Bob Jacobsen

Amid upcoming virtual 2021 summer sessions, the UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science will extend its current pass/no pass, or P/NP, policies.

The UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science will extend the modified pass/no pass, or P/NP, policies in place for the 2020-21 academic year through summer 2021.

With the COVID-19 pandemic throwing the UC Berkeley community into a virtual setting last spring, campus administrators continue to work to stay ahead of an unpredictable curve.

UC Berkeley launched the politics, philosophy and law, or PPL, minor program, which aims to provide students with close academic support and foster a community dedicated to thinking about questions of justice.

Several UC Berkeley colleges and departments are considering alternative grading policy options in light of the College of Letters and Science’s pass/no pass, or P/NP, policy update Thursday.

UC Berkeley's College of Letters and Science will allow students to take major and minor requirements pass/no pass, or P/NP, for the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters.

A proposal for a national security minor is currently in the works, although still in the early stages.

UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science announced a modification to the Late Change of Class Schedule policy Tuesday that will allow students to drop courses and change grading options until Dec. 4 this semester without penalty.

While disruptive, the pandemic and the subsequent move to online education have changed the future of higher education, according to UC Berkeley administration.

The UC Berkeley data science minor, under the Division of Data Science and Information, was approved by the College of Letters and Science on Sept. 25, the College of Natural Resources on Oct. 1 and the College of Chemistry on Thursday.