Group policies and documents
This page provides a listing of policy and guidance documents for physics graduate students. Guidance documents are helpful for gauging student progress and regular student faculty committees are required to evaluate the progress of all graduate students annually.
- 2011-2012 Policies and proceedures for the physics graduate program
- Program Learning Outcomes for the Physics program
- Physics Grad Student Handbook
- Physics Sample Degree Plan
- Requirements and advice for Physics Qualifying Exam
- Students can run degree audits at MyAudit (faculty please contact the graduate group coordinator)
Salary tables
Salary tables are set by University and Graduate Group policies. Grad students can check their employment information at atyourserviceonline.ucop.edu.
- Graduate Student Researcher (GSR)
- Teaching Assistant (TA), Academic Year
- Teaching Fellow (TF), Academic Year
- Summer TA and TF
Required Forms and Deadlines
For official deadlines approved by the UC Merced Graduate & Research Council:
Go to the Graduate Division website
Click "Forms and Publications" (on the left)
Click "Dates and Deadlines" (at the bottom)
As an alternative, use this unofficial degree checklist and list of deadlines.
Other Important Documents
Graduate Division
General requirements for graduate study and degrees are available at the Graduate Division website.
The Forms and Publications page has links to many mportant documents, including theGraduate Student Handbook (an excellent introduction for new students), Graduate Rights and Responsibilities, and the Graduate Advisor's Handbook (which includes many official regulations governing graduate education).
The Graduate Student Funding Resources page has links to extramural fellowships.
Registrar
The Registrar's website has links to forms and policies for coursework, enrollment, fees, and transcripts.
Office of Research
The Office of Research website has information about research integrity and compliance; intellectual property, technology transfer and patents; conflict of interest; grants and fellowships; and much more.
