Departmental Scholar
Accelerate Your Education. Earn Your Bachelors & Masters Degree Simultaneously
The Departmental Scholar Program (DSP) allows exceptionally accomplished juniors and seniors who are nominated by faculty in their major department to pursue their bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously. The program offers advanced undergraduates in selected fields of study access to graduate level classes and an opportunity to do graduate-level research under the direct supervision of faculty. Under selected circumstances, DSP students may also serve as teaching assistants.
Important: Not all departments elect to offer this option to their students. Please send a message to Honors counselor Belen Bazan for clarification on which departments currently participate.
WANT TO BE A DEPARTMENTAL SCHOLAR?
If you are interested in pursing your masters and bachelors simultaneously, please refer to the Departmental Scholar Program guidelines form and Nomination Form, which include nomination procedures, degree requirements, and additional information. For nominations from your department to the Departmental Scholar Program, please refer to the eligibility criteria listed below:
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- A cumulative UC GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- An undergraduate major GPA (in upper division major courses only) of 3.5 or higher.
- Completion of 96 undergraduate units at UCLA or the equivalent at a similar institution.
- Two Letters of recommendation from tenured faculty (i.e., professors, not lecturers…although lecturers are welcome to write supplementary LOR’s).
- Completion of all preparation for the major courses.
- Completion of at least about half of the upper-division undergraduate courses in the major
- For transfer students, completion of at least a year of undergraduate coursework at UCLA.
- Completion of the Writing II requirement
Meet the Departmental Scholar Counselor
Honors Counselor Belen Bazan-Delgado coordinates the Departmental Scholar Program. For questions or to schedule an appointment, please submit a request through Message Center. DSP students who have been working with Angel Perez may continue to request him.