Available Courses

Below are lists of courses with available GSI positions in upcoming semester. Click on a course name to view course details and apply to GSI for that course. After creating applications, you will have the opportunity to rank your applications for course preference on the "my applications" page. Please apply to as many courses as possible. Please be aware that most of the GSI positions will be 50% positions (20 hours per week).

ESPM is no longer able to provide 25% appointments at this time. If you are seeking a 25% appointment, please contact espm_gradsupport@berkeley.edu.

Note: You must apply for each course individually, but each application is quite short. Your general profile information will accompany every application for reviewers.

 

Applicants: in your personal statement please include answers to the following questions:

1.  Why are you interested in teaching this course?

2.  What qualifications do you have for this course?

3.  How does teaching this course fit in with your educational plan for your graduate work?

4.  What else do you want us to know?

Summer 2025 Available Courses

There are no courses available at this time.

Fall 2025 Available Courses

A list of courses is below. Select a course name to review its information and apply to GSI for that course.

Course Name Facultysort descending GSIs @ 50% GSIs @ 25%
ESPM 137: Landscape Ecology Anonymous Apply
ESPM 101A - The Politics and Practice of Sustainability Transitions Alastair Iles Apply
C103 - Principles of Conservation Biology Alejandra Echeverri Ochoa Apply
ESPM 157 Data Science in Global Change Ecology Carl Boettiger Apply
C126 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Damian Octavio Elias Apply
ESPM 136 - Sustainable Industry Dara O'Rourke Apply
ESPM 42 - Natural History of Insects Kipling Will Apply
ESPM 50AC Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management Kurt Spreyer Apply
ESPM 15 Introduction to Environmental Sciences Manuela Girotto Apply
ESPM C172: Remote Sensing of the Environment Manuela Girotto Apply
ESPM C163: Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment Michael Mascarenhas Apply
ESPM 185: Applied Forest Ecology Miranda Redmond Apply
ESPM 175A+B: Senior Research Seminar in ES (Fall + Spring course) Patina Mendez Apply
ESPM 108A Trees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures Rainbow DeSilva Apply
ESPM C105 - Natural History Museums and Biodiversity Science Rosemary GILLESPIE Apply
ESPM C125 Biogeography Rosemary GILLESPIE Apply
ESPM 132 Spider Biology Rosemary GILLESPIE Apply
ESPM 100 - Environmental Problem Solving Ryann Madden Apply
ESPM C110A - Ecological Analysis Ryann Madden Apply
ESPM 60 Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law Ryann Madden Apply
ESPM 116B GRASSLAND AND WOODLANDS Ryann Madden Apply
ESPM C162A Health, Medicine, Society and Environment Seth Holmes Apply
ESPM C107 Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands Stephanie Carlson Apply
ESPM 161A: Thinking With Animals Sunaura Taylor Apply

Spring 2026 Available Courses

A list of courses is below. Select a course name to review its information and apply to GSI for that course.

Course Name Facultysort descending GSIs @ 50% GSIs @ 25%
ESPM 112 - Microbial Ecology Banfield, Jillian Apply
ESPM 112L - Microbial Metagenomic Data Analysis Lab Banfield, Jillian Apply
ESPM C153 - Ecology Benjamin Blonder Apply
ESPM 189A - Urban Ecology and Evolution Chris Schell Apply
ESPM 60 Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law Elizabeth Hoover Apply
ESPM 183 - Forest Ecosystem Management and Planning John BATTLES Apply
ESPM 114 - Wildlife Ecology Justin S. BRASHARES Apply
ESPM 169 - International Environmental Politics Kate O'Neill Apply
ESPM 50AC Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management Kurt Spreyer Apply
ESPM 186 - Grassland and Woodland Management and Conservation Lynn HUNTSINGER Apply
ESPM 15 Introduction to Environmental Sciences Paolo D'odorico Apply
ESPM 102B NAT RES SAMPLING Rainbow DeSilva Apply
ESPM 108B ENV CHANGE GENETICS Rainbow DeSilva Apply
ESPM 40 Insects and Human Society Rodrigo Almeida Apply
ESPM C10 ENVIRON ISSUES Ronald Amundson Apply
ESPM 152 - Global Change Biology Rosenblum, Erica Apply
ESPM C167 - Environmental Health and Development Ryann Madden Apply
ESPM 106 AMERICAN WILDLIFE Ryann Madden Apply
ESPM 102C RESOURCE MANGMT Ryann Madden Apply
ESPM C115A - Freshwater Ecology Ryann Madden Apply
ESPM C22AC Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California Scott Lewis STEPHENS Apply
ESPM 115C - Fish Ecology Stephanie Carlson Apply
ESPM 72 GIS Stephanie Pau Apply
ESPM 111 Ecosystem Ecology Whendee Silver Apply
ESPM C124 - Gender and Environment Youjin B. Chung Apply