F3.9 Faculty and Student Interaction During the Dissertation Process Selection of Dissertation Committee members Both faculty and students alike should be aware of the requirements governing selection of the Dissertation Committee…
F4. Policies Affecting Both Master’s and Doctoral Students Preparing and Submitting the Dissertation or Thesis Manuscript All doctoral dissertations and master’s theses are to be submitted electronically. All of the…
F4.1 Time Limits on the Use of Courses for Degrees Students returning to the University after an absence sometimes request to re-enter a graduate program and use units that they completed in…
F4.2 Change or Add a Major or Degree Goal A student who pursues a master’s degree in the same major as the doctoral program for which they were admitted does not…
F4.3 Duplication of Graduate Degrees Students may enroll for a second academic or professional master’s degree if the second degree is in an unrelated field. An applicant…
F4.4 Submitting the Thesis or the Dissertation in a Foreign Language Special approval from the Graduate Division is required to submit the dissertation or the thesis in a foreign language. If approval is…
F4.5 Faculty Committees for Higher Degrees All faculty committees for higher degrees (master’s thesis, Qualifying Examination, and doctoral dissertation) are ad hoc committees acting on behalf of the…
F4.6 Academic Senate Status Members of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate include individuals with the following titles (*preferred title for committee appointment): Professor* Professor of Clinical…
F4.7 Configuration Requirements for Higher Degree Committees As of December 18, 2019, the Graduate Division has published new minimum requirements for the composition of higher degree committees. Please check…
F4.8 Role of Committee Members As of December 18, 2019, the Graduate Division has published new minimum requirements for the composition of higher degree committees. Please check…
F4.9 Exceptions to Policies on Committee Membership Approvals for Exceptions to Policies on Committee Membership Two kinds of approval are granted to qualified persons: 1) particular approval for a…
F5. Student Records Student records are subject to the requirements of the 1974 Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), current Health and Human…
F6. Student Parent Policies As many as one in ten of Berkeley’s graduate students is a parent of a young child or children. Recognizing the special…
G. Financial Assistance The Appointments Unit of the Graduate Division monitors requirements for Graduate Student Researcher and teaching appointments. The Funding Unit of the Graduate…
G1. Financial Support and Recruitment Programs are encouraged to plan multi-year “packages” of financial assistance, especially for newly admitted students. The Five-Year Funding Guarantee requires that all…
G1.1 Types of Financial Assistance University-sponsored financial support falls into three main categories: Student Financial Support Academic Appointments Loans Student Financial Support Student Financial Support is available…
G1.2 Taxes on Financial Assistance Virtually all financial assistance to graduate students, except loans, is taxable. The University does not withhold taxes from the stipend portions of…
G1.3 Fellowships The Graduate Funding Office administers over 600 fellowship funds, each with unique criteria and terms for awarding. General Terms and Conditions of Fellowships…
G1.4 Extramural Fellowships The Graduate Funding Office maintains a list of extramural fellowships that are administered by the Graduate Division on the Fellowships web site.…
G1.5 Grant Proposal Advising The Graduate Division Funding Office offers workshops and resources on applying for specific fellowships, such as the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The…