2. What to Expect
About the Major/Minor
Typical Fall Quarter & Courses
So What? (Realistic Opportunities: Careers/Internships/Post Grad
How to Apply/Switch
In the Meantime
Contact Information
Exhibition, Performance, and Research Opportunities
Questions
3. The School of the Arts and
Architecture
The School of Theater, Film and
Television
Architecture and Urban Design
Art
Dance
Design/Media Arts (DESMA)
Ethnomusicology
Music
World Arts and Cultures (WAC)
Theater
Film, TV & Digital Media
5. B.A. in Architectural Studies
Considered one of the most progressive and advanced programs in the country, UCLA
Architecture and Urban Design is a leading player on the international stage of
contemporary architecture.
Students are taught by a world-renowned faculty from established Pritzker Prize
winners to the upstarts of tomorrow, using the most creative and cutting-edge
advanced approaches to design, technology and architecture.
Variations: Design, Critical Studies, and Technology
7. Typical Architecture Class
ARCH&UD30: Introduction to Architectural Studies
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; outside study 11 hours
Exploration of role of built environment in social, cultural, and political
life: how buildings are constructed, what they mean, effects they have
on world, and ways they imagine new futures and shape private and
public life.
ARCH&UD141: Technology I: Projections
Laboratory, 4 hours; outside study 11 hours
Limited to Architectural Studies majors. Introduction to techniques of
spatial representation as they relate to architectural design. How to
communicate using two- and three-dimensional drawing and modeling.
8. So What?
Post-graduate options:
Master of Architecture I (M.Arch.I)
Master of Architecture I/MA in Urban Planning
Master of Architecture II (M.Arch.II)
Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees
Note: Arch. does not provide a license.
Research opportunities available: CityLaB, Experiential
Technologies Center, Now Institute and student projects: Research
studio, Advance topic studies, Core studio, Technology seminar
9. Application for
Architecture
• Continuing students (First Years) apply the Winter Quarter of their
Sophomore Year
• Highly recommended that they complete all GEs before entering the
program and the Architecture prep classes (open to non-majors).
• They must have a 3.0 GPA min. and no less than a “B” in the
Architecture classes.
• Application: Change of major form and Supplementary application
(questionnaire, statement of intent, 3-6 images of creative work)
• Highly Competitive so students need a back-up major.
10. In The Meantime…
• FINISH GEs
• Take Architecture 10A, 10B and/or 30 (one of these
classes can satisfy a Visual and Performing Arts
Analysis GE)
• Join Clubs!
o Global Architecture Brigades
o Hammer Museum
11.
12. B.A. in Art
• A professional art training that provides students with a broad to
the arts and encourages new fields of investigation.
• Through the program, students can discover the best way -
painting, video, photography, sculpture, ceramics, etc. - to express
their ideas.
• Attracts gifted and motivated students who thrive in an environment
that encourages autonomy.
• Variations: Ceramics, Photography, New Genres, Painting and
Drawing, Sculpture
13. Typical Fall Quarter
Freshman: One beginning studio course, one course from Art History or Art 31A
(Modernism) and one course from GE, University Requirements or School
Requirements.
Note: Art History 57 can double for GE and major requirement.
Transfers:
- One beginning studio course, one advanced studio course and one course from Art
History or Art 31A or one upper division non-major course.
- One studio course (beginning or advanced), one course from Art History or Art 31A
and one prep course for minor (e.g. Art&Arc M102 for VAPAE).
14. Typical Art Class
Art 11A: Painting
Studio, eight hours; five hours arranged. (4.0 units)
Basics of painting: introduction to technical procedures, tools, and
materials. Discussion of fundamental conceptual and formal concerns.
Art 31A: Modernism
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; field trips, three hours.
Impact of modernist thought on art and society from mid-19th through
early-20th centuries. Exploration of origins, development, theory, and
practice of modernism in Europe and U.S.
15. So What?
Post-graduate options: Master of Fine Arts, Artist, Art critic,
Curator, Art collector, Museum, Gallery, Art professor, Art Educator
Research opportunities: Art & Global Health Center
@UCLA, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Hammer Museum.
