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UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley
110 Sproul Hall, #5800
Berkeley, CA 94720

Official telephone: (510) 642-6000
Website: www.berkeley.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August and mid-January.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held at beginning of each semester and in June, July, and November.
Number and length of summer sessions: Five summer sessions, one of three weeks, one of eight weeks, one of 10 weeks, and two of six weeks each.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 97%
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 1418 men, 840 women
Full-time faculty: 1062 men, 561 women
Part-time faculty: 356 men, 279 women
Graduation rate: 91% within six years

UC Berkeley
REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
Minor requirements: 0
Minimum GPA required to graduate: 2.0

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, dual degrees, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, Phi Beta Kappa, internships
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • African American/Black Studies
  • American Indian/Native American Studies
  • American Studies
  • Ancient/Classical Greek
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Art History/Criticism/Conservation
  • Asian American Studies
  • Asian Studies
  • Asian Studies/South/Southeast Asia
  • Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology
  • Biology/Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical/Medical Engineering
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration/Management
  • Cell/Molecular Biology
  • Celtic Languages
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Chinese
  • Civil Engineering
  • Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies/Archeology
  • Classics/Languages/Literatures/Linguistics
  • Cognitive Sciences
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Science
  • Dance
  • Dramatic/Theatre Arts
  • Dutch/Flemish
  • Economics
  • Electrical/Electronics/Communications Engineering
  • Engineering Physics
  • Engineering Science
  • English
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Ethnic/Cultural Minority/Gender Studies
  • Film/Cinema Studies
  • Foreign Languages
  • Forest Management
  • French
  • Geography
  • Geological/Geophysical Engineering
  • Geology/Earth Science
  • German
  • History
  • Japanese
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Latin
  • Latin American Studies
  • Legal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Music
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Women's Studies
Doctorates

  • African-American Studies
  • Agricultural/Environmental Chemistry
  • Agricultural/Resource Economics
  • Ancient History/Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Applied Science/Technology
  • Architecture
  • Asian Studies
  • Astrophysics
  • Bioengineering
  • Biophysics
  • Biostatistics
  • Buddhist Studies
  • Business Administration
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Chinese Language
  • City/Regional Planning
  • Civil/Environmental Engineering
  • Classical Archaeology
  • Classics
  • Comparative Biochemistry
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Science
  • Demography
  • Earth/Planetary Science
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Educational Leadership
  • Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
  • Endocrinology
  • Energy/Resources
  • English
  • Environmental Health Sciences
  • Environmental Science/Policy/Management
  • Epidemiology
  • Ethnic Studies
  • French
  • Geography
  • German
  • Health Services/Policy Analysis
  • Hispanic Languages/Literature
  • History
  • History of Art
  • Industrial Engineering/Operations Research
  • Infectious Diseases/Immunity
  • Information Management/Systems
  • Integrative Biology
  • Italian Studies
  • Japanese Language
  • Jewish Studies
  • Jurisprudence/Social Policy
  • Landscape Architecture/Environmental Planning
  • Latin American Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Logic/Methodology in Science
  • Materials Science/Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Medieval Studies
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Toxicology
  • Molecular/Biochemical Nutrition
  • Molecular/Cell Biology
  • Music
  • Near Eastern Religions
  • Near Eastern Studies
  • Neuroscience
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Performance Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Plant Biology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Public Policy
  • Rhetoric
  • Romance Languages/Literatures
  • Scandinavian Languages/Literatures
  • Science/Mathematics Education
  • Slavic Languages/Literature
  • Social Welfare
  • Sociology
  • Sociology/Demography
  • South/Southeast Asian Studies
  • Special Education
  • Statistics
  • Vision Science
  • Wood Science/Technology
Master's Degrees

  • Agricultural/Environmental Chemistry
  • Ancient History/Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Architecture/City/Regional Planning
  • Architecture/Landscape Architecture
  • Art
  • Asian Studies
  • Berkeley-Columbia Executive M.B.A.
  • Biostatistics
  • Business Administration
  • Business Administration/Asian Studies
  • Business Administration/Law
  • Business Administration/Public Health
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chinese Language
  • City/Environmental Engineering
  • City/Regional Planning
  • City/Regional Planning/Landscape Architecture
  • City/Regional Planning/Law
  • City/Regional Planning/Public Health
  • Civil/Environmental Engineering
  • Classical Archaeology
  • Classics
  • Comparative Biochemistry
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Science
  • Demography
  • Design
  • Earth/Planetary Sciences
  • Education
  • Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering/Computer Sciences
  • Endocrinology
  • Energy/Resources
  • Engineering/Public Policy
  • Environmental Health Sciences
  • Environmental Science/Policy/Management
  • Epidemiology
  • Evening/Weekend M.B.A. Program
  • Financial Engineering
  • Folklore
  • Forestry
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Health/Medical Sciences
  • Hispanic Languages/Literatures
  • History
  • Industrial Engineering/Operations Research
  • Infectious Diseases/Immunity
  • Information Management Systems
  • International/Area Studies
  • Italian Studies
  • Japanese Languages
  • Journalism
  • Journalism/Asian Studies
  • Journalism/Latin American Studies
  • Journalism/Law
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Latin
  • Latin American Studies
  • Law
  • Law/Asian Studies
  • Law/Economics
  • Law/Public Policy
  • Law/Social Welfare
  • Linguistics
  • Materials Science/Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Molecular Toxicology
  • Molecular/Biochemical Nutrition
  • Music
  • Near Eastern Studies
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Optometry
  • Public Health
  • Public Health/Medicine
  • Public Health/Public Policy
  • Public Policy
  • Range Management
  • Scandinavian Languages/Literatures
  • Slavic Languages/Literature
  • Social Welfare
  • South/Southeast Asian Studies
  • Statistics
  • Structural Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Urban Design
  • Vision Science
  • Wood Science/Technology

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