Students Entering Prior to Fall 2010
Department Normative Time
Prior to Fall 2010, academic departments set normative time standards for doctoral degree completion. This was in addition to campus-wide time-to-degree standards of four years from beginning graduate study at UC Santa Barbara to advance to doctoral candidacy, and seven years total to complete a doctoral degree. Doctoral students entering the University prior to Fall 2010 are still subject to the normative time and time-to-degree standards in place at the time of their admission.
For more information, please refer to Time-to-Degree Standards
|
Years |
Doctoral Program |
|
7 |
Anthropology |
|
7 |
Art History |
|
6 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
|
5 |
Chemical Engineering |
|
5 |
Chemistry |
|
6 |
Chicano Studies |
|
7 |
Classics |
|
5 |
Communication |
|
6-7** |
Comparative Literature |
|
5 |
Computer Science |
|
6 |
Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology |
|
6-7** |
East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies |
|
6 |
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology |
|
5 |
Economics |
|
6 |
Education |
|
4.5 |
Educational Leadership Joint Program |
|
5 |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
|
6-7** |
English |
|
6-7** |
Environmental Science & Management |
|
6 |
Film and Media Studies |
|
5-6** |
Feminist Studies |
|
6-7** |
French |
|
5-6** |
Geography |
|
5.5 |
Geological Sciences |
|
6-7** |
Germanic Languages & Literatures |
|
6 |
Hispanic Languages & Literatures |
|
7 |
History |
|
7 |
Linguistics |
|
6 |
Marine Science |
|
5 |
Materials |
|
5-6** |
Mathematics |
|
5 |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
5 |
Media Arts and Technology |
|
5.5 |
Molecular, Cellular,& Developmental Biology |
|
6 |
Music |
|
6 |
Philosophy |
|
6 |
Physics |
|
7 |
Political Science |
|
6 |
Psychology |
|
6-7* |
Religious Studies |
|
6 |
Sociology |
|
5 |
Speech and Hearing Sciences |
|
5 |
Statistics & Applied Probability |
|
5-6** |
Theater Studies |
* Dependent on additional language requirements
** Dependent on whether the student entered with or without a master's degree