Exhibition and Internship opportunities: Little Gallery, New
Wright Gallery, Senior Show, Museum Internship (The Getty,
LACMA, Santa Monica, etc.)
16. Application for Art
• Apply after first quarter, but the sooner a student applies, the
better.
• Directly contact the department to switch into the major.
Admission depends on space in the class, but admissions is
willing to look at everyone: decisions are made on a case by
case basis.
• Must be able to complete the major and still graduate in 4
years.
• Submit a portfolio (contact department for details)
17. In The Meantime…
• Take GEs (no more than 2 sciences)
• Work on your portfolio
• GET INVOLVED:
• Art Classes? If there are spots in lower division studios, students
are welcome to try to get into the class and get a PTE number
from the instructor.
• Internships at the Hammer and Fowler Museums
• Art History Undergraduate Student Association
18.
19. B.A. in Design | Media Arts
(DESMA)• DMA offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to media
creation that fosters individual exploration and innovative thinking.
• DMA is committed to educating conscientious creators by
emphasizing artistic production within the context of history and
theory.
• The core curriculum is augmented by series of lectures, workshops
and other events.
• Variations in the major: Interactivity and Games, Video and
Animation and Visual Communication and Image
20. Typical Fall Quarter
One studio course
One lecture course from major
One course from University requirements, school
requirements or minor.
21. Typical DESMA Class
DESMA 10: Design Culture
Lecture, three hours; outside study, 12 hours. (5.0 units)
Open to non-majors. Understanding design process, with emphasis on development
of visual language; study of historic, scientific, technological, economic, and cultural
factors influencing design in physical environment.
DESMA 28: Interactivity
Studio, six hours; outside study, six hours. (4.0 units)
Introduction to concept of interactivity and field of media art that follows history of
computer as media for artistic exploration in relation to print, animation, and
interactivity. Discussion and readings on four themes --
form/programming, motion, interactivity/programming, and interface.
22. So What?
Post-graduate options: Master of Fine Arts, Video game
artist, Commercial Artist, Professor, Media designer, Video
editor, etc.
Research opportunities: Art | Sci Center , Grunwald Center
Collection for the Graphic Arts, UCLA GAME LAB, The DMA
Labs support website , The Media Arts Research Space
(MARS), Professor Erkki Huhtamo.
23. Application for
Design|Media Arts
• Must apply; contact the department.
• Must also submit a portfolio. (Different than Art)
In the meantime...
• Take GEs
• Work on portfolio
• Get involved:
o Daily Bruin/Marketing
o Graphics/Marketing for other student organizations
o Bruin Marketing
24.
25. B.A. in Music
• Strong focus on the musical traditions of Europe and the international
and American musical styles of the last century,
• Integrates the superb academic features of a major research
university with intensive artistic study.
• Variations: Performance, Composition, Music Education
26. Typical Fall Quarter
Music M10A
Music Theory 20A
Private Lessons: Music 60A-65
Large Performance Ensemble: Music 90A-90R
Writing I or other GE course
27. Typical Music Class
Music M10A: Introduction to Music: History, Culture, Creativity
Lecture, two hours; laboratory, four hours. Preparation: placement examination. (4.0
units)
Introduction to study of music from three complimentary perspectives: its
history, relation to culture, and creative structuring. Compositional
exercises, production of short compositions, and short papers dealing with historical
and cultural issues required.
Music 60A-65: Private Lessons
Studio, one hour. (2.0 units)
Limited to Music majors (all freshman/sophomore majors, and junior/senior majors
not in performance specialization). Individual instruction.
28. B.A. in Ethnomusicology
• Provides students with a wide-ranging liberal arts education in music.
• Comprehensive knowledge of music cultures of the world
• Understanding of the interrelationship of music, society, and culture
• Grounding in the basics of Western music theory and musicianship
• The experience of playing in one or several musical ensembles from
various traditions around the world.
• Variations: Jazz Studies and World Music
29. Typical Fall Quarter
Jazz Studies Major: Ethno M7A, Music theory
20A, Ethno 71: Private Lessons, Ethno 91T: Jazz
Ensemble, Ethno 177: Jazz Combo, Writing I or other
GE course.
