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HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Majors and Degrees | Undergraduate Admission | Undergraduate Degree Requirements | GE Requirements | Graduate Admission
UCLA
(310) 825-2826 Since its inception as the College of Engineering in 1945, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) has been on the cutting edge of technological advances. With strong programs in traditional engineering, the school also advances research in the evolving fields of biomedical engineering, wireless communications and networking, and micromachines. Today's rapidly developing technologies require engineers to adapt quickly to meet society's needs and maintain U.S. leadership in the marketplace. Laboratory breakthroughs at HSSEAS translate into new technologies and products, as faculty members collaborate with their counterparts in industry on everything from applied research to technology goal setting. The school's educational mission nurtures innovation and provides a balanced approach to teaching and research. Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science students receive their professional education through classroom investigation and real-world applications. The curriculum provides exposure to the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts and recognizes the responsibility of engineers to create, protect, and manage technology with due regard for ethics and human values. Students committed to a high standard of achievement are invited to contribute to the great success of engineering at UCLA. The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has six departments and two interdepartmental programs offering study in aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, manufacuring engineering, materials engineering, and mechanical engineering--all of which are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the nationally recognized accrediting body for engineering programs. An additional program in computer science is accredited by the nationally recognized accrediting body for computer science programs--the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB)--as is the program in computer science and engineering. For specific programs, see the department information in Curricula and Courses or refer to the school Announcement available from the Office of Academic and Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall. The school offers the following degrees: Aerospace Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Biomedical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.) Chemical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Civil Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Computer Science (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Computer Science and Engineering (B.S.) Electrical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Engineering and Applied Science (Graduate Certificate of Specialization) Integrated Manufacturing Engineering (M.Engr.) Manufacturing Engineering (M.S.) Materials Science and Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Applicants for admission to the school must satisfy the University admission requirements as outlined in the Undergraduate Study section. Students must select a major within the school when applying for admission. In the selection process many elements are considered, including grades, test scores, and academic preparation. Applicants are accepted at either the freshman or junior level. Freshman applicants must satisfy the examination requirement described in the Undergraduate Study section and should take required tests by the December test date, since scores are part of the review process. Instruct the testing agencies to send results directly to UCLA Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools. Applicants seeking admission to the school in freshman standing must also satisfy the University admission requirements, as follows:
Credit for Advanced Placement Tests . Students may fulfill part of the school requirements with credit allowed at the time of admission for College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Tests with scores of 5, 4, or 3. Students with AP Test credit may exceed the 213-unit maximum by the amount of this credit. AP Test credit for freshmen entering in Fall Quarter 2001 fulfills HSSEAS requirements as indicated on the school AP chart in the Undergraduate Study section of this catalog. Students who have completed 36 quarter units after high school graduation at the time of the examination receive no AP Test credit. Students who begin their college work at a California community college are expected to remain at the community college to complete the lower division requirements in chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer programming, English composition, and the recommended engineering courses before transferring to UCLA. Transfer students who have completed the recommended lower division program in engineering at California community colleges normally complete the remaining requirements for one of the B.S. degrees in six terms (two academic years) of full-time study. Students who select certain majors, such as Computer Science and Engineering or Chemical Engineering, may be required to complete additional lower division courses for the major sequence. Applicants to the school in junior standing should have completed 90 quarter units (60 semester units) in good standing, including the following lower division minimum subject requirements: 1. Chemistry courses equivalent to UCLA's Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A, 20B, 20L (only Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A is required for the Computer Science and Engineering degree; the Computer Science degree does not require chemistry; the Chemical Engineering curriculum also requires Chemistry and Biochemistry 30A, 30AL, 30B, 30BL, which do not need to be taken prior to admission to UCLA) 2. Mathematics courses equivalent to UCLA's Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, 32B, 33A, 33B 3. Physics courses equivalent to