What is the student to teacher ratio at uc Berkeley?

Answer 1

This will vary. There is no set number at all. Larger, more popular courses or classes that are required for your major (lower division prerequisites) will typically have 1 professor to 500 students. This was the case for my Chem 1A, Math 1B, Sociology 1, Biology 1B, and MCB61 classes. So the largest classes get are 500 students. Some classes are in between with about 250 students. Discussion with your GSI (Graduate student instructor) will be a 1 GSI: 10-20 students. At the same time, my Theater 52AC class consisted of only a 100 students or so so it really depends. When you enroll for classes, you can see what the maximum limit of students for each class is and make your decisions that way but for lower division courses, class sizes will be large. As you get into upper division classes this will change and classes will be smaller, allowing for greater discussion and student-teacher interaction. Due to these large class sizes it is a good idea to go to your professor's office hours and meet him/her at that time because there will be far fewer students.