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ISF Announcements

ISF Water Rights Activist Rebecca Peters Wins University Medal

ISF Student Award Recipients 2013-2014!

ISF Student Wins Gilman Scholarship

ISF Student Helps Bring Clean Water to African Village

New Spring '15 Course - Science, Technology and Society! 

Graduate Student Intstructors (GSI) needed for spring 2015

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 Peter Sahlins
Director : Peter Sahlins

The ISF is an interdisciplinary major and research-driven program of liberal education. It offers students the unique opportunity to develop an individualized cross-disciplinary Research Program that includes a Course of Study and a Senior Thesis. The Course of Study is made up of courses taken in the social sciences, the humanities, and/or the professional schools and colleges, alongside the required courses in ISF.  The capstone experience a scholarly, rigorously-researched 40 page required Senior Thesis, a sustained inquiry in the social sciences and humanities based on original, cross-disciplinary research. Read more about the major

Recent ISF Graduates

Alex Bigman

Aesthetics

Alex will be starting a PhD program in History of Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU in Fall 2014, and looks forward to bringing his ISF training to bear upon his research within this exciting discipline. Alex’s thesis was an analysis of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, using cognitive linguistic theories of Mental Spaces and Conceptual Blending to explore how the modernist play's unusual structure helps to reveal the workings of its characters' minds. Since graduating, he has continued to develop his interest in art history through work as a freelance arts... Read More...

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Academic Advising

Patrick Civello

isf@berkeley.edu
643-7691
263 Evans

The student academic adviser is the representative for the L&S aspects of ISF. He is responsible for all administrative procedures, such as maintaining student records and scheduling courses.

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How Do I Declare ISF?
ISF Student Handbook
ISF Major Application
Thesis Guidelines
Sample Thesis Title Page

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