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Following is information on exchange programs, studying abroad, interdisciplinary groups, individual doctoral programs, teaching and research appointments, and internships:

Exchange Programs

Berkeley students participating in any of the following exchange programs, with the exception of the Intercampus Exchange Program, will not automatically receive credit for taking coursework at the host campus. The courses will be posted in the memorandum column of your transcript. If you want to transfer units, see Transfer of Credit from Other Institutions. No more than 4 semester or 6 quarter units are transferable toward the master's degree only.

Intercampus Exchange Program

If you are a graduate student registered on any campus of the University of California, you may go to another campus of the University as an Intercampus Exchange Graduate Student with the approval of your head graduate adviser, the chair of the department in which you want to study, the Graduate Division on the home campus, and the Graduate Division on the host campus.

You may obtain an application for the Intercampus Exchange Program for Graduate Students from the Graduate Division, 318 Sproul Hall, or the Graduate Division on your home campus. You should complete and file the application form at least three weeks before the opening of the term of enrollment on the host campus. (Note: All other UC campuses except UC Merced are on the quarter system.)

This privilege is available to graduate students who would like to associate with scholars or fields of study not available on the home campus, or who seek the use of special facilities and collections. Whenever possible, you should make personal arrangements with faculty members on both campuses to ensure that the courses, seminars, or facilities will be available to meet your needs. This privilege will be granted where there is evidence of serious and high-quality scholarship.

As an intercampus exchange student, you register and pay fees on your home campus but have library, health services, and other student privileges on your host campus. Note: You should make arrangements with the Office of the Registrar to follow the enrollment procedure of the host campus so that the grades you obtain in courses taken on the host campus will be transferred to your record on the home campus. Exchange students are considered graduate students in residence on the home campus and are not formally admitted to the host graduate school and department. Unless specifically restricted, fellowship recipients may participate in the Intercampus Exchange Program.

Stanford-Berkeley Exchange Program

If you have a superior academic record, you may participate in the Stanford-Berkeley Exchange Program when it is considered desirable for you to take a limited number of courses that are offered at Stanford but not at Berkeley. Participation in the program must be approved by the Graduate Division and your department. Normally, you will not be allowed to participate in this program until you have completed a year of graduate study at Berkeley. Participants register and pay the applicable fees at Berkeley and are exempt from tuition and fees at Stanford. The same privilege is accorded to Stanford students who want to take courses at Berkeley. If you apply for this program, you must enroll in at least one course at Berkeley. You may obtain further information and an application form from Graduate Services: Degrees, 318 Sproul Hall.

The Exchange Scholar Program

The Exchange Scholar Program is designed to enable doctoral students with superior academic records to study at one of the participating institutions to take advantage of educational opportunities that are not available at Berkeley. Normally, you are eligible to become an exchange scholar only after you have completed one year in a Berkeley graduate degree program. You may take courses or conduct research with particular faculty at the host institution for no more than one year while remaining registered at Berkeley.

Participating institutions are Berkeley, Brown University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, and Yale University. You may obtain further information and an application from Graduate Services: Degrees, 318 Sproul Hall.

Cross-Registration Agreements with CSU and Other Institutions

Berkeley has cross-registration agreements with the Graduate Theological Union, Mills College; Holy Names University; John F. Kennedy University; Dominican University; and St. Mary’s College. In addition to these established exchanges, any UC Berkeley student to attend a class each semester at any one of the campuses of the California State University.

With the approval of the Graduate Division and your department, you may register and pay applicable fees at Berkeley and be exempt from tuition and fees at the host campus, except for an administrative fee, depending on the institution. Note: You may enroll for only one host-campus course per semester. Cross-registration applications are available from Graduate Services: Degrees, 318 Sproul Hall.

Studying Abroad

Graduate students may participate in the University of California Education Abroad Program (EAP). EAP offers a diverse range of programs, most of which are available to graduate students, in more than 30 countries. Several of the programs do not require foreign language proficiency for participation. Approval from your department and from the Graduate Division is required. For further information, contact the office of Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad, 160 Stephens Hall #2302, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2302, (510) 642-1356; e-mail: eapucb@berkeley.edu; web site: studyabroad.berkeley.edu.

Interdisciplinary Groups

Berkeley has established graduate programs in a number of fields that cut across conventional departmental lines yet comprise distinct cores of knowledge. These programs are administered by groups of faculty from several related departments and, in certain instances, from other campuses. If you are enrolled in these programs you can work with any faculty member in the group without having to pursue the particular discipline of the department with which the faculty member is associated. Moreover, this arrangement often gives you access to a range of facilities not ordinarily open to students enrolled in departmental program.

