Dear Berkeley undergraduate student,
We invite you to take the first Student Pulse Survey of the fall semester. These confidential, three-minute Pulse Surveys capture your feedback so UC Berkeley can better support you. As a token of our appreciation, if you complete the survey, you will have a chance to win a $100 gift card of your choice.
The Fall 2024 Pulse Survey #1 is now open
This Pulse Survey asks for your thoughts on your experiences around communications, basic needs, and mental health. A link to the Pulse Survey is below and appears as a task in CalCentral. The survey results are private and will only be displayed in the aggregate. The last day to submit your responses is Friday, September 27, 2024.
Take Fall 2024 Pulse Survey #1
Results from Spring 2024 Pulse Survey #2
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79% of the undergrad and masters students surveyed got into all the required courses they wanted in Spring 2024. However, of the students who didn’t get into the required courses they wanted, 42% said it would affect the amount of time it will take them to earn their degree.
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Students can explore courses via the Academic Guide and follow BerkeleyGuide on X for suggested classes with open seats.
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Transfer students found that university-sent email and newsletters (52%) and peers/friends (44%) had the most useful information about life on campus. The most read resources specifically for transfer students were the Transfer Student Center email newsletter and the @CalTransfers Instagram.
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83% of students agreed their social relationships are supporting and rewarding, and 85% agreed that they actively contribute to the happiness and well-being of others.
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Registered student organizations can be a great way to connect with others and the Blue Heart Initiative identifies organizations that are classified as “open membership” on CalLink meaning there's no formal application process.
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About half of students (47%) used generative AI for their coursework in Spring 2024, an 11% increase from Fall 2023. The number using AI outside coursework also increased slightly (48% to 59%). Only 15% of students reported using AI as frequently as a few times a week.
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Review your course syllabus to understand if generative AI is permitted and ask your instructor or GSI if you have any questions. AI is at the center of a groundbreaking new Berkeley Law program but there may also be good reasons why your instructor asks you not to use it for your class. For help with your coursework, visit the Student Learning Center. They offer programs in writing, statistics and much more.
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Most students said that their use of generative AI positively impacted their learning (75%, 14% increase from last fall), while fewer than 1 in 5 students reported that it impacted their learning both positively and negatively (17%), or negatively (1%).
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Though few students agreed that they have used generative AI for their coursework in a way their peers (6%) or they themselves (6%) might consider academically dishonest, about a quarter of students agreed that they know of other students in their classes using generative AI for coursework in a way that the survey taker considered academically dishonest (28%).
Survey Drawing Winners
Congratulations to the following recipients of $100 gift cards from Spring 2024 Pulse Survey #2:
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Max Zuniga, Chemical Engineering undergraduate
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Name Withheld, Genetics & Plant Biology undergraduate
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Isaac Schultz, Mechanical Engineering undergraduate
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John Eaton, Political Economy and Geography undergraduate
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Mustafa Yildiz, History and Medieval Studies graduate student
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Jiyoon Kim, Materials Science & Engineering graduate student
Additional information about the Pulse Survey, including results from previous surveys, is available on the Undergraduate Education website. If you have any questions or concerns with the Pulse Survey, please contact UE_DataTeam@berkeley.edu.
Thanking you in advance for your participation in the survey and wishing you every success this semester.
Fiat Lux,
Oliver M. O’Reilly (he/him)
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Lisa García Bedolla (she/her/ella)
Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division
Stephen C. Sutton (he/him)
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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