Students tailor the content of their programs within a defined framework to suit their interests.
Specific course work is chosen in strict consultation with a faculty advisor. Any student currently enrolled in a professional degree or Ph.D. program at UC Berkeley is eligible to apply. Students must have at least one year remaining in their current degree program and be able to demonstrate proficiency in a modern foreign language equivalent to the completion of four semesters of college-level instruction. Courses Students may organize their course work around either a topical or an area concentration. Course work might combine studies in economics, political science, and contemporary history and could focus on international, transnational, or global issues such as trade, investment, security, communications, environment, multi-culturalism, or migration.