Course Selection
Transfer students can take any of the over 500 courses Summer Sessions offers. A complete list of courses can be found here. Courses take place in two sessions: Session C from June 23 to August 15 and Session D from July 7 to August 15.
Note: If you are enrolling in a course for your intended major, you will need to take that course for a letter grade.
Majors
For information on popular majors and their requirements, click on a link below:
- EECS Majors in Engineering and CS Majors in Letters & Science
- Economics Majors
- Mass Communications Majors
- Molecular and Cell Biology Majors
- Psychology Majors
- Public Health Majors
Courses of special interest to all transfer students:
Click on the title for more information.
- College Writing Program 10A: Introduction to Public Speaking
No prerequisites other than an interest in becoming more confident speaking in class or in more public settings. For questions about College Writing, contact Jane Stanley by email at jstanley@berkeley.edu.
Transfer students needing to fulfill the American Cultures requirement can take any of the following courses:
- Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology
- Anthropology 121AC: American Material Culture
- Anthropology 162AC: Topics in Folklore
- Anthropology 172AC: Ethnographic Perspectives on American Capitalism
- City and Regional Planning 118AC: The Urban Community
- Ed N40AC: Experiencing Education: Race and Ethnicity Inside Schools
- Ethnic Studies 21AC: A Comparative Survey of Racial and Ethnic Groups in the U.S.
- Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
- Ethnic Studies 135AC: Contemporary U.S. Immigration
- Ethnic Studies 150AC: People of Mixed Racial Descent
- History 127AC: California
- Linguistics 55AC: The American Languages
- Music 26AC: Music in American Culture
- Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology