Discipline-Cluster Workshop Descriptions

In the discipline-cluster workshop you will join with other first-time GSIs in similar fields to prepare for your first teaching experience at UC Berkeley. The workshop will focus on topics such as preparing for the semester and first day of class, active learning techniques, and challenging scenarios you may encounter in teaching. The goal of the workshop is to provide an overview of what you will need to do to get started in teaching and introduce you to tools you can use throughout the semester.

Biological Sciences

Bioengineering (biology-related courses)
Environmental Science, Policy, & Management (biology-related courses)
Integrative Biology
Molecular & Cell Biology
Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
Plant & Microbial Biology
Public Health (biology-related courses)
Vision Science

Computer Sciences

Data Science (also listed under Quantitatives)

Engineering

Bioengineering (engineering-related courses)
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering

Humanities

(courses in non-Reading & Composition, non-foreign language courses only)
American Studies
Asian Studies
Buddhist Studies
Classics
English
Film & Media
History
History of Art
Information
Music (non-studio courses)
Near Eastern Studies
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Rhetoric
South & Southeast Asian Studies
Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies

Physical Sciences

Astronomy
Chemistry
Earth & Planetary Science
Physics

Quantitatives

Data Science
Mathematics
Statistics

Reading & Composition / Foreign Languages

(courses in any department that satisfy the University’s Reading & Composition requirement, and foreign language courses only)
African American Studies
African Languages
Anthropology
Celtic Studies
Classics
College Writing Programs
Comparative Literature
East Asian Languages & Cultures
English
Ethnic Studies
Film & Media
French
Gender & Women’s Studies
German
History of Art
Italian
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Letters & Science (writing-intensive courses)
Music
Near Eastern Studies
Rhetoric
Scandinavian
Slavic Languages & Literatures
South & Southeast Asian Studies
Spanish & Portuguese
Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies

Social Sciences (Quantitative)

Agriculture & Resource Economics
Business
Economics
Demography
Psychology (quantitative courses)
Public Health (biostatistics)

Social Sciences (Non-quantitative)

African American Studies
American Studies
Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Asian Studies
City & Regional Planning
Cognitive Science
Development Studies
Education
Energy & Resources Group (social science courses)
Environmental Science, Policy, & Management (non-biological courses)
Ethnic Studies
Gender & Women’s Studies
Geography
Information
Interdisciplinary Field Studies
International & Area Studies
Jurisprudence & Social Policy
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Media Studies
Near Eastern Studies (non-language, non-Reading & Composition courses)
Peace & Conflict Studies
Political Economy of Industrialized Societies
Political Science
Psychology
Public Health (non-quantitative)
Public Policy
Religious Studies
Social Welfare
Sociology
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies

Studios, Art, and Environmental Design

(studio courses only)
Architecture
Art Practice
City & Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Music
Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies