Rausser College of Natural Resources Summer Information
COURSES
Whether you are a student seeking to fill academic requirements, a mid-career professional, or a retiree seeking educational enrichment, Rausser’s world-class faculty teach foundational and cutting-edge approaches to environmental and health studies for a rapidly changing planet. Our summer courses explore land, forest, and water management, responses to climate change, environmental justice, management of energy generation and use, the human diet, and computer systems for natural resources studies, and food systems, among many other topics. Also, with our wide range of online or remote-instruction courses, you are invited to study at the top-ranked public university in the world this summer no matter what part of the world you live in. Rausser College of Natural Resources at Berkeley will equip you to contribute to solutions for local and global environmental challenges.
Online courses:
- Agricultural Resources & Economics (ENVECON)
- Energy & Resources Group (ENERES)
- Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM)
- Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology (NUSCTX)
In person courses:
Information for Students Earning a Degree at Rausser College
RCNR ADVISING SERVICES
College advising services will continue through the summer with the exception of Peer Advising services. Please see the Advisor Availability Calendar for more information.
STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER
The Student Resource Center (Mulford Hall, Room 260) will maintain its usual hours of operations with the exception of the following dates when it will be closed:
- Tuesday, May 14th - Friday, May 17th
- Friday, May 24th
- Monday, May 27th
- Monday, June 17th - Friday, June 21st
- Monday, July 1st - Friday, July 5th
CHANGING YOUR SUMMER SCHEDULE OR WITHDRAWAL FROM SUMMER SESSION
If you are attempting to change your class schedule after the Summer Session deadline or if you wish to withdrawal from all classes from a summer session, please review the following website.
FORESTRY FIELD CAMP
Forestry Field Camp is an eight-week intensive program that provides an introduction to scientific and professional dimensions of forest and wildland resource management. It consists of our courses (ESPM 105A, 105B, 105C, and 105D) which provide students with 11 semester credits at UC Berkeley. For more information, please see the Forestry Field Camp website.
SUMMER MINORS & CERTIFICATES
Rausser Colllege offers two minors and one certificate program which can be completed during Summer Session.
- Sustainability Summer Minor & Certificate offered by the Energy & Resources Group
- Sustainable Business & Policy Minor offered jointly by the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics and the Haas School of Business
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) program is one of many ways that Rausser College undergraduates can gain research experience. For more information about the Summer SPUR opportunities as well as Fall SPUR submission deadlines, which happen during the summer, please see the SPUR website. This opportunity is only available to UC Berkeley students who have declared a Rausser College major.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP GRANTS
In support of campus equity and inclusion goals, the Rausser College of Natural Resources is excited to provide the Summer Internship Grant which provides an opportunity for Rausser College undergraduates who face financial, cultural, and/or other barriers to participate in summer internships. For more information, please see the Summer Internship Grant website. This opportunity is only available to UC Berkeley students who have declared a Rausser College major.
TRAVEL GRANTS
The Travel Grant is intended to support students participating in independent research projects that require travel. For more information, please see the Travel Grant website. This opportunity is only available to UC Berkeley students who have declared a Rausser College major.