UCLA Graduate Catalog 1980-81 - Registrar - UCLA

300 / THEATER ARTS
A student who fails to pass the review and evaluation
by the M.F.A. comprehensive examination
committee may be reexamined. The number of
reviews will be determined by the committee with
final approval
ment.
by the Chairperson of the Depart-
Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations. At the
end of the second quarter of residence, the doctoral
student must submit himself or herself to a
preliminary oral examination to be conducted by a
representative committee of the faculty of his or her
specialization. (The basis of the examination will be
material covered in the required seminars of the
first two quarters.) The committee will review and
test the student's background preparation and
progress to date and determine general fitness to
continue in the doctoral program. This examination
may result in dropping the student from the doctoral
program. The committee may reexamine the
student at a subsequent time to determine fitness to
continue in the program.
Before students in Theater are permitted to take the
Written Qualifying Examination, they must present
a dissertation prospectus to the Division's Ph.D.
committee and undergo a two-hour defense of the
proposal. They may repeat this procedure, if necessary,
until they have the approval of the committee.
After completion of all language and course
requirements, approval of a dissertation prospectus,
and appointment of a dissertation committee,
the student will be required to pass the Written
Qualifying Examination set by the faculty. The
Written Qualifying Examination will be twelve
hours of examination, administered in four-hour
segments during three successive days. The
examination in Theater will consist of a series of
twelve essay questions covering the following
areas: theater history and theory, critical methods,
theatrical production and dramatic literature. The
examination in Motion Picture/Television will consist
of a series of twelve essay questions covering
the following areas: aesthetics and film/television
criticism; history and criticism of major film movements;
special forms of filmic expression.
Students who have been required to take courses
outside the Department of Theater Arts to prepare
them to write their dissertations will be required to
write additional questions covering this outside
preparation. Students who fail parts or the whole of
this examination may be granted by the appropriate
committee the privilege of being reexamined in part
or in whole. After this examination is satisfactorily
passed, the Chairperson of the Department of
Theater Arts recommends the formation of a doctoral
committee ; the committee's members may be
nominated by the candidate, but must be endorsed
by the appropriate Divisional Ph.D. committee. A
change in membership is a formal procedure that
must be endorsed by all members of the doctoral
committee and approved by the Chairperson of the
Department.
After passing the Written Qualifying Examination,
the student will be required to pass the Oral
Qualifying Examination conducted by his/her doctoral
committee . The Oral Qualifying Examination
is open only to the members of the doctoral committee
and the student. The student is advanced to
candidacy only upon satisfactory completion of the
Qualifying Examinations.
A dissertation demonstrating the candidate's ability
to carry out independent and significant inquiry in
an historical , theoretical, or critical field of Theater
Arts is required. Final award of the Ph.D. depends
on satisfactory completion of the dissertation. A
student who has advanced to candidacy for the
degree of Ph.D. in Theater Arts will be awarded the
Candidate in Philosophy Degree (C. Phil.) in accordance
with the normal provisions approved by
the Graduate Council.
A Final Oral Examination, held after the completion
of the dissertation, may be required at the
option
tee.
of the members of the dissertation commit-
Time to Degree . For the M.A. student in the
Theater: Normal Progress Toward the Degree:
From graduate admission to award of the Master of
Arts degree, a minimum time period of three quarters
will be necessary for completion of the required
courses, the production requirements, and a thesis.
Students who must engage in part-time employment
for financial support, or who must enroll in
background courses to erase deficiencies should
expect to spend extra quarters on their degree program.
The Department does not permit students to
work on a master's
simultaneously.
degree and a teaching credential
For the M.A. student in Motion Picture/Television:
Normal Progress Toward the Degree: The student
who enters the M.A. program with no deficiencies
in preparation may be able to complete the nine
required courses for the M.A. program in three
quarters. At the end of the third quarter, the student
is eligible to take the M.A. Comprehensive
Examination consisting of two parts: Part I, testing
the student's breadth of knowledge, may be taken
no earlier than the end of the third quarter of residence
or its equivalent and no later than the end of
the fifth quarter of residence or its equivalent.
