We also maintain our own listserv, a convenient way of exchanging information, posting calls for papers, funding possibilities, jobs, and just keeping in touch with one another. Our grads are active in a diverse range of scholarly endeavors. Additionally, students can present their current research in our Works in Progress series. There are also a number programs unique to UCLA, such as the Paris Program in Critical Theory . A number of students and art history faculty are affiliated with UCLA Humanities centers, such as the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies , the Center for Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Studies , and the Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies .
Admission is very competitive.
Get to know your professors. This is key to getting positive letters of recommendation. Grads need to possess reading knowledge of certain languages, usually both German and French, and, depending on your chosen field, Spanish and Italian. It is best to learn such European languages while you are still an undergraduate. UCLA is unique in that it offers courses in such languages as Sanskrit, Arabic, Nahuatl, etc.