UCLA General Catalog 1971-72 - Registrar - UCLA

328 / GEOLOGY
The program described below is designed
to provide the student ma)joring in earth
sciences with as broad and generalized a
training as possible in a curriculum leading
to the Bachelor of Science degree.
Students majoring in geology must confer
with a departmental adviser at or before
the beginning of each quarter . Sample undergraduate
programs are available in the
departmental office.
Preparation for the Major
Geology 1, 2, 51A , 51B, 51C; Biology IAlB
or 181A- 181B ; Chemistry lA-1B-1C;
Mathematics 3A-3B-3C or 11A- 11B-11C;
Physics 6A- 6B-6C or 7A- 7B and 7C or 7D;
four additional courses in life, mathematical,
or physical science (other than geology).
The Major
Geology 111A- 111B-111C, 112,115,121A
-121B, 190; one additional upper division
course in geology , other than 100 or 199.
Students planning to do graduate work in
specialized careers in geology should aim to
take, when possible, appropriate courses in
departments outside the major department.
Suggested graduate p =s for various
fields of emphasis are available in the departmental
office and will provide guidelines in
choosing upper division courses.
Qualified undergraduate students may,
upon consent of their adviser and the instructor,
take Geology graduate courses numbered
from 200 to 250.
Graduate Study
Students must have a B.S. or B.A. degree
in any subject. All entering graduate students
are required to take the General Preliminary
Examination early in the Fall Quarter of their
first year of residence . This examination is
general in scope, is based upon undergraduate
courses only, and is used only for guidance.
It has no bearing on admission to graduate
status.
Master of Science Degree
General University requirements. See pages
156-157.
Departmental requirements. The basic requirement
is the completion of a minimum of
nine upper division and graduate courses
from an physical and/or life science depart -
ment, of which at least six courses must be at
the graduate level, subject to approval by a
guidance committee . Of the six graduate
level courses, at least one must be a seminar.
No more than two 500-series courses may
be applied to the Divisional nine-course
minimum and five-graduate-course minimum
for the master's degree.
The Thesis Plan is required for those students
for whom the M.S. degree is terminal.
For those students proceeding to the Ph.D.
degree , the Comprehensive
Plan is recommended.
Examination
Students with differing degree objectives
(i.e., physical geology, geophysics, mineralogy,
petrology, geochemistry, engineering
geology, sedimentology-stratigraphy, paleontology,
mineral deposits) will be expected to
take appropriate
side the major.
courses in departments out-
Dotter of Phlissphy Degree
General University requirements. See page
159.
Students may proceed dire ctly from the
B.A. or B.S. degree toward the Ph.D. degree
without receiving the M.S. degree . There is
no fixed number of courses required for the
Ph.D. degree . It is awarded primarilon the
ability to do original research and on an
understanding of the science as demonstrated
by the completion of a dissertation and passing
a series of examinations.
As the specific requirements for the degree
will depend upon a student's area of
interest and prior training , individual programs
will be designed in consultation with
a guidance committee . It is expected that the
student will satisfy the minimum formal
course program for the M.S. degree and a
further program of intensive study and research,
including where appropriate , courses
from physical and/or life science departments
outside the major.
In addition to the General Preliminary Examination
, the required examinations include
: a departmental written and oral examination
including the area of specialization
of the candidate; an Oral Qualifying Exandnation
; and the Defense of Dissertation.
Foreign languages are not a specific requirement
for the Ph.D. degree . Each student's
guidance committee will determine:
(a) whether or not there will be foreign language
requirements for their advisee, (b) what
the requirements , if any, will be , (c) how the
requirements , if any, may be fulfilled.
Lower Division Courses
MI. Fundamentals of Earth Science.
(Same as Physical Science. M3G.) Lecture, throe
hours; laboratory , 2 hours . Prerequisite : none. Elements
of earth science ; study of earth materials; the