Spring 2026

Spring 2026 Schedule

January 5th - 16th, 2026

CHEM 282A: MSSE Leadership Bootcamp
Taught by Mike Cheng (mkcheng@berkeley.edu)

The Leadership Bootcamp is offered 2 weeks before the start of the final Spring semester, a required course that will prepare you for your work on the Capstone project and in the professional world. MSSE does not provide room and board for the Leadership Bootcamp. Spring 2026 scheduling details are below:

January 5th - 9th, 2026
online, asynchronous

January 12th - 16th, 2026
9:00am to 12:00pm PT
In-person, 106 Stanley Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720

Full-Time Students

(CHEM 279 OR CHEM 284 FOR SUMMER START, ALL COURSES LISTED BELOW ARE REQUIRED FOR FALL START )

January 20 - May 08, 2026
Schedule follows the Berkeley Academic Calendar

CHEM 282A: MSSE Leadership Bootcamp

Taught by Mike Cheng (mkcheng@berkeley.edu)

CHEM 282B: MSSE Leadership and Project Management

Taught by Mike Cheng (mkcheng@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Mondays , 6-7PM

CHEM 278: Ethics in Molecular Science and Software Engineering

Taught by Teresa Head-Gordon (thg@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: TBD

CHEM 281: Software Engineering for Scientific Computing
Taught by Taylor Barnes (tbarnes1@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Asynchronous
Discussion: Monday, 3-4PM
Lab: Thursday, 1-3PM (scheduled together with Discussion, alternates weeks with CHEM 279)

CHEM 279: Numerical Algorithms Applied to Computational Chemistry
Taught by Mayank Agrawal (mayank_agrawal@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Wednesdays, and Fridays, 5-6:30PM
Discussion: Thursday, 1-3PM (alternates weeks with CHEM 281)

CHEM 284: High Performance Computing for the Molecular Sciences
Taught by Taylor Barnes (tbarnes1@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11AM-12:30PM, or asynchronous
Discussion: Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30PM

CHEM 283: Capstone Project
Taught by Tomer Altman (taltman@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Tuesdays, 5-6:30PM
Discussion: Mentor meetings scheduled by groups

1st Year Summer-Start Part-Time Students

January 20 - May 08, 2026
Schedule follows the Berkeley Academic Calendar

DATA 200S: Principles and Techniques of Data Science
Taught by Narges Norouzi (norouzi@berkeley.edu) and Joshua Grossman (jdgg@berkeley.edu). The Data Science program schedules this course, and determines lecture and discussion sections once the semester begins.
Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5-6:30PM (asynchronous)
Discussion: TBD
Lab: TBD

CHEM 277B: Machine Learning Algorithms
Taught by Markus Hohle (markus.hohle@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Mondays, 5-7PM
Discussion: Thursdays, 5-7PM

1st Year Fall-Start Part-Time Students

January 20 - May 08, 2026
Schedule follows the Berkeley Academic Calendar

DATA 200S: Principles and Techniques of Data Science
Taught by Narges Norouzi (norouzi@berkeley.edu) and Joshua Grossman (jdgg@berkeley.edu). The Data Science program schedules this course, and determines lecture and discussion sections once the semester begins.
Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5-6:30PM (asynchronous)
Discussion: TBD
Lab: TBD

CHEM 277B: Machine Learning Algorithms
Taught by Markus Hohle (markus.hohle@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Mondays, 5-7PM
Discussion: Thursdays, 5-7PM

CHEM 278: Ethics in Molecular Science and Software Engineering

Taught by Teresa Head-Gordon (thg@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: TBD

2nd Year Summer-Start Part-Time Students

January 20 - May 08, 2026
Schedule follows the Berkeley Academic Calendar

CHEM 282A: MSSE Leadership Bootcamp

Taught by Mike Cheng (mkcheng@berkeley.edu)

CHEM 282B: MSSE Leadership and Project Management

Taught by Mike Cheng (mkcheng@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Mondays , 6-7PM

CHEM 283: Capstone Project
Taught by Tomer Altman (taltman@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Tuesdays, 5-6:30PM
Discussion: Mentor meetings scheduled by groups

CHEM 278: Ethics in Molecular Science and Software Engineering

Taught by Teresa Head-Gordon (thg@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: TBD

2nd Year Fall-Start Part-Time Students

January 20 - May 08, 2026
Schedule follows the Berkeley Academic Calendar

CHEM 282A: MSSE Leadership Bootcamp

Taught by Mike Cheng (mkcheng@berkeley.edu)

CHEM 282B: MSSE Leadership and Project Management

Taught by Mike Cheng (mkcheng@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Mondays , 6-7PM

CHEM 284: High Performance Computing for the Molecular Sciences
Taught by Taylor Barnes (tbarnes1@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11AM-12:30PM, or asynchronous
Discussion: Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30PM

CHEM 283: Capstone