Comprehensive Guide to Bioengineering Graduate Program Requirements

1. Orientation Joey Wilson (UCSF) Lukasz Bugaj (UCB) Bioengineering Association of Students (BEAST) Co-Presidents August 2011

2. Overview • Overall Requirements • Courses • Rotations • Selecting a lab • Qualifying Exam • Teaching • What do I need to do right now?

3. Courses • Area Requirements • Major and Minor • First Year Seminars

4. Courses: Area Requirements • Designed for breadth • Undergraduate & Graduate courses count! • Major/Minor courses may count

5. Courses: Major / Minor • Designed for depth • Major: 16S/ 24Q • Minor: 8S / 12Q • Certificates • Master’s Degree • You decide!

6. Courses: First Year • First Year Seminars • BioE 200 (UCB) • BioE 281 (UCSF) • Anti. Med School • BioE 301 (UCB) • Teaching • Fellowships • Ethics

7. Courses: Resources • BEAST Wiki (https://ucbeast.berkeley.edu) • Major/Minor Courses • Course evaluations • UCSF Course Catalogue (http://student.ucsf.edu/gencat/courselisting.html) • UCB Course Schedule (http://schedule.berkeley.edu) • Academic advisor and rotation professors • Peer advisors

8. Rotations: Basics • Number required: 3 • Length: 10 weeks • Follow UCSF quarters • 1st: 9/22/11–12/9/11 • 2nd: 1/9/12 – 3/23/12 • 3rd: 4/2/12 – 6/15/12

9. Rotations: Philosophy • “Academic Dating” • Advisor style • Lab environment • Interesting research? • Is there a FUNDED spot available for me? • Opportunity for 3 diverse labs/fields

10. Rotations: How to Choose • Email, talk to PI • Talk with Rebecca and SJT • Talk to current students • Attend lab meetings • Attend research talks • BioE Seminars • BioE Retreat

11. Rotations: Step-By-Step • Choose rotation lab. • Complete rotation agreement form. • Get rotation credit. • UCB: BioE 298/299 • UCSF: BioE250 • Rotate! (NEVER REPEAT ROTATIONS!) • Submit rotation eval. form to RP or SJT.

12. Selecting a Lab • Relationship with PI • Available projects • Engineering vs. Basic Science vs. Clinical Science • Available funding (It’s not rude to ask!) • Lab culture • Goals, timeline, location, etc.

13. Qualifying Exam • Milestone event • Proposal & defense of 6-12 months of proposed research • Oral presentation • Written proposal • By Fall 3rd Year • 4 Committee Members • BEAST Presentation

14. Qualifying Exam: Beyond • Research • Dissertation • Manuscript of PhD • Exit Seminar • Last requirement!

15. Teaching • GSI = Graduate Student Instructor or Teaching Assistant • Must GSI ≥1 class. • Usually 2nd/3rd year • You choose class with Rebecca and SJT • Communication skills booster

16. Beyond the Requirements: After the PhD

17. Overview • Overall Requirements • Courses • Rotations • Selecting a lab • Qualifying Exam • Teaching • What do I need to do right now?

18. What do I need to do now? • Get IDs, bus passes • Register for classes • Plan rotations • Residency • Register for Retreat • Fellowships

19. Now: ID Cards • UCB: Cal1 Card office on Lower SproulPlaza • Valid gov’t issued ID • Student ID # • AC Transit Bus Pass: register for classes • UCSF: should have it!

20. Now: Course Registration • UC Berkeley • telebears.berkeley.edu • Fall and spring semesters • UCSF • saa.ucsf.edu/studentportal • Fall, winter, spring quarters

21. Now: Course Registration • UCB “home campus”: • ≥12 units @ UCB every semester • File study list at UCSF only when taking courses there • UCSF “home campus”: • ≥1 units @ UCB every semester • File a UCSF study list w/ ≥8 units every quarter

22. Now: Course Advice • 2 = good, 3 = pushing it. • Most important “class” = rotation • Info & advice from BEAST Wiki, Peer Advisors, UCB Course Schedule, UCSF Course Schedule • BEAST Office Hours • Crossing the Bay – Remember: 1-way cross-bay commute > 1 hr

23. Now: Fellowships Apply for outside funding!

24. Now: Fellowships • Part of BioE 301 • Ask BioEs with fellowships for tips/help. • Workshops re: NSF applications at UCB each fall • Graduate Division Fellowships Officehttp://www.grad.berkeley.edu/financial/fellowships_office.shtml • Terry Johnsonhttps://sites.google.com/site/tdjberkeley/advice/fellowships • David Breslauerhttp://biopoets.berkeley.edu/davidb/money.php

25. Now: Residency • Must become CA resident! • NRT $15k more than CA tuition • “Established continuous presence in CA” ≥1 year before Fall 2012 • Objective evidence that CA is permanent home

26. Now: Residency • File Statement of Legal Residence (SLR) now • UCB: bearfacts.berkeley.edu -> “SLR” • UCSF: http://registrar.ucsf.edu/new-students/registration • Collect Documents

27. Now: Residency • Documents confirming arrival in CA before Fall 2011 (airline tickets, gas receipts, etc.) • CA driver’s license / CA ID card, CA vehicle registration, CA voter registration card • CA bank statements, CA rental agreement • Prior year tax forms (state / federal) • Documents confirming summer whereabouts • Submission deadlines: UCB: 8/22/2012, UCSF: June 2012

28. Now: Register for Retreat • Granlibakken Conference Center • Meet students, profs, and alums • Discover goings-on • Find future rotations • Have some fun in Tahoe • Register now! • http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/graduate/retreat11.html

29. Now: Attend Research Forums • Departmental Seminar • BERFs & Exit Seminars • Seminars at both campuses • Seminars in other Departments

30. Now: Talk to Advisors • Graduate/Academic advisor • Head Graduate advisors • Your Peer advisor • Head Peer advisors • Research advisor (PI)

31. Now: Get Questions Answered Program Administrators BEAST Presidents Head Peer Advisors UCSF SarahJane Taylor Joey Wilson RebekahMcLaughlin UCB Rebecca Pauling Win Pin Ng Lukasz Bugaj

32. Questions? • Peer Advisors • Faculty/Grad. Advisors • Program Administrators • BioE Grad. Student Handbook • BEAST Wiki: https://ucbeast.berkeley.edu • Ask around. (We are friendly!)