Interdisciplinary Emphasis and Certificate Awarding

General Submission and Processing Information

• Interdisciplinary Emphases

  • Emphasis Faculty Directors or Staff can notify the Graduate Division when a student has completed requirements, or GDASU staff will contact Emphasis Faculty Directors or Staff to request confirmation of completion.

  • Emphases are awarded in conjunction with a doctoral (or master’s if applicable) degree upon completion.

  • Please note that a student must first officially add an emphasis using the Change of Degree Status Petition (to view students enrolled in the emphasis, run the Emphasis Enrollment Summary report in GradPoint).

  • Interdisciplinary emphases do not appear on the diploma, but will appear on the transcript.

  • If a student added the emphasis, but does not complete the requirements, they must submit a Change of Degree Status Petition in order to drop the emphasis.

• Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT)

  • Certificates are awarded in conjunction with a doctoral or MFA degree upon completion.

  • Please note that a student must first officially add the certificate using the Change of Degree Status Petition.

  • Certificates do not appear on the diploma, but will appear on the transcript.

  • Upon completion, students will receive an official UC-recognized certificate.

  • If a student added the certificate, but does not complete the requirements, they must submit a Change of Degree Status Petition in order to drop the certificate.

• Graduate Program in Management Practice (GPMP)

  • Certificates may be awarded upon completion of the requirements (they do not need to be awarded in conjunction with master’s or doctoral degrees).

  • Please note that a student must first officially add the certificate using the Change of Degree Status Petition.

  • Certificates do not appear on the diploma, but will appear on the transcript.

  • Upon completion, students will receive an official UC-recognized certificate.

  • If a student added the certificate, but does not complete the requirements, they must submit a Change of Degree Status Petition in order to drop the certificate.

Expectations of Interdisciplinary Emphasis and Certificate Program Faculty Directors and Staff Contacts

• Interdisciplinary Emphases

  • Emphasis Faculty Directors or Staff submit to the Graduate Division via email (gradacademics@graddiv.ucsb.edu) a completed and signed General Catalog emphasis check sheet after a student has completed all the emphasis requirements.

    • Indicate any course substitutions

    • Indicate the date/quarter & year the requirements were met

    • Must be signed (DocuSign, scanned signatures, email approvals all accepted) by the Faculty Director

• Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT)

  • The Faculty Program Director should verify the student’s completion of Academic Senate Regulations (Senate reg 525).

  • The Faculty Program Director must send an email verification to the Graduate Division (gradacademics@graddiv.ucsb.edu) confirming a student’s completion.

• Graduate Program in Management Practice (GPMP)

  • The Faculty Program Director should verify the student’s completion of Academic Senate Regulations (Senate reg 520).

  • The Faculty Program Director must submit to the Graduate Division via email (gradacademics@graddiv.ucsb.edu) a signed memo confirming the student completed the required coursework and internship.

    • Indicate any course substitutions

    • Indicate the quarter/year the requirements were met

    • DocuSign, scanned signatures, and email approvals are all accepted

Expectations of Graduate Division Academic Services Staff

• Interdisciplinary Emphases

  • In the process of working on a student’s degree audit, GDASU staff will contact Emphasis Faculty Directors or Staff to request a completed emphasis check sheet if one has not already been received.

  • GDASU staff will verify the check sheet is completed and signed by the Faculty Program Director.

  • Upon completion of the full degree audit, the emphasis will be awarded in conjunction with the associated degree.

  • The emphasis check sheet will be archived and available in the GradPoint Documents Tab.

• Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT)

  • In the process of working on a student’s degree audit, GDASU staff will email Faculty Program Directors to request confirmation of a student’s completion if a completion email has not already been received.

  • Upon completion of the full degree audit, the emphasis will be awarded in conjunction with the doctoral or MFA degree, and the student will receive an email verification.

  • The completion email from the Faculty Program Director will be archived and available in the GradPoint Documents Tab.

• Graduate Program in Management Practice (GPMP)

  • GDASU staff initiates the degree check after receiving the formal memo from the Faculty Program Director.

  • Using the GMP degree check sheet/memo, GDASU staff verify that the student completed the required coursework and internship.

  • After confirming the requirements have been met, GDASU staff will award the certificate, and the student will receive an email verification. 

  • The completion memo from the Faculty Program Director will be archived and available in the GradPoint Documents Tab.

Exceptions

• Interdisciplinary Emphases

  • Emphasis Faculty Directors or Staff should list any course substitutions on the emphasis check sheet (substitutions are at the discretion of the Faculty Director).

  • If courses are being counted toward more than 1 emphasis, both Faculty Directors must approve.

    • GDASU staff will contact both Directors for approval when this is noticed

• Graduate Program in Management Practice (GPMP)

  • The Faculty Program Director can approve course substitutions as long as the substitution isn’t already being used to satisfy another degree or certificate requirement.

    • Substitutions must be upper-division (100) and/or graduate (200) level courses

    • Substitutions should be listed on the completion memo that is submitted to the Graduate Division

Notable Processes, what to expect in GradPoint

• Interdisciplinary Emphases

  • The Degrees Awarded Report on GradPoint Academics can be used to view the degrees awarded for a particular quarter(s) and can be filtered by Interdisciplinary Emphasis.

• Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT)

  • The Degrees Awarded Report on GradPoint Academics can be used to view the degrees awarded for a particular quarter(s) and can be filtered by Objective and Major (CCG/INTST) to view CCUT certificates.

• Graduate Program in Management Practice (GPMP)

  • The Degrees Awarded Report on GradPoint Academics can be used to view the degrees awarded for a particular quarter(s) and can be filtered by Objective and Major (CCG/INDIV) to view GPMP certificates.