M.A. Advising

The Environmental Studies Department has a faculty director and staff advisor. They administer the department’s graduate matters, which include admissions into the programs, satisfaction of degree requirements, financial aid awards, and curriculum. Contact them by email to arrange a virtual or in-person meeting.

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Advising team

Amy Kaskowitz Profitt
akaskowi@ucsc.edu

Bo Yang
byang85@ucsc.edu 

Helpful information:

• Program requirements
• Master’s forms

Academic standing and grading policies

• Registration for academic standing: Students must register full-time for a minimum of three quarters at a UC campus, with at least two of the three quarters registered at UCSC to receive a master’s. 
• Academic progress, good standing policy, and academic probation
• Graduate student grading policy 
• Graduation: By the end of the second week of instruction in the quarter you intend to graduate, you must file an Application for Degree form with the Division of Graduate Studies.