UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science

University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science
TypePublic
Established1915
DeanJennifer Johnson-Hanks, Executive Dean[1]
Academic staff
~750[2]
Undergraduates~23,601[3]
Postgraduates2,417[4]
Location
Berkeley
,
California
,
United States
AffiliationsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Websitels.berkeley.edu

The College of Letters and Science (L&S) is the largest of the 15 colleges at the University of California, Berkeley and encompasses the liberal arts. The college was established in its present state in 1915 with the merger of the College of Letters, the College of Social Science, and the College of Natural Science. As of the 2022-23 academic year, there were about 23,601 undergraduates and 2,417 graduate students enrolled in the college.[4][3] The College of Letters and Science awards only Bachelor of Arts degrees at the undergraduate level, in contrast to the other schools and colleges of UC Berkeley which award only Bachelor of Science degrees at the undergraduate level.

  1. ^ UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science. "College Leadership". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  2. ^ UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science. "Our Faculty". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  3. ^ a b UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science. "Undergraduate Division". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
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