Change Log for Guide to Graduate Policy

Changed this sentence

• GSIs who are required to complete the English oral proficiency test must take and pass the test before they can be appointed.

To:

Those admitted by exception are now allowed to defer. Removed paragraph containing old policy with prohibition.

Added the following under “Eligibility”

Students whose research requires international travel must work with their dissertation chair to ensure they have the appropriate approvals and clearances, as outlined on the Guidelines and Requirements for International Travel webpage with UC Berkeley Travel.

Clarification of backdate graduate standing language.

Slightly clarification that matriculated students (not just registered) need to reenroll.

Lecturer with Security of Employment series of titles was renamed to Teaching Professor series (per APM 285).

Clarified that only students in state-supported programs are eligible for UCEAP.

Added some wording to clarify that exceptions can be requested for students to GSI while on probation. Also added wording about warning letters being sent to Grad Div before being sent to students.

Added clarification bullet regarding incompatibility with self-supporting degrees.

Under Definitions of students this policy applies to, 2a was removed; applicants who become students, for offenses committed as part of the application process;

Under Procedures, this paragraph was added:

The resolution between the faculty and the student, when a student accepts responsibility for academic misconduct, may be documented with the utilization of the Early Resolution Form (ERF), which provides an official record of the case. This resolution must also be approved by the (Chair or Dean). For early resolution cases, either disciplinary probation or a non-reportable warning (see Appendix I) are suitable additional sanctions to the sanction agreed between the faculty and the student.

Added requirement that admission committee members must acknowledge that they’ve read the Proposition 209 and Graduate Admissions primer.

Removed out of date references to a Registrar Late Enrollment petition that’s no longer needed.

Designated Emphasis in Energy, Science, and Technology removed from list because DE was discontinued.

Updated DCF work rules to exclude GSR Trainees and Fellows when on tenure.

updated name of FASO

updated Graduate Funding office name.

updated name of funding unit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mcJTHSonPETay9FMdxQ6C9iMzk8t1egM0Kpl0Q7Sq2Q/edit?usp=sharing

Updated name of Graduate Funding Unit.  Updated fellowship and stipend cap information.  Removed procedures for renewal of multi-year fellowships.  Removed Procedure for combining University and External Fellowships.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mcJTHSonPETay9FMdxQ6C9iMzk8t1egM0Kpl0Q7Sq2Q/edit?usp=sharing

Updated and clarified information and language.  Included information about 5-year funding. Removed outdated information regarding multi-year fellowships and fellowship competition.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mcJTHSonPETay9FMdxQ6C9iMzk8t1egM0Kpl0Q7Sq2Q/edit?usp=sharing

Added language about the 5-Year Funding Initiative and other small updates.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mcJTHSonPETay9FMdxQ6C9iMzk8t1egM0Kpl0Q7Sq2Q/edit

Updated names of units.

Added clarification that Head Graduate Advisor must be different Senate faculty member than the chair of an academic unit or program.

Updated participating colleges and universities.

Duration of admission cycle clarified.

Updated to include required attestation of no conflict of interest by committee members.

E1.10 Graduate Academic Misconduct Policy was added to the Guide to Graduate Policy. This policy is effective as of Fall 2023.

Updated first bullet under Eligibility for the DCF to read:

• Students must be advanced to candidacy, no later than in the previous semester

Updated list of titles that confer membership in the Academic Senate to include Senior Lecturers with Potential for Security of Employment
and Lecturers with Potential for Security of Employment, per Academic Senate bylaw.

Updated “Employment and Financial Accommodations due to Pregnancy and Childbirth” and accompanying form to reflect eight (8) weeks of paid leave per ASE and GSR contracts; was six (6) weeks.

Added Computational Precision Health to list.

“Unit Credit for Different Degrees (PhD vs. master’s)” updated to clarify that joint degree students are also required to have Berkeley designated as their home campus during the semesters in which they are working toward the master’s degree

Updated to reflect new policy on evaluation of applications (see memo).

Updated to clarify that students who were in good academic standing when they withdrew and are denied re-enrollment have the right to appeal under the Graduate Appeal Procedure. Programs should advise such former students of this option if they deny such a request. Also added cross-reference to policy on parenting leave for graduate students with re-enrollment.

Updated to reflect registration requirement for summer degrees.

Updated section on In Absentia registration to reflect change in UCOP policy (see memo).

Added DE in Cognitive Science.

Added clarification that the Head Graduate Advisor for programs that establish higher requirements than the minimum may approve exceptions. Programs must retain documentation of such approvals, but do not need to inform Graduate Division.

Added the DE in Political Economy.

Updated to reflect new policy on hybrid and remote qualifying exams (see memo).