Welcome!

Welcome to DeCal!

Grounded in the ideals of democratic education, the Program for Democratic Education at Cal is the largest student-initiated education program in the country! We provide support and publicity for student-facilitators. Welcome! 

Tuesday, July 15th  is the Academic Senate's deadline for course proposal paperwork for Fall 2008 courses.  Some departments may have earlier deadlines. 

Wednesday, September 10th is the deadline to submit your course proposal to the DeCal Program Office (320 Eshelmann) for Fall 2008 courses. No late proposals will be accepted! 

If you are interersted in offering a course this upcoming Fall 2008 semester, attend a StartUp Workshop this semester in April or May.  For more information about these workshops, including dates and times, visit the Undergraduate Course Facilitator Training and Resources (UCFTR) website at http://slc.berkeley.edu/ucftr/decalstartup.htm.

  
Currently enrolled? Know your rights about course fees!

There are NO FALL 2008 DeCal classes currently authorized to charge course materials fees (CMF) that have been approved by the Course Materials Fee Committee. (In general, that means you should not be liable to pay for guest speakers’ fees, parking and gifts, the costs of equipments, costumes, room rentals and instruments, instructional costs, etc.). In some special situations, however, a class might be allowed to charge a “use fee” for particular services or goods, which is not considered a Course Materials Fee. If you have any questions about a course fees, feel free to contact us.