On-Campus Undergraduate Opportunities

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

Mentorship

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

On-Campus Undergraduate Opportunities

Media, Art, and Design

Reading, Writing and Language

Mentorship

"Of course, we need technical experts...but we also need people who grasp the whys and hows of human behavior."

"The long-held belief by parents and students that liberal arts graduates are unemployable ignores the reality of the modern economy, where jobs require a mix of skills not easily packaged in a college major."