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Employer Services - Demystifying Berkeley Majors

UC Berkeley is known for its diversity, and that extends to the variety of academic programs offered. This section is intended to help you determine which UC Berkeley majors might be appropriate "fits" for your organization and offers general recommendations for maximizing student response to your job listings if you choose to screen candidates by major.

Careful selection of majors will provide the most comprehensive pool of candidates for you to consider for your job opportunities. We encourage you to expand your choices of majors in order to ensure a good applicant pool for prescreening.

  • For non-technical positions (e.g., Sales/Marketing, Retail, Management, etc.), always keep your requirements open. For example, limiting your requirements to BusAd majors only for these types of positions will probably result in a low student response.
  • For technical positions and other highly competitive fields, consider cross-disciplinary majors.

List of Comparable Majors

Biochemistry Chemical Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Comparative Biochemistry

Bioengineering ME

BioSci All Bio- majors, Chemical Biology, Comparative Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Epidemiology, Forestry & Natural Resources, Genetics and Plant Biology, Health & Medical Sciences, Health Services & Policy Analysis, Infectious Diseases & Immunity, Integrative Biology, Medical Anthropology, Microbial Biology, Microbiology, Molecular and Biochemical Nutrition, Molecular & Cell Biology (all specializations), Molecular Toxicology, Neuroscience, Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, Plant & Microbial Biology, Public Health (Refer to the Colleges of Natural Resources, Letters & Science, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, and School of Public Health for descriptions of these BioSci and related disciplines.)

Biostatistics Engineering Math & Statistics, Math (Applied), Math, Statistics

BusAd Economics, Environmental Econ. & Policy, Political Economy of Industrial Societies (PEIS), Developmental Studies, American Studies, Agricultural & Resource Economics, Public Policy

Chemistry Applied Science & Technology, Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, Comparative Biochemistry, Materials Science & Engineering

Chemical Engineering Applied Science & Technology, Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Planetary Science, Environmental Engineering Science, Energy & Resources, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, ME, Urban Design, Urban Studies

Computer Science Always include both CS and EE/CS - also (depending upon position, e.g., HW, SW, MIS, etc.): CS Minor, Math, Math (Applied), BusAd, IEOR, Info. Mgt. & Systems, Physics, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Computational Engineering Science

Economics BusAd, Environmental Econ. & Policy, Political Economy of Industrial Societies (PEIS), Developmental Studies, American Studies, Agricultural & Resource Economics, Public Policy

Electrical Engineering EE/CS - also (depending upon position, e.g., HW, SW, MIS, etc.): Applied Science & Technology, CS, CS Minor, Math, Math (Applied), BusAd, IEOR, Info. Mgt. & Systems, Physics, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Computational Engineering Science

Environmental Engineering Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth & Planetary Science, Environmental Engineering Science, Energy & Resources, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, ME, Urban Design, Urban Studies

Environmental Science Agricultural & Resource Economics, all BioSci majors (see BioSci), Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Conservation & Resource Studies, Earth & Planetary Science, Energy & Resources, Environmental Econ. & Policy, Environmental Engineering Science, Environmental Health Science, Earth Science, Forestry, Geography, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, ME, Physical Science, Public Health (see Public Health), Public Policy, Range Management, Society & Environment, Urban Design, Urban Studies, Wood Science & Technology

Mathematics Applied Science & Technology, Math (Applied), Engineering Math & Statistics, Statistics, Logic & Methodology of Science, Computational Engineering Science

MIS BusAd, Info. Mgt. & Sys., CS, CS Minor, EE/CS, IEOR, Math, Math (Applied), Cognitive Science, Computational Engineering Science NOTE: Berkeley does not confer an MIS degree.

Operations Research IEOR

Physics Applied Science & Technology, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Biophysics, Earth & Planetary Science, Engineering Physics, Physical Science

Public Health Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Services & Policy Analysis, Immunology, Infectious Diseases & Immunity, Health & Medical Sciences

Statistics Biostatistics, Engineering Math & Statistics, Math, Math (Applied)


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