Failure to comply with this regulation will result in
lapse of status; Part It of the Comprehensive
Examination , the scholarly essay, will generally be
completed in the summer or a quarter subsequent
to that in which the first part of the examination
has been taken. The student with no deficiency in
preparation can complete the program in three
quarters plus a summer or in four quarters of work.
The scholarly essay must be completed and
approved by the Film and Television Studies Committee
no later than two quarters after the student
has completed Part I of the Comprehensive
Examination.
Students who enter the program with deficiencies,
as outlined above, will generally find an additional
quarter or two are required in order to obtain the
film and television production and screenwriting
courses, and/or to complete their preparation in
film history. Maximum residency allowed for the
program is seven quarters.
For the M.F.A. student in Theater:
Normal Progress Toward the Degree: All areas of
specialization, except Directing and the combined
Scenic and Costume Design, involve students in
their specialized areas for a continuous period of
two years (six quarters ) with a minimum course
requirement of eighteen courses (seventy-two
units ). The Directing and Puppetry programs may
require an additional quarter or Summer Session.
The combined Scenic and Costume Design program
involves the students for a full three-year period
(nine quarters). Maximum residency in any M.F.A.
program is ten quarters.
For the
sion:
M.F.A. student in Motion Picture/Televi-
Normal Progress Toward the Degree:
(1) From graduate admission to completion of first
projects: two to three quarters;
(2) From graduate admission to completion of
required courses: six to nine quarters;
(3) From graduate admission to award of degree:
maximum ten quarters.
Students not making normal progress toward the
degree may be dropped from the program. Continuance
in the program of students on probation is
determined by the Master of Fine Arts committee
with the final
Department.
approval of the Chairperson of the
Caution is stressed regarding the production time,
crew and budget considerations plus the considerable
expense borne by the student in production.
Without these sometimes formidable resources,
students become disheartened, ignore their program
schedule and otherwise jeopardize their continuance.
Extensive planning, care, caution and
financial resources are required for the production
specialization of this program.
For the Ph.D. student in either Division:
From graduate admission to the Written and Oral
Qualifying Examinations: six quarters.
From graduate admission to the approval of the dissertation
prospectus: three to six quarters.
From approval of dissertation prospectus to the
Oral Qualifying Examination: one quarter.
From advancement to candidacy to the Final Oral
Examination: three quarters.
From graduate admission to the award of the
degree: nine quarters.
500 Series Course Limitations . For the M.A. student
in Theater:
Course Units Type of Number of Times
No. of
Value
Grading May be Repeated
596A 2-12 Letter No limit
596B 2-12 Letter No limit
596C 2-12 Letter No limit
596D 2-12 Letter No limit
596F 2-12 Letter No limit
598 2-8 S/U 3 times (24 units)
Only eight units from the 596 Series may apply toward
the total course requirement.
Only four units from the 596 Series may apply toward
the five course minimum graduate requirement.
For the M.A. student in Motion Picture/Television:
Course Units Type of Number of Times
No. of
Value
Grading May be Repeated
596A 2-12 Letter No limit
596B 2-12 Letter No limit
596C 2-12 Letter No limit
598 2-8 S/U 3 times
Only eight 500 Series quarter units may apply toward
the total course requirement.
No 500 Series courses may apply toward the minimum
graduate course requirement.
For the M.F.A. student in Theater:
Course Units Type of Number of Times
No. of
Value
Grading May be Repeated
596A 2-12 Letter No limit
596B 2-12 Letter No limit
596C 2-12 Letter No limit
596D 2-12 Letter No limit
596E 2-12 Letter No limit
596F 2-12 Letter No limit
Only sixteen 500 Series quarter units may apply toward
the total course requirement.
Only sixteen 500 Series quarter units may apply toward
the minimum graduate course requirement.
For the M.F.A.
sion:
student in Motion Picture/Televi