Current Students - Undergraduates

Dance and art, meet business: You're more alike than you think

March 14, 2018
Anne Brice, Berkeley News
When Kelly Chou, a freshman chemistry major, started at UC Berkeley last semester, she felt overwhelmed. She was taking all STEM classes and she was missing an outlet for her risk-taking, creative side. After participating in a design-a-thon in Jacobs Hall, she realized she needed a course where she could break out of the rigid structure of her undergraduate chemistry courses. So she enrolled in Collaborative Innovation, a Big Ideas course in the College of Letters and Science, and found just what she was looking for.

Kamala Harris to give UC Berkeley's 2018 commencement address

March 13, 2018
Public Affairs, UC Berkeley
California Senator Kamala D. Harris, only the second African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate and a leading progressive voice, will deliver the commencement address to UC Berkeley’s 2018 graduating class.

His future uncertain, undocumented student Luis Mora knows he's on the right path

February 8, 2018
Anne Brice, Berkeley News
Being able to remain calm in a crisis, says Luis Mora, a third-year political science major at UC Berkeley, is what helped him get through nearly three weeks of detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was released Jan. 17 with the help of Berkeley’s Undocumented Student Program and an outpouring of support from campus advocacy groups and top state leaders.

Huang Program Current Scholars

2018 Huang Program Scholars

Ellie Koepplinger

Transfer students get boost from new campus programs

January 25, 2018
Allison Lin
From a pilot housing project and new internship and career opportunities to a summer transition program and personalized help applying for admission, the campus is stepping up its efforts to help transfer students make a smoother transition to UC Berkeley from community college.

Prospective & Continuing Undergraduate Students

Academic Programs

Visit the Arts & Humanities undergraduate website to learn more about the majors, minors and other academic offerings for undergraduates. There is also information about undergraduate research and career preparation for Arts & Humanities majors.

Academic Advising

L&S Entrepreneurship Initiative

Entrepreneurship Opportunities in the College of Letters & Science

Chancellor Christ sworn in as 600 graduate during winter ceremony

December 17, 2017
Will Kane

When Carol Christ’s staff asked her how she wanted to be sworn in as UC Berkeley’s 11th chancellor, she immediately knew the answer: with 600 new graduates and their families.

Christ, who is the first woman to lead the university in its 149-year history, was formally inaugurated on Sunday, just minutes before presenting Ph.D., master’s and bachelor’s degrees to the winter graduating class.

In this Berkeley seminar, knowledge begins with 'I don't know'

December 13, 2017
Anne Brice, Berkeley News
It’s easy to know what you think, but it’s much harder to know why you think it. That’s the credo that guides Berkeley Law lecturer Alan Pomerantz when he teaches his undergraduate seminar, Current Political and Moral Conflicts and the U.S. Constitution. It’s a course designed to push students to their limits, challenging them to think critically about controversial topics, from abortion rights to the First Amendment.

New course to tap UC Berkeley's diversity and maker spirit

December 13, 2017
Robert Sanders, Media Relations
Robert Full wants to tap the diverse experiences of UC Berkeley undergraduates to teach them the fun of discovering biology’s secrets and the innovations that can spring from hacking them. Maybe he’ll spark a few entrepreneurs in the process.