Expand Your Horizons!
The seven-course L&S breadth requirement can be an unparalleled opportunity to explore fascinating worlds of knowledge
Kathleen Moran's Hollywood course was given a special tour of the Paramount Theater in Oakland
Launched in Fall 2005, The Letters & Science Discovery Courses, takes the guesswork out of satisfying the breadth requirement
Taught by some of the most distinguished faculty on campus (pictured) Robert Reich
Deliberately designed to engage and ignite the minds of non-experts, these courses are destined to be unforgettable
Biological Science
L&S C30T Drugs and the Brain
David Presti
Historical Studies
L&S C140V The History and Practice of Human Rights
Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann
Physical Science
L&S C70U Introduction to General Astronomy
Alex Filippenko
L&S C70V Physics for Future Presidents
R. Ramesh
L&S C70Y Earthquakes in Your Backyard
Richard Allen
Discovery Courses News
- Q&A with Berkeley astrophysicist Alex Filippenko, who teaches L&S Discovery Course "Intro to General Astronomy."
Read More - L&S Discovery Course Professor Robert Reich sang about inequality in The Simpsons's season 33 finale with Hugh Jackman.
Read More - L&S Discovery Courses Can Change Your Life. It wasn’t until her third year at Berkeley that computer science major Elicia Ye learned about the University’s fascinating Discovery Courses.
Read More - L&S Discovery Course Professor Robert Full wins $1 million for the work he and his students are doing in his Discovery Course.
Read More - Discovery Course professor Robert Full was inducted into the Academy of Arts and Sciences, in a new category: Emerging Fields (the topic of his course).
Read More - Discovery Course Professor Ron Amundson discovers that rocks also have "tree rings."
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