UCLA General Catalog 1971-72 - Registrar - UCLA

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witted to candidacy a student must pass an will normally be held shortly after the written
oral and a written qualifying examination. In examination, but at the discretion of the
these examinations he is expected to show an doctoral committee it may be held as late as
adequate grasp of the wider fields of historical six months after the written examination.
knowledge and an ability to correlate histori- Both the written and oral examinations are
cal data pertaining to them and to explain the responsibility of the committee as a
their significance. These examinations will be whole . A candidate in the history of science
designed to test not merely factual knowledge program must select three of the above fields
but also powers of historical analysis and syn-
and either the history of medicine or an allied
thesis, critical ability, and capacity for re- field referred to above. The candidate must
flective thinking. A knowledge of the history also demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the
of any area includes a reasonable knowledge substance and historical development of a
of its historiography and bibliography; of its particular science, or of a type of engineering
geography; and of its political, cultural, eco- or technology, as a subfield common to the
nomic, and other historical aspects. The can- historical fields.
didate must offer himself for examination in Final Examination . The final examination
four fields, one of which may be an approved will be oral, and will cover the field within
field in anthropology, economics, geography, which the dissertation falls. The candidate
language and literature , philosophy , political will be expected to show such a mastery of
science, or other allied subjects. This allied his special field, and such an acquaintance
field must be comparable in size and scope with the literature, general and special,
to the history fields listed below . The candi- bearing on it, as would quay him to give
date should select the fields in consultation instruction in it to mature students.
with his faculty sponsor, and must receive
the Department's approval of all four fields
not less than six months before his qualifying
examination is taken. To obtain this approval
he should supply the Graduate Studies and
Guidance Committee with the name of the
faculty member who has agreed to serve as
the sponsor of his doctoral work and with
the details of his proposed A full
ft e graduate student should his quali-
fying examinations not later than the end of
his ninth quarter of graduate work. A student
who fails to meet this requirement may be
barred thereafter from graduate courses.
Fields of Examination . Ancient Greece;
Ancient Rome ; The Early Middle Ages, 300-
1100; The Later Middle Ages, 1050-1500;
Byzantine History ; Russia since 862; England,
1485- 1763; England since 1763; The
British Empire; The Near East, 500-1500;
DISSERTATION
Each candidate is required to present a
dissertation on a subject chosen by him of
such character as to show a thorough mastery
of the sources of information , the ability to
carry on independent research and to communicate
its results in good literary form.
In lieu of the customary type of dissertation,
a student may in certain cases edit , or translate
and edit, some historical source. Such a
project involves careful textual criticism, explanatory
annotations , and an historical introduction
clearly showing the contribution
of the source to historical knowledge. The
dissertation must be completed within five
years of the qualifying examinations. Any
extension of this period must be secured annually
from the Chairman of the Department.
The Near East since 1500 ; Ancient Near East; lower Division Courses
Armenia ; African History; History of Science
to 1600; History of Science since 1600. Europe,
Renaissance -Reformation , Renaissance
to the French Revolution ; Europe since 1740;
China 900- 1800; China since 1800; Modem
Japan; South and Southeast Asia ; United
States, 1492- 1800; United States since 176.3;
The American West; Latin America, 1492-
1830; Latin America since 1759; History of
IA-1B-1C. Introduction to Western Civilization.
Lecture and discussion . A broad , historical study
of major elements in the Western heritage from the
world of the Greeks to that of the twentieth century,
designed to further the beginning student's general
education , introduce him to ideas , attitudes, and
institutions basic to Western civilization, and to
acquaint him, through reading and critical discussion,
with representative contemporary documents
and writings of enduring interest.
Mr. Hone, Mr. Weber , Mr. Wohl
Religions; Jewish History.
The written qualifying examination will
consist of a three-hour examination in a field
2A-2& History of Tecknelegy from Antiquity to
the Twentieth Century.
selected by the candidate's committee. The
oral examination will cover all four fields and
students in the natural sciences , social sDesigned ciences and
fine arts. It is a survey of the development of man's