Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies

Form A

Graduate Student Comprehensive Study Plan

Academic Year 2014/15

Student’s Name: Individual Faculty Advisor:

Entered program:

MASTER OF ARTS –CHICANA AND CHICANO STUDIES

In addition to departmental requirements, candidates for graduate degrees must fulfill University requirements described in the “Graduate Education” section of the UCSB General Catalog.

A total of 52 units are required for the M.A/Ph.D. program—36.0 units in the M.A. portion of the program and 16.0 units in the Ph.D. portion. Courses for degree must be taken for a letter grade, and passed with a grade of B or better. All students must maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0. Students in the M.A./Ph.D. program must first complete the requirements for the M.A. before continuing toward the doctorate. Students entering the doctoral program with a master’s degree are expected to fulfill all of the requirements for the department’s M.A. in Chicana/o Studies. The time-to-degree for the M.A. is two years.

CORE COURSE REQUIREMENTS (20.0 units total)

COURSE # / COURSE NAME / UNITS / GRADE
CHST 200 A / History and Narrativity / 4.0
CHST 200 B / Cultural Texts / 4.0
CHST 200 C / Social Processes / 4.0
CHST 210 / Research Seminar / 4.0
CHST 220 / Interdisciplinary Methods / 4.0

CHICANA/O STUDIES ELECTIVE SEMINAR REQUIREMENTS (16.0 units total)

COURSE # / COURSE NAME / UNITS / GRADE

TEACHING REQUIREMENT

Teaching Experience is required before completing the requirements for the Master’s degree. It may be satisfied through Ch St 230 Teaching Practicum elective, or through a Teaching Assistant appointment, or Teaching Associate appointment in the Chicana/o Studies Department.

COURSE # / COURSE NAME / QUARTER

LANGUAGE REQURIEMENT

The language requirement must be fulfilled during the first two years of the program and is required for completion of the M.A. The requirement may be satisfied in the following ways:

a) By passing a two-hour translation exam arranged by the Chicana and Chicano Studies Graduate Committee.
b) By presenting a transcript to prove either a BA or MA in the language in question.
c) By having studied in the language of a foreign country as a regular student or in a study abroad exchange for a
year at the university level.
d) By taking a language course specifically designed for graduate students and passing it with a B grade or better.

CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT

Based on the performance in the comprehensive final exam and a review of the dossier, the department will: (1) grant the M.A. degree and allow the student to continue to the Ph.D. phase of the graduate program; (2) award a terminal M.A.; or (3) not award the M.A. Students who receive a terminal M.A. will be given the opportunity to re-take the comprehensive exam and/or re-work their dossier by the end of the fall quarter following the end-of-the year review. The Faculty Exam Committee will administer and evaluate these exams, while the Department Graduate Committee will assess the revised dossiers.

The “M.A. Student Dossier” includes the following items: a selection of at least two seminar papers produced at UCSB; a department-generated unofficial transcript showing that all course requirements have been fulfilled; teaching evaluations; evidence of completion of the language and teaching experience requirements; and a brief (i.e. 3-5 page) statement of the student’s research area(s). The “M.A. Student Dossier” is submitted by the late spring quarter of the second year.

By the end of the second year, students must also pass a comprehensive examination administered by the Faculty Exam committee designated by the Department. The Faculty Exam Committee will include the three professors who taught the three core courses over a two-year cycle. The department chair will establish the committee, which may include other faculty members as well. Exams will be graded by the Faculty Exam Committee who wrote the exam.

The exam will cover the canon of Chicana and Chicano Studies (i.e., the intellectual content of the three core courses: CH ST 200A History and Narrativity, CH ST 200B Cultural Texts, and CH ST 200C Social Processes), and will include two questions per core course section (total of six questions) and an additional overall synthesis section (two questions) for a total of eight questions. Students will be required to respond to one question from each section for a total of four questions. The comprehensive examination will be administered over two days in which students will respond to two questions per day, and will have two hours to respond to each questions.

CONTINUATION TO THE Ph.D.

Although students are admitted into the M.A./Ph.D. program, continuation to the Ph.D. is by no means automatic upon completion of the M.A. Continuation is highly competitive and subject to the student’s academic performance being deemed excellent by all standards that the department uses to assess degree program such as: exams, grades, coursework, timely progress toward the degree, and teaching (as evidenced by student evaluations and supervisor’s assessments). Students must demonstrate an ability to work independently and to make innovative and original contribution to the critical literature of the student’s chosen field.

M.A. DEGREE REQUIREMTNS SATISFIED: ______

Quarter / Year

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY –CHICANA AND CHICANO STUDIES –2014/15

Students entering the Ph.D. program with an M.A. must complete all of the requirements for the M.A. in Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCSB. Students are required to complete 16 units of graduate coursework, to be selected in consultation with the student’s doctoral committee. Eight of those 16 units may be taken outside of the department. Courses for the degree must be taken for a letter grade, and passed with a grade of B or better. All students must maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0. Students must complete the required coursework before advancing to candidacy. The time-to-degree for the Ph.D. is six years.

CHICANA/O STUDIES ELECTIVE SEMINAR REQUIREMENTS (16.0 units total)

COURSE # / COURSE NAME / UNITS / GRADE

DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROSPECTUS AND DEFENSE

Completion of the dissertation prospectus and oral defense are the main requirements for advancement to Ph.D. Candidacy. For students admitted Fall quarter 2010 and after, these two requirements should be completed by the end of Fall quarter of the fourth year. For students admitted before Fall quarter 2010, these two requirements should be completed by the end of the third year.Thestudent in conjunction with the doctoral committee will schedule the defense of the dissertation prospectus.

Based on the performance in the doctoral research prospectus and defense, the department will: (1) issue an assessment of pass; (2) issue an assessment of conditional pass in which the student will have the option to make revisions to the prospectus.Students who receive a conditional pass will be given the opportunity to re-work their prospectus by the end ofthe following quarter in which their prospectus was initially reviewed.

Doctoral Committee:Chair: ______

Member: ______

Prospectus defense passed on (date): ______

Student’s chosen subfield(s):

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DISSERTATION AND ORAL DEFENSE OF THE DISSERTATION

The final requirement for the doctoral program is for the candidate to complete a dissertation, which must be an original work based on independent research. Once the dissertation is completed and turned into the dissertation committee, the student, in conjunction with the dissertation committee, must schedule a dissertation oral defense. The dissertation oral defense should take place during the sixth year, and the dissertation should be completed by the end of spring quarter of the sixth year. If additional time is needed, the dissertation committee must approve the new deadline. The dissertation doctoral defense is to be completed prior to the filing of the dissertation. The doctoral committee will tailor the defense to the student’s dissertation research and the defense will open to the public.
Dissertation Oral Defense (date): ______

Special Circumstances: ______

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Faculty Advisor’s Comments: ______

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Student’s Signature ______Date ______

Faculty Advisor’s Signature ______Date ______

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