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Many graduate programs have interdisciplinary components, and students are encouraged to explore the conceptual connections between related fields. </p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-ucsc-blue"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.gradadmissions.ucsc.edu/graduate-studies">Full list of our programs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-cover alignfull ucsc-grid-with-background" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-cover__background has-ucsc-primary-yellow-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim"></span><img decoding="async" width="1440" height="700" class="wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7925" alt="Bird's eye photo of the ocean" src="https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/09/blue-water-1440w.jpg" data-object-fit="cover" srcset="https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/09/blue-water-1440w.jpg 1440w, https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/09/blue-water-1440w-300x146.jpg 300w, https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/09/blue-water-1440w-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/09/blue-water-1440w-768x373.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px" /><div class="wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group ucsc-grid-with-background__wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <div class="wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile ucsc-grid-with-background__inner is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column ucsc-grid-with-background__sidebar is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group has-ucsc-primary-yellow-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex" style="padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px"> <p class="has-text-align-center has-ucsc-primary-blue-color has-text-color" style="margin-top:8px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400">Join us for <a href="https://graduate.ucsc.edu/events/grad-slam/" data-type="page" data-id="3899"><strong>Grad Slam</strong></a>, <a href="https://graduate.ucsc.edu/events/graduate-research-symposium/" data-type="page" data-id="3897"><strong>Graduate Research Symposium</strong></a> and other Graduate Division Events.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://graduate.ucsc.edu/events/calendar/"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="498" src="https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/07/events-calendar-2-1440w-1024x498.jpg" alt="A thumbnail image for the Graduate Division Events Calendar. It displays the month of October date entries as the image fades towards the bottom." class="wp-image-5872" srcset="https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/07/events-calendar-2-1440w-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/07/events-calendar-2-1440w-300x146.jpg 300w, https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/07/events-calendar-2-1440w-768x373.jpg 768w, https://graduate.ucsc.edu/files/2024/07/events-calendar-2-1440w.jpg 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p style="font-style:normal;font-weight:500"><a href="https://graduate.ucsc.edu/events/calendar/" data-type="page" data-id="271">Visit the Events Calendar</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column ucsc-grid-with-background__cards is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:75%"> <div class="wp-block-group ucsc-grid-with-background__row is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-13 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"> <div 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