<p>It looks like they weight their grad classes as 4 units each, so just taking 3 classes would fulfill the course requirement. If you have one or two classes that are 3 units, they have a 2 unit seminar to get you up to 12 units.</p>
<p>Once you finish with your classes you’ll enroll in a course with a title similar to “Supervised Research” or “Thesis Research” for however many units to stay a full time student. In my case, I’ve been taking 36 credits of Thesis Research for every quarter for the last four years. Makes my transcript look a little silly.</p>
<p>Here’s a more thorough look at Berkeley’s requirements for grad students in physics: [physics</a> @ berkeley - Expected Progress to PhD](<a href=“Home | Physics”>Home | Physics)</p>