The University of California at Berkeley College of Letters and Science has updated its Breadth requirements. This post is geared toward the transfer and what you need to work on fulfilling.

IGETC is still an option, and will eliminate the need to do any additional gen ed. If you choose not to do IGETC (or do not have that option), these are the new rules.

7 Course Breadth requirements are divided into two areas:

Essential Skills – needed to transfer

1. Reading and Composition: 2 courses
2. Quantitative Reasoning: 1 course

Needed to graduate but not to transfer

Foreign language:  second year, college level (info here)

The Seven-Course Breadth Requirement

This plan has been adopted to allow a multi-disciplinary learning experience.
One course in each of the following areas. You are not allowed to use the same course more than once.

1. Arts and Literature
2. Biological Science
3. Historical Studies
4. International Studies
5. Philosophy and Values
6. Physical Science
7. Social and Behavioral Science

Rules:

• Courses must be at least 3 semester units or 4 quarter units.
• C- grade or better and Pass accepted
• AP and IB exam scores may not be used.
• Some A-levels may be eligible. Contact a Cal admissions officer.
• Some courses from sponsored Berkeley programs may be eligible. Contact a Ca admissions officer.
• No more than two courses from any one department may be used.
• Courses fulfilling extraneous graduation requirements (American History & Institutions,  American Cultures) or requirements in the major program may be applied to the Seven-Course Breadth requirement.
• Transfer courses from a non-CCC must be reviewed by L&S to verify a match.
• Courses must be completed before UC graduation, but completing as many as possible prior to transfer will enhance your application.Source: https://lsadvising.berkeley.edu/seven-course-breadth
  

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To read the Haas 7-course requirements, click here.