UCLA's Physics 1A, 1B, 1C, 4AL, 4BL, depending on curriculum selected 4 Engineering courses equivalent to Civil and Environmental Engineering 15 or Computer Science 31 or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 20 5. Additional life sciences (4 units), English composition (5 units), and humanities/social sciences courses (total of 16 quarter units minimum) equivalent to HSSEAS general education (GE) courses Transfer students must also complete a course equivalent to UCLA's English Composition 3 and a second more advanced course in English composition. All lower division requirements should be completed by the end of the spring term prior to anticipated enrollment at UCLA. Students transferring to the school from institutions that offer instruction in engineering subjects in the first two years, particularly California community colleges, are given credit for certain engineering core requirements. A course in digital computer programming, using a higher-level language such as FORTRAN, PASCAL, C, or C ++ , satisfies the computer programming requirement. Applicants to majors in Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, and Electrical Engineering should take C ++ . Many sophomore courses in circuit analysis, strength of materials, and properties of materials may satisfy Electrical Engineering 100, Civil and Environmental Engineering 108, and Materials Science and Engineering 14 requirements respectively. Check with the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. After students have completed 105 quarter units (regardless of where the units are completed), they do not receive unit credit or subject credit for courses completed at a community college. Undergraduate Degree Requirements Students must meet three types of requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree: 
The University of California has two requirements that undergraduates must satisfy in order to graduate: (1) Subject A or English as a Second Language and (2) American History and Institutions. See Degree Requirements in the Undergraduate Study section for details. The school has five requirements that must be satisfied for the award of the degree. The minimum units allowed for HSSEAS students is between 180 and 202, depending on the program. The maximum allowed is 213 units. After 213 quarter units, enrollment may not normally be continued in the school. Students who are approaching the 213 unit limit should see the degree check counselor in 6426 Boelter Hall. This regulation does not apply to Departmental Scholars. Students must earn at least a C (2.0) grade-point average in all courses taken at any UC campus. In addition, at least a 2.0 grade-point average must be achieved in total upper division required courses and total upper division engineering courses. See a counselor in 6426 Boelter Hall for details. Academic Residence Requirement Of the last 48 units completed for the bachelor's degree, 36 must be earned in residence in HSSEAS on this campus. No more than 16 of the 36 units may be completed in Summer Sessions at UCLA. English Composition Requirement Students must attain a minimum grade of C to satisfy the English Composition 3 requirement, which must be met by the end of the second year of enrollment at UCLA (a grade of C- does not satisfy this requirement). Undergraduates who have not taken (or otherwise satisfied the requirement for) English Composition 3 at the time they are admitted must complete the course at UCLA during Fall, Winter, Spring, or Summer term. Students may also complete the equivalent to English Composition 3 at any other UC campus during the Summer term only. General Education Requirements HSSEAS general education (GE) course requirements must be selected from the GE list at http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/ge.html as follows: 1. Six courses from the humanities and social sciences (eight courses for students in the Computer Science major), with at least two courses from each category 2. One life sciences course (two courses for students in the Computer Science major; this requirement is automatically satisfied for Chemical Engineering majors) For item #1, at least three courses must be in the same academic department or must otherwise reflect coherence in subject matter. Of the three, at least two must be upper division courses selected from the approved HSSEAS GE list. One language course at level four or above may be applied toward the humanities section of the HSSEAS GE requirement. See an academic counselor in 6426 Boelter Hall about language courses. Students may take one course per term on a Passed/Not Passed basis if they are in good academic standing and are enrolled in at least three and one-half courses (14 units) for the term. Only GE courses (not English Composition 3 nor the ethics course) may be taken on a Passed/Not Passed basis. For details on P/NP grading, see Grading in the Academic Policies section or consult the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Bachelor's degree requirements include the following categories, depending on the program selected: 1. Fourteen to 21 engineering major field courses (56 to 84 units) 2. One to 10 engineering core courses (4 to 40 units) 3. One to three upper division mathematics courses (4 to 12 units) Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, and Electrical Engineering majors are also required to satisfy the ethics and professionalism requirement by completing Engineering 95 or History 2A, which may be applied toward either the humanities or social sciences section of the GE requirements. Lists of courses approved to satisfy specific curricular requirements are available from the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Degree requirements are subject to policies and regulations, including the following: Students should take advantage of academic support resources, but students are ultimately responsible for keeping informed of and complying with the rules, regulations, and policies affecting their academic standing. The Study List is a record of classes that a student is taking for a particular term. It is the