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Save the date! 2025 UGIS Commencement Ceremony: Monday May 19, 9-11 AM, Zellerbach Auditorium

The ceremony will be live streamed with captioning, and recorded. This ceremony is for students in the ISF, American Studies, and Media Studies who are graduating in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025 and Fall 2025. More information will be posted as it becomes available on the Commencement page on the ISF website and on the UGIS Commencement website. We recommend students and guests bookmark these pages to easily check for updates in the Spring semester. We look forward to seeing you there!

Fall 2024 GSI Position- ISF 100A

Please review the recently-available GSI Position for ISF 100A this upcoming Fall semester. ISF 100A provides an introduction to the works of foundational social theorists of the nineteenth century, including Karl Marx and Max Weber. Writing in what might be called the “pre disciplinary” period of the modern social sciences, their works cross the boundaries of anthropology, economics, history, political science, sociology, and are today claimed by these and other disciplines as essential texts. We will read intensively and critically from their respective works, situating their intellectual contributions in the

Senior Thesis Poster Session- May 13, 2024

The 2024 ISF Senior Thesis Poster Session will take place on Monday May 13, 2024 from 12-2PM in 262 Evans Hall. This is a unique opportunity for graduating ISF seniors to showcase the hard work they put in their thesis to family and friends and to see their peers’ culminating projects. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. For participating seniors who have written or are writing their thesis, poster-making supplies will be provided by ISF. You may sign up for one or multiple poster-making sessions to put together your

ISF Summer 2024 Courses- Enroll now!

Interdisciplinary Studies Field (ISF) will offer three classes this Summer 2024: ISF 100A, 100D, and 100I. ISF 100A is required for all ISF majors, so this is a recommended course if you are both considering the major and considering summer enrollment. More information about Summer enrollment can be found on the Berkeley Summer Sessions website. Session A 6 weeks, May 20-June 28 ISF 100A: Introduction to Social Theory and Cultural Analysis Satisfies Theory and Methods major requirement, and: International Studies, L&S Breadth Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth Social & Behavioral

Information for Fall 2023-24 Transfer Students

Fall 2023 and Fall 2024 ISF Transfer Admits This page is only applicable for UC Berkeley transfer students who were admitted directly into the ISF major in Fall 2023 and Fall 2024. If you were/are admitted to UC Berkeley in and between those terms as a different major, please follow the standard application process to declare the ISF major. Transfer students admitted directly to the ISF major should have their lower division prerequisite courses completed prior to their first semester at Berkeley. Please cross-reference the list of Disciplines and World

UGIS Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony

UGIS Commencement Ceremony 2024 – Tuesday May 14th, 7-9 PM, Zellerbach Auditorium Commencement ceremonies are held in May. Students completing requirements during the spring semester or summer semester or the preceding fall semester are welcome to participate. Majors should meet with their ISF faculty advisor at least three months before the May ceremony to ensure they have met all of their major requirements for graduation. https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/ugis-commencement/home

ISF Summer 2023 Classes

ISF 110: An Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization ISF 100A: Introduction to Social Theory and Cultural Analysis ISF 100B: Interdisciplinary Theories of the Self and Identity ISF 100D: Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture

Prof. Shreeharsh Kelkar: Who Are the Data Scientists?: Evidence from the Field of Education Data Mining

ISF Professor Shreeharsh Kelkar is giving a talk titled “Who Are the Data Scientists?: Evidence from the Field of Education Data Mining” at the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society on November 14th. Please find the event and talk information below. Title: Who Are the Data Scientists?: Evidence from the Field of Education Data Mining Date/Time: Thursday, 14 Nov 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 470 Stephens Hall Speaker: Shreeharsh Kelkar, Continuing Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley Abstract: The critical social science research on the emergence of “data scientists” is composed

DeCals

The DeCal Program (or just DeCal) is an aggregate of faculty-sponsored, student-led courses at the University of California, Berkeley. Students have the opportunity to create and facilitate their own classes on a variety of subjects, many of which are not addressed in the traditional curriculum. These courses are offered on a Pass/No Pass grading basis and are offered as ISF 98/198. Students interested in teaching a DeCal course under the ISF (Interdisciplinary Studied Field) subject area must meet the following requirements: Student must be a currently declared ISF major. DeCal

Chenxi Tang

Professor Tang studied comparative literature, German literature, and philosophy at Fudan University Shanghai, Peking University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, and Columbia University (PhD 2000). He taught at the University of Chicago before joining the Berkeley faculty in 2007. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, UC President’s Faculty Research Fellowship, and Research Fellowship of Hamburg Institute for Advanced Studies. In the early phase of his research career, Tang was interested in the roles played by German literature and thought in the self-understanding and self-positioning of Europe