Dear Colleagues,
We write to invite you to teach in the Freshman and Sophomore Seminar Program in fall 2023 and help new students become active members of Berkeley's intellectual community.
Most seminars meet once a week, for one unit of credit, and are meant to be discussion-based and interactive. We welcome team-taught seminars, especially where they provide the opportunity for interdisciplinary reflection. In 2023-24, we especially welcome seminars on topics that intersect with the 2023 On the Same Page selection, the documentary film Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. Of course, seminars can be on almost any topic you can dream up. This spring, faculty are offering seminars on topics as wide ranging as the History and Ecology of East Bay Regional Parks, Algorithmic Life: The Social Impact of Automation, Becoming a Latinx Engineer at Cal, and the Writings of Valeria Luiselli, coinciding with her visit to campus as part of the Bedri Distinguished Writers Series.
If you are interested in teaching a seminar in fall 2023, please let your department chair and scheduler know, and then submit a Faculty Participation Form by Thursday, February 16, 2023. Senate faculty who teach a Freshman and Sophomore Seminar as an overload will receive a $3,000 grant that can be used for anything related to teaching or research.
To receive more information about Freshman and Sophomore Seminars or to brainstorm ideas, contact Aileen Liu, Director of Curricular Engagement Initiatives in the College of Letters & Science, at aileen.liu@berkeley.edu.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Johnson-Hanks
Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science
Oliver M. O’Reilly
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
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