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Technical excellence is at the core of everything we do at Berkeley Engineering. But there’s so much more …

Ethics, inclusiveness & societal impact

Curricular

  • (ES)² – Engineering Scholars as Engaged Scholars
  • Global Poverty & Practice Minor
  • empowHER
  • Eng 157AC: Engineering, the Environment, and Society
  • BioE 100: Ethics in Science and Engineering
  • CS 195: Social Implications of Computer Technology
  • Eng 125: Ethics, Engineering, and Society
  • ER C100: Energy and Society
  • ESPM 162A: Bioethics and Society
  • ISF 100D: Introduction to Technology, Society and Culture
  • L&S 160B: Effective Personal Ethics for the 21st Century
  • Philos 104: Ethical Theories
  • Philos 107: Moral Psychology

Co-curricular

  • Study abroad
  • Engineering student organizations
  • LeaderShape
  • Workshops
  • Career conference
  • Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
  • Blum Center

Services

  • Academic advising
  • Diversity, equity & inclusion collection
  • Career coaching
  • Student org leadership development

Leadership, teamwork & emotional intelligence

Curricular

  • Leadershape
  • Berkeley Certificate in Design Innovation
  • empowHER
  • Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology
  • Richard Newton Lecture Series
  • IndEng 185: Challenge Lab
  • Eng 1: Engineering Your Life: Skills for Leadership, Discovery and Service
  • Eng 157AC: Engineering, the Environment and Society

Co-curricular

  • Engineering student organizations
  • LeaderShape
  • Blue/Gold Dinner
  • Emerging Leaders brunch
  • Workshops
  • Career conference
  • Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
  • Fung Institute
  • Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
  • PREP/T-PREP

Services

  • Career coaching
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  • Tutoring

Wellness & stress management

Co-curricular

  • PREP/T-PREP
  • Career conference
  • Workshops
  • Research poster sessions
  • Alive Week

Services

  • Academic advising
  • Career coaching
  • Tutoring

Entrepreneurship & innovation

Curricular

  • Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
  • Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology
  • Richard Newton Lecture Series
  • IndEng 185: Challenge Lab

Co-curricular

  • Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
  • European Innovation Academy Summer Abroad program
  • Innovation-X Labs

Services

  • Academic advising
  • Career coaching
  • Tutoring
  • Jacobs Institute staff

Design & design thinking

Curricular

  • Jacobs
  • Berkeley Certificate in Design Innovation

Co-curricular

  • Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation

Communication

Curricular

  • Eng 185: The Art of STEM Communication
  • Richard Newton Lecture Series

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ENG 1: Engineering Your Life: Skills for Leadership, Discovery and Service

The course is co-taught by Professor Lisa Pruitt, the associate dean of students, and ESS Student Programs Director Marvin Lopez. Engineering your Life has two sections, first-year and transfer students, that give tools and guidance for personal leadership, self-discovery and knowledge mastery, diversity and teamwork, and societal service.

Research poster sessions