E1.1 Full-time Status The minimum enrollment requirement is 12 units per semester for all graduate students prior to advancement to candidacy, unless they are subject to a…
E1.2 Minimum Course Loads: Other Considerations Modified Schedule A modified schedule incorporating a lower course load may be arranged for women anticipating childbirth, as part of the university’s…
E1.3 Grades Minimum Grade Requirements In order for students to be in good standing, they must maintain an overall grade-point average of at least…
E1.4 600-Level Courses Individual Study Courses 601 and 602 Individual study courses give students credit for preparing for master’s comprehensive and language exams (601) and…
E1.5 Academic Standing Graduate students are either a) in good academic standing, b) on probation, or c) subject to dismissal. Students are normally in good…
E1.6 Program Review of Student Progress Programs are responsible for monitoring their students’ overall progress toward graduate degrees. Programs should let students know—by published program descriptions, by written…
E1.7 Academic Probation Probation is intended to provide a student whose performance is less than satisfactory with a period in which to correct identified deficiencies…
E1.8 Dismissal There are generally two reasons a graduate student may be dismissed: for disciplinary reasons due to violations of the Code of Student…
E1.9 Graduate Student Appeal Procedure The Graduate Student Appeal procedure is to be used by continuing and returning graduate students in the Graduate Division on the Berkeley…
E1.10 Graduate Student Academic Misconduct Policy Note: The Graduate Academic Misconduct Policy is effective as of Fall 2023. Purpose Allegations of academic misconduct against graduate students are governed…
F. DEGREES All policies and procedures dealing with graduate student progress are monitored by the Degrees office of the Graduate Division. Graduate students at…
F1. Master’s Degrees Academic Benchmarks The Master’s degree recognizes mastery of the fundamentals of a field demonstrated through coursework culminating in a final examination, capstone…
F1.1 Degree Plans Plan I requires a minimum of 20 semester units of upper division and graduate courses, and completion of a thesis. For the 20 unit…
F1.2 Academic Residence Requirement for a Master’s Degree Academic residence is defined as payment of registration fees, and enrollment in at least 4 units in 100 or 200 series courses…
F1.3 Concurrent Master’s Degree Programs Established concurrent degree programs combine two separate master’s degree programs. Students are permitted to count a limited number of courses towards fulfillment…
F1.4 Unit Credit for the Master’s Degree Courses in the 300 series or higher do not count toward the unit requirements for either Plan I or Plan II Master’s…
F1.5 Advancement to Candidacy for a Master’s Degree By Academic Senate regulation, students must formally advance to candidacy before the master’s degree can be conferred. Plan I students must be…
F1.6 Master’s Thesis (Plan I) The Master’s Thesis is required for Plan I programs. “Policies Affecting Both Master’s and Doctoral Students” (below) covers preparing the thesis, required registration…
F1.7 Comprehensive Final Examination or Capstone Project (Plan II) For master’s students under Plan II, each program decides the content and format of the capstone element (either a comprehensive final examination…
F1.8 Completion of Courses for the Degree Master’s students must finish all courses required for the degree by the last day of the semester in which they expect the…