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The Freshman Seminar Program sponsors a series of small classes and seminars just for freshman to help new students engage in and acclimate to academic life. The classes are taught by tenured UC Berkeley faculty on topics ranging from Shakespeare to engineering gadgets to the always popular CNR Dean's Night Out (Natural Resources 24) where students share a series of dinners with the CNR Dean and other CNR faculty.
Courses are listed on the Freshman Seminar program web site, http://fsp.berkeley.edu or in the Freshman Seminar Program booklet. Copies are available in the CNR Resource Center.
ES majors are encouraged to take a freshman seminar to round out their schedule. Although the seminars do not fulfill a requirement, they do provide new students with a wonderful opportunity to interact intellectually with a regular, senior Berkeley faculty member and a small group of fellow freshmen.
The one-unit Freshmen Seminars are usually numbered "24" and are taken pass/no pass. ES students should view taking a freshman seminar as an opportunity to expand their intellectual horizons and should consider taking a class on a topic that is new to them. There are no prerequisites for any freshmen seminars, nor do they assume prior knowledge of the field.
Courses numbered "39" are freshman and sophomore seminars. They are often more than one unit and frequently can be taken for a letter grade. Although still small in size, they are not quite as small as the "24s". They are open to freshmen and sophomores. Depending on the number of units, a 39 course can also be a nice complement to a first- year student's schedule.
Courses fill up quickly, so students should be sure to have alternative selections in mind.
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Modification Date: 07/25/2005