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The department or the Graduate Division cannot waive the Senate Regulations that are required for a UCSB PhDgraduate degrees, which are;
Admission - The student has to apply and be admitted to UCSB under the normal application process
Advancement to candidacy - the student must advance to candidacy at UCSB. Qualifying exams from other institutions cannot be recognized
Academic residency (Doctoral Students)- the student has to be enrolled for 3 quarters before being advanced to candidacy, and be enrolled for 6 quarters total before we can award a PhD
Academic residency (master’s students) - the student has to be enrolled for 3 quarters before we can award a master’s degree (or for six quarter for the MFA)
Capstone (master’s students) - the final capstone (project/comprehensive exam/thesis) must be completed at UCSB
Master’s Coursework - All students must meet the departmental unit requirement for the degree. Students may transfer up to 8 units (non-UC) and 12 units (UC) from another institution, but only if those units are at the graduate level, and the student was enrolled in a graduate program and they did not receive a graduate degree from that program. Full policy can be found here.
Dissertation - the student must file a dissertation approved by their UCSB dissertation committee
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