6440 University of California
Program Descriptions

05 - INSTRUCTION

General Campuses
Instruction includes most of the direct instructional resources associated with the schools and colleges located on the general campuses. Included are classroom and laboratory instruction, instructional technology, and joint scholarly research activities of students and faculty.

Health Sciences
The instructional program in the health sciences is conducted in 17 schools that provide education in various health fields to students preparing for careers in health care, teaching and research. The health science schools are located on six campuses and include six schools of medicine (Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego and San Francisco), two schools of dentistry, three schools of nursing, two schools of public health, two schools of pharmacy, one school of veterinary medicine, and one school of optometry. In addition, programs in medical education are conducted at Berkeley, Fresno, and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles. The physical, biological, and behavioral science programs of the general campuses complement the programs of the health science schools.

Summer Sessions
Non-matriculated students may enroll in summer sessions as self-supported students; funding for these students remains in the Summer Session budget.

Many of these students are regularly enrolled at the California State University, California community colleges, and other institutions. All general campuses currently offer state-supported summer instruction to matriculated University of California students, funding for which is included in the general campus instruction portion of the budget.

University Extension
University Extension is the largest institution of its kind, offering classes, short courses, seminars, field studies, and similar activities throughout California and in several foreign countries. It has open admissions, optional credit, and free student selection of curriculum. University Extension is self-supporting, and its offerings depend on student fees and other non-state revenue. The majority of Extension's offerings are designed to serve the continuing educational needs of professionals.

10 - RESEARCH

The University is designated by the 1960 Master Plan as the primary state-supported academic agency for research. Its research activities contribute to the social, economic, and technological progress of the state and the nation. Knowledge discovered in the University's research programs has yielded a multitude of benefits, ranging from technological applications that increase industrial and agricultural productivity to insights into social and personal behaviors that help improve the quality of human life. The research process also is essential to training scholars in the methodology of inquiry, particularly in graduate and professional programs.

15 - PUBLIC SERVICE

Public service includes a broad range of activities organized by the University to serve state and local communities, students, teachers, and staff in K-12 schools and community colleges, and the public in general. Consistent with its mission as a land-grant institution, the University's public service programs help improve the quality of life in California by focusing on major challenges, whether in business, education, health care, community development, or civic engagement, that impact the economic and social well-being of its citizens. One component of public service is student academic preparation and educational partnerships, through which the University works collaboratively with schools and other partners to help educationally disadvantaged students meet rigorous standards of academic preparation needed to be successful in higher education and the world of work. Public service also includes Cooperative Extension, which is the University's largest public service program. Cooperative Extension provides applied research and educational programs in agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community resource development, and 4-H youth development. Campuses also conduct other public service programs, generally supported by user fees and other non-state fund sources, such as arts and lecture programs, and student-initiated community service projects. The University's public service programs also include a health sciences program jointly operated with the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.

20 - ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Libraries
The University libraries identify, acquire, organize and provide access to publications and scholarly materials in all formats. Access is provided for the University's students, faculty and staff, the faculty and students of other California colleges and universities, other California libraries, business and industry, and the general public where possible. The University library system serves both instructional and research needs and provides a critical archival function. The rapid expansion of knowledge requires extensive efforts to keep materials current and of a high quality. The accelerating impact of changes in information technology and the dynamic information needs of its faculty and students obligate the University to develop new digital library collections and services while also maintaining and enhancing its traditional collections.

Academic Support - Other
Academic Support - General Campus Programs: Other academic support on the general campuses is comprised of a number of partially self-supporting activities organized and operated in connection with educational departments and conducted as a basic support for the departments' educational programs. Many kinds of diversified programs are included, such as a demonstration school that serves as an interdepartmental teaching laboratory for experimentation, research and teacher training.