student's responsibility to present a Study List that reflects satisfactory progress toward the degree. Study Lists or programs of study that do not comply with the standards set by the faculty may result in enforced withdrawal from the University or other academic action. Study Lists require approval of the dean of the school or a designated representative. Students are expected to enroll in at least 12 units each term. Students enrolling in less than 12 units must obtain approval by petition to the dean prior to enrollment in courses. The normal program is 16 units per term. Students may not enroll in more than 18 units per term unless an Excess Unit Petition is approved in advance by the dean. Full-time HSSEAS undergraduate students must complete a minimum of 36 units in three consecutive terms in which they are registered. Advanced Placement Tests . Some portions of AP Test credit are evaluated by corresponding UCLA course number. If students take the equivalent UCLA course, a deduction of UCLA unit credit is made prior to graduation. See the HSSEAS AP chart in the Undergraduate Study section. College Level Examination Program . Credit earned through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) may not be applied toward the bachelor's degree. Foreign Language . No credit is granted toward the bachelor's degree for college foreign language courses equivalent to quarter levels one and two if the equivalent of level two of the same language was completed with satisfactory grades in high school. New undergraduates must have their course of study approved by an academic counselor. After the first term, curricular and career advising is accomplished on a formal basis. Students are assigned a faculty adviser in their particular specialization in their sophomore year or earlier. In addition, undergraduates are assigned, by major, to an academic counselor in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs who provides them with advice regarding general requirements for the degrees and University and school regulations and procedures. It is the students' responsibility to periodically meet with their academic counselor in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs, as well as with their faculty adviser, to discuss curriculum requirements, programs of study, and any other academic matters of concern. Students normally follow the curriculum in effect when they enter the school. California community college transfers may also select the curriculum in the catalog in effect at the time they began their community college work in an engineering program, providing attendance has been continuous since that time. Undergraduates may use the computerized HSSEAS Academic Program Planner, an interactive system that lets students know if their programs meet the requirements for graduation. Students beginning upper division coursework in the major are required to submit an Academic Program Proposal to the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for approval by the associate dean. Academic counselors in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs assist students with University procedures and answer questions related to general requirements. Undergraduate HSSEAS students who achieve scholastic distinction may qualify for the following honors. Students following the engineering curricula are eligible to be named to the Dean's Honors List each term. Minimum requirements are a course load of at least 15 units (12 units of letter grade) with a grade-point average equal to or greater than 3.7. Students are not eligible for the Dean's Honors List if they receive an Incomplete (I) or Not Passed (NP) grade or repeat a course. Only courses applicable to an undergraduate degree are considered toward eligibility for Dean's Honors. Students who have achieved scholastic distinction may be awarded the bachelor's degree with honors. To be eligible, students must have completed 90 or more units for a letter grade at the University of California and must have attained an overall grade-point average at graduation which places them in the top five percent of the school (GPA of 3.833 or better) for summa cum laude , the next five percent (GPA of 3.715 or better) for magna cum laude, and the next 10 percent (GPA of 3.512 or better) for cum laude . See the Schedule of Classes for the most current calculations of Latin honors. Based on grades achieved in upper division courses, engineering students must have a 3.833 grade-point average for summa cum laude, a 3.715 for magna cum laude, and a 3.512 for cum laude. For all designations of honors, students must have a minimum 3.25 grade-point average in their major field courses. To be eligible for an award, students should have completed at least 80 upper division units at the University of California. The UCLA chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, encourages high scholarship, provides volunteer tutors, and offers many services and programs to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges. Exceptionally promising juniors or seniors may be nominated as Departmental Scholars to pursue bachelor's and master's degree programs simultaneously. For details, consult the Office of Academic and Student Affairs in 6426 Boelter Hall. Students are encouraged to participate in UCLA extracurricular activities, especially those relevant to engineering, such as the student engineering society (the Engineering Society, University of California), student publications, and programs of the technical and professional engineering societies in the Los Angeles area. The student body takes an active part in shaping policies of the school through elected student representatives on the school's Executive Committee. Among HSSEAS students, women make up approximately 21 percent of the undergraduate and 16 percent of the graduate enrollment. Today's opportunities for women in engineering are excellent, as both employers and educators try to change the image of engineering as a "males only" field. Women engineers are in great demand in all fields of engineering. The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), recognizing