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Course Repeat Rule
The following applies to all courses for the POLITICAL ECONOMY AND GLOBAL STUDIES MAJORS:
Students who earn a grade of F, D-, D, D+ or NP may repeat the course only once. Regardless of the grade the student receives for their second attempt (including F, D-, D or D+), the student may not repeat the course a third time.
Study Abroad
- For information on Studying Abroad while enrolled at UC Berkeley, please visit the Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad website
- Study Abroad Info. & Course Approval Form
Honors & Undergraduate Research
DeCal Courses in Political Economy
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.