TO: The Representative Assembly of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate

The Academic Senate received a request seeking diploma notation for Designated Emphasis Programs. According to the policies, this request must be approved by the Academic Senate Assembly (Universitywide), upon recommendation of the Division concerned. The Divisional Committee on Educational Policy and the Graduate Council support this request (see attached). The next step is approval by the Representative Assembly of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate.

Jeffery C. Gibeling, Chair
Davis Division of the Academic Senate

Memorandum

TO: Jeffery C. Gibeling Chair
Davis Division of the Academic Senate

FROM: Alan J. Stemler, Chair
Committee on Educational Policy

DATE: February 14, 2000

RE: Request for Diploma Notation for Designated Emphasis Programs

The Committee on Educational Policy has again considered the request for Diploma Notation for Designated Emphasis Programs. The committee agrees with the recommendations of the Graduate Council in this matter. Notation of Designated Emphasis Areas should appear on diplomas and such designation should be made retroactive upon request by past degree recipients.

December 20, 1999

JEFFERY GIBELING, Chair
Davis Division of the Academic Senate

SUBJECT: Request for Notation indicating a Designated Emphasis in International Nutrition on Diplomas

Dear Jeff:

At its meeting of December 8, 1999, Graduate Council considered and unanimously supported the request for notation indicating a Designated Emphasis in International Nutrition on diplomas. In addition, Council approved the diploma notation for all ten Designated Emphasis programs. Council recommended that the Designated Emphasis diploma notation be the same notation as that on the transcript: "Ph.D. in X with Emphasis in Y", where X is the Ph.D. degree program and Y is the designated emphasis program.

The ten existing Designated Emphasis Programs are:

Biotechnology
Computational Science
Critical Theory
Economy, Justice & Society
Feminist Theory & Research
International Nutrition
Native American Studies
Reproductive Biology
Second Language Acquisition
Social Theory & Comparative History
Please forward Graduate Council's recommendation of approval of this request to the Representative Assembly of the Davis Division and any other appropriate review committees.

Sincerely yours,

DAVID G. GILCHRIST, Chair
Graduate Council