I'm a staff member at UC Berkeley. Can I sit in on class, or watch remotely?
Yes, staff may attend lectures in person in Wheeler Auditorium, space permitting. Only enrolled students have access to the livestream. Anyone with a CalNet ID may watch recordings of past lectures (link coming in spring 2025).
How will I participate in the course if I take it remotely?
If you take this course remotely, you will be able to access the course lectures either during real time via Kaltura livestream (that will be accessed through the class’s bCourses site) or you can catch up on the lecture recordings after the live class session. All course recordings will be available and accessible in the course’s Course Capture Recordings Media Library (also available via Kaltura in the class bCourses site). Note that the live-streamed class sessions will include live captions while the course-captured recordings will include professional captions. That means there may be...
Brilliance of Berkeley (1 unit, P/NP) is a course that is open to all students campus-wide, and features faculty speakers from every College and School. Brilliance of Berkeley meets for 2 hours of lecture per week, and is offered during the academic year (spring 2024).
L&S 1: Research, Discovery, and You (2 units, P/NP) is a course intended for new students (first-year admits and transfers) in the College of Letters & Science. L&S 1 introduces new students to different...
What should I expect in terms of workload outside of lectures?
We anticipate less than 1 hour of work outside of class each week, and there are no midterms, final exam, or final project. After each lecture, students will submit a brief written reflection to help them synthesize what they have learned.
Will the course fulfill breadth or AC requirements?
No. As a 1-unit P/NP course, this class will not apply toward these requirements, but can be an effective way to ensure you are meeting your unit requirements for financial aid or other purposes.
No. Each week, there will be asynchronous opportunities to reflect on lectures and learn about and engage with campus resources that can be done independently.
No. You may sign up for either the in person course, which will be held on Fridays from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, or you can register for the online version of the course. The lectures will be livestreamed using UC Berkeley’s Course Capture technology.
If there is one course you should take at UC Berkeley before you graduate, this is it! This signature class both provides our newest students with a comprehensive overview of the Brilliance of Berkeley, while reminding our graduating students of exactly why they chose to come to Berkeley. With lectures from 28 of Berkeley’s most luminary instructors, including Nobel Laureates, MacArthur Fellows, and Distinguished Teaching Award recipients, this course will give you insights into a diverse array of topics, helping to ignite your academic interests. You'll have an opportunity to ask...
