UCLA Graduate Catalog 1980-81 - Registrar - UCLA

If letters of recommendation are required
(consult UCLA Information for Graduate
Applicants pamphlet ), students may obtain
the booklet Graduate School: A Student Guide to
Obtaining Letters of Recommendation, from
Student Services and Development Division,
1172 Placement and Career Planning Center,
UCLA, Los Angeles , California 90024.
Foreign Applications
Foreign applicants should submit official
transcripts of record, in duplicate, for all college
and university work. Official records are
defined as original documents issued by the
institution which bear the actual-not a
photocopy-signature of the Registrar and
the seal of the issuing institution. Applicants
should not send the original of an academic
record which cannot be replaced, but should
obtain a property certified copy instead. College
and university transcripts must show
subjects studied, examination grades
achieved, and award of degrees. Specific instructions
are given in the information
pamphlet for admission requirements and
required credentials. (For detailed information,
see UCLA
Applicants.)
Information for Graduate
Foreign Applicants are advised not to come
to UCLA until they receive formal notice of
admission from the Director of Graduate Admissions.
They are notified by airmail as soon as
a decision has been reached and, if requested
on the application, the 1-20 form necessary to
secure the student visa is enclosed with the
notification of admission. Foreign applicants
who have been accepted are encouraged to
report to Graduate Admissions as well as to
the Office of International Students and
Scholars as soon as possible after they arrive
at UCLA in order to receive assistance in
completing admission and registration
cedures.pro-
English as a Second
Language Placement
Examination (ESLPE)
Since English is the language of instruction at
UCLA and success in graduate study depends
largely on facility in its use, foreign students
whose first language is not English are
required to take a proficiency examination
before the term in which they are to register.
The achievement in this examination determines
whether they will be required to
include English courses in their program or
will be permitted to carry a full or a moderate
graduate program. If they should be
required to take English courses, they should
anticipate spending a longer period of time at
the University than they normally would
require to complete a degree program.
Admission of an applicant who fails to pass
this examination will be deferred until the
applicant has acquired the necessary proficiency
in the use of English.
Foreign students who hold a bachelor's or
higher degree from a university located in
the United States or in another country in
which English is the spoken tongue and the
medium of instruction, or who have completed
at least two years of full-time study at
such an institution, are not required to take
the UCLA English Examination.
As a preliminary screening test, nonetheless,
foreign applicants are urged to take the Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL),
administered by the Educational Testing
Service in some ninety-five foreign centers.
Applications for the TOEFL Examination
may be obtained from the Educational Testing
Service, Box 995, Princeton, New Jersey
08540. It is a useful and important way of
helping students determine whether they are
well enough prepared to undertake graduate
study conducted in English before they make
extensive plans for graduate study in the
U.S.A. The TOEFL, however, may not substitute
for the required examination in English, which
must be taken at UCLA on arrival.
Even though the TOEFL examination is not a
general University requirement, some
departments request it and will not make a
recommendation unless the test result is submitted.
(Consult UCLA Information for Graduate
Applicants pamphlet.)
Application Review and
Notice of Admission
Graduate Admissions screens all applicants
to determine whether or not they meet
University minimum requirements for graduate
status. Ordinarily, only the applications
of those students who have fulfilled at
least the minimum requirements are then
referred to the department. There they are
subjected to a more specific and intensive
review. Although, at this stage, departments
may choose to make contact with applicants,
Graduate Admissions alone is empowered to
make the formal offer of admission, taking
the departmental recommendation into full
consideration. Thus, the official admission letter
is issued by the Director of Graduate Admissions.
To applicants offered admission, Graduate
Admissions sends with the formal notification
instructions
procedures.
on required registration
Applicants who are offered admission with
work in progress are reminded that their
admission is contingent upon receipt of evidence
of satisfactory completion of this work,
plus statement of award of degrees and all
other required materials upon which admission
is contingent. The applicant should also
be aware of any conditions placed on his/her
admission as given in the admission letter or
as received from the department.
Duplication of Degrees
The University of California, in general, discourages
the duplication of advanced
degrees . At the same time, it recognizes that a
professional degree does not duplicate an
academic one, and that the holders of an
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academic or professional degree may have,,
the pressing need to earn another degree in
an area quite different from that of their first
endeavors.
All applicants for a second academic graduate
degree at the same level as, or at a level lower
than, the graduate degree they already hold,
will be required to show compelling cause
and to file the "Petition to Work for a Second
Graduate Degree" for departmental review
and recommendation, and action by the Graduate
Dean. All applications for a second
academic doctoral degree, following departmental
review, will be referred to the Admissions
Committee of the Graduate Council for
recommendation to the Graduate Dean.
Applicants for a professional degree
(M.Arch., M.A.T., M.B.A., M.Ed., M.Engr.,
Engr., M.F.A., M.L.S., M.N., M.P.H., D.Env.,
Ed.D., M.S.W., Dr.P.H., D.S.W.) are not
required to complete the petition.
If admitted, such applicants will be held to all
the usual degree requirements and University
regulations pertaining to fees, registration,
examinations, advancement to candidacy,
etc.
Enrollment in Summer
Session Courses
Enrollment of prospective graduate students
in Summer Session courses does not constitute
admission to graduate status in the
University, which is possible only through
application for graduate admission during
the regular academic year. Students who
wish to apply Summer Session courses to
their subsequent graduate programs should
consult in advance with their departmental
graduate advisers concerning this possibility.
This is true also for students readmitted to
graduate status who wish to resume their
study in the Summer Sessions. (See Readmission,
page 18.
Information and applications may be
obtained from the Office of Summer Sessions,
1254 Murphy Hall, University of
California, Los Angeles, California 90024.
The 1981 Summer Session bulletin will be
available from that office by the first of
March.
Renewal of Application
An offer of admission is valid for a specific
quarter only. Applicants who filed applications
but were not admitted, or who failed to
register in the quarter for which they were
accepted in graduate status, but who wish to
reactivate their applications for a later
quarter, should file a Renewal of Application
form. Such forms are obtained from Graduate
Admissions, or from the departments,
and should be submitted to Graduate Admissions,
Graduate Division, 1247 Murphy Hall,
UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024. Filing
dates are the same as those for new applications.
The Renewal of Application should be
accompanied by official transcripts, in duplicate,
of any college or university work com-