Conservation and Resource Studies

Explore Your Major

• Meet with your college advisor to discuss your academic plans.

• Review major and college requirements.

• Talk to the college's peer advisors about life within the major.

• Start thinking about which topics within and related to the major interest you.

Connect and Build Community

• Take advantage of the college’s Student Resource Center.

• Join a student group like the Conservation and Resource Studies Student Organization.

• Get 1:1 mentoring from graduate students with Berkeley Connect in ESPM.

Discover Your Passions

• Discover new interests in a Freshman Seminar or student-run DeCal course like ESPM 98: Restoration of Strawberry Creek.

• Visit the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships.

• Learn about research opportunities for Rausser College students.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Attend the Calapalooza student activities fair and get involved with a student organization.

• Find service opportunities through the Public Service Center.

• Explore study, internship, and research abroad options with Berkeley Study Abroad.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Visit Berkeley Career Engagement and the Career Counseling Library.

• Develop a plan for getting career ready.

• Sign up for Handshake and CareerMail.

• Check out the Conservation and Resource Studies Career Snapshot.

Explore Your Major

• Complete lower division prerequisites and declare the major if currently undeclared.

• Take ESPM 90 during the spring semester and develop your area of interest.

• Review college guidelines for study abroad.

• Complement your major with a certificate, course thread, or summer minor.

Connect and Build Community

• Start attending undergraduate events in the college.

• Get to know professors and graduate student instructors during office hours.

• Join a student organization like Better Beaches at Berkeley that allows you to engage with conservation firsthand.

Discover Your Passions

• Enroll in a Sophomore Seminar, Big Ideas Course or Discovery Course.

• Assist faculty in their research through URAP.

• Apply for a research position during the school year through the SPUR program and get academic credit.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Contribute to a community organization with an American Cultures Engaged Scholarship course.

• Experience life at another UC or college on a visitor and exchange program.

• Check out the Moorea program for fieldwork opportunities abroad.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Take advantage of career and pre-health advising for Rausser College students.

• Explore career fields through the Career Connections Series or a winter externship.

• Learn about graduate and professional school.

• Think about doing an internship and attend an internship fair.

Explore Your Major

• Focus on upper division requirements and electives.

• Take ESPM 100 during the fall semester.

• Ask your college advisor about the Rausser College Honors program.

• If your schedule permits, enroll in unique courses like ESPM 150: Environmental Writing.

Connect and Build Community

• Help other students as a Rausser College Peer Advisor.

• Consider becoming a Golden Bear Orientation Leader.

• Seek mentorship from your professors, faculty, and graduate student instructors.

• Connect with CRS alumni through the Rausser College Alumni Association.

Discover Your Passions

• Apply for a Rausser College Travel Grant to fund travel for academic conferences or research.

• Find research and funding opportunities in the OURS database, SPUR, or URAP.

• Check out research by your peers at a college poster session.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Work on energy and climate change solutions as part of the CITRIS Workforce Innovation Program.

• If interested in environmental policy, look into UCDC or Cal in the Capital.

• Apply your skills in projects for Solar Spring Break or the Green Initiative Fund.

• Apply to California Ecology and Conservation with the UC Natural Reserve System.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Conduct informational interviews.

• Discuss graduate school options with advisors and professors.

• Update your resume and LinkedIn profile.

• Attend career and graduate school fairs like the Environmental and Sustainability Career Fair.

Explore Your Major

• Do a degree check to ensure you are on track to graduate.

• Complete any remaining area of interest courses and remaining college and campus requirements.

• Take ESPM 194A during the spring semester.

• Attend the CRS Alternative Graduation in the spring.

Connect and Build Community

• Join a professional association such as the Society for Conservation Biology.

• Connect with alumni groups and Cooperative Extension Specialists, and build your network as you prepare to graduate.

Discover Your Passions

• Teach your own DeCal course.

• Present your research at a college poster session or submit it to the Berkeley Scientific Journal.

• Keep pursuing your interests through a fellowship like the Shinnyo Fellowship or by taking a gap year.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Explore service opportunities after graduation, such as Peace Corps, Teach for America, or U.S. Department of State.

• Attend a conference such as the Clinton Global Initiative: University Conference. Look into travel grants from the college and ASUC.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Utilize job board tools in your job search.

• Ask professors and graduate student instructors for recommendation.

• Meet employers at Employer Info Sessions and On-Campus Recruiting.

• Apply to jobs, graduate school, and other opportunities.