that women in engineering are still a minority, has established a UCLA student chapter which sponsors field trips and engineering-related speakers (often professional women) to introduce the various options available to women engineers. The UCLA chapter of SWE, in conjunction with other Los Angeles schools, also publishes an annual résumé book to aid women students in finding jobs and presents a career day for women high school students. Continuing education in engineering is developed and administered by the UCLA Extension (UNEX) Department of Engineering, Information Systems, and Technical Management in close cooperation with HSSEAS. The department offers evening classes, short courses, certificate programs, special events, and education and training at the workplace. The office (540 UNEX, 10995 Le Conte Avenue) is open Monday through Friday. Call (310) 825-4100 for information systems class programs, (310) 825-3344 for short course programs, (310) 825-0328 for engineering classes, and (310) 825-3858 for technical management programs. See http://www.uclaextension.org. In addition to meeting the requirements of the Graduate Division, applicants to the graduate engineering programs are required to take the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). In some cases applicants are also required to take the GRE Subject Test in Engineering, Mathematics, or a related area. Applicants for the graduate computer science programs are required to take the GRE General Test and Subject Test in Mathematics or Computer Science. Specific information about the GRE may be obtained from the department of interest. Students entering the Engineer/Ph.D. program normally are expected to have completed the requirements for the master's degree with at least a 3.25 grade-point average and to have demonstrated creative ability. Normally the M.S. degree is required for admission to the Ph.D. program. Exceptional students, however, can be admitted to the Ph.D. program without having an M.S. degree. Graduate students without adequate preparation may be admitted provisionally and may be required to take additional coursework which may not be applied toward the degree. After students arrive at UCLA, the adviser helps them plan a program to remedy any such deficiencies. For information on the proficiency in English requirements for international graduate students, refer to Graduate Admission in the Graduate Study section of this catalog. Obtain admission forms, including a department supplement to the application, by writing to the department of interest, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Students may also apply online at http://www.seas.ucla.edu . From there connect to the site of the preferred department or program and go to the online graduate application. Graduate degree information is updated annually in Program Requirements for UCLA Graduate Degrees at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/publications.html. No lower division courses may be applied toward graduate degrees. In addition, the following upper division courses are not applicable toward graduate degrees: Chemical Engineering M105A, 199, Civil and Environmental Engineering 106A, 108, 199, Computer Science M152A, M152B, M171L, 199, Electrical Engineering 100, 101, 102, 103, 110L, M116D, M116L, 199, Materials Science and Engineering 110, 120, 130, 131, 131L, 132, 150, 160, 161L, 190, 191L, 199, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 102, 103, M105A, 105D, 199. Individual departments within the school may impose certain restrictions on the applicability of other undergraduate courses toward graduate degrees. Consult with the graduate adviser on departmental requirements and restrictions. Major Fields or Subdisciplines The M.S. program focuses on one major field. The major fields and subdisciplines offered at the M.S. level in most cases parallel those listed below for the Ph.D. program. There are some differences (for example, manufacturing engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is offered only at the M.S. level). Contact the department concerned regarding possible differences between the M.S. and Ph.D. fields and subdisciplines. Students are free to propose to the school any other field of study, with the support of their adviser. A total of nine courses is required for the M.S. degrees, including a minimum of five graduate courses. (Some fields require more than five; obtain specific information from the department of interest.) A majority of the total formal course requirement and of the graduate course requirement must consist of courses in HSSEAS. In the thesis plan, seven of the nine courses must be formal courses, including at least four from the 200 series. The remaining two courses may be 598 courses involving work on the thesis. In the comprehensive examination plan, at least five of the nine courses must be in the 200 series; the remaining four courses may be either 200-series graduate or upper division undergraduate courses. No 500-series courses may be applied toward the comprehensive examination plan requirements. The thesis must either describe some original piece of research that students have done, usually but not necessarily under the supervision of the thesis committee, or else provide a critical exposition of some topic in their major field of study. Students would normally start to plan the thesis at least one year before the award of the M.S. degree is expected. There is no examination under the thesis plan. Comprehensive Examination Plan The comprehensive examination, which is offered every term, is required in written form only. The comprehensive examining committee may conduct an oral query after review of the written examination. In case of failure, students may be reexamined once with the consent of their departmental graduate adviser. A joint degree program between HSSEAS and the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management allows students to earn two master's degrees simultaneously: the M.B.A. and the M.S. in Computer Science. Contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for details.
