Information for Students

Students take self-paced courses because they either want to spread their studies over more than one semester or take enrichment courses which are taught on a tutorial basis rather than with a lecture format; in either case, full credits are earned for self-paced courses.

CS self-paced courses

CS Self-Paced Center
Hearst Field Annex, C-10
642-9920
selfpace@cs

Academic Help

Tutoring and help session links and information.

Sample Exams

HKN provides online exams. You can check out EE exams from 290 Cory and CS exams from 345 Soda, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Commuter Students

The Cal Commuter website is an online resource that allows commuter students to find information pertaining to commuter-specific needs, services, and questions including: getting to and parking on campus, finding housing, campus activities and events, and useful services.

Computing and Email

Every new EECS student should apply for an email account through the EECS Instructional Support Group. Via your email address, which will be listed on BearFacts, you will receive email regarding important departmental matters (such as TeleBears deadlines, etc). Information on accessing email, departmental computers, and course listings is also available at this site. Of particular interest is Information for New Users.

Course Surveys

HKN compiles Course Surveys for all undergraduate and graduate level EECS courses (professors and TAs included) based on student feedback.

Employment

Recruiting Infosessions

A number of corporations partner with the EECS Department through the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP). They have a unique benefit of interacting with EECS students through recruiting infosessions held in Cory and Soda Halls.

Calendar of ILP Infosessions/Interviews

Internships

The EECS Internship Program places top Berkeley EE and CS majors in competitive and challenging summer assignments in industry. The program is a joint effort between industrial representatives and Berkeley the EECS Industrial and Public Relations Office. (IPRO) While the program has an electrical engineering and computer science focus, it is open to University of California, Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students in any field.

Cal Career Center Internships
2111 Bancroft Way
642-1716

Job Announcements:

The EECS Department does not post job announcements.

EECS Recruitment Services
Instructional Support Group Job Openings
Career Center
2111 Bancroft Way
(510) 642-1716
Workstudy Programs
212 Sproul Hall
(510) 642-5625
EECS Center for Student Affairs
205 Cory
642-3068
UC Berkeley Employment Information page

Undergraduate Research:

For information on undergraduate research, please see the Current Undergraduate Information.

ERSO Administrative Services

Cory Hall/Soda Hall

Your faculty advisor's administrative assistant or grant administrator is available to assist you with items such as ordering equipment, preparing travel vouchers, check reimbursements, and any other paperwork related to account funds, equipment, and space-related issues. Examples of things students are expected to do for themselves are photcopying and faxing. To get supplies, speak to your research advisor's administrative assistant. Not all faculty have the same procedures.

NOTE: If there is no administrative assistant for a faculty member, talk to him or her directly. Also, if you have a unique situation that isn't addressed above, ask your research advisor for more information. If you have additional questions, contact Cynthia Sylvester (Electronics Research Support Organization) at 643-8423.

Financial Aid, Scholarships & Fellowships

Financial Aid:

Undergraduate: 211 Sproul, 642-6442
Graduate: 201 Sproul, 642-0485
Prospective

UC Berkeley Financial Aid Office

Undergraduate Scholarships:

203 Sproul, 642-6363

EECS Undergraduate Scholarships

Graduate Fellowships:

318 Sproul, 642-0672

EECS Department Fellowships: Mary Byrnes, 205 Cory, 642-3694, mkbyrnes@eecs

EECS Graduate Engineering Fellowship List

GAANN Fellowships

Mary Byrnes, 246 Cory, 643-8205, mkbyrnes@eecs

Work-Study:

212 Sproul, 642-5625

Forms

EECS Student Forms
Includes GSI applications, award nominations, prelims, candidate exit surveys, and links to general campus forms.

Graduate Student Presentations at the EECS Faculty Retreats

Information about the CSGSA, EEGSA and WICSE joint reports on EECS grad issues and concerns, presented at the EECS Faculty Retreats. The website, which contains presentations, survey results and post-retreat follow-ups, is LDAP-restricted to faculty, staff and graduate students in the department.

https://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~csgsa/faculty_retreats

Graduate Programs

Graduate Admissions
Admissions deadlines, descriptions of EECS research, faculty and student life, frequently asked questions and links to application information.
Graduate Matters
Information for EE and CS graduate students including student progress reviews, prelims, petitions, exit surveys and more.

Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) and Reader Information

Information for EECS GSIs and Readers

EE Courses Which Need GSIs

Berkeley Campus GSI Teaching Resource Center

Student Handbooks

Lounges/Reading Rooms

Cory Hall

Student Commons Room, 240 Cory:

Available for conversation and relaxing.

Moore Room:

Entry through 240 Cory. For student activities.
Reserve through IEEE Student Chapter, 286 Cory, 642-3791.

Soda Hall

Soda Lounges:

Undergraduates: Please use the 337 lounge.

Graduates: May use rooms 430/434/438, 511, 551, 611, 651, 711 and 751.

Try to restrict your lounge use to 430 through 551. The 6th and 7th floor lounges are primarily for faculty-sponsored meetings, formal and informal.

New Student Orientation

New EECS Graduate Student Orientation & Welcome Week Events
General Orientation for EECS Graduate Students (pdf)
Campus New Student Services (includes orientations and Welcome Week events)

EECS Policies

Problems and Complaints

General grievances in the EECS Department:: Prof. Christos Papadimitriou, 689 Soda, 642-1559, christos@cs
Prof. Robert Brayton, 573 Cory, 643-9801, brayton@eecs
General grievances in the CS Division:: The Administrative Assistant to the CS Chair, 385 Soda, 642-0930, araya@cs, will direct you to a professor to handle your complaint
Graduate Student Matters in EE:: Ruth Gjerde, 211 Cory, 643-8347, ruthg@eecs
Graduate Student Matters in CS:: La Shana Porlaris, 449 Soda, 642-9413, lashana@cs
Sexual harassment:: Mary Byrnes, 246 Cory, 643-8205, mkbyrnes@eecs
General questions and complaints:: Ombudsperson for students, 328 Stephens, 642-5754
Student Grievance Procedure: The Berkeley campus Student Grievance Procedure (Appendix II to the Berkeley Campus Regulations Implementing University Policies) gives you an opportunity to resolve complaints alleging discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, age, and sexual orientation. You may also use the procedure to resolve any complaints you may have alleging that any other rules or policies of the Berkeley campus were inappropriately applied and resulted in an injury to you. The procedure is not applicable to certain kinds of complaints for which other appropriate appeals procedures exist, such as a grade appeal based on the application of nonacademic criteria. (See Appeal of Grades in Courses and Examinations for a description of the grade appeal process). The procedure contains important time limitations and provisions about the interrelationship between this procedure and other campus complaint procedures. Copies of the procedure are available in 102 Sproul Hall.

Public Printers

Please Note: Most printers in Cory and Soda Halls are NOT publically available (i.e. should not be used by students). Please only use the printers listed below.

Cory Hall

There are no public printers in Cory Hall at this time. The instructional printers located on the 2nd floor of Cory Hall are maintained by IESG (inst@eecs).

Soda Hall

There are public printers in 384, 510 and 730 Soda Hall (lws384, lws510 & lws730).

For paper/toner problems contact printers@cs.
For job cancellations: users can do a kerberized or ssh login to machine huginn.CS, and from there do a "cancel [id]" where id is the print job id which may be determined using the "lpstat" command. If the printer is disabled, the "/usr/bin/enable printers" command may be used to re-enable the named printers.
For other problems, contact printers@cs.
For problems with private printers in Soda Hall, users should contact their local system administrator.

Residential & Student Services

(Formerly Housing/Dining)

Residential & Student Service Programs, 2610 Channing Way, #2272, 642-2456

Student Résumé Services

Résumé Books are offered for the members of:

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi (TBP), the Engineering Honor Society

The Industrial and Public Relations Office produces a Graduate Student Résumé Directory for all current EECS graduate students. The goal of the directory is to benefit both students and employers by helping to match job opportunities with students' areas of expertise.

Software and Downloads

There are links from the Software on EECS Instructional Systems web page to ISG downloads and documentation, EECS department software available from The Software Warehouse, and campus IS&T software distribution.

Technical Reports

Study Abroad

Opportunities are available for undergrad and grad students to pursue their education in other countries. For information, contact Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad (BPSA), 160 Stephens Hall, 642-1356, 642-1790.

Undergraduate Programs and Research

The Current Undergraduate Information web page links to weekly student announcements, minor and honors degree programs, academic services, research information, financial services and extracurricular activities.

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