World Music: Ethno M7A, Music Theory 20A, Ethno
91 E/ 91Z: World Music Ensemble, Writing I or other
GE course.
30. Typical Ethno Class
Ethno M7A
Lectures from musicologists, ethnomusicologists, and
composers/theorists combined with small sections in which
students develop wide range of musicianship skills. Organized
around broad ideas
(performance, simultaneity, time, place, and more) where
creative and cultural implications are explored through
analysis and discussion of broad repertoire of musical works
spanning historical eras and global cultures.
31. So What?
Post-graduate options: MA/MM/DMA/PhD
Musician, Composer, Conductor, Singer, Teacher, Scholar,
Director
World Music: Students in the world music concentration may, through
elective courses, prepare for a variety of career goals, including the
study of ethnomusicology in graduate school, composing and
performing music, working in the music industry, serving society in the
nonprofit sector, or becoming a K-12 music teacher.
Jazz Studies: Jazz Performer, Composer, Teaching, Arranging, Film
scoring and Research
32. Application for Music &
Ethnomusicology
Contact the department.
The sooner the better: case by case basis for
admission
Must audition.
Competitive
33. In The Meantime…
• Audition for Music ensembles (Music 91A-92Z, 2 units each), take
GEs, prepare your audition.
• Practice music on campus: Join a band, help a student theater
company when they need musicians, get involved with Center for
Arts and Performance...
34.
35. B.A. in World Arts &
Cultures• Highlights culture and representation as key perspectives for
understanding creativity in local and global arenas.
• Three areas of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary study are available:
arts activism, critical ethnographies, and visual cultures.
• Range of practices, including ethnography, activism, visual and
related expressive arts, documentary and short films, museum and
curatorial studies, performance, and other creative perspectives and
methods.
• Courses combine theory and practice and are grounded in culturally
diverse artistic expressions.
37. Typical WAC Class
WAC 1
Lecture Three hours; discussion, one hour
Survey of concepts and theories involved in intercultural,
interdisciplinary study of art, aesthetics, and performance.
Examination of interactions among various modes of creative
expression, role of style in daily life, performative
representation of cultural identity and difference, and
interaction of diverse artistic traditions. Letter grading.
38. Application for WAC
• Again, contact department
• No audition or portfolio, but there is an interview
39. In The Meantime…
• Take GEs
• Get involved in arts activism: Internships at the Hammer Museum or
the Fowler Museum
• Art History Undergraduate Student Association
• Any Arts activist student organization on campus
40. B.A. in Dance
• Highlights culture and representation as key perspectives for
understanding creativity in local and global arenas.
• Three areas of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary study are available:
arts activism, critical ethnographies, and visual cultures.
• Range of practices, including ethnography, activism, visual and
related expressive arts, documentary and short films, museum and
curatorial studies, performance, and other creative perspectives and
methods.
• Courses combine theory and practice and are grounded in culturally
diverse artistic expressions.
41. Typical Fall Quarter
FY must take courses = GE, Dance 1 , Technique
Either = Dance16, another technique
42. Typical Dance Class
Dance 1 Global Perspectives on Dance.
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour.
Examination of practices of
choreography, improvisation, and technique in different
cultural settings and historical eras. By framing process of
analysis within array of historical periods and cultural
settings, development of capacity to engage with dance as
lived social and artistic practice while refining critical
seeing, thinking, and writing skills.
43. In The Meantime…
• Try to get into beginning dance classes; open to all
majors after second pass.
• For intermediate and advanced courses: go the first
day and see if the professor will give you a PTE
number
• Join Dance groups on campus!
44. Application for
WAC/Dance
• Apply after first quarter (ASAP)
• Student must directly contact the department to switch into the
major, decisions are made on a case by case basis.
• A Dance audition is required.
46. Minor In VAPAE
• Highlights culture and representation as key perspectives for
understanding creativity in local and global arenas.
• Three areas of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary study are available:
arts activism, critical ethnographies, and visual cultures.
