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How big is UC Berkeley's biggest class?

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Alex Mabanta

Chloe Hunt

Shannon Najmabadi

and

Kai Ridenoure

Staff

SEPTEMBER 03, 2013

This fall, CS61A has more enrolled students than any other undergraduate course at UC Berkeley, with a roster of a whopping 1098 people. The Daily Clog investigates what this entails.

Kai Ridenoure produced this video.

Sources: Students enrolled, CS 61 class statistics, Berkeley’s undergraduate class numbers, Biology 1A, Nutritional Science 10, Economics 1, Cornell, Virginia Tech

Contact Alex Mabanta, Chloe Hunt and Shannon Najmadadi at [email protected]

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Campus

SEPTEMBER 02, 2013

Increased CS course demand leads to overflowing auditorium

Many students filed into Wheeler Auditorium for their Friday afternoon computer science class expecting to find a seat —they just didn’t expect that seat to be the floor.

Campus

SEPTEMBER 02, 2013

Increased CS course demand leads to overflowing auditorium

Many students filed into Wheeler Auditorium for their Friday afternoon computer science class expecting to find a seat —they just didn’t expect that seat to be the floor.