Following is a current list of graduate groups on the Berkeley campus:

Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology
(510) 643-8741
ls.berkeley.edu/dept/ahma

Group in Applied Science and Technology
(510) 642-8790
ast.coe.berkeley.edu

Group in Asian Studies
(510) 642-0333
ieas.berkeley.edu/gas

Group in Bioengineering
(joint degree with UCSF)
(510) 642-5833
bioeng.berkeley.edu/gradhome.php

Group in Biophysics
(510) 642-0379
biophysics.berkeley.edu

Group in Biostatistics
(510) 642-3241
stat.berkeley.edu/biostat

Group in Buddhist Studies
(510) 642-3480
buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu

Group in Comparative Biochemistry
(510) 642-2863
compbiochem.berkeley.edu

Group in Endocrinology
(510) 643-7330
endo.berkeley.edu
 

Group in Energy and Resources
(510) 642-1640
erg.berkeley.edu/index.shtml

Group in Environmental Health Sciences
(510) 643-5160
ehs.sph.berkeley.edu

Group in Epidemiology
(510) 643-9912
epi.berkeley.edu/Programs.htm

Group in Ethnic Studies
(510) 643-0796
ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/graduate

Group in Folklore
(510) 643-7934
ls.berkeley.edu/dept/folklore/graduate.html

Group in Health and Medical Sciences
(joint medical program with UCSF)
(510) 642-5479
jmp.berkeley.edu

Group in Health Services and Policy Analysis
(510) 643-8571
hspa.berkeley.edu
 

Group in Infectious Diseases and Immunity
(510) 642-9189
microbe.berkeley.edu/idgroup
 

Group in Jewish Studies
(joint degree with GTU)
(510) 643-2995
jewishstudies.berkeley.edu/phd.html

Group in Latin American Studies
(510) 642-4466
clas.berkeley.edu/Academics/graduate

Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science
(510) 642-0665
logic.berkeley.edu

Program in Medieval Studies
(510) 642-4218
ls.berkeley.edu/dept/medieval

Group in Microbiology
icelab@berkeley.edu
pmb.berkeley.edu/~ggm/microbe

Group in Molecular and Biochemical Nutrition
(510) 642-2863
nst.berkeley.edu/mbn.html

Group in Molecular Toxicology
(510) 643-2863
nst.berkeley.edu/moltox.html

Group in Near Eastern Religions
(joint degree with GTU)
(510) 642-6162
gtu.edu/academics/areas/near-eastern-religions
 

Group in Neuroscience
(510) 642-8915
neuroscience.berkeley.edu/grad/home
 

Group in Performance Studies
(510) 642-1677
theater.berkeley.edu/GraduateProgram/index-grad.html

Group in Range Management
(510) 642-6410
espm.berkeley.edu/gradprograms/grad_programs_msr.php

Group in Science and Mathematics Education
(510) 642-0748
www-gse.berkeley.edu/program/sesame/sesame.html

Group in Sociology and Demography
(510) 642-9800
demog.berkeley.edu/acadprograms/socdemog.html

Group in Urban Design
(510) 642-2965
mud.ced.berkeley.edu
 

Group in Vision Science
(510) 642-9804
vision.berkeley.edu/vsp/content/programs/graduateprogram.html

Designated Emphasis Groups:

Group in Communication, Computation, and Statistics
c/o Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(510) 643-8347
eecs.berkeley.edu/CCS
 

Group in Computational and Genomic Biology
c/o QB3 Institute
(510) 666-3342
computationalbiology.berkeley.edu

Group in Computational Science and Engineering
(510) 642-8790
cse.berkeley.edu

Group in Critical Theory
(510) 642-5510
criticaltheory.berkeley.edu

Group in Energy Science and Technology
vcarey@me.berkeley.edu
me.berkeley.edu/deest

Group in Film Studies
(510) 642-3522
filmstudies.berkeley.edu/des_emphasis.html

Group in Folklore
(510) 643-7934
ls.berkeley.edu/dept/folklore/graduate.html

Group in Global Metropolitan Studies
metrostudies.berkeley.edu/emphasis.html

Group in Nanoscale Science and Engineering
(510) 643-6681
nano.berkeley.edu/educational/DEGradGroup.html

Group in New Media
(510) 642-0635
bcnm.berkeley.edu/academics/degrees

Group in Women, Gender, and Sexuality
(510) 642-8513
womensstudies.berkeley.edu/dewgs.html

Individual Doctoral Programs

To allow you to work in a field that, in its breadth, falls between that of a department and an interdisciplinary group, the Graduate Division permits the informal establishment of ad hoc programs leading to the Ph.D. degree. Note: You will be considered for an interdisciplinary program only if you have completed at least two semesters of graduate study in a doctoral program on this campus and have shown superior academic performance in your graduate studies here. To apply for an individual major, you must prepare a proposal for a course of study under the sponsorship of five faculty members. Final approval of every individual graduate program and admission of each student into such a program must be granted by the Graduate Council. You must complete degree requirements in accordance with Plan A of the Graduate Council policies, and the degree is awarded in a field that the council approves for you. For more information, contact Graduate Services: Degrees, 318 Sproul Hall, (510) 642-7330.

Teaching and Research Appointments

Many departments make graduate student instructorships available to qualified graduate students, and departments, centers, and institutes often seek qualified graduate students for research appointments. For specific information, see Fees and Financial Aid.

Internships

A number of internships are available to graduate as well as undergraduate students. For information, see Research and Internships.

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