Society and Environment

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 in the major.

• Try to take ESPM 5, C22AC, 60, or 50AC.

Connect and Build Community

• Take advantage of the college’s Student Resource Center

• Join a  student group such as the Student Organic Garden Association

• Consider living in the Global Environment Theme House

• Get 1:1 mentoring with Berkeley Connect.

Discover Your Passions

• Discover new interests in a Freshman Seminar or student-run DeCal course

• 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 Society and Environment Career Snapshot.

Explore Your Major

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

• Complete lower division prerequisites (math, economics, R1A and R1B, ESPM social science and science core classes) to declare the major.

• Review college guidelines for study abroad.

Connect and Build Community

• Start attending undergraduate events in the college.

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

• Attend Student Environmental Resource Center meetings to engage with issues on campus.

Discover Your Passions

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

• Assist faculty and graduate students in their research through faculty-initiated SPUR or URAP programs.

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

Engage Locally and Globally

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

• Get involved with the California Outdoor Engagement Coalition

• Consider joining BSFC, CalPIRG, SERC, PSC, ASUC, or other student organizations.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

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

• Explore careers through the Career Connections Series or Cal Job Shadow Program

• Learn about graduate and professional school. See Step-by-Step for planning help.

• Plan internships and attend internship fairs.

Explore Your Major

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

• Focus on upper division requirements and electives.

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

Connect and Build Community

• Help other students as a Rausser College Peer Advisor

• Become a Golden Bear Orientation Leader and welcome new students to UC Berkeley.

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

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

• Explore the Berkeley Food Institute, Center for Effective Global Action, and Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity.

Engage Locally and Globally

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

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

• Apply your skills in projects for the Green Initiative Fund, or apply to do research with the Travel Grant.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Conduct informational interviews

• Discuss graduate school options with advisors and professors.

• Update your resume and LinkedIn profile, and join the Society and Environment LinkedIn Group

• Attend career and graduate school fairs.

Explore Your Major

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

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

• Complete any “bucket list” courses and finish remaining major, college, and campus requirements.

Connect and Build Community

• Join a professional association related to your interests.

• Connect with alumni groups and build your network as you prepare to graduate.

• Continue maintaining connections with professors and graduate students, and ask for letters of recommendation from 2-3 connections.

Discover Your Passions

• Teach your own DeCal course

• Undertake an optional honors thesis or independent study.

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

Engage Locally and Globally

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

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

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Ask professors and graduate student instructors for recommendation letters.

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

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