The following is a list of Academic Home Departments with approved GSR step level(s)
Department | Step Level |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | GSR 1 & 4 (step 4 effective 10/1/09) |
| Bioengineering | GSR 9 (effective 9/13, previously Step 8) |
| Bioinformatics | GSR 9 (effective 9/12, previously Step 8) |
| Biology | GSR 10 (effective 7/09, previously Step 9) |
| Biomedical Sciences | GSR 10 (effective 9/11, previously Step 9) |
| Chemical Engineering | GSR 7-8 (effective 10/16, previously Step 5-6) |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | GSR 8 (effective 10/11, previously Step 7) |
| Clinical Psychology | GSR 6 |
| Cognitive Science | GSR 6 (effective 7/11, previously Step 4) |
| Communication | GSR 5 (effective 7/16, previously Step 2) |
| Computer Science & Engineering | GSR 7-8 (effective 10/2017) |
| Economics | GSR 5 (effective 09/17, prev Step 4) |
| Education Studies | GSR 1-2 (effective 9/14 for M.Ed. students, previously Step 1) |
| Education Studies | GSR 1-4 (effective 9/14 for Ed.D. & Ph.D. students, previously Step 1) |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | GSR 7 (effective 7/08, previously Step 6) |
| Ethnic Studies | GSR 6 (effective 10/01/2020, previously Step 2) |
| Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) | GSR 1 |
| History | GSR 1 |
| Language & Communicative Disorders | GSR 6 (effective 7/19, previously Step 2) |
| Latin American Studies | GSR 1 |
| Linguistics | GSR 5 & 7 (effective 7/09, previously Step 1 & 3) |
| Literature | GSR 1-4 (2) |
| Materials Science & Engineering | GSR 6-7 (effective 7/16, previously Step 5-6) |
| Mathematics | GSR 5 (effective 7/06, previously Step 1) |
| Mathematics & Science Education | GSR 4 |
| Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | GSR 4 (effective 7/14, for Master’s students, previously Step 1) |
| Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | GSR 6-7 (effective 7/14, for Ph.D. students, previously Step 4-6) |
| Molecular Pathology | GSR 10 (effective 9/11, previously step 9) |
| Music | GSR 1 |
| Nanoengineering | GSR 7-8 (effective 10/16, previously step 5-6) |
| Neurosciences | GSR 10 (effective 9/11, previously step 9) |
| Philosophy | GSR 1 |
| Physics | GSR 6-7 (effective 7/07, previously Step 4) |
| Political Science | GSR 6 (effective 10/16, previously Step 2-4) |
| Psychology | GSR 7 (effective 10/11, previously Step 5) |
| Public Health-Epidemiology | GSR 4 |
| Public Health-Health Behavior | GSR 4 |
| Rady School of Management, Ph.D. | GSR 4-6 |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography | GSR 10 (effective 9/18, previously Step 8) |
| Sociology | GSR 5 (effective 7/18, previously Step 2) |
| Structural Engineering | GSR 5-7 (effective 10/15, previously Step 4-6) |
| Theatre & Dance | GSR 1 & 4 |
| Visual Arts | GSR 1 |