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The DeCal Program:
Democratic Education at Cal
Phone: 510-642-9127
E-mail:
decalprogram@gmail.com
Address: 320 Eshleman Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94704
Contact(s): Julia Gitis, Jojo Choi, Darren
Willett
Website:
www.decal.org
Founding Year: 1980
Ages Served: 17-30
Estimated Number of Students: 4000
Funding: Private
Description:
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. The DeCal Program is
based on the idea that students should manage
and direct their own learning with the hope that
they can be more engaged with and pursue the
questions that they find most intriguing and
relevant. DeCal is the Program for Democratic
Education at Cal. It is a student-run
organization on the UC Berkeley campus. It is a
registered student group through OSL (Office of
Student Life) and is sponsored in part by the
ASUC (Associated Students of the University of
California). DeCal's mission is to provide
support for student facilitators. Each semester
we support over 150 courses facilitated by
students, for students, on topics ranging from
Taiwanese Language to Simpsons and Philosophy.
These are accredited Pass/No Pass courses on our
campus. In order to facilitate a course, a
student must find a faculty sponsor in a
specific department. For example, a student
wishing to facilitate a course on a favorite
book can find an English professor to sponsor
the course, and the course number can then show
up as English 98/198 on student transcripts.
Between 3000 and 4000 UC Berkeley students take
DeCals each semester. More info can be found at
www.decal.org.
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