F. Degrees
This chapter summarizes the procedures to be followed as students attain each milestone in their graduate careers as well as the basic requirements for graduate degrees at Berkeley. Additional information is also available in the “Graduate Degrees and Certificates” and “General Rules and Academic Policies” sections of the General Catalog.
For details on professional master’s programs, please consult the announcements of the appropriate schools and colleges.
For assistance concerning any information in this chapter — including requests for exceptions to any of the policies — contact the Graduate Services: Degrees Office (318 Sproul Hall, 642-7330, degrees@berkeley.edu).
- F1. Master’s Degrees
- F1.2 Academic Residence Requirement for a Master’s Degree
- F1.3 Concurrent Master’s Degree Programs
- F1.4 Transfers of Unit Credit toward the Master’s Degree
- F1.5 Advancement to Candidacy for a Master’s Degree
- F1.6 Filing a Master’s Thesis (Plan I)
- F1.7 Comprehensive Final Examination (Plan II)
- F1.8 Completion of Courses for the Degree
- F1.9 Master’s Time in Candidacy
- F2. Doctoral Degrees
- F2.1 Doctoral Degrees with a Designated Emphasis
- F2.2 Academic Residence Requirement for a Doctoral Degree
- F2.3 Departmental Review Requirement for First-Year Students
- F2.4 Foreign Language Requirement
- F2.5 Preliminary Examinations
- F2.6 Qualifying Examination
- F2.7 Qualifying Examination Results
- F2.8 Advancement to Candidacy for a Doctoral Degree
- F2.9 Normative Time and Calculation of Normative Time in Candidacy
- F3. Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship (DNTF)
- F3.1 Doctoral Completion Fellowship (DCF)
- F3.2 Dissertation Plans A and B
- F3.3 Final Report
- F3.4 Candidate in Philosophy Degree
- F3.5 Annual Review of Doctoral Candidates
- F3.6 Reduction in Nonresident Tuition
- F3.7 Lapsing, Reinstatement, and Termination of Candidacy
- F3.8 Planning for the Dissertation
- F3.9 Faculty and Student Interaction During the Dissertation Process
- F4. Policies Affecting Both Master’s and Doctoral Students
- F4.1 Time Limits on the Use of Courses for Degrees
- F4.2 Change or Add a Major or Degree Goal
- F4.3 Duplication of Graduate Degrees
- F4.4 Submitting the Thesis or the Dissertation in a Foreign Language
- F4.5 Faculty Committees for Higher Degrees
- F4.6 Academic Senate Status
- F4.7 Configuration Requirements for Higher Degree Committees
- F4.8 Role of the Committee Members
- F4.9 Exceptions to Policies on Committee Membership
- F5. Student Records
- F5.1 Graduate Council Student Parent Policies
