Undergraduate Student Resources

Quick Advising & Related Forms

• Meet with a Global Studies Advisor
• Students’ Guide to Academic Honesty & Fairness
• How do I calculate my GPA?
• Conditions to Declare a Major

Special Classes Forms

• Senior Thesis Form (192)
• Independent Study Form (199 and 299)

Students interested in conducting Special Field Research (196) or a Supervised Field Study (197) should consult with a Global Studies advisor, who will provide the appropriate forms and information.

Requesting Course Credit

• Transferring Coursework to UC Berkeley
• To find out which lower-division requirements can be fulfilled at a California community college for your major, visit assist.org.
• Course Substitution and Waiver Approval Form

DeCal Courses

The Global Studies program accepts DeCal applications through an online submission process via Google Forms.

The deadline for submission of proposals is as follows:

• November 1st, for a DeCal offered for the Spring semester

• March 30th, for a DeCal offered for the Fall semester

Here are the steps involved in the DeCal process:

1. Once you have your topic, find a faculty member willing to serve as the sponsor for your class. 

2. Review the Academic Senate's Student Facilitated Course Proposal page

3. Gather all relevant documents (Course Proposal Form, Faculty Sponsor Letter of Support and fully developed syllabus).

4. Review the ISSP Departmental DeCal Policies below and make sure you understand and agree to them. 

5. Complete a UCFTR Training if you haven't already done so in a previous term. See the UCFTR website for a schedule of trainings.

6. Complete the ISSP DeCal application Google Form

7. In this form, you will submit the documents (from #2 above) as a single PDF document. In addition, upload a copy of your UCFTR certificate. You will also provide scheduling and enrollment preferences and other pertinent information. 

8. Once  your proposal submission is correct and complete, you will receive an email from issp-scheduler@berkeley.edu containing your signed forms. 

9. Signed proposal in hand, it is the facilitators' responsibility to submit the proposal to the Academic Senate via their Google Form. Once the proposal is approved by the Senate, please contact issp-scheduler@berkeley.edu to secure a classroom for your DeCal.

Some useful websites to reference are:

• the DeCal website (link is external)

• the UCB Student Learning Center (link is external)

• and the Academic Senate

ISSP DeCal Policies:

• At least one of the student facilitators must be a declared major in the relevant ISSP program.

• All student facilitators must meet a minimum UCB GPA requirement of 3.2 and cannot have more than one outstanding incomplete at any time between submitting the proposal and offering the course.

• DeCal courses are limited to an enrollment of 30 students.

• All facilitators must complete a UCFTR training by the ISSP DeCal application deadline. Facilitators are only required to complete a training once.

• The content of the course must be within the scope of the relevant ISSP program.

For any questions, please reach out to issp-scheduler@berkeley.edu.