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| ==== Selecting Your Committee ==== | ==== Selecting Your Committee ==== |
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| Perhaps the most difficult part of a qualification exam is gathering your committee. Your committee is required to consist of 3 faculty members from the Astronomy department, and 1 faculty member //with no appointment in the Astronomy department// (0% appointments are now ok as long as they are part of the Academic Senate). As you pick an outside faculty member, be sure to confirm they are part of the Academic Senate and have a <= 0% appointment in Astro! It is recommended that you begin asking faculty about availability well in advance (i.e. >= 1/2 year) of your desired qual date, since professors' schedules fill up early. Your advisor should be on your committee, and can help you select other members. Factors to consider in selecting committee members: | Perhaps the most difficult part of a qualification exam is gathering your committee. Your committee is required to consist of 3 faculty members from the Astronomy department, and 1 faculty member //with no appointment in the Astronomy department// (as of 2016, 0% appointments are now OK as long as they are part of the Academic Senate). As you pick an outside faculty member, be sure to confirm they are part of the Academic Senate and have a <= 0% appointment in Astro! It is recommended that you begin asking faculty about availability well in advance (i.e. >= 1/2 year) of your desired qual date, since professors' schedules fill up early. Your advisor should be on your committee, and can help you select other members. Factors to consider in selecting committee members: |
| * Availability | * Availability |
| * Ability to offer advice in a field complementary to your advisor's | * Ability to offer advice in a field complementary to your advisor's |
| It is very useful to talk to each member of your committee 1-2 weeks before the exam. The purpose of these meetings should be to briefly familiarize your committee with your thesis topic and proposal. Letting your committee know what to expect can reduce the number of strange or random questions you will face during the exam. As a bonus, some external committee members are willing to clarify what what kind of role they expect to play in the exam (general knowledge, related sub-field, project management and timeline, etc.). | It is very useful to talk to each member of your committee 1-2 weeks before the exam. The purpose of these meetings should be to briefly familiarize your committee with your thesis topic and proposal. Letting your committee know what to expect can reduce the number of strange or random questions you will face during the exam. As a bonus, some external committee members are willing to clarify what what kind of role they expect to play in the exam (general knowledge, related sub-field, project management and timeline, etc.). |
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| From the [[http://grad.berkeley.edu/policies/guides/f2-6-qual-exam/|Berkeley Graduate Division Policies Website:]] | See the Berkeley Graduate Division Policies website [[http://grad.berkeley.edu/policy/degrees-policy/#f47-configuration-requirements-for-higher-degree-committees|section on committee requirements]] for more details. |
| "The majority of the committee must be in the student’s major field. In the case of a four-person committee, at least two Academic Senate members must be from the student’s major. The chair of the Qualifying Examination Committee must be from the student’s major and a member of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate; the chair cannot also serve as chair of the student’s Dissertation Committee. At least one committee member must come from outside the student’s major, and also be a member of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate." | |
| ==== Making Your Presentation ==== | ==== Making Your Presentation ==== |
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| ===== Post-Qual ===== | ===== Post-Qual ===== |
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| Relax some more. You must now fill out an "Advancement to Candidacy" (Plan B) form before the end of the semester following the one in which you took your qual. There is also a fee of $90, in the form of a check or money order. You are now 3 signatures (and a thesis) from graduating! | Relax some more. You must now fill out an "Advancement to Candidacy" form before the end of the semester following the one in which you took your qual. The form is now on Cal Central underneath the Student Resources section and accessed using the High Degrees Commmittees Form (see [[https://youtu.be/pfs13__PPhE|video instructions]]). There is also a fee of $90, which is billed to your student account. You are now 3 signatures (and a thesis) from graduating! |
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| Note to those on NSF: | Note to those on NSF: |
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| NSF will cover the $90 fee as long as you submit the form during the 5-year fellowship year, whether or not you are "on tenure." Submit the Advancement to Candidacy form directly to the NSF coordinator (Michael Sacramento). | NSF will cover the $90 fee as long as you submit the form during the 5-year fellowship year, whether or not you are "on tenure." Submit the Advancement to Candidacy form directly to the NSF coordinator (Michael Sacramento). |
