Academic Services

The CCUT Application Process

STEP 1: KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS

• Carefully read the Certificate requirements* and attend a CCUT Information Workshop. See Frequently Asked Questions for information about the requirements, application, and portfolio.
• Begin your portfolio as soon as possible. Sooner is better. Too many students wait until their last year and are so busy with their dissertations that they do not have time to finish the portfolio and file, even though they have met all the CCUT requirements.

STEP 2: PETITION

• First, you must add the certificate to your degree list by petition through the Graduate Division. The cost of a filing a Graduate Division petition to add any degree program is $20.
• The petition to add CCUT must be approved by your departmental graduate advisor and Diane Mackie (the CCUT Program Director). You can submit petitions to Diane Mackie for approval through campus mail (Diane Mackie, Department of Psychology, Mail Code, 9660).
• It is important to remember that the petition to add CCUT must be filed at least one quarter before you intend to graduate. However, portfolios are reviewed Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters only. This means that if you are graduating during summer, you must submit your portfolio by the 5th week of Spring Quarter so that it can be reviewed before the summer.

STEP 3: COMPLETE AND SUBMIT

• Complete all requirements*, including the portfolio.
• Portfolio workshops are offered each quarter. After attending one of these sessions, you are strongly encouraged to make an appointment to get feedback on a draft of your portfolio from Shirley Ronkowski, Co-chair of the CCUT Faculty Advisory Board shirley@id.ucsb.edu
• Be sure you have petitioned Graduate Division to add the Certificate at least one quarter prior to the quarter in which you will graduate.
• Complete the Signature Page including all required signatures.
• Mail or bring three copies of the portfolio to Shirley Ronkowski, Instructional Development, 1120-Q Kerr Hall; Mail Code 3200. Other copies will be made for review so please do not include notebooks or dividers. If submitting electronically, turn in three copies of the CD or the web URL and two copies on CD.