Architecture - M.Arch.II

Students must complete required preparatory course work by enrolling in Architecture and Urban Design 289 (two sections) and 401 in UCLA Summer Session prior to formally matriculating in fall quarter. Students must receive a minimum 3.0 grade-point average in this course work in order to continue in the fall. If this minimum standard is not met, students will not be allowed to matriculate in fall quarter and admission will be canceled. Three academic quarters in residence are required. Students are expected to enroll full-time and to remain continuously in residence until all academic work is completed, unless a leave of absence is granted.

All students are required to take at least three advanced studios, one required course in technology, one required course in critical studies in architectural culture, Architecture and Urban Design 403A-403B-403C and a minimum of five electives. Two of the electives must be within a designated area.

A minimum total of 56 units of course work is required. At least 48 units must be at the graduate level. The remaining eight units may include upper division (undergraduate) courses as long as they are completed outside of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, or no more than eight units of Architecture and Urban Design 596, as part of the 56 total units required.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

All M. Arch. II students must complete a capstone. The capstone requirement is fulfilled through the completion of Architecture and Urban Design 403C in spring quarter and the final design project for this course. The final design project committee consists of at least three faculty members appointed by the department chair. The individual project or group project is administered and evaluated for satisfactory completion by the capstone committee. Within the first two weeks of the quarter, the 403C instructor will determine whether the final project is done as an individual project or group project. If a student produces a final project in a group framework, a student’s individual contribution will be determined by the instructor in consultation with each student prior to a group’s presentation and evaluation. The committee evaluates the final design project in the following terms: 1) pass (a unanimous vote), 2) two positive votes from the committee constitute a pass, 3) pass subject to revision of the final design project, 4) or fail (majority vote). A failing project cannot be revised. When the final design project is passed subject to revision, one member of the committee is assigned the responsibility of working with the student on the revision, and determining when the final design project is satisfactorily revised. The degree is awarded on recommendation of the faculty committee.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Students begin preparatory course work in summer session followed by three quarters of residency. The degree must be completed by the end of spring quarter.

MAXIMUM TTD

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

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