For the 2004-2005 academic year, fees have been assessed at $7,478.50 for three quarters. Non-resident tuition for out-of-state residents or non-resident aliens is $14,694 per year (Registration fees and non-resident tuition are subject to change). State residency can be established after living in California for one continuous year. Once residency is established, a student is exempt from non-resident tuition and pays only fees.

Financial Assistance

The Department offers a number of fellowships to incoming students. Fellowship packages normally grant four or five years of funding (with various combinations of fellowships and teaching assistantships). To maintain their support packages from year to year, students must show satisfactory progress in the graduate program.

We highly recommend that all applicants apply for other forms of financial assistance, such as work-study. External grants, etc. information can be obtained from the UCLA Financial Aid Office located at A-129J Murphy Hall, (310)206-0440 (http://www.saonet.ucla.edu/fa.htm).

Teaching Assistantships and Other Departmental Support:

Teaching Assistantships are not available to first-year graduate students. Students can apply at the end of Winter quarter of their first year for Teaching Assistantships effective the following year.

Those who begin the program without fellowship packages are eligible to apply for Research Assistantships through an individual faculty member upon arrival. Graduate students may also serve as paid Readers for undergraduate lecture courses. Readers are responsible for grading a portion of student papers and exams.

In addition to these Departmental Awards, we strongly encourage students to apply for external awards such as Fulbright, Ford etc.