• FAFSA Information - To have your 2008-2009 Campus Based fees paid (currently 211.37 per quarter), you MUST fill out the FAFSA by March 2, 2008. Please read the Memo from the Chair [PDF], and the instructions [PDF] on how to have your campus based fees paid for the 2008-2009 academic year. Hard copies were placed in your mailboxes. For more information on the FAFSA itself, please visit the UCSB financial aid website.
• Progress Review Form [PDF]: Quarterly progress review forms are completed by all students who have not advanced to candidacy. Please meet with your mentor or research advisor each quarter, and submit the signed form to the staff graduate advisor by the due dates listed below.

  Due dates: Fall form is due on October 31; Winter form is due on January 31; Spring form is due on April 25.

• Core & Elective Course Check-off Sheet [PDF]: Core course requirements should be met during the first year, and must be completed before advancing to candidacy. Elective requirements must be met before graduation.
• List of previously approved electives outside of the Physics Department [PDF]: electives.pdf. Students who are interested in taking a non-physics course to satisfy part of their elective requirement must consult with the Faculty Graduate Advisor, even if the course appears on the above list. Please see program description pages for more information.
• Registration and Employment Verification Letters: Please see the staff graduate advisor. Students typically need verification letters for residency classification, student insurance discounts, housing applications, fellowship documentation, student loan deferrals, etc.
• TA Preference Form [PDF]: This is the TA Preference form. You may print it off and return it to the Graduate Advisor in Broida 3019D, or send an email with the answers to the questions on the form. To save it to your desktop, mouse over the link, right click and "save as" to your computer. The TA preferences for Spring 2008 forms are due to the Staff Graduate Advisor on February 27.

Graduate Division Forms

More information available on the Graduate Division website. Graduate Division Petitions require the signature of the faculty Graduate Advisor. A $20 petition fee will need to be paid at the Billing Office. After obtaining the necessary signatures, take the petition to the Billing Office to pay the fee, then return it to the staff graduate advisor or take it directly to Graduate Division (located in Cheadle Hall). If adding the Master's degree or petitioning for a leave of absence, be sure to inform the Physics Department.

• Graduate Student Petition [PDF] Multi-purpose petition. Primarily used for adding the Master's degree in Physics either upon advancing to candidacy or applying for the terminal master's degree. When adding the MA upon advancing to candidacy, check the boxes for "adding MA" and "remain in Ph.D." Master's degree petitions must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the Department. Please inform the staff graduate advisor when petitioning for the MA degree.
• Leave of Absence Request [PDF] Complete this form when requesting a medical, parenting, military, personal, family emergency, research, or filing fee leave of absence. Leaves of absence must be approved by the Department prior to submitting the request to Graduate Division. When requesting a Filing Fee Quarter Leave of Absence, the Supplemental Filing Fee Request Form (below) must also be submitted.
• Supplemental Filing Fee Request Form [PDF] Submit with the Filing Fee Leave of Absence Petition.
• Reinstatement from Leave of Absence [PDF] Submit before the start of the quarter during which you will be returning from an approved Leave of Absence.

Registrar's Office Forms

More information available on the Office of the Registrar website.

• Graduate Student Schedule Adjustment Petition [PDF] Use this petition to add, drop, change number of units, or change grading option after the deadline for making these adjustments via GOLD. A $3.00 petition fee will be charged to your BARC. Only one course may be included per form. Please check the schedule of classes for add/drop deadlines. Petitions require the instructor and faculty Graduate Advisor signature.

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