From the Chancellor of UCLA
The UCLA General Catalog for 2005-2007 presents the myriad academic opportunities available at one of America's most comprehensive universities.
UCLA is a premier center for education, research, and service. We consistently strive for excellence, and our academic programs are ranked among the world's best.
As a research university committed to bringing the creation of knowledge into the classroom and across the disciplines, we are especially proud of the extraordinary richness and diversity of our teaching program—185 majors and more than 11,000 courses that link research with instruction in the UCLA College of Letters and Science and 11 professional schools.
This catalog includes opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students, including those that offer priority enrollment for lower division students. Among these are the Fiat Lux Seminars (small classes that explore a broad array of subjects), Freshman Clusters (year-long, team-taught interdisciplinary examinations of an array of timely topics), and opportunities for student research.
On our campus, we nurture a vibrant academic community of UCLA faculty and student scholars, who advance knowledge, pursue intellectual achievement, address social challenges, and engage with the surrounding region in many ways.
I encourage you to continue your exploration of UCLA beyond this catalog. Please visit us on campus, or online at http://www.ucla.edu.
Albert Carnesale
Chancellor