About Department Abbreviation Searching
Standard department abbreviations are often different from popularly
used short names for departments, and they may not be easy to guess.
Standard abbreviations have from three to seven letters and may contain
spaces, commas, or dashes. For example,
art pol sci c,resst english history
Abbreviations
- africam African American Studies
- agr chm Agricultural Chemistry
- a,resec Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy
- envecon Environmental Economics and Policy
- amerstd American Studies
- ahma Ancient History & Med. Arch.
- anthro Anthropology
- arch Architecture
- vis std Visual Studies
- art Art Practice
- histart History of Art
- asamst Asian American Studies
- asianst Asian Studies
- tagalog Tagalog
- vietnam Vietnamese
- ast Applied Science and Technology
- astron Astronomy
- inteduc Berkeley Program for Study Abroad
- bio eng Bioengineering
- biology Biology
- bus adm Business Administration
- celtic Celtic
- chm eng Chemical Engineering
- chem Chemistry
- chicano Chicano Studies
- cy plan City Planning
- civ eng Civil and Environmental Engineering
- classic Classics
- greek Greek
- latin Latin
- cog sci Cognitive Science
- colwrit College Writing
- com lit Comparative Literature
- compsci Computer Science
- demog Demography
- dev std Development Studies
- drm art Dramatic Art
- ea lang East Asian Languages
- chinese Chinese
- japan Japanese
- altaic Altaic
- buddhsm Buddhism
- korean Korean
- tibetan Tibetan
- econ Economics
- educ Education
- educ-ae Educational Administration
- educ-ll Language and Literacy
- educmst Math, Science, and Technology
- edpsych Educational Psychology
- ed-scse Social Cultural Studies in Education
- el eng Electrical Engineering
- ene,res Energy and Resources Group
- engin Engineering
- english English
- env des Environmental Design
- env sci Environmental Sciences
- espm Environmental Science Policy & Management
- eth std Ethnic Studies
- eth grp Ethnic Group
- film Film Studies
- folklor Folklore
- french French
- frsoph Freshman and Sophomore Studies
- geog Geography
- geology Geology
- geophys Geophysics
- german German
- yiddish Yiddish
- dutch Dutch
- afrkans Afrikaans
- hmedsci Health and Medical Sciences
- history History
- hum bio Human Biodynamics
- physed Physical Education
- ind eng Industrial Engineering
- integbi Integrative Biology
- ids Interdepartmental Studies
- isf Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major
- ias International and Area Studies
- italian Italian Studies
- journ Journalism
- langpro Language Proficiency Program
- ld arch Landscape Architecture
- latamst Latin American Studies
- law Law (contact School of Law, 225 Boalt Hall)
- legalst Legal Studies
- linfost Library and Information Studies
- linguis Linguistics
- masscom Mass Communications
- mat sci Materials Science
- minleng Mineral Engineering
- math Mathematics
- mec eng Mechanical Engineering
- med st Medieval Studies
- m e stu Middle Eastern Studies
- mil aff Military Affairs
- aerospc Aerospace Studies
- mil sci Military Science
- nav sci Naval Science
- mcellbi Molecular Cell Biology
- music Music
- natamst Native American Studies
- nat res Natural Resources
- navarch Naval Architecture
- ne stud Near Eastern Studies
- arabic Arabic
- cuneif Cuneiform
- egypt Egyptian
- hebrew Hebrew
- iranian Iranian
- persian Persian
- semitic Semitics
- turkish Turkish
- nuc eng Nuclear Engineering
- nutrsci Nutritional Sciences
- optom Optometry
- vis sci Vision Science
- or lang Oriental Languages (see East Asian Languages)
- pacs Peace and Conflict Studies
- philos Philosophy
- physics Physics
- plantbi Plant Biology
- polecis Political Economy of Industrial Societies
- pol sci Political Science
- popstud Population Studies