The Master of Engineering (M.Engr.) degree is granted to graduates of the interdepartmental Integrated Manufacturing Engineering (IME) Program. For information, contact the Student Services Office, 48-121 Engineering IV, UCLA, Box 951597, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597.
The M.Engr. degree is also granted to graduates of the Engineering Executive Program, a two-year work-study program consisting of graduate-level professional courses in the management of technological enterprises. For full details, write to the HSSEAS Office of Academic and Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, UCLA, Box 951601, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1601. HSSEAS offers an Engineer (Engr.) degree at a level equivalent to completion of preliminaries in the Ph.D. program. The Engineer degree represents considerable advanced training and competence in the engineering field but does not require the research effort involved in a Ph.D. dissertation. Requirements for the Engineer degree are identical to those of the Ph.D. degree up to and including the oral preliminary examination, except that the Engineer degree is based on coursework. The minimum requirement is 15 (at least nine graduate) courses beyond the bachelor's degree, with at least six courses in the major field (minimum of four graduate courses) and at least three in each minor field (minimum of two graduate courses in each). The Ph.D. and Engineer degree programs are administered interchangeably, so that a student in the Ph.D. program may exit with an Engineer degree or pick up the Engineer degree en route to the Ph.D. degree; similarly, a student in the Engineer degree program may continue to the Ph.D. after receiving the Engineer degree. The time spent in either of the two programs may also be applied toward the minimum residence requirement and time limitation for the other program. The Ph.D. programs prepare students for advanced study and research in the major areas of engineering and computer science. All candidates must fulfill the minimum requirements of the Graduate Division. Major and minor fields may have additional course and examination requirements. For further information, contact the individual departments. Established fields of study for the Ph.D. are listed below. With the support of an adviser, students may propose any other field of study to their department. Instructions on the definition of acceptable ad hoc fields and procedures for their approval are available in each department office. Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program . Bioacoustics, speech, and hearing; biocybernetics; biomechanics, biomaterials, and tissue engineering; biomedical instrumentation; biomedical signal and image processing; molecular and cellular bioengineering; neuroengineering Chemical Engineering Department . Chemical engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structures (structural mechanics and earthquake engineering), water resource systems engineering Computer Science Department . Artificial intelligence, computer networks, computer science theory, computer system architecture, scientific computing (biomedical systems, physical systems), software systems Electrical Engineering Department . Applied mathematics (established minor field only), communications and telecommunications, control systems, electromagnetics, engineering optimization/operations research, integrated circuits and systems, photonics and optoelectronics, plasma electronics, signal processing, solid-state electronics Materials Science and Engineering Department . Ceramics and ceramic processing, electronic materials, structural materials Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department . Applied mathematics (established minor field only), applied plasma physics and fusion engineering (minor field only), dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, manufacturing and design, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), structural and solid mechanics, systems and control Graduate Certificate of Specialization A Certificate of Specialization is available in all areas, except computer science, offered by HSSEAS. Requirements for admission are the same as for the M.S. degree. Each graduate certificate program consists of five 100- or 200-series courses, at least two of which must be at the graduate level. No work completed for any previously awarded degree or credential may be applied toward the certificate. Successful completion of a certificate program requires an overall minimum B average in all courses applicable to the certificate. In addition, graduate certificate candidates are required to maintain a minimum B average in 200-series courses used in the certificate program. A minimum of three terms of academic residence is required. The time limitation for completing the requirements of a certificate program is two calendar years. Details regarding the certificate programs may be obtained from each department office. Courses completed in HSSEAS for a Certificate of Specialization may subsequently be applied toward master's and/or doctoral degrees. | ||||||||||||||
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