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Final oral examination following completion of the dissertation
Overview of the program
Foreign language requirement
Course requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
Master’s paper
Field examinations
Field examination schedule
Oral qualifying examinations
500-series course limitations
Final oral examination following completion of the dissertation
Time to degree
Candidate in philosophy degree
Disqualification and appeal of disqualification
Advising
Ethical Code of Conduct for Graduate Students and Graduate Student Instructors
For detailed course descriptions, please refer to UCLA General Catalog
Final oral examination following completion of the dissertation
(FOR THE PH.D. DEGREE)
The optional Final Oral Examination for the Ph.D. degree is given by the doctoral committee not later than six months after the completion of the dissertation. The Final Oral Examination will not be scheduled until sufficient time has been allowed for all committee members to read the dissertation critically, and until both committee members and the student agree that the dissertation is in final and defensible form. The judgment at this time does not preclude a subsequent decision that the dissertation requires revision or is unacceptable on the basis of the findings of the oral examination. The examination centers around the dissertation, the field in which it is written, and the relation of this field to the discipline of sociology as a whole.
A decision to waive the final examination is optional on the part of the student's Ph.D. committee and must be consistent with the policies of the Graduate Council.