Coursework
AS&T Courses
Listed below are the current AS&T courses; however, they are not always offered each semester. Please check with the instructor at least a semester in advance.
- AST C210 (cross-listed as E C213), “X-rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Rays”
- AST C225 (cross-listed as MSE C225), “Thin-Film Science and Technology”
- AST C239 (cross-listed as EE C239), “Partially Ionized Plasmas”
- AST C295R (cross-listed as ChemE C295R), “Applied Spectroscopy”
Other Engineering graduate courses offered through the Engineering IDS office:
- E 298B, Sec. 001, “Soft X-rays, Nanostructures and Applications”
- E98B, Sec. 002, “Research Topics in Internal Combustion Engines”
Research Units
As a graduate student at Berkeley, you spend a large amount of time in research. Students are able to receive units for the research conducted in each semester. These units are assigned as 299 courses, and each department (including AS&T) offer 299 research units. These units count toward completion of the degree, but are graded as “S/U,” and do not count in calculating your Grade Point Average. In planning your curriculum each semester, be sure to include AST 299 research units.
Early in your academic career, you will probably take fewer research units (typically 4 per semester) but after you have been Advanced to Candidacy, you will take 12 units of research (being Advanced to Candidacy implies that you have completed the coursework needed to write the dissertation).