Academic Support - Health Sciences Programs: The University operates dental clinics and neuropsychiatric institutes at Los Angeles and San Francisco, a veterinary medicine teaching facility at Davis and the San Joaquin Valley (near Tulare), an optometry clinic at Berkeley and two occupational health centers. These facilities are extensions of the health sciences schools and provide both clinical experience and community health services.

Other activities supporting both general campus and health sciences programs include vivaria, which provide centralized facilities for ordering, receiving, and care of all animals necessary for teaching and research in the biological sciences; support for arts through direct sponsorship of performances and exhibits; support of specialized physical science and engineering projects; and support for professional journals.

25 - TEACHING HOSPITALS

The University owns and operates five academic medical centers in Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. Their primary mission is to support the clinical teaching programs of the schools of medicine and the educational programs in the University's other health science schools. The academic medical centers also provide a full range of health care services to their communities and are sites for the development and testing of new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. The medical centers provide health care to patients who generally have more serious illnesses and fewer financial resources than patients at non-teaching hospitals.

State funds help support the University medical centers, through Clinical Teaching Support, to maintain a sufficiently large and diverse patient population for teaching purposes. The funds are used primarily to provide financial support for patients who are essential for the clinical teaching programs, but who are unable to pay the full cost of their care.

30 - STUDENT SERVICES

This program includes activities whose primary purpose is to contribute to the students' emotional and physical well-being, including their intellectual, cultural and social development outside the context of the formal instruction program. The program also includes administrative activities that provide assistance and support for the needs of students.

35 - INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Institutional support includes a wide variety of activities including police, accounting, payroll, human resources, administrative computing, material management, environmental health and safety, and publications. Institutional support also includes the planning, policy making, and coordination activities that occur within the offices of the Chancellors, President, and the Regents.

40 - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLANT

This function includes resources for the operation and maintenance of the University's State and tuition-supported physical plant, including site infrastructure, buildings, and related fixed equipment. Major component elements include purchased utilities, utilities operations, building and grounds maintenance, refuse, and janitorial services, with additional administrative and support services.

45 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

University of California students receive financial aid from University resources, the federal government, the state, private donors, and outside agencies. University support, largely in the form of grants and scholarships, is derived primarily from the state General Fund and student tuition and fee income. The federal government provides loans, work-study, veterans' benefits, and grants. In addition, graduate students receive traineeships and fellowships through various federal programs. The California Student Aid Commission provides grants to students and private donors and outside agencies also provide scholarships, grants, and loans.

50 - AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

Auxiliary enterprises are those non-instructional services provided to individuals, primarily students, in return for specific user charges. These services include student housing, food services, bookstores, parking, and, at several campuses, a portion of intercollegiate athletics. Auxiliary enterprises are self-supporting and are not subsidized by the state.

55 - PROVISIONS FOR ALLOCATION

These budgetary provisions serve as a temporary repository for lump-sum appropriations that are allocated (1) from systemwide provisions to campus provisions and (2) from campus provisions to operating programs and subprograms from which expenditures will occur. Provisions for allocation may include funds for academic position upgrades, staff reclassifications, price adjustments, employee benefit adjustments, unallocated state funding adjustments, and University endowment income.

60 - PROGRAM MAINTENANCE

This program category is a temporary repository for any proposed salary, benefits, and other cost adjustments, only in the proposed budget year. These costs, once determined, will be allocated in the following year into the appropriate functional program areas.

70 - EXTRAMURAL PROGRAMS

Extramural programs are supported by fund sources defined as non-budgeted due to the limited life of the funding source. These extramural fund sources are derived from state agency contracts, federal contracts and grants, private contracts and grants, and other university one-time funding. Most program areas described above receive some support from extramural funds, although the largest program area supported by these funds is Research.

80 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LABORATORY

The University manages the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The laboratory is a separate entity, but research at the laboratory has direct and indirect benefits for University faculty and students. The laboratory is supported by federal funds through extramural contracts and grants and conducts research important to the state and the nation, including research on bioterrorism, nuclear nonproliferation, and energy efficiency and new energy resources.