Smaller dialogue teams or different coursework involving smaller gatherings can be accessible in-person, so long as college students and educators adhere to social distancing and different public well being pointers, together with sporting masks.
Tuition and charges would be the similar regardless of how a pupil chooses to take lessons, the assertion mentioned. Officers mentioned as many as 6,500 college students will have the ability to reside in dorms and different on-campus housing, however move-in dates can be staggered, and house can be reserved for quarantine.
College students can be prioritized primarily based on their want for housing, in line with the assertion.
College students shifting in must be examined for the virus instantly and must isolate for every week to 10 days after they arrive. And to keep away from the chance of publicity from college students touring residence for Thanksgiving, all instruction, and remaining exams, can be on-line after the vacation.
U.C. Berkeley’s announcement comes greater than a month after the California State College, the most important four-year public college system within the nation, mentioned lessons at its 23 campuses can be canceled, and instruction would happen virtually solely on-line.
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