School Requirements for Undergraduates

Undergraduate students in the School of Theater, Film & Television must complete all the School Requirements to receive their bachelor's degree.

School requirements are broken up into: Unit Requirements, Scholarship Requirements, Academic Residence Requirements, Writing Requirements, Foreign Language Requirements, Literature Requirements and General Education Requirements. Details on these requirements are below:

Unit Requirement

Students must complete for credit, with a passing grade, no less than 180 units and no more than 216 units, of which at least 64 units must be upper division courses (numbered 100 through 199). No more than 8 units of freshman seminars and/or 8 units of 300-level courses may be applied toward the degree. Credit for upper division tutorials numbered 195 through 199 is limited to a maximum of 8 units in a single term and a maximum of 32 units total for a letter grade.

Scholarship Requirement

A 2.0 © average is required in all work attempted at the University of California, exclusive of courses in UCLA Extension and those graded Passed/Not Passed. A 2.0 © average is also required in all upper division courses in the major taken at the University, as well as in all courses applied toward the general education and University requirements.

Academic Residence Requirement

Students are in residence while enrolled and attending classes at UCLA as a major in the School of Theater, Film, and Television. Of the last 45 units completed for the bachelor’s degree, 35 must be earned in residence in the School of Theater, Film, and Television. No more than 18 of the 35 units may be completed in UCLA Summer Sessions.
Courses in UCLA Extension (either class or correspondence) may not be applied toward any part of the residence requirements.

Writing Requirement

Students must complete the University’s Entry-Level Writing or English as a Second Language (ESL) requirement prior to completing the school writing requirement.Students admitted to the school are required to complete a two-term writing requirement—Writing I and Writing II. Two courses in English composition are required for graduation. Both courses must be taken for a letter grade, and students must receive grades of C or better (C- grades are not acceptable).

Writing I. The Writing I requirement must be satisfied by completing English Composition 3 or 3H with a grade of C or better (C- or a Passed grade is not acceptable) within the first three terms of enrollment.
The Writing I requirement may also be satisfied by scoring 4 or 5 on one of the College Board Advanced Placement Tests in English or a combination of a score of 720 or better on the SAT Reasoning Test Writing Section and superior performance on the English Composition 3 Proficiency Examination.
Students whose native language is not English may satisfy the Writing I requirement by completing English as a Second Language 36 with a grade of C or better (C- or a Passed grade is not acceptable). Admission into the course is determined by completion of English as a Second Language 35 with a passing grade or proficiency demonstrated on the English as a Second Language Placement Examination (ESLPE).
Writing II. The Writing II requirement is satisfied by selecting a course from a faculty-approved list of Writing II courses published in the Schedule of Classes and available in the Student Services Office. The course must be completed with a grade of C or better (C- or a Passed grade is not acceptable) within the first six terms of enrollment.

A Writing II course used to meet this requirement may not be applied toward a foundational area under general education or toward the literature requirement.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students may meet the foreign language requirement by (1) scoring 3, 4, or 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) foreign language examination in French, German, or Spanish, or scoring 4 or 5 on the AP foreign language examination in Latin, (2) presenting a UCLA foreign language proficiency examination score indicating competency through level three, or (3) completing one college-level foreign language course equivalent to level three or above at UCLA with a grade of Passed or C or better.

Literature Requirement

Three courses (12 units minimum) in literature are required, at least one of which must be upper division. Any literature course taken in the original language can fulfill this requirement. A course taken to meet the Writing II requirement may not also be applied toward the literature requirement. Below are the approved literature courses for TFT:

Literature: Three courses. One must be upper division (numbered 100 or above):

Afro American Studies C101, M103A, M104ABC
Asian American Studies M112AB, M132AB
Chicana and Chicano Studies M105AB
Classics 40W, 140-144
Comparative Literature 1A-D, 2AW, 2BW, 2CW, 2DW, 4AW, 4BW, 4CW, 4DW, 106, C140, M165, M168, C170, M171, C172-173, 191
East Asian Languages: East Asian 60, 60W, 61; Chinese C150A-152; Japanese 150, 151; Korean 150, 151
English 10ABC, M40, 70, 75, 80, 85, 88A-M, 90, 95ABC, 96, 100, M101ABC, M102AB, 103, M104ABC, M105AB, 106, M107ABC, 108ABC, 109, 110, 111ACDEF, 112, 112SL, 113, 114, 115AB, 116, 117, 118, 140AB, 141AB, 142ABC, 143, 150AB, 151, 152AB, 153-157, 160-168, 169A, 170A-174BC, 175, 176, 177, 178AB
French and Francophone Studies 14, 14W, 41, 60, 142, M143, 161
Germanic Languages: Afrikaans 135; Dutch 113; German 50AB, 56-59, 61A-D, 100C, 122; Old Norse 40, C139
Honors Collegium 26, 41W, 59W
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies M101C
Italian 46, 50AB, 110, 140, 150
Near Eastern Languages: Ancient Near East 150ABC; Arabic 150, 151; Armenian 150AB; Iranian 150AB; Jewish Studies M150A, 150B, 151AB, M187
Scandinavian 50, 50W, 141-143, C144-C147, C180, 184, C185
Slavic Languages: Bulgarian 154; Polish 152AB; Romanian 152; Russian 25, 99B, 118-121, 124C, 124D, 124G, 124N, 124P, 124T, 125, 126, M127, 128; Ukrainian 152
Spanish and Portuguese: Portuguese 40AB; Spanish 60ABC
Women’s Studies M107ABC, M101C, M127

Revised: Fri Apr 1, 2011
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