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Graduate Student Handbook
This handbook is for graduate students already
enrolled at UCSB in Geography. It describes just about everything you'll
need to know.
If you wish to print out the cover
of the booklet, open the pdf file (with Acrobat Reader, a free downloadable
program from Adobe.com).
To download a PDF of the handbook (without
sample forms), click
here.
Table of Contents
AREAS
OF EMPHASIS
The
Faculty
The
Graduate Advisor
The
Graduate Program Assistant
REGISTRATION
Full-Time Enrollment
Grades/Incompletes
Grading Policy
Standards of Scholarship
Geography 596, 597, 598 and 599 Leaves of Absence In Absentia Registration
Degree
Dates and Filing Deadlines
Annual Review of Graduate Student Progress
Appeals Procedure for Grad Student Disputes w/Grad Committees
THE
MASTERS PROGRAM
Undergraduate Preparation
Course/Unit Requirements of the MA Degree
Required Courses
Masters Committee
Maximum Time/Normative Time for the MA Degree
8th Quarter Justification
Financial Support as a Masters Student
Residency Requirement for the MA Degree
Masters Degree by Examination
Petitioning to Skip the MA and go Directly to the Phd Program
Master's Degree - Forms, Hoops & Bureaucratic Procedures
Plan I - Thesis Route
Plan II - Examination Route
Filing Fee
TRANSFER
FROM/CONTINUATION INTO Ph.D. PROGRAM
Maximum Time/Normative Time for the MA/PhD Program
Ph.D. PROGRAM
Admission Requirements
Residency Requirement for the Ph.D. Degree
Maximum Time/Normative Time for the Ph.D. Degree
Required Courses
The Ph.D. Committee Requirements of the Ph.D. Program
Diagnostic Interview
Written Qualifying Examination
Dissertation Proposal
Oral Qualifying Examination
Advancement to Candidacy/Doctoral Fee Offset
Dissertation and Open Defense
Teaching Requirement
Cognitive Science Emphasis
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Emphasis
Individual Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Degree - Forms, Hoops, and Bureaucratic Procedures
Filing Fee
SPECIAL
PREPARATION FOR CAREERS IN TEACHING
FEES/TUITION
Fee Deferral
FINANCIAL
SUPPORT
Employment
Merit-Based Support
Fellowships
Supplementation Policy
Graduate Student Academic Appointments
Teaching Assistantships
UAW Bargaining Agreement
Graduate Student Researchers
Employment Benefits for TAs and GSRs
Reader
Student Assistant Series
Need-Based Financial Support
Tax Information
Establishing Residency
Graduate Student Travel Funds
Participation on Dept and Campus Committees
PLACEMENT
APPENDIX
A: Roles and Responsibilities for Teaching Assistants (TAs) and
Supervising Faculty Members
APPENDIX
B: Suggested Reading for Ph.D. Exams
APPENDIX
C: General Departmental Policies for Graduate Students
GUIDE
TO FILING THESES AND DISSESRTATIONS AT UCSB* (http://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/pubs/filingguide.shtml)
SAMPLE
FORMS (PDF Files)
Request
for Leave of Absence
In
Absentia Registration
Change
of Status
Degree
Check-Masters (Sept 2003 form)
Extension
of Deadline for Degree Completion (Masters)
Nomination
of Thesis Committee (Masters Form I)
Plan
I - Thesis Route (Form C1)
Plan
I - Thesis Route (Form C2)
Nomination
of Exam Committee (Form B)
Plan
II- Examination Route (Form D1)
Plan
II- Examination Route (Form D2)
Change
of Status: Add Ph.D.
Diagnopstic
Interview
Nomination
of Doctoral Committees (Ph.D. Form I)
Change
in Thesis or Dissertation Committee (Committee Form 1-A)
Report
on Qualifying Exams (Ph.D. Form II)
Degree
Check - Ph.D. (September 2003 form)
Report
on Final Exams (Ph.D. Form III)
Petition
for Graduate Degree Requirements
Extension
of Deadline for Degree Completion (Ph.D.)
QUICK FILING GUIDE
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