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Lecture notes and recordings involve issues related to the intellectual property rights of instructors and the privacy rights of students. To protect these rights, UC Berkeley Extension has adopted guidelines based upon University and campus policies governing these activities in the classroom.

Policies

Privacy

The UC Berkeley Extension Dean's Office is responsible for maintaining Extension student records, and any questions about them should be addressed to the Dean's Office in writing. See the policy governing the Disclosure of Information from Student Records (PDF) for more information.

The policy provides for your right to be informed about where student records are located, to review your own records, to request corrections, to grieve alleged violations of privacy, to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information and to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Education. The Dean's Office has designated student names, email addresses, terms of attendance, major fields of study and certificates earned as public information under the policy. Please note that Extension's directory information is more restricted than that for matriculated students.

This site is the website of UC Berkeley Extension.

Our postal address is:

1995 University Ave., Suite 110
Berkeley, CA 94704-7000

We can be reached via email at info@unex.berkeley.edu, or you can reach us by telephone at (510) 642-4111.

For each visitor to our website, our Web server automatically recognizes information regarding the domain. We do collect information volunteered by the customer, such as survey information and/or registration or inquiry information.

The information we collect may be used by us to contact customers for marketing purposes but is not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

We only collect emails if users have subscribed online and opted in to receive emails from us. If you do not want to receive email from UC Berkeley Extension, you may opt out of future mailings.

We use Google Analytics to aggregate general demographic information on our website visitors to improve our service, develop new methods of displaying information and ensure the technical functioning of our website. We do not share this information with Google or any outside firm.

We use cookies to record session information, such as items that you add to your shopping cart.

In addition, we use cookies to record session activity for remarketing purposes to advertise UC Berkeley Extension online. Third-party vendors, including Google, show these advertisements across the Internet. Cookies enable third-party vendors, including Google, to serve Extension ads based on individuals’ past visits to this website. Individuals can opt out of Google’s use of cookies and/or opt out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies.

If you supply us with a postal address online, you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new courses and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by writing to us at the above address, Attn.: Communication and Marketing Services; please provide us with your exact name and address and, if possible, the mailing label from the promotion you received.

If you supply us with your telephone numbers online, you will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding your enrollment or information regarding Extension.

We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our website to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt-out of these new uses. If you have concerns about how information is used, you should check back at our website periodically. Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by writing us at the above address.

Upon request, we provide site visitors with access to a description of information that we maintain about them. Customers can obtain this information by writing to us at the above address, by following the transcript request procedures or by visiting us in person and presenting a valid photo ID.

Upon request, we offer visitors the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information and transaction information. You can have this information corrected by writing to us at the above address or visiting us in person and presenting a valid photo ID.

With respect to security: When we transfer and receive certain types of sensitive information such as financial or transcript information, we redirect visitors to a secure server.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number.

Nondiscrimination

The University of California, in accordance with applicable federal and state law and the University's policies, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy/childbirth and medical conditions related thereto, disability, age, medical condition (cancer-related), ancestry, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation or status as a Vietnam-era veteran or special disabled veteran. This nondiscrimination policy covers student admission, access and treatment in University programs and activities. It also covers faculty (Senate and non-Senate) and staff in their employment.

Any Extension student or instructor who believes that he or she has been the victim of discrimination or harassment should contact the Office of the Dean, UC Berkeley Extension, (510) 642-4181 or dean@unex.berkeley.edu, regarding complaint resolution or grievance procedures. The Campus Climate and Compliance (CCAC) responds to questions about prohibited forms of discrimination or will refer you to a more appropriate campus resource. CCAC may be contacted at tixco@berkeley.edu. Specific questions about sexual/racial harassment may be directed to the Title IX/VI Compliance Officer in CCAC at (510) 643-7985. More information on student complaint procedures regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is prohibited both by law and by University of California policy. Sexual harassment is a form of illegal sex discrimination. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when:

  1. submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's educational status or employment;
  2. such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's educational or work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive educational or working environment;
  3. submission to, or rejection of, such conduct is used as the basis for employment or academic decisions affecting the individual.
Any Extension student or instructor who believes that he or she has been the victim of sexual harassment should contact the Office of the Dean, UC Berkeley Extension, (510) 642-4181 or dean@unex.berkeley.edu, regarding complaint resolution or grievance procedures. The Campus Climate and Compliance (CCAC) responds to questions about prohibited forms of sexual harassment or will refer you to a more appropriate campus resource. CCAC may be contacted at tixco@berkeley.edu. Specific questions about sexual/racial harassment may be directed to the Title IX/VI Compliance Officer in CCAC at (510) 643-7985.

Student Conduct

UC Berkeley Extension, as a unit of the University of California, Berkeley, is a continuing education community committed to maintaining an environment that encourages personal, professional and intellectual growth. It is a community with high standards and high expectations for those who choose to become a part of it. This behavior includes abiding by the established rules of conduct intended to foster behaviors that are consistent with a civil, educational setting. Members of the UC Berkeley Extension community are expected to comply with all laws, University policies and campus regulations, conducting themselves in ways that support a learning environment. In this context, instructors are guided by UC Berkeley Extension's instructor conduct policies and students by the UC Berkeley Extension Code of Student Conduct.

Academic Integrity

Academic misconduct is any action or attempted action that may result in creating an unfair academic advantage for yourself or any other members of the academic community. This misconduct includes a wide variety of behaviors such as cheating, plagiarism, altering academic documents or transcripts, gaining access to materials before they are intended to be available, and helping another student to gain an unfair academic advantage.

As a student of UC Berkeley Extension, you are encouraged to reach out to your fellow students in the classroom to avoid isolation, to discuss materials, and to ask each other questions, but there are limits to this collaboration. View a more detailed, though not exhaustive, list of ways to maintain your academic integrity.

Restrictions for Those Traveling With Nonstudent Visas

Visitors admitted to the United States on a B1/B2 tourist visa are strictly prohibited from enrolling into a full-time program of study at UC Berkeley Extension. To enroll into a full-time program of study, you must either obtain an F-1 nonimmigrant visa from a consular officer abroad and seek readmission to the U.S., or apply to a UC Berkeley Extension International Program and request a change of status. Note that not all UC Berkeley Extension programs are available for full-time study.

If you are in the U.S. primarily for tourism, but want to take a course at UC Berkeley Extension, the following rules apply:

  1. Your enrollment into UC Berkeley Extension course(s) must solely be for recreational purposes;
  2. Your course(s) must only be incidental to your visit as a tourist to the U.S., and must not be the main purpose of your visit;
  3. Your course(s) must not equal or exceed 18 instructional hours per week;
  4. Your course(s) must not equal or exceed:
    1. For courses numbered X300-499: 8 semester units a term; or
    2. For courses numbered X or XB 1-299: 12 semester units per term (including concurrent enrollment courses); and,
  5. Your course(s) must not be used for credit toward a degree, diploma, certificate or other program completion award.

To be successful in your courses, you must:

For more information, contact UC Berkeley Extension’s International Student Administrative Services at intl_students@unex.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2564.

Safety and Security

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act requires that institutions of higher education make information regarding crime statistics and campus security available to students. Copies of this information may be obtained at the UC Berkeley Extension Registrar's Office, 1995 University Ave., Suite 110, Berkeley, CA 94704-7000 or by emailing registrar@unex.berkeley.edu. You can also access the Clery report online, or you can visit http://police.berkeley.edu for other UC Berkeley campus safety information.