UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

February 28, 2002

Annual Report On Five-Year Perspectives For New Programs

SUMMARY:

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS/UNITS

Proposals from 2001-02 report that are complete or inactive

Haas School of Business

·     Establish concurrent Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program

                  Approved for Spring 2002 implementation.

Interdisciplinary Studies

·     Establish Ph.D. in Molecular Toxicology

                  Proposal has been approved for July 1, 2002 implementation.

College of Letters and Science:  Social Sciences

·     Establish joint Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology

                  Approved for July 1, 2002 implementation. 

College of Natural Resources

·     Establish Master of Advanced Study in Dietetics

                  This proposal has been withdrawn. 

·     Establish B.S. in Microbial Biology

                  Approved for July 1, 2001 implementation. 

Proposals from 2001-02 report that are continuing

Haas School of Business

·     Establish Executive M.B.A.

Options besides the approved concurrent Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA are still being considered by the school.

·     Establish concurrent M.B.A./M.F.E.

                  Proposal is under review by the campus. 

College of Chemistry

·     Establish M.S. in Product Development and Entrepreneurship

                  The department is developing the proposal.

School of Education

·     Establish joint Ed.D. in Urban Educational Leadership

                  The school is developing a final proposal.

College of Engineering

·     Establish Master and Doctor of Bioengineering (M.Bioengineering, D.Bioengineering)

                  Proposal is under discussion in the Department.

·     Establish Master of Engineering (M.Engr.) in Management of Technology

Proposal has been approved by College faculty and will be submitted for campus review in Spring 2002.  (Note:  when first reported, this program was named Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship.)

·     Establish Master of Engineering (M.Engr.) in Bioengineering

                  Proposal is under preparation in the College.

·     Establish Master of Engineering (M.Engr.) in Microelectromechanical Systems

                  Proposal is under preparation in the College.

·     Establish Master of Engineering (M.Engr.) in Internet-Based Design, Manufacturing, and Commerce

                  Proposal is under preparation in the College.

·     Establish Master of Engineering (M.Engr.) in Communications and Networking

                  Proposal is under preparation in the College.

College of Environmental Design

·     Establish A.B. in Urban Studies

                  The proposal is under review by the campus. 

·     Establish M.S. in Environmental Planning

The College of Environmental Design and the College of Natural Resources are discussing the possibility of amending this proposal to a joint degree program.

College of Natural Resources

·     Establish Master of Environmental Science and Management (M.E.S.M.)

                  Proposal is under review by the department.

·     Establish M.S./Ph.D. in Microbial Biology

                  Proposal is under review in the Department.

School of Optometry

·     Revise O.D. from undergraduate program to graduate professional program.

                  Proposal is under review by the campus.

New proposals for 2002-07 period

Haas School of Business

· Establish concurrent M.B.A./Dr.P.H.

                  The school is developing the proposal.

· Establish joint M.F.E. with UCLA

                  Haas is reviewing the proposal.

College of Engineering

· Establish M.S. in Hi-Tech Production in Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

                  The department is developing the proposal.

· Establish B.S. double major in Materials Science & Engineering and Bioengineering

                  Proposal will be submitted for campus review in Spring 2002.

College of Letters & Science:  Biological Sciences

· Establish joint Ph.D. program in Evolutionary Biology between Berkeley's Integrative Biology Department and San Diego State University's Department of Biology

                  The IB Department expects to submit the proposal for campus review in Spring 2002.

College of Letters & Science:  Social Sciences

· Establish Ph.D. in Women's Studies

                  The department is developing the proposal.

College of Natural Resources

· Establish B.S. in Molecular Toxicology

                 The college is reviewing the department's proposal.

· Merge two B.S. programs in Forestry and Resource Management and into one B.S. named Forestry and Resource Management

                  The department is developing the proposal.

Other:   As part of Berkeley's strategic planning process, proposals for new academic and research initiatives were solicited earlier this year.  From the approximately 120 proposals submitted, nine programmatic directions were identified that have a unique combination of newness, breadth and clear importance to the future of society.  Formal proposals for programs in these interdisciplinary areas will be solicited in 2002-03.  The areas are:  computational biology; nanosciences and nanoengineering; society and technology; cultural evolution, preservation, and extinction; metropolitan studies; international relations and global security; behavioral economics; complex systems, design, and human interfaces; and new media.  Though we're at too preliminary a stage of development to be able to provide the usual one-page detail, we wanted to alert you to our intentions.  Next year's 5-Year Perspective will provide more detailed information on our plans for programs in these areas.

ORUs

Complete or inactive proposals

The Consortium for the Arts, one of the new ORUs approved January 1, 2001, was renamed the Arts Research Center effective July 1, 2001.

New proposals for 2002-07 period

· Establish Brain Imaging Center

            The proposal is being developed by the Neuroscience Institute.

No further changes are contemplated for Berkeley's ORUs for the period 2002-07.