The College of Letters and Science (L&S) is
the largest of the 14 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 2013-14 academic year, there were
about 19,000 undergraduates and 2,763 graduate
students enrolled in the college.
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.
== Faculty and students ==
L&S is organized into five divisions: Arts
and Humanities, Biological Science, Mathematical
and Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and
the Undergraduate Division.
Of the graduate divisions, Social Sciences
is the most popular, followed by Mathematical
and Physical Sciences, Arts and Humanities,
and Biological Science.
The Undergraduate Division serves the 19,000
undergraduate students in L&S.
Each division has its own administration,
including a dean, associate dean, and assistant
deans.
Carla Hesse, dean of the Division of Social
Sciences, serves as the College's executive
dean.
L&S has about 800 faculty members, including
13 Nobel laureates, 3 Pulitzer Prize winners,
and 12 MacArthur Fellows.The majority of undergraduates
at the University are enrolled in the College
of Letters and Science.
Although freshman applicants indicate an area
of interest on their applications, all freshmen
in L&S enter as undeclared majors.
This contrasts with other undergraduate colleges
at UC Berkeley, such as the College of Engineering,
where applicants indicate their major on the
application and enter as declared majors.
L&S undergraduates must declare a major before
they begin their junior year.
"Capped majors" (e.g. Economics, Public Health,
Psychology) are impacted and have more stringent
declaration policies.
All undergraduates in L&S must complete classes
in reading & composition, quantitative reasoning,
foreign language, and a seven-course breadth
requirement.L&S offers a wide variety of graduate
programs, including master's and doctorate
programs.
Many of these programs are ranked within the
top five in their field by U.S. News and World
Report.
Two programs, Jewish Studies and Near Eastern
Religions, are joint programs with the Graduate
Theological Union in Berkeley.
One program, Medical Anthropology, is a joint
program with UCSF.
The L&S graduate division serves 87 master's/first
professional students and 2,676 doctoral students
as of Fall 2013.
== Departments ==
=== 
Arts & Humanities ===
=== Biological Science ===
Integrative Biology
Molecular and Cell Biology
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
Cell and Developmental Biology
Genetics, Genomics, and Development
Immunology and Pathogenesis
Neurobiology
Physical Education Program
=== Mathematical & Physical Sciences ===
Astrophysics
Data Science
Earth and Planetary Science
Mathematics
Applied Mathematics
Physics
Statistics
=== Social Sciences ===
=== 
Additional majors administered by the Undergraduate
Division ===
=== Additional majors administered by other
colleges ===
Chemistry (B.A.) (College of Chemistry)
Computer Science (B.A.) (College of Engineering)
Environmental Economics and Policy (College
of Natural Resources)
Legal Studies (School of Law)
Operations Research and Management Science
(College of Engineering)
Public Health (School of Public Health)
Social Welfare (School of Social Welfare
