UCLA Graduate Catalog 1980-81 - Registrar - UCLA

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quarters (normally beginning with the first quarter may or may not eventually become members of the 500 Series Course Limitations . No more than three
of graduate study) and by maintaining a grade of B student's Graduate Guidance Committee.
596 courses shall apply towards the seventy-two
or better in those courses. Details and/or exceptions
must be worked out with the student's major
adviser. A student who has passed a required
foreign language examination at another institution
should consult the Chairperson of the Art Department
Language Committee to determine if his/her
previous examination is acceptable.
Course Requirements . The M.A. degree requires
the completion of a major and two minors. Students
intending to major in areas included in categories e.
through g. (see Admission Requirements) will
choose at least one minor from categories a.
through d.; conversely, students intending to major
in areas included in categories a. through d. will
choose at least one minor from areas included in
categories e. through g. Students are required to
take a minimum of ten graduate and upper division
courses, of which at least eight must be in art
history, and of which at least six must be graduate
courses (i.e., in the 200 and 500 series). At least four
of these, including course 201 (Historiography of
Art), must be in the 200 series, and no more than
two may be "directed studies" (596) projects. All
students must take: (1) course 201 (Historiography
of Art), (2) four courses in the major and (3) two
courses in each minor.
Thesis Plan . The thesis committee is established
upon completion of all course requirements. The
thesis committee consists of the student's major
adviser and two other UCLA faculty members, one
of whom must be a member of the art history
faculty. Normally, the student's two minor advisers
serve in this capacity. At the same time, the student
selects a thesis topic in his/her major field. This
thesis should deal succinctly with the topic in an
independent, critical and original fashion while
taking fully into account the present state of
research on the problem.
Time to Degree. From graduate admission to award
of the degree: ten quarters.
500 Series Course Limitations. See Course Requirements
above.
Teaching Experience . Teaching experience is not a
requirement for the degree.
Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification. If
the thesis is rejected by one member of the student's
Provisional Admission: Provisional Admission for
two quarters only is recommended when an applicant
shows great promise, but the grade point
average is below 3.0; preparation for the graduate
area of specialization is insufficient as demonstrated
in the portfolio; undergraduate preparation
is inadequate as indicated in transcripts.
Immediately upon acceptance on a Provisional
basis, an Advisory Committee for Provisional students
will be formed by the Chairperson of the
Design Area and/or the Graduate Affairs Assistant
of the Art Department. This committee will be composed
of the student's two sponsors, one of whom
will serve as the student's adviser, and at least one
other member of the Design faculty. It is the
adviser's responsibility, along with the other members
of the committee, to consider the inadequacy
which prompted Provisional Admission and outline
a program of study that will strengthen the student
sufficiently to allow him/her to continue on an
Unconditional basis.
No later than the final week of instruction of the
second quarter of Provisional Admission, the
Advisory Committee will meet with the student to
determine whether Provisional status is to be
removed or the student dismissed. The recommendation
of the committee will stand as the final decision
in each case.
No later than the end of the fourth quarter of fulltime
residency, the Graduate Guidance Committee
shall be established. The student, in consultation
with his/her adviser, is responsible for selection of
committee members as specified in the following:
1) Committee Chairperson: the student's adviser,
and a member of the Academic Senate, unless petitioned
otherwise; 2) Second member: a faculty
member from Design; 3) Third member: a faculty
member from Design; 4) Fourth member: may be a
faculty member from outside the Design area, but
from within the Art Department; 5) Fifth member:
a person of academic rank or equivalent professional
standing from outside the Art Department,
who may also be from outside the University;
6) One additional member may join the committee.
The Advisory Committee and/or the Graduate
Guidance Committee is charged with the respon-
units required for the M.F.A. degree.
Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification.
If, by virtue of a review by the student's Graduate
Guidance Committee, the student's work is not
deemed to be of graduate quality/quantity, the
Guidance Committee may recommend termination.
Other Relevant Information . The M.F.A. degree, as
the highest academic degree awarded in the studio
disciplines of art, is conferred on the basis of outstanding
achievement and consistent demonstration
of quality throughout an original body of creative
work.
Painting /Sculpture /Graphic Arts
Admission Requirements . A student seeking
admittance to the M.F.A. program requires the
approval of the staff. Election to the M.F.A. program,
bypassing the M.A. degree, is with committee
approval. Students admitted, who already have an
M.A. from some other institution, are automatically
approved for an M.F.A. objective. The M.A. degree
is not a prerequisite to the M.F.A. degree and may
be elected by the student and/or faculty to be the
stated degree objective. Typically, however, the student
proceeds directly to the M.F.A. as the terminal
degree.
