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 Committee and CAP Resources

Introduction

The L&S Executive Committee is charged with “the general oversight of the welfare and instruction 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 and forms required for proposal submission.

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

Spring 2025 Election

[Notice of L&S Election] Executive Committee (March 3, 2025)

Read about the critical role of the committee and its far-reaching impact on undergraduate education and departmental vitality: Supporting Undergraduate Success: A Conversation with Scott Saul on the Impact of the L&S Executive Committee

2025-2026 Executive Committee

Chair

• Linda Wilbrecht (Psychology)

Members

• Déborah Blocker (French)
• Abby Dernburg (Molecular and Cell Biology)
• Eric Falci (English)
• Seth Finnegan (Integrative Biology) 
• Supreet Kaur (Economics)
• Darya Kavitskaya (Linguistics/Slavic Languages and Literatures)
• Ramona Naddaff (Rhetoric)
• David Nadler (Mathematics)
• Leslie Salzinger (Gender and Women's Studies) 
• Ethan Shagan (History)
• Nikhil Srivastava (Mathematics)
• Jun Sunseri (Anthropology)

Ex-Officio Member

• Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, Executive Dean, 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.

2025-26 EC Meeting Schedule

• Brandi Catanese (African American Studies and Theater, Dance and Performance Studies)
• Keith Feldman (Ethnic Studies) - Sabbatical
• Kevis Goodman (English) 
• Myra Melford (Music)
• Estelle Tarica (Spanish and Portuguese)

2025-26 CAP Meeting Schedule

College of Letters and Science Bylaws and Regulations

Guidelines for Submitting Proposals to the L&S Executive Committee

Requesting Exceptions to Unit Requirements for Major Programs (BDR 809.A)

Guidelines for Proposals for New Minor Programs

Sample Proposal to the L&S Executive Committee

Guidelines for Course Review for Seven-Course Breadth

Sample Annotated Syllabus for Seven-Course Breadth Requests

Advanced Notice of Pre-requisite Changes to CA Community Colleges