SUMMARY:

Haas School of Business

• Executive M.B.A.
  Status: Preliminary planning is now underway in the School; anticipated Winter 1998 submission for campus review.
• Financial Engineering (M.F.E. Degree)
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.

School of Education

• Reorganization of program specializations; revision of Ed.D. degree
  Status: The School is reorganizing and is in the process of consolidating and eliminating some program specializations; may also revise Ed.D. degree.

College of Engineering

• Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering -- disestablish department
  Status: Proposal was forwarded to UCOP for review 8/19/97.
• Ocean Engineering (M.S., M.Engr., Ph.D., D.Engr.)
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.
• Bioengineering -- establish joint department with UCSF
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.

College of Environmental Design

• Environmental Planning (M.S.)
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.
• Landscape Architecture (Joint Ph.D. between Berkeley and Davis)
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.

College of Letters and Science

• Astrophysics (M.A., Ph.D.)
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.
• Demography (Joint Ph.D. Degrees)
  Status: Proposal is no longer under active consideration.
• Dramatic Art (Ph.D. Degree)
  Status: Graduate admissions were reopened effective Fall 1997-98.
• Geophysics (M.S. Degree)
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.
• Human Biodynamics and Integrative Biology -- merger of Departments
  Status: Approved effective July 1, 1997.
• Italian Studies (B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Degrees)
  Status: Revisions to degree programs have been completed.

School of Information Management and Systems

• Information Management and Systems (M.I.M.S./Ph.D. Degrees)
  Status: Proposals for M.I.M.S. and Ph.D. degrees were approved effective July 1, 1997.

College of Natural Resources

• Bioresource Science (B.S.) -- proposed discontinuation
  Status: Proposal is being reviewed by the campus.
• Entomology (B.S.) -- proposed discontinuation
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.
• Environmental Sciences (B.S.)
  Status: Proposal is being reviewed by the campus.
• Environmental Science and Management (M.E.S.M. Degree)
  Status: The proposal is being developed in the College.
• Microbial Biology (B.S. Degree)
  Status: The proposal is under review by the College.
• Microbial Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
  Status: Proposal is under review in the Department.
• Resource Management (B.S. Degree)
  Status: The proposal is under review in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
• Soil Environment (B.S.) -- proposed discontinuation
  Status: Proposal is under review by the campus.

School of Public Health

• Infectious Disease and Immunity (M.S./Ph.D. Degrees)
  Status: Approved with July 1, 1997 effective date.
• Extended (Self-Supporting) M.P.H.
  Status: Proposal is on hold; School may reconsider sometime in future.
• Collaborative (Inter-School) M.P.H.
  Status: Proposal is on hold, pending appointment and interest of new Dean.

NOTE: For purposes of this summary, identifies those actions that have not been included in previous 5-Year Reports.

[UC Berkeley WWW] [Office of The Vice Chancellor] [Office of Planning and Analysis]
Webmaster