GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• Enrollment
• Academic Residence
  

THE COURSE OF STUDY

1.  First Year 

• Advisory Committee
• Planning Theory and History Requirement (222A, B, C)
• Quantitative Analysis:  UP 220B or equivalent
• Research Methods
• Outside Field
• Research Design
• Plan of Study
• Major Fields in Urban Planning

2.  Second Year:  Major Field Examination

• Advisory Committee Meeting
• Preparation of Exam
• Format of Exam
• Timing of Exam
• The Written Exam
• The Oral Exam

3.  Third Year:   Oral Qualifying Exam/Advancement to Candidacy

• 208C Advanced Research Design
• Oral Qualifying Exam
• Advancement to Candidacy

4.  Fourth and Fifth Years:  Dissertation/Final Oral Examination

• Dissertation
• Final Oral Examination

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Registration/Leaves of Absence
• Incomplete Grades
• Scholastic Requirements
• Probationary Status
• Termination
• Student Initiated Courses

APPENDICES

• Summary Chart/Urban Planning Doctoral Program
• Governance: Working Groups
• Recommended Course Sequences for Research Methods Requirements
• Why the Plan of Study?

FORMS

• Plan of Study/Major Field Examining Committee Nomination
• Ph.D. Major Field Examination Instructions
• Preparation for Doctoral Candidacy: Checklist
• Nomination of Doctoral Committee
• Electronic Thesis & Dissertation Submission Information
• Filing Fee Information
• UCLA Department of Urban Planning Conference Travel Grant Application