Executive Committee

1. Introduction
2. Executive Committee Members
3. Executive Committee Calendar of Meetings
4. Courses of Instruction and Academic Programs (CAP)
5. CAP Meeting Schedule
6. Executive Comittee Resources

Introduction

The L&S Executive Committee is charged with “the general oversight of the welfare of the students of the College” and serves as the Committee on Educational Policy for the College.  In the fulfillment of that broad charge, the committee has a number of areas of oversight including:

• All Senate regulations pertaining to L&S, including registration, graduation requirements for the bachelor’s degree, criteria for honors, and rules governing probation and dismissal.
• The requirements for departmental, group and field major and minor programs, including prerequisites and limitations on programs, and alternative electives. All proposals for changes to majors and minors must be submitted to the committee for approval before publication and before they become effective.
• The academic program consisting of the general requirements of L&S (including Essential Skills and Seven-Course Breadth Distribution Requirement) and approval of the courses of instruction appropriate for fulfillment of these requirements.

All proposals for changes to majors and minors, and new majors and minors, should be submitted to the Executive Committee (EC) for review and approval. Requests for review of courses for Essential Skills and Seven-Course Breadth designation should be submitted to the subcommittee on Courses of Instruction and Academic Programs (CAP). Please see below for EC and CAP meeting schedules and proposal deadlines as well as resources for guidelines and forms required for submission.

The analyst and contact for all inquires regarding the EC and CAP is Khia Brunelle, Coordinator of Educational Policy: kbrunelle@berkeley.edu.

2020-2021 Executive Committee

Chair

• Kim Shelton (Classics)

Members

• Stanley Brandes (Anthropology) 
• Brian DeLay (History) 
• Seth Finnegan (Integrative Biology)
• Neil Gilbert (Social Welfare)
• Luba Golburt (Slavic Languages and Literature) 
• Yoko Hasegawa (East Asian Languages & Culture)
• Mariska Kriek (Astronomy)
• Michel S. Laguerre (African American Studies)
• David Nadler (Mathematics)
• Leslie Salzinger (Gender and Women's Studies)
• Scott Saul (English)
• Linda Wilbrecht (Psychology)

Ex-Officio Members

• Janet Broughton (Executive Dean, College of Letters and Science)

• Bob Jacobsen (Dean of Undergraduate Studies, College of Letters and Science)

Calendar of Meetings

Executive Committee (EC) meetings are held during the fall and spring semesters. (The committee does not meet in  June, July and August.)  Proposals are due to lsec@berkeley.edu no later than two weeks before the meeting date. Please note that committee meetings are limited to members and invited guests.

Fall 2020 EC Meeting Schedule

Fall 2020 CAP Meeting Schedule

College of Letters and Science Bylaws and Regulations

Guidelines for Submitting Proposals to the L&S Executive Committee

Sample Proposal to the L&S Executive Committee

Guidelines for Course Review for Seven-Course Breadth

Advanced Notice of Pre-requisite Changes to CA Community Colleges