Click here http://www.ucla.edu/map/ for a map of the UCLA campus. Here is a detailed map of the UCLA film school complex, comprising East Melnitz, Melnitz, and Macgowan halls. Dailiy parking passes are available at any UCLA information kiosk for $8. Quarterly night permits are also available for $105. Night permits allow students to park after 4:30pm, Monday thru Friday, and all day Saturday and Sunday. Quarterly parking permit Application Forms will be available from the Professional Programs offices prior to the start of each quarter. The permit itself must be purchased from the UCLA Transportation Services office. Call (310) 825-6124 for more information. UCLA Transportation Services Parking Structure 8 555 Westwood Boulevard (inside campus, just south of Strathmore) Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm M-F (closed Sat and Sun) (310) 206-PARK Remember, you must get an Application Form from the Professional Programs office prior to visiting Transportation Services to get your quarterly permit. The James Bridges Theater, located in Melnitz Hall, is the main screening venue of the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. Many campus groups screen films there, including the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Melnitz Movies is a student-run series of free screenings. Screenings are free to the UCLA community unless otherwise noted on the Melnitz Movie Website. Professional Programs students may purchase a UCLA library card for a discounted rate of $20 per quarter. Prior to the beginning of the quarter, enrolled students will be placed on a list at the checkout desk at Charles Young Research Library. You must bring a photo I.D. to the checkout desk to purchase a library card. Community Service Officers (CSO’s) are available to walk students to their cars or bus stops from dusk until 1:00 am. Pick up a campus phone and call 4-WALK to request a CSO escort. Your escort will arrive in 10-15 minutes. The Evening Van Service is a free shuttle that circles the campus approximately every 15 minutes from 6:00 pm to midnight. It runs only during the regular academic year. For more information, call the CSO programs at (310) 825-9800. Click for a map of the van service route. The UCLA Computer Store sells a wide variety of hardware and software for both the PC and Mac platforms. As a Professional Programs student, you are eligible to purchase some products at a discounted price with a BruinCard. The UCLA campus offers a variety of coffee houses, snack bars, and restaurants. Please visit http://www.uclastore.ucla.edu/restaurants/ for more information, including location maps and hours of operation. There is a FedEx Kinko's in the Ackerman Student Union. You can also make copies for a fee in some of the libraries. The BruinCard is the UCLA student ID. A BruinCard is not required to participate in this program, nor do you need one to obtain any student services from the Professional Programs office. Some students use BruinCards to get the student rate at movie theaters in Westwood and at the campus computer store. Students in the year-long Professional Program in Screenwriting and in the Professional Program in Producing will have the opportunity to complete a BruinCard application at orientation. All other students must request an Application Form from the Professional Programs office. It takes about a week for the BruinCard Center to process applications. Once your application is processed, you will have to go to the BruinCard Center at Kerckhoff Hall, room 123, to have your photo taken and to pick up your card. For a map of Los Angeles, complete with services and points of interest, go to: http://la.ucla.edu/ and click on “Maproom”. For bus, light-rail, and subway schedules, contact: Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Line (310) 451-5444 http://www.bigbluebus.com/home/index.asp MTA/Metro (213) 626-4455 http://www.mta.net/ Culver CityBus (310) 253-6500 Professional Programs students live off-campus. The UCLA Community Housing Office offers private apartments, sublet, and roommate listings. They are located on the UCLA campus. Their website is www.cho.ucla.edu. Sublet and roommate listings are available for free on their website. For apartment listings, you must sign up for a membership as a UCLA guest affiliate. Membership costs $25 for one year. In order to get a membership, you must show the Community Housing Office proof of your enrollment in the UCLA Professional Programs. Your enrollment letter will suffice. Other resources for finding apartments in the West Los Angeles area include: The Daily Bruin (UCLA’s student newspaper): www.dailybruin.ucla.edu The Los Angeles Times: www.latimes.com Fee-based apartment listing services provide extensive local listings for a price, usually $30.00-50.00 per month. Westside Rentals: www.westsiderentals.com The UCLA Professional Programs has the largest screenplay library in the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, featuring more than 500 produced scripts. Professional Programs students may check out scripts for up to two weeks at a time. The library is located in the Professional Programs office in 114C East Melnitz Hall. Online students have access to their own screenplay library at the online campus.