The Major Maps Project supports UC Berkeley’s goal of improving the undergraduate student experience by providing a resource for students to find academic, co-curricular, and discovery opportunities in their majors and on the broader campus.
This resource—major maps— features experience maps that help matriculated students navigate their UC Berkeley undergraduate journey based on their intended major or field of interest. Prospective students who have not yet enrolled at Berkeley may use major maps to aid them in their decision to attend the university and which majors to pursue.
Staff and faculty who support students can use major maps to guide their advising conversations and help students develop plans of action to achieve their Berkeley goals. High school, community college, and UC Berkeley counselors and admissions staff will also have access to major maps to help advise prospective Berkeley students. Parents, guardians, families, and others who provide support to prospective and current students will also benefit from major maps.
About the Project
The Major Maps Project launched in fall 2018 with the aim of producing a major map for each of the nearly 100 undergraduate majors at UC Berkeley. With sponsorship from Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education Catherine P. Koshland and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Stephen C. Sutton, a project team was formed and a staff advisory group was convened to guide the development of map content and design.
The major maps project team created map prototypes, which were tested with the advisory group and with the Student Advisory Council for Undergraduate Education (SACUE). Production began in spring 2019 with a pilot set of maps from the most popular undergraduate major programs. The initial set included at least one major from each undergraduate school or college, at least one major from each division in the College of Letters & Science, and one foreign language major.
In partnership with academic departments, the major maps project team has produced maps for 93 majors to date and is working to complete four-year maps for all undergraduate majors. Simultaneously, the project team has begun work on a transfer student major map concept.
For more information or questions about the Major Maps Project, email major-maps@berkeley.edu
Major Maps Project Team
Anthony Yuen, Project/Policy Analyst and Project Lead
Angelica Montiel, Visual Communications Assistant
Daniela Pardo Duran, Visual Communications Assistant
Isabella Pang, Visual Communications Assistant
Lewana Su, Visual Communications Assistant
Livana Hill, Visual Communications Assistant
Pao Diaz, Visual Communications Assistant
Major Maps Advisory Group
Juliana Golden, Office of the Registrar
Larry Jackson, Career Center
Lorena Valdez, Transfer Student Center
Mecca Shakoor-Cook, Letters & Science Advising
Sean Burns, Center for Undergraduate Discovery
Stefan Montouth, Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Project Updates
Summer 2022
Completed annual update of current maps
Updated maps for 51 majors
Fall 2021
Tested prototypes for new My Major Maps webpage with SACUE students
Launched new My Major Maps webpage
Summer 2021
Developed prototypes for new My Major Map webpage
Completed major maps for:
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Ancient Greek and Roman Studies
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Bioengineering and Business Administration
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Civil Engineering and Business Administration
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Business Administration
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Greek
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Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Business Administration
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Latin
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Life Sciences, Business, and Entrepreneurship
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Materials Science and Engineering and Business Administration
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Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration
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Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Spring 2021
Hosted feedback sessions with SACUE students for transfer map prototypes
Conducted transfer prototype feedback sessions with Major Maps Advisory Group and major advisors
Refined prototypes of transfer student major maps
Fall 2020
Major maps now appear in the Academic Guide
Produced prototypes of transfer student major maps
Hosted feedback sessions with SACUE students for transfer map prototypes
Completed major maps for:
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Architecture
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Astrophysics
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Chemical Biology
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Chemistry
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Energy Engineering
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Engineering Mathematics and Statistics
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Engineering Physics
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Environmental Engineering Science
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Film and Media
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History
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Materials Science and Engineering
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Operations Research and Management Science
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Political Economy
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Political Science
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Social Welfare
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Urban Studies
Summer 2020
Completed major maps for:
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African American Studies
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Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies
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Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies
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Environmental Sciences
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Ethnic Studies
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Gender and Women’s Studies
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Global Studies
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Linguistics
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Native American Studies
Spring 2020
Completed major maps for:
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American Studies
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Conservation and Resource Studies
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Data Science
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Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
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Interdisciplinary Studies Field
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Landscape Architecture
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Legal Studies
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Mechanical Engineering
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Media Studies
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Microbial Biology
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Nuclear Engineering
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Nutritional Sciences
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Physics
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Public Health
Fall 2019
Hosted workshops with SACUE students for feedback on existing maps and transfer student experiences
Completed major maps for:
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Art Practice
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Chemical Engineering
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Ecosystem Management and Forestry
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Genetics and Plant Biology
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Mathematics
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Rhetoric
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Society and Environment
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Sustainable Environmental Design
Summer 2019
Completed major maps for:
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Celtic Studies
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Classical Civilizations
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Classical Languages
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Comparative Literature
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Dance and Performance Studies
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Dutch Studies
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East Asian Religion, Thought, and Culture
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English
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Environmental Economics and Policy
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French
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German
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Greek
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History of Art
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Italian Studies
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Japanese Language
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Latin
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Molecular and Cell Biology
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Molecular Environmental Biology
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Scandinavian
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Slavic Languages and Literature
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South and Southeast Asian Studies
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Spanish and Portuguese
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Theater and Performance Studies
Printed all maps to date and delivered to departments for Golden Bear Orientation
Spring 2019
Completed major maps for:
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Applied Mathematics
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Bioengineering
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Business Administration
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Chinese Language
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Civil Engineering
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Cognitive Science
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Computer Science
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
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Integrative Biology
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Music
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Psychology
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Sociology
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Statistics