Prerequisites: graduate standing

Description: Additional prerequisites are required for some segments of this course; see department. Discussions and lectures by graduate students and faculty on topics related to student and faculty research. In some courses students will receive letter grades only. In others students may receive either a letter grade or Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade; no petition is required, but students must see instructor for grading basis. The department will maintain a listing of all 255 segments and their unit value and grading basis. Normally graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC), but students may petition the instructor for a letter grade on the basis of assigned extra work or examination.