Resources

For Faculty & Staff

Payment to non-UCB employees (honorarium, services)

Hiring Graduate Students

Reimbursement (TRV/ENT/Other EXP) - ENT/TRV submit within 45 days; sensitive info redacted; each receipt as separate line item

Direct Bill ID - all UCB employees booking flights for business travel are encouraged to book through the UC travel system Connexxus. This means employee travelers will also need to use the Direct Bill system to generate the identification number that will be used to pay for flights within Connexxus.

PI Portfolio - Select "Chartstrings" tab once you log in for chartstring info and balance amount; Need to use prog “44” for research

For Undergraduates

    • Career Center: Wherever you are in your academic career – freshman through PhD – the Career Center can help you in choosing a major; exploring different career options; finding internships or part-time or full-time employment; preparing for graduate, law, or medical school.
    • CLUJ (Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal):  Student-run organization that “publishes premier undergraduate research in comparative texts and media, treating a broad range of topics including, but not limited to, theoretical literary discourse, international trends in literature, and comparisons of national literature.”  Fantastic opportunity for all students (not just Comp Lit undergrads) to get hands-on experience in publishing!
  • Commencement: Link here to find out dates and times of all departmental ceremonies, as well as, information about the University-wide Fall and Spring Commencement Convocations. Information about the Comparative Literature graduation ceremony in Spring can be found on this website under “Events” starting in mid-fall and with regular updates throughout the year.
  • Exchange Programs with Other Universities: Exchange programs available at the graduate level include UC system intercampus, Berkeley-Stanford, and the Exchange Scholar program.
  • Graduate Forms and Applications: Online access to academic advancement applications, petitions, appeals, and forms required by the Graduate Division.
  • Graduate School: This site is filled with useful information about the graduate school process from choosing a program to writing the statement of purpose. This is an extremely useful site for those thinking about graduate school whether at Cal or elsewhere.
  • Mentoring Opportunities: Unique to Berkeley, the innovative SMART program (Student Mentoring and Research Teams) engages doctoral students in creating mentored research opportunities for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley. This program is designed to broaden the professional development of doctoral candidates and to foster research skills and paths to advanced studies for undergraduates. Graduate and undergraduate students involved in the program receive stipends for their research efforts.  Additionally, Comparative Literature has brought back the internal departmental mentoring program that connects CL undergrads and grads on a one-on-one basis; look for the next round of applications for Fall 2018.
  • Scholarship Connection: UC Berkeley’s clearinghouse for information on scholarships that are funded by sources outside the University.
  • Support for Student Parents: Student parents make up about 10% of Berkeley’s graduate population. Berkeley is committed to supporting policies, programs, and services to help them meet their family care obligations while they pursue their academic goals.

For Graduate Students

Comparative Literature Graduate Student Handbook

R&C Course Description Guidelines for Comparative Literature

Team Teaching Guidelines

Checklist for R&C Syllabi to be submitted with your syllabus each semester

Current GSI Application (Fall 2025 & Spring 2026)

GSI Absence Policy

Information on GSI Observations

A set of teaching tasks and a timeline to prepare for the semester ahead

Resources from the Comparative Literature Pedagogy Workshops 

A lesson plan for drafting community guidelines or a class constitution

Campus Resources for GSIs

The Art of Tutoring Writing program, where R&C students can sign up for discipline-specific tutoring. The tutors are upper division undergraduates trained specifically in R&C pedagogy in Comparative Literature

The GSI Teaching & Resource Center hub

The Gold Folder as well as the Students of Concern Committee, where you can submit a care report