024.
Admission Requirements . Excellent undergraduate
record in addition to the University minimum
requirements. GRE Aptitude and Advanced Tests
are recommended.
Advising . Graduate Office, 4006 Young Hall; Graduate
Adviser, V.N. Schumaker, 401 MBI
Initial advising is handled by the Graduate Adviser.
The student will continue to consult each quarter
with the Adviser until completion of the course
requirements. During this period he/she will also
choose a Research Director who will supervise the
thesis research. The Biochemistry Division and the
Graduate Study Committee review each student's
progress quarterly. It is their responsibility to
insure that those who are in serious difficulty do
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not spend an inordinate amount of time in graduate
school if their prospects of success appear slim.
Notification in writing is given to students performing
at a very high level and to those who
appear to be in difficulty or who are not making adequate
progress.
Admission to the Doctoral Program . There are no
specific requirements for admission to the doctoral
program other than the admissions requirements
listed above.
Orientation Examinations . Each student admitted
to graduate status is given orientation examinations
at the beginning of the first quarter. Students write
examinations in physical, organic, analytical, and
biochemistry. The main purpose of the orientation
requirement is to help the student and his/her
adviser plan a course program. It is also intended to
help students entering the program from widely
different backgrounds assess the levels of mastery
expected at the close of the typical undergraduate
period. The examinations cover work roughly
equivalent to that in the following courses:
Biochemistry-Chem 157A; 157B, Organic-Chem
133A, B, C; Physical-Chem 110A, 156. An effective
preparation for the orientation examinations can
either economize on a student's time in graduate
school by removing the need for any remedial
work, or improve his/her performance in the first
year graduate courses. The Graduate Adviser will
interpret the results of the examinations and assist
the student in planning a course program. All
courses suggested because of deficiencies in undergraduate
preparation are normally to be completed
by the end of the first year.
Manuscript Preparation . Orientation meetings
with the University Archivist are scheduled each
quarter. A list of these dates is posted on the Graduate
Office Bulletin Board. A booklet entitled
Standards and Procedures for Advanced Degree
Manuscript Preparation is available free of charge
from the Graduate Division, 1225 Murphy Hall.
The student is required to submit two unbound
copies of the manuscript to the Archivist and one
bound copy to the Research Supervisor.
Final Clearance. Before the Department will give
final approval to the Registrar for the formal grant-
Orientation to Research . During the Fall and
Winter Quarters of the first year the student will
rotate through at least two research groups in the
Biochemistry Division. The selection of the groups
will be determined by the Graduate Adviser, taking
into consideration the student's individual research
interests and abilities. Additional orientation to the
areas of research investigation is provided through
a series of seminars presented by faculty members
of the Division. The student is expected to select the
supervisor of his/her dissertation research by the
beginning of the third quarter of residence.
ing of the degree, all appropriate clearances must be Foreign Language Requirement . The Biochemistry
obtained by the student. Check-out cards are available
in the Chemistry Graduate Office.
Division requires no foreign language except for
foreign students, who must demonstrate their
ability to speak and write English. Facility in
spoken English will be certified by a committee of
Biochemistry
three faculty members of the Biochemistry Division,
usually on the basis of a seminar. Ability to
communicate in written English will be judged on
the basis of examinations in the required courses.
Course Requirements.
(M.S.) Plan I (Thesis). A total of thirty-six units is
required. Of these, twenty must be at the graduate
level and include a minimum of twelve units from
Chem M253, M255, M267. Registration in Chem
258 (Student Seminar) is required for three quarters,
but is not applicable to the 36-unit requirement.
Research courses may be used to complete
the graduate
follows:
level and total course requirement as
500 Series Course Limitations.
Course Unit Type of
No. Times
May Be
No. Value Grading Repeated
596A-ZZ 2-16 S/U No limit
59BA-ZZ 2-16 letter No limit
Up to twenty-two units of Chemistry 596 or 598
may be applied toward the total course requirement
. Up to eight units of Chemistry 596 or 598
may be applied toward the graduate course requirement.
After completion of course requirements, the
student consults with his Research Adviser and the
Graduate Office to form a thesis committee. This
Committee consists of three members, with the