• Range of practices, including ethnography, activism, visual and
related expressive arts, documentary and short films, museum and
curatorial studies, performance, and other creative perspectives and
methods.
• Courses combine theory and practice and are grounded in culturally
diverse artistic expressions.
47.
48.
49. The School of Theater, Film and
Television
Theater (Major &
Minor)
Film, Television and
Digital Media (Major &
Minor)
50. B.A. in Theater
The program is designed to insure that students graduate
with a sound humanistic and experiential base for further
pursuits in education and in life beyond the university.
The comprehensive program in theater combines a critical
study of theater with experiential practice in one or more of
its component parts. Students explore the various areas of
theater to build a foundation for future creative work.
51. Typical Fall Quarter
Tai Chi
Theater 12 Introduction to Performance
Theater 13 Play Reading and Analysis
Theater 14a Scenic Design
Ballet (optional)
52. Typical Theater Class
Theater 12 Introduction to Performance
Lecture, two hours; studio, four hours. Investigation of phenomenon of
performance and role of performer in theatrical events, including
interpretation of drama through performance. Examination of various
forms of theatrical performance and styles of expression, and
development of acting, voice, and movement skills. Letter grading.
Theater 14A Introduction to Design
Lecture, three hours; studio, six hours. Exploration of visual
interpretation of drama. Study of styles and techniques of design,
collaborative role of designer, principles of design for scenery,
lighting, costumes, and sound. Both technical and aesthetic
groundwork for further study. Letter grading.
53. Application for Theater
• Be enrolled in and complete Winter and Spring
Quarters satisfactorily.
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Working towards TFT GE requirements
• Submit an application package of supporting
materials (end of April)
54. Minor in Theater
The Theater minor is designed for students
who wish to augment their major program
of study with a series of courses that
promote the study of theater as a global
phenomenon for reflecting the human
experience.
55. Application for Theater
Minor
1. Declare a major in a department other than Theater
2. Be in good academic standing (minimum 2.0 grade point
average)
3. Complete at least one (preferably two) UCLA Theater
courses with a final grade of C or better in the course(s).
4. Submit an Application the 1st week of either the Fall or
Spring quarter
56. B.A. in Film, Television and
Digital Media
2 year program
Course offerings cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Scholarly work in the areas of history, criticism and theory
provide a conceptual underpinning for our world class
professional training courses and an educational response to
the opportunities that emerging technologies offer. Our
scholarly explorations, in turn, are anchored and informed by
the practice of the art
57. Typical Fall Quarter
• Film 100 Undergraduate Symposium (Fall)
• Film 115 Stylistic Studies for the Moving Image
• Film 185 Television & Video Production
58. Typical Film, Television and
Digital Media Class
Film 115
Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour.
Drawing heavily on wide array of historical
examples, examination of many expressive strategies
potentially usable in creation of moving image art forms:
iconography, editing, composition, kinesthetics, sound, n
arrative, discourse, and performance.
59. So What?
Within the film, TV and video industries the roles may include film/video/television
editor, camera operator, photographer, art director, TV or film producer or
production assistant, runner, location/props manager or program researcher.
In addition, the publishing industry, including printed newspapers, magazines, online
publications and websites, may offer opportunities to write about films as a
journalist, content manager or editor, or to work in film and picture research and
archiving.
Some business areas, such as advertising, marketing and communications, may also
utilize the creative and analytical abilities of film studies graduates in roles such as art
directors, account managers, copywriters and market researchers.
60. Application for Film,
Television and Digital Media
• Two year program, apply at the end of the second year
• Need a 3.0 GPA, minimum
• Need be done with ALL GEs!
• Application includes essays, letters of
recommendations, and an interview for final candidates.
(No short film submissions)
• Program admits 30 students each year: 15 from UCLA and
15 transfer students
61. In The Meantime…
• Finish GE's! You will not be allowed to transfer if your GE's aren't
done!!
• Many lower division courses are open to non-majors and Theater 10
counts as a GE, but it doesn't count as a major course.
• Keep up your skills!!! The program is competitive
• Join student groups on campus: at least 4 Theater companies appeal
to everything from Shakespeare to Musical Theater to Improv.
