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22 Master's degrees offered by the university
Architecture
The Architecture program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) prepares students to work in a variety of intellectual and programmatic milieus including historical research, cultural studies, and interdisciplinary studies with particular emphasis on connections with geography, design, art history, history of science and literary studies, as well as studio and design based research.
Music Performance
The Music Performance program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) combines intensive individual applied study and ensemble collaboration with courses designed to illuminate musical context and stimulate creativity, curiosity, and interpretation.
Cinema and Media Studies
The Cinema and Media Studies program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers two tracks for completion of the M.A. degree, a Pre-doctoral Track (M.A./Ph.D.) for students who wish to continue their education at the doctoral level and a Professional Track (M.A. Professional) for students who seek careers in the entertainment industry, archives, film festivals and related fields.
Cinematography
The Cinematography program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers comprehensive training in the aesthetic, technical and organizational aspects of cinematography.
Conducting
The Conducting program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers Master of Music (M.M.) and Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degrees in choral, orchestral, and wind ensemble conducting; UCLA is the only university in California that offers doctorates in all three specializations.
Musicology
The Musicology program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is one of the most successful graduate programs in American musicology. Recent alumni of the department teach at the University of Michigan, UT Austin, UC Irvine, Michigan State, Dalhousie University, Bates College, and other schools across the nation and the world.
Architecture and Urban Design
The Architecture and Urban Design program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a one-year post-professional degree program that leads to a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design degree.
Production and Directing
The Production and Directing program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a three-year program designed to develop artists in film, television and digital media.
Design - Media Arts
The Design - Media Arts program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a rigorous two-year program that focuses on each individual's personal and creative development within the context of media arts.
Art
The Art program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers six areas of specialization: Ceramics, Interdisciplinary Studio, New Genres, Painting and Drawing, Photography, and Sculpture. These studio areas are supplemented by seminars and lectures in contemporary critical theory.
Manufacturing and Design
The Manufacturing and Design program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is an advanced program of study that covers fundamental and applied topics in modern manufacturing and mechanical design.
Producers
The Producers program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a two-year master of fine arts degree in film and television designed for people who wish to pursue careers as creative producers and executives in the entertainment industry. First established in 1984, the Producers Program is now ranked among the top graduate schools in creative producing in the United States.
Choreographic Inquiry
The two-year Choreographic Inquiry program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is designed for students who wish to pursue a professional choreographic career.
Music Performance Jazz
The Music Performance Jazz program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a partnership program between the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.
Music Composition
The Music Composition program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) welcomes students who demonstrate extraordinary intellectual curiosity and whose primary goal is to communicate with others on a profoundly human level. Above all, our faculty of renowned composers seek students whose personal voice is clearly discernible.
Film and Television
The vision of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television is to serve as a premier interdisciplinary global professional school that develops outstanding humanistic storytellers, industry leaders and scholars whose diverse, innovative voices enlighten, engage and inspire change for a better world. The Film and Television Program is offered at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) .
Global and Comparative Urban Planning Governance
The Urban School of Sciences Po (Paris) and the Urban Planning Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), two of the most highly rated programs in urbanism, policies, governance and urban planning in the world, are launching the new dual Global and Comparative Urban Planning Governance program.
Theater
The Theater program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is offered at the School of Theater, Film & Television.
Urban and Regional Planning
The Urban and Regional Planning program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is offered by the Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Ethnomusicology
The Ethnomusicology program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) investigates music in cultural and social contexts. In preparing students for careers in studying global music communities, our program assists students in understanding music as social practice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.