Past Programs

Through the L&S Division of Undergraduate Studies, we have offered the following programs in the past:

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L&S Discovery Courses

The L&S seven-course breadth requirement gives students the opportunity to explore fascinating worlds of knowledge. L&S Discovery Courses were courses ideally suited to fulfill the L&S breadth requirement in engaging ways. These courses were taught by some of the best teachers among the Berkeley faculty. Deliberately designed to engage and ignite the minds of non-experts, L&S Discovery Courses were destined to be unforgettable.

The L&S Discovery Course program was administered by the College of Letters & Science’s Division of Undergraduate Studies and served students in all colleges and schools across the UC Berkeley campus. The program was generously supported in part by donors to the L&S Leadership Fund.

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Connections at Cal Seminars

The Connections@Cal program was an enhancement to the Freshman and Sophomore Seminars program. The purpose of the program was two-fold: to formalize the informal mentoring relationships that often arise spontaneously in Freshman Seminars, and to engage in “cohort formation”: helping the students in a seminar cohere as a group and then stay in touch with one another (and the faculty member) beyond the semester in which the seminar was taught.

Berkeley Arts Seminars

Berkeley Arts Seminars were small, faculty-led seminars with a maximum enrollment of eighteen students that gave UC Berkeley freshmen and sophomores an opportunity to explore the rich array of arts experiences available on our campus. Admission to the on-campus arts events included in these seminars was provided at no cost to students.

L&S C5 / UGBA C5: Introduction to Entrepreneurship

2 Units, Letter Grade

This course offered students a taste of what it’s really like to start a business. In addition to learning key foundational entrepreneurial concepts such as idea generation & evaluation, customer & product development, creating a business model, fundraising, marketing, and scaling & exiting a business, students also heard from successful entrepreneurs who share their perspectives and best practices. Students applied core concepts by working in teams to evaluate and select a venture idea that they then developed throughout the semester.

Offered in partnership with the Haas School of Business.