Review of entering graduate students: This review
consists of a showing of recent work, which must be
submitted in one of two forms, but not a combination
of the two.
Original work: A selection of recent original work
representing both the media emphasis and the
potential for advanced specialized study. This
means actual examples of original work in the
media of painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking,
photography. A minimum of ten pieces and a
maximum of twenty should be submitted.
or
Slides made from original work: Applicants may submit
a maximum of twenty slides using the same criteria
as above.
The PSGA area of the Department admits new students
only once a year, that being for the Fall
Quarter. Portfolios for Fall Quarter admission will
be reviewed the preceding February. Portfolios for
those applying for teaching assistantships or
committee, it may, at the request of the major sibility of reviewing the student's progress at least scholarships which are awarded for the subsequent
adviser, be submitted to the Graduate Review Com- once every quarter that the student is enrolled. A Fall Quarter are also reviewed in February. Gradumittee
for final judgment; otherwise, the student's record of these reviews shall be placed in the stuates who do not register in the quarter for which
candidacy is terminated.
dent's file, open for his/her inspection.
they are accepted, drop out or take a leave of
The Master of Fine Arts Degree
Design
Admission Requirements . An acceptable portfolio
is required in the form of slides (maximum twentyfive).
Acceptance is by a majority vote of the Design
faculty. Formal Design Area faculty review of graduate
applicant portfolios takes place toward the
end of the Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters.
Major Fields or Subdisciplines . Communication
imagery, image transfer, electronic imagery, costume,
ceramics, glass, fiber structures, textiles,
landscape design, industrial design or exhibition
design.
Course Requirements . A minimum of seventy-two
quarter units of Design numbered above 200, of
which at least eight units must be the Design semi-
absence during the quarter, must show their work
again at the next graduate review in order to
reenter, unless an exception has been granted by
petition.
Students who hold an M.A. degree in PSGA from
UCLA may expect, if they are accepted into the
M.F.A. program, to apply the M.A. toward work in
the M.F.A. Students who come here from other
institutions with the M.A. in PSGA may transfer a
For applicants who have a B.A. or M.A. degree, it is
possible to be admitted on an Unconditional basis
or on a Provisional Basis. Further explanation follows.
Contact Maggie Keefer, Graduate Affairs Assistant,
Department of Art, to secure departmental brochures.nar
(Art 290 A, B, C) and of which at least twelve
units must be devoted to a comprehensive project
in the student's area of study; a minimum of forty
quarter units of art history in undergraduate and
graduate study. The student, with the approval of
his/her faculty adviser, may substitute a maximum
of twelve units in other courses that are germane to
his/her graduate pursuits.
maximum of two courses (the equivalent of eight
quarter units or five semester units ) toward the
M.F.A. upon the recommendation of the PSGA
staff, unless exception is granted by petition.
Students may contact Maggie Keefer, Graduate
Affairs Assistant, to obtain departmental brochures.
Advising.
Advising . Advisers vary with the field of
Unconditional Admission: Immediately upon an
applicant's acceptance on an Unconditional basis,
an Initial Advisory Committee will be formed by
the Chairperson of the Design Area and/or the Graduate
Affairs Assistant of the Art Department. This
committee will be composed of the student's two
sponsors, one of whom will serve as the student's
adviser, and at least one other member of the
Design faculty. It is the adviser's responsibility,
along with other members of the committee, to
observe the student's progress and give advice until
the student is considered ready to select his/her
Comprehensive Examination Plan . The Comprehensive
Examination (offered each quarter) 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 slides of physical work, research
material, other visual material, and which may
include a written statement as determined by the
Graduate Guidance Committee. This examination is
conducted by the student's Graduate Guidance
Committee.
specialization. Applicants should contact Maggie
Keefer who can then direct them to the proper person.
Advisers are assigned to new students, by
mutual consent of both adviser and student,
depending upon the area of specialization. Continuing
Graduate Reviews are held toward the end
of each quarter, with the entire faculty in attendance.
Results of these reviews are placed in the
student' s file, and are available for inspection by
students.
Admission to M.F.A. Program . Admission to the
M.F.A. program: The student must have an M.A.
Gradrate Guidance Committee for the graduate Time to Degree. From graduate admission to award degree from UCLA or other acceptable institution,
degree. Members of this Initial Advisory Committee of the degree: normally nine quarters.
or have completed thirty-six units in graduate work