The Applied Science and Technology Graduate Group is not exactly a department in the traditional sense. However, it has grown continuously since its founding in 1993 to the point that it has become as "complex" as a department. My predecessor, Professor Nathan Cheung of EECS, undertook the monumental task of putting together this AS&T Student Manual with the help of students and staff last year. It has become a reliable source of information for helping AS&T students negotiate through the Berkeley bureaucracy. In the past year, the group has adopted new policies or revised its policies in response to student demand and changes in the campus-wide regulation; as a result, this Manual has now been updated. I hope the users will continue to find it a source of up-to-date information about AS&T. Since changes will continue to occur throughout the academic year, students are urged, when in doubt, to check with our friendly AS&T Students Affairs Officer and the many helpful faculty advisors in the Group.

Peter Y. Yu, Chair of AS&T Executive Committee