Department of Economics
Registration Information
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2008 DETAIL |
- Faculty Advisors
- Telebears Login
- Telebears Information and Instructions
- Advisor Codes and PIN Codes
- Unit Requirements for Full-time Study
- Special Course Numbers (Econ 298, Econ 299, Econ 301 and Econ 602)
Faculty Advisors for 2007-2008
Seeing an advisor is required for Fall registration and optional for Spring registration. All departures from the canonical program as outlined in the Official Rules must be discussed with and receive written approval from an appointed advisor.1st Years: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
2nd Years: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
3rd Years: Michael Jnasson
4th Years: Michael Jansson
5th Years and beyond: Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Advisor Codes and PIN Codes
- PIN Codes remain the same throughout your career as a graduate student at Berkeley. If you have forgotten or lost your PIN Code contact the Economics Graduate Advisor.
- Advisor Codes for Fall registration are provided only after seeing an appointed advisor and for Spring registration, when seeing an appointed advisor is optional, are automatically distributed by the Economics Graduate Office just before the start of Telebears.
Unit requirements for full-time study
- 12 units for domestic students
Special Course Numbers
- ECON 298: Directed group study to be used by students in the Fall semester of their second year for the econometrics paper requirement. Students should register for 1 unit of 298 pass/fail. Class entry codes available from the Economics Graduate Office.
- ECON 299: Independent supervised study to be used by students engaged in research for their dissertation after completion of field exams. Students who have advanced to candidacy may enroll in up to 9 units per semester; all other students are limited to 6 units per semester. ECON 299 may not be taken concurrently with ECON 602. Course control codes and class entry codes available from the Economics Graduate Office, upon receipt of the 299 Application Form signed by the faculty supervising the work.
- ECON 301: GSI Practicum to be used by students serving as GSI's. Returning GSI's will be emailed class entry codes by the Head GSI the week prior to the start of instruction. For students that are serving as GSI's for the first time in Fall 2004, course entry codes will be distributed at the first meeting of ECON 301.
- ECON 602: Independent unsupervised study to be used to prepare for field and oral exams and by students that require units for their work as GSR's. Students who have passed their orals may not enroll in ECON 602. ECON 602 and ECON 299 may not be taken concurrently. Students may not have more than 16 units of 602 during their time of graduate study at Berkeley. Class entry codes available from the Economics Graduate Office.
Other Enrollment Issues
If you find yourself waitlisted for a course or needing a class entry code for a course other than those listed above, see Phil Walz in 545 Evans Hall.