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Fernando Torres-Gil, a Lifetime of Service and Resiliency 

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A professor who has worn many hats in a long career as an educator and public official retires after more than three decades at UCLA.
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Capstone Projects Tackle Complex Social Issues

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Clients explore tough policy decisions with help from graduating UCLA Luskin students, including those in Urban Planning 
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L.A. County Supervisor Advocates ‘Poverty Disruption’ at Luskin Lecture

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Holly Mitchell wants to reweave the social safety net with an equity focus in the wake of COVID-19 and the stark inequalities it exposed.

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Upcoming Events

We are hosting a professional photographer to take headshots for graduate students to use for their LinkedIn profiles, professional conferences, symposia, etc.

We are hosting a professional photographer to take headshots for graduate students to use for their LinkedIn profiles, professional conferences, symposia, etc.

We are hosting a professional photographer to take headshots for graduate students to use for their LinkedIn profiles, professional conferences, symposia, etc.

Join OSAAR and Alyson Beckman, Director of Alumni Career Engagement at UCLA Alumni Affairs, to learn the basics of networking and making the most of UCLA ONE. This session will focus on the importance of networking with the greater UCLA alumni community and how to leverage those connections in settings like the upcoming Fall Career and Internship Fair on October 15.

Join us for a UCLA sustainability tour with Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA!

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Preparing for Your PhD Dissertation

PhD Curriculum

Faculty Search Committee Interest Form

Conference Travel Funding Request Form

Graduate Writing Center Resources

Anonymous Comment Form

Present:

Doctoral Student Handbook (2023-2024)

Past:

Doctoral Student Handbook (2022-2023)

Doctoral Student Handbook (2021-2022)

Doctoral Student Handbook (2020-2021)

Doctoral Student Handbook (2019-2020)

Doctoral Student Handbook (2018-2019)

Coursework

Fall Quarter: SW 229A, SW 249A, SW 284A, Statistics course

Winter Quarter: SW 229B, SW 249B, SW 284B, Statistics course

Spring Quarter: SW 229C, SW 249C, SW 284C, Outside course (Statistics or other), oral comprehensive exam preparation (independent study) if desired

Milestones

File Individualized Development Plan by May 30

File annual Progress Report by May 30

Pass Oral Comprehensive Exam in June (scheduled in spring quarter)

Coursework

Fall Quarter: Social & Behavioral Science course, SW 286C, advanced statistics or advanced research methods

Winter Quarter: Social & Behavioral Science course, SW 286C, advanced statistics or advanced research methods

Spring Quarter: Social & Behavioral Science course, SW 286C, advanced statistics or advanced research methods

Milestones

The first deadline to submit your written exam (publishable paper) is September 15.

Note: Faculty evaluate the publishable paper using this form.

File Mentored Research Project Plan by October 15.

File Study Plan by December 1.

File annual Progress Report by May 30.

File Mentored Research Project Report by June 1.

Coursework

Fall Quarter: SW 596B

Winter and Spring Quarters: SW 596B, SW 258

Milestones

The last deadline to submit your written exam (publishable paper) is December 15.

Note: Faculty evaluate the publishable paper using this form.

File annual Progress Report by May 30.

Coursework

SW 599

Milestones

File annual Progress Report by May 30.

TBA: Constitute Dissertation Committee

TBA: Defend Dissertation Proposal/File Advancement to Candidacy Form

TBA: Schedule and Defend Dissertation