Graduate Program Guide

Interdisciplinary Studies

Designated emphases (obtain complete information at the Graduate Division website:
http://grad.berkeley.edu/policies/guides (click on "Doctoral Degrees with a Designated Emphasis"),

A “Designated Emphasis” is defined as an area of study constituting a new method of inquiry or an important field of application relevant to two or more existing doctoral degree programs. Students are required to complete the academic work in the Designated Emphasis in addition to all the requirements of the doctoral program. There are no adjustments made to the normative time of the student’s major when a student undertakes a designated emphasis.

Adding a Designated Emphasis (DE) as a program of study. After admission by the Designated Emphasis, students must complete a “Change of Major or Degree Goal” petition signed by the DE’s head graduate adviser and submit the form to Graduate Services Degrees, 318 Sproul Hall, #5900. Students are required to be admitted to the DE before taking the qualifying examination since the student must have on the examination committee a representative of the DE must be examined in that area of study.

List of Designated Emphases. The following Designated Emphases have been approved by the Graduate Council as of July 16, 2009. Please check the Graduate Division website for additional information http://grad.berkeley.edu/policies/guides (click on "Doctoral Degrees with a Designated Emphasis")

Communication, Computation, and Statistics http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/CCS/
Computational Science and Engineering http://cse.berkeley.edu/admissions
Computational and Genomic Biology http://qb3.berkeley.edu/ccb/research-and-education/designated-emphasis/
Critical Theory http://townsendlab.berkeley.edu/critical-theory
Energy Science and Technology http://www.me.berkeley.edu/deest/
Film Studies http://filmstudies.berkeley.edu/des_emphasis.html
Folklore http://folklore.berkeley.edu/
Global Metropolitan Studies http://metrostudies.berkeley.edu/emphasis.html
Nanoscale Science and Engineering http://nano.berkeley.edu/educational/DEGradGroup.html
New Media http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/academics/degrees/
Women, Gender, and Sexuality http://womensstudies.berkeley.edu/dewgs.html