Berkeley City College

Academic Composition Skills

Accounting

Allows students to learn the basics of accounting which will qualify them to apply for entry level bookkeeping positions with potential for advancement.

Accounting

The Business Department offers transfer and non-transfer occupational programs leading to an Associate degree and certificates in several business areas. Provides skills for immediate employment and entry-level accounting positions.

Advanced Computer Programming

Teaches many useful algorithms and design patterns and important concepts in software modeling and program design to advance a career as a programmer.

Advanced Computer Programming

Advanced Computer Programming

Teaches many useful algorithms and design patterns and important concepts in software modeling and program design to advance a career as a programmer.

Advanced Virtual Production

Presented in collaboration with the Regional Virtual Production Academy (RPVA), this certificate equips students with essential skills for entry-level careers in virtual production, encompassing film production, computer graphics, visual effects, and game engines within real-time production.

American Sign Language

Enables students to acquire the communicative competence in ASL and the cultural sensitivity needed to interact successfully with members of the American Deaf community.

American Sign Language

Enables students to acquire the communicative competence in ASL and the cultural sensitivity needed to interact successfully with members of the American Deaf community.

American Sign Language

Analytical Chemistry

A two-year (four-semester) chemistry program designed to provide the analytical skills needed for entry-level employment as laboratory technicians, while also preparing students for transfer to four-year colleges or universities.

Analytical Chemistry

A two-year (four-semester) chemistry program designed to provide the analytical skills needed for entry-level employment as laboratory technicians, while also preparing students for transfer to four-year colleges or universities.

Animation Level I

A comprehensive study of 2D and 3D animation techniques, allowing students to choose from a range of 2D and 3D courses to prepare for an entry level position in the industry.

Animation Level II

A comprehensive study of 2D and 3D animation techniques, allowing students to choose from a range of 2D and 3D courses to prepare for an entry level position in the industry.

Anthropology

Designed for students who plan to transfer as anthropology majors, gaining exposure to the four subfields of anthropology (biological, archaeological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology).

Applied Computer Information Systems

Improves students' computer and software knowledge and skills, teaching Microsoft Office applications and integration of different types of software to create professional reports and presentations.

Applied Computer Information Systems

Applied Computer Information Systems

Improves students' computer and software knowledge and skills, teaching Microsoft Office applications and integration of different types of software to create professional reports and presentations.

Art

The Art Department offers both an Associate in Arts Degree and Certificates of Achievement programs. Required and elective courses focus on individual creative development and prepare students for transfer or careers requiring competency in visual media.

Art: Figure Studies

Prepares students for entry-level jobs in illustration, multimedia, gaming, mobile technology and other industries that rely on creating and rendering the figure, with a strong foundation in traditional and contemporary approaches to the figure.

Art History

Provides students with a strong foundation in the terminology and principles of the visual arts, a cross-cultural examination of historical and contemporary art, and an introduction to the techniques and media of drawing.

Biology

Provides exposure to the five main topics of biology (cell, molecular, organismal biology, evolution, and ecology) and prepares students for transfer or entry-level biological lab positions.

Biotechnology

Prepares students for employment as technicians and research associates in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, state and federal laboratories, and clinical and academic laboratories, and incorporates coursework for transfer.

Biotechnology Laboratory Assistant

Prepares students for entry level laboratory assistant positions in biotechnology related industry and academic laboratories.

Biotechnology Research Laboratory Assistant

Prepares students for biotechnology technician and research assistant positions in industry and academic research laboratories, designed for students who have completed the Certificate of Achievement in Biotechnology.

Business Administration 2.0

Helps students develop communications, critical thinking, and problem solving skills and learn how to convey ideas skillfully and effectively in writing and presentations.

Character Design and 3D Modeling

Establishes the backbone of a career in 3D modeling and asset creation for animation, game, and simulation.

Child and Adolescent Development

Intended for students who aspire to careers as teachers of young children, teacher educators, home visitors, child and family advocates, parent-child educators, or program directors.

Communication Studies 2.0

Through the study and practice of interpersonal, professional, and intercultural communication skills, students learn to speak, write, and present information effectively in face-to-face, public, or mass-media settings.

Community Health Worker

Creative Writing/Fiction

Students learn expressive and linguistic skills that apply to writing of fiction as well as other types of writing, including fiction, non-fiction, and professional prose.

Creative Writing/Playwriting and Screenwriting

Students learn skills in development of screenplays and plays, from development to performance.

Creative Writing/Poetry

Students learn expressive and linguistic skills that apply to writing of poetry as well as other types of writing, including fiction, non-fiction, and professional prose.

Digital Imaging

Digital Imaging: Beginning Digital Photography

Prepares students with key multimedia skills necessary for employment within the field of digital photography.

Digital Imaging: Digital Photography

Emphasizes key photographic and multimedia skills necessary for employment and enrichment in the field of photography.

Digital Imaging: Digital Printmaking

Prepares students with skills in image creation and manipulation as necessary for employment and enrichment.

Digital Imaging: Illustration

Prepares students with skills in image creation and visual storytelling as necessary for employment and enrichment.

Economics

Designed to prepare students to transfer as Economics majors and continue their studies in economics, with electives allowing focus in accounting, math, or general economics.

Education: School Readiness

Upon completion, students receive the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Associate Teacher Permit with a School-Age Emphasis, combining core courses in the Education AA-T with fieldwork focusing on school readiness.

Elementary Teacher Education

An interdisciplinary program which meets state guidelines to prepare students to begin the path toward becoming elementary school teachers.

English

Serves students with a wide variety of goals, including transfer, teaching high-level skills in essay composition and literary analysis.

English for Speakers of Other Languages: Advanced

Verifies that a student has completed a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 units of ESOL core classes at the advanced level, or two ESOL core classes and any college-credit class taught in English.

English for Speakers of Other Languages: High Intermediate

Verifies that a student has completed a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 units of ESOL core classes at the High Intermediate level, or two ESOL core classes and any college-credit class taught in English.

English Literature/Writing

Serves students with diverse goals, including development of strong skills in creative and/or expository writing, and prepares students for transfer and careers in education, editing, advertising, and business.

ESOL Advanced

ESOL Composition Skills

ESOL High Intermediate

ESOL Intermediate

ESOL Pathway to Business

Verifies that a student has completed 17-20 units of coursework demonstrating significant progress toward a degree and/or university transfer, including transfer-level English, transfer-level math, and introductory coursework applicable to majors in the Business and Entrepreneurship community.

ESOL Pathway to Humanities

Verifies that a student has completed 17-20 units of coursework demonstrating significant progress toward a degree and/or university transfer, including transfer-level English, transfer-level math, and introductory coursework applicable to majors in the Languages, Stories, and Ideas community.

ESOL Pathway to Social Sciences

Verifies that a student has completed 17-18 units of coursework demonstrating significant progress toward a degree and/or university transfer, including transfer-level English, transfer-level math, and introductory coursework applicable to majors in the People, Place, and Society community.

ESOL Pathway to STEM

Verifies that a student has completed 18-21 units of coursework demonstrating significant progress toward a degree and/or university transfer, including transfer-level English, transfer-level math, and introductory coursework applicable to majors in the Math, Science, and Technology community.

ESOL Pathway to Teaching and Social Work

Verifies that a student has completed 16-18 units of coursework demonstrating significant progress toward a degree and/or university transfer, including transfer-level English, transfer-level math, and introductory coursework applicable to majors in the Teacher Preparation, Social Work, and Helping Professions community.

ESOL Pathway to the Arts

Verifies that a student has completed 17-19 units of coursework demonstrating significant progress toward a degree and/or university transfer, including transfer-level English, transfer-level math, and introductory coursework applicable to majors in the Art, Design, Media, and Entertainment community.

Film Studies

Offers an interdisciplinary and liberal arts approach to studying film history and film analysis and prepares students to transfer into related majors such as Film, Cinema, or Media Studies.

Film, Television, and Electronic Media

The program offers opportunities to make films from start to finish, including script writing, directing, producing, cinematography, editing and sound design, along with documentary, social media and portfolio content.

Game Design Level I

Provides introductory technical training in game design and programming techniques, allowing students to prepare for positions in the industry such as pre-visualization and game testing.

Game Design Level II

Provides comprehensive technical training in game design, prototyping, and programming techniques to prepare students for entry level positions as level designers, technical artists, and production assistants.

Gender Studies

An interdisciplinary approach to Gender Studies combining courses in the liberal arts and social sciences, providing a strong academic foundation for those interested in or intending to transfer and major or minor in Gender Studies, Women's Studies or LGBTQ Studies.

General Business

Allows students to advance in their jobs or prepare for new career options while developing problem-solving skills to compete for jobs in today's business world.

General Business

Allows students to develop problem solving skills that help them compete for jobs in today's business world, applicable to work in small or large organizations, and in the public or private sectors.

Global Studies

Designed for students planning to transfer into related majors such as Global Studies, Global Politics, International Relations, and International Studies, gaining exposure to the global scope of contemporary and historical issues.

History

Designed to provide students with an understanding of a diverse array of societies and how the historical process informed the content of world culture.

Introduction to Animation and Game Design

Introduction to Motion Graphics

Introduction to Social media

Prepares students for entry-level jobs with social media titles that require skills in copywriting, marketing, producing, and also provides upgraded skills for those already employed in multimedia or film-related jobs.

Law, Public Policy, and Society

Designed for students who plan to transfer as preparation for further study in law or public policy, emphasizing the development of logical, analytical and communication skills across a variety of majors.

Liberal Arts: Arts and Humanities

Provides students with a broad perspective on culture and artistic expression of human beings and societies, designed to stimulate appreciation for and understanding of values, ideas, and artifacts of culture and society.

Liberal Arts: CSU General Education Breadth

Liberal Arts: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Provides students with a broad perspective on human behavior, designed to stimulate appreciation for and understanding of values, ideas, and artifacts of culture and society.

Liberal Studies—Teacher Preparation

Designed to prepare students to transfer to education programs at four-year institutions and to qualify for California's Associate Teacher permits.

Management and Entrepreneurship

Provides students with the research skills, critical thinking, and business tools necessary to plan a new business, make it operational, and manage it.

Mathematics

An Associate Degree for Transfer intended for students who plan to complete a bachelor's degree in Mathematics or a similar major at a CSU campus.

Mobile And Web Design Level I

Provides foundational skills in mobile design, web design, UI/UX design, interactive design, aesthetic visualization, project collaboration, and server-side web management.

Mobile And Web Design Level II

Provides information and practice with advanced techniques in mobile, interactive, and web design, including skills for front-end web and mobile developers, client-side management, and professional work environments.

Motion Graphics

Prepares students with key multimedia skills necessary for employment and enrichment, emphasizing motion graphics utilizing both 2D and 3D skills.

Multimedia Arts - Animation and Game Design

Prepares students for entry-level jobs in the game and animation fields and provides upgraded skills for those already employed in multimedia and game jobs. Focuses on artistic, animation, critical thinking and computer skills.

Multimedia Arts Core

Offers a foundation of multimedia techniques and theory and prepares students for further coursework and specialization in the strand of their choice.

Multimedia Arts - Digital Imaging

Prepares students for entry-level jobs in photography, graphic design, illustration, imaging, and data visualization fields, developing analytical, artistic, critical thinking, and computer skills.

Multimedia Arts - Mobile and Web Design

Prepares people for entry-level jobs in the mobile and web design fields and provides upgraded skills for those already employed in multimedia, mobile and web related careers.

Multimedia Arts—Video Arts

Prepares students for entry-level jobs in video production and editing fields, developing artistic, critical thinking, equipment and computer skills, and preparing students to transfer to education programs at four-year institutions.

Philosophy

Introduces students to the main questions within the major branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, political theory, aesthetics, ethics, and logic, and develops critical thinking skills.

Physics

Designed to prepare students for upper division study in Physics and related fields and provides a sequential course of study that prepares students for transfer to four-year institutions.

Political Science

Includes core courses in the major sub-disciplines of political science and choice in elective coursework, giving students an understanding of the theories, concepts, and practices underlying government and politics.

Psychology

Designed for students planning to transfer into the psychology major, studying the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes.

Research Skills

Social and Human Service Work Readiness

Social Media Storytelling

Prepares students for entry-level jobs with social media titles that require skills in video production, sound or video editing, and photography and copywriting, focusing on artistic, critical thinking, basic marketing knowledge, equipment and computer skills.

Social Work and Human Services

Provides a comprehensive foundation in cultural fluency, communication, and core competencies with relevant work experience in the social work and human services sectors.

Social Work and Human Services

Designed for students who plan to transfer as Social Work and Human Services majors, gaining exposure to the field of social and human service work.

Sociology

Designed for students planning to transfer into the sociology major, studying human social institutions and social relationships including social theory, research methods, and social stratification.

Spanish

Provides a sequential course of study that prepares students for transfer to four-year institutions with a Spanish major or acquisition of Spanish proficiency for career fields that value familiarity with diverse cultures and global issues.

Spanish Language for Heritage Speakers

Spanish Language For Heritage Speakers

Provides a sequential course of study that prepares you for transfer to four-year institutions with a Spanish major or acquisition of Spanish proficiency for career fields that value familiarity with diverse cultures and global issues.

Studio Arts

Provides students with a strong foundation in the terminology and principles of the visual arts, two- and three-dimensional design, and an introduction to various techniques and media.

Teacher's Aide

Combines some of the core courses in the Education AA-T with fieldwork in the schools, as well as additional courses in working with learning differences and in the teaching of reading.

Tutor Training

Video Arts Level I

Provides technical training in professional video production and use of equipment, as well as post-production practices and software, with an emphasis on establishing effective communication skills in a collaborative industry.

Video Arts Level II: Directing And Producing

Provides a foundation of analytical and professional techniques for fundraising and project proposals, communication with collaborators, and project coordinating, scheduling and budgeting toward assistant directing and producing duties.

Video Arts Level II: Editing and Post-Production

Provides theory and practice of industry standards for film aesthetics and time-based media design; video and audio acquisition, effects, deliverables output, and project and media management.

Virtual Production Fundamentals

Offered as part of the Regional Virtual Production Academy (RPVA) collaborative, prepares students for entry-level careers in virtual production by applying skills from film production, computer graphics, digital imaging, visual effects and game engines to the virtual production process.