College of Letters and Sciences

UC Berkeley’s College of Letters and Science will institute a change in policy, limiting students to enroll in only one “high-demand” major in fall 2023.

After weeks of deliberation, the ASUC Senate passed a resolution revoking funding and support for the Cal Interfraternity Council, or IFC, at its Wednesday meeting.

Student demand for EECS and CS courses is increasing, leading some TAs to advocate for increased departmental funding and decreased student enrollment.  

In light of the COVID-19, or the new coronavirus, pandemic, campus has implemented grading changes for spring 2020, including defaulting all undergraduate courses to the pass/no pass, or P/NP, grading system.

Major caps also encourage an environment where grades are given a disproportionate amount of importance. This comes at the cost of other aspects of education such as teamwork, creativity and exploration.

UC Berkeley professor of sociology and South and Southeast Asian studies Raka Ray was appointed Friday as the next dean of the Division of Social Sciences in the College of Letters and Science.

UC Berkeley students who train in the ROTC program hope to create the minor in order to receive formal academic accreditation for the extra classes they take with the program.

I was worried advising would never be personal enough, but I realize now, in such a large school, advising will be as personal as you make it.

Michael Botchan has recently been appointed as permanent dean of the Division of Biological Sciences in the College of Letters and Sciences, according to a campus press release.

Ana-Belén Redondo-Campillos, a UC Berkeley lecturer of Spanish and Catalan, is worried the campus will cancel her classes.