UC Berkeley offers numerous ways for students to get involved and develop leadership skills outside the classroom. Below are just a few organizations and programs that may appeal to Arts and Humanities majors:
Media, Art, and Design
- Daily Cal(link is external): volunteer for UC Berkeley’s student-run newspaper
- Publications and Media Center: get involved with any of the 100+ student-run publications and media organizations at Cal
- KALX 90.7FM(link is external): get involved with UC Berkeley’s student-run radio station
- CREATE (Creative Residencies for Emerging Artists Teaching Empowerment)(link is external): teach visual arts, theater, dance, and/or creative writing in local schools and community organizations
- Innovative Design at Cal(link is external): get hands-on experience with graphic design, web design and photography projects
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) Student Committee(link is external) organize events and symposia for undergraduate students
- Delta Kappa Alpha: joint UC Berkeley's professional cinema fraternity
- Performing Arts Groups: check out the 35+ performing arts groups on campus
Reading, Writing and Language
- Berkeley Language Exchange Program(link is external): share language skills with other international and domestic students
- BUILD (Berkeley United in Literacy Development)(link is external): mentor elementary students in reading
- Residential Education Lead Tutors(link is external): tutor writing in the residence halls
- Art of Writing departmental tutoring: tutor in Comparative Literature, English, Film & Media and Rhetoric
- Student Learning Center (SLC) writing tutors(link is external): tutor writing at the SLC
Mentorshop
- Sage Mentorship Project(link is external): mentor elementary school children in Berkeley and Oakland
- Starting Point Mentorship Program(link is external): mentor prospective community college transfer students interested in applying to UC Berkeley
- Business for Arts, Sciences and Engineering (BASE) Summer Program(link is external): participate in a six-week business program offered by Berkeley Haas School of Business