Summer Information
Standards and Procedures for Summer Session 2015
Students should refer to the email they received from the department for more details about completing degree requirements during the summer term. An overview of summer information is below.
Continuous Registration:
To satisfy continuous registration, a
graduate student should register in Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
Enrollment in Summer may not substitute for registration in a regular
term.
Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations for Doctoral Degree:
A
student who registered in the preceding Spring term may take the
written and oral qualifying examinations for the doctoral degree during
the Summer. A student who did not register in Spring must wait until
the Fall to take these examinations, at which time
the student must be registered.
Registration for the Award of the Degree:
Per the continuous registration
policy stated above, in order to be eligible to take the master’s
comprehensive or doctoral final oral (dissertation defense) examination,
file a thesis or dissertation, or receive a degree during a Summer
Session, a student must either pay the Filing Fee
if eligible (see “Use of Filing Fee” below) or register and enroll in
at least four units during the Summer Session.
Use of Filing Fee: Deadline is August 21, 2015.
https://grad.ucla.edu/gasaa/library/thesisintro.htm