Students can utilize various online resources to answer enrollment questions and simplify the degree planning process. This page includes information about:
Degree Planning & Enrollment
Navigating your Degree
How do I plan my degree?
DARS 
DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System) is a dynamic platform students can use to track and plan degree requirements needed to graduate.
MyUCLA Class Planner
Add courses to plan your quarterly schedule and enroll in classes during your assigned enrollment pass.
Bruin Learn
Review the modules for information on degree planning, using DARS, and how to add a second degree program.
Undergraduate Sample Degree Planners
All sample degree plans are based on a 4-year time to degree timeline. Students who matriculate as third year transfers should refer to their individual 2-year sample degree planner and reach out to their advisor if they have any questions.
Click below to access a viewable google drive folder. You can either access a blank School of Music degree planner or view a sample degree planner for your specific department, major, and concentration, if applicable. These sample degree planners are set to “view access only”. If you would like to edit the sample degree planner, please make your own personal copy by going to “File” → “Make a Copy”.
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School of Music Sample Degree Planners
Quarterly Enrollment
Planning Enrollment
Students are responsible for keeping track of their enrollment passes and enrolling in courses in a timely manner during their assigned First and Second enrollment passes. Missing your enrollment time and needing to enroll later in the enrollment cycle can lower your chances or securing spots in required and desired courses.
While you may need to adjust your schedule at the beginning of quarter, the LATEST you should be making major changes to your Study List is Friday of Week 2. Joining a class after Week 2 can impact your success in the course and dropping a course after Week 2 may require a petition.
Quarterly Unit Minimum & Maximum
In order to maintain timely degree progress, School of Music students are required to enroll in a minimum of 14 units each academic quarter (Fall, Winter, Spring). Students who enroll in less than 14 units a quarter, and are not approved as a part-time or reduced course load student, could be at risk of Academic Difficulty due to not meeting minimum unit progress.
School of Music students are able to enroll in a maximum of 20 units during Fall, Winter, and Spring and a maximum of 16 units during Summer Sessions. In order to request to enroll in more than 20 or 16 units, respectively, please submit a Unit Increase Petition.
PTEs & Course Restrictions
PTE numbers are a 5 digit code that allow students to enroll in courses, if they are unable to do so due to a course restriction. These restrictions could be based on major, year, and/or course prerequisites.
PTE numbers for School of Music courses are provided by instructors only. Requesting a PTE from an instructor does not guarantee enrollment, especially if the course is restricted by major and/or is closed. If a course is restricted by “Instructor Consent”, you must receive a PTE from the instructor to enroll. To request a PTE, email the instructor or plan to attend the first day of the course.
If you receive a PTE to enroll, it will only be valid through the last day to add a class on MyUCLA. After the add class deadline, submitting an Enrollment Petition is necessary to request to late add a course, even if you previously secured a PTE.
Contract Courses: Internships and Independent Study
Internship courses and independent study courses (195, 197, 199) use a contract to set forth the type and topic of study. Once you choose your course and secure a faculty supervisor, you must generate a course contract on MyUCLA. After you finish the contract, you will receive a .pdf copy.
To request enrollment, you must submit your contract to the department that offers the course. Contract courses added after the last day to add classes will incur a fee. More information about contract courses can be found here.
How to add another Degree Program
With proper planning, undergraduates may be approved to add additional degree programs during their time at UCLA.
School of Music students must establish Residency before they are eligible to request to add an additional degree program. For students who enter as a first year, residency is established after 3 academic quarters (e.g. Fall, Winter, and Spring). For student who enter as a third year transfer, residency is established after 1 quarter (e.g. Fall).
While you can’t request to add an additional degree program until you establish residency, you can start preparing to add your additional degree program as soon as your first quarter. Note: If you are interested in changing your primary major to a program outside of the School of Music, please refer to the steps to Exit the School of Music.
When you are ready to request to add your additional degree program, please take the following steps.
- Review your DARS to see what is needed to complete your current major
- Run a What-If DARS to see the requirements for your proposed additional degree program
- Make a sample degree planner for you current program plus your proposed program(s). Sample planners for School of Music majors can be found below.
- Speak to your School of Music advisor to see if adding an additional degree program is possible within your remaining degree time.
- Reach out to the advising unit for your proposed degree program to ask questions and set up an advising meeting with them, if possible.
If you have any questions about adding an additional degree program during your time at UCLA, reach out to your School of Music program advisor!
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