Overview

College of Letters and Science / College of Letters and Science is located in Los Angeles, CA, in an urban setting.

Departments & Programs

Asian Languages and Cultures Department

Classics Department

Department of Anthropology

Department of Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Department of Comparative Literature

Department of Earth and Space Sciences

Department of Economics

Department of English

Department of French and Francophone Studies

Department of Geography

Department of History

Department of Italian

Department of Linguistics

Department of Mathematics

Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

Department of Musicology

Department of Philosophy

Department of Political Science

Department of Psychology

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Department of Sociology

Department of Statistics

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department

European Languages and Transcultural Studies Department

Integrative Biology and Physiology Department

Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies

Interdepartmental Program in American Indian Studies

Interdepartmental Program in Archaeology

Interdepartmental Program in Bioinformatics

Interdepartmental Program in Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials

Interdepartmental Program in Indo-European Studies

Life Sciences

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department

Program in Applied Economics

Program in Applied Linguistics

Program in Asian-American Studies

Program in Astronomy

Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Program in Chemistry

Program in Economics

Program in Gender Studies

Program in Geochemistry

Program in Geology

Program in Geophysics and Space Physics

Program in Germanic Languages

Program in Hispanic Languages and Literature

Program in Molecular Biology

Program in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology

Program in Physics

Program in Portuguese

Program in Scandinavian

Spanish and Portuguese Department

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree
Juris Doctor/Master of Arts (JD/MA)
Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts (MBA/MA)
Master of Public Health/Master of Arts (MPH/MA)
Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy (MD/PhD)
Master of Education/Master of Arts (M Ed/MA)
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
(Certificate)
Master of Arts/Juris Doctor (MA/JD)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Master of Arts (MA)
Master of Arts/Master of Public Health (MA/MPH)
Master of Science (MS)
Master of Arts/Master of Arts (MA/MA)
Master of Arts/Master of Social Work (MA/MSW)
Master of Fine Arts/Master of Arts (MFA/MA)
Master of Library and Information Science/Master of Arts (MLIS/MA)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	364
Doctoral Degrees	347

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Varies Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some
Doctoral Degrees	Thesis Required Oral and written qualifying exams

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

6,351

Applied

1,095

Accepted

485

Enrolled

Applying

80

Application Fee - Domestic

100

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Requirements	Bachelor's degree; minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (or its equivalent if letter grade system not used)
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Bachelor's degree; minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (or its equivalent if letter grade system not used)

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	March 2
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Federal Work-Study

Student Body

2,664

Total Graduate Students

19%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	7.77%
Black or African American	2.63%
White or Caucasian	49%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%
Asian	13.03%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.15%
Two or more races	2.25%
Unknown	5.37%

Gender

Male (50%)

Female (49%)

Location & Contact

Address 2300 Murphy Hall
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90095
United States

Contact Dr. Patricia Turner
Vice Provost/Dean
Phone: 310-825-4321

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