UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
April 26, 2006
Annual Report on Five-Year Perspectives for New Programs
SUMMARY
Proposed Programs Degree Status
 [those added since March 2005 are shown in BOLD]
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Materials Chemistry B.S. 1
Neuroscience A.B. no longer under consideration
Operations Research and Management Science A.B. approved for 7/1/04 implementation
Society and Environment B.S. approved for 7/1/06 implementation.
Urban and Metropolitan Studies A.B. 2
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Bioengineering M.Engr. 1
Bioengineering (joint with UCSF) M.Bioengineering 1
Communications and Networking M.Engr. 1
Comparative Metropolitan Studies Designated Emphasis 2
Energy Science and Technology Designated Emphasis 1
Environmental Science and Management M.E.S.M. 1
Epidemiology [joint with UCSF] Ph.D. 2
Internet-Based Design, Manufacturing, and Commerce M.Engr. 1
Management of Technology M.Engr. 2
Microelectromechanical Systems M.Engr. 1
Ocean Engineering -- discontinuance M.S., Ph.D., M.Engr., D. Engr. approved for 7/1/07 implementation.
Probability Designated Emphasis 1
Product Development Ph.D. 2
Public Health/Nursing [concurrent with UCSF] M.P.H./L.N. [was M.P.H./M.S.] 1
Public Health/Journalism M.P.H./M.J. 1
Social Welfare/Public Health M.S.W./M.P.H. 3
Transnational Feminist Studies M.A., Ph.D. 1
Women's Studies Ph.D. no longer under consideration
RESEARCH UNITS
Berkeley Institute of Human Rights and Global Security 1
Science, Technology, and Society Center 1
Status:  
1 program suggested for five-year list [early planning stage]
2 draft proposal undergoing department review
3 draft proposal undergoing campus review
4 draft proposal undergoing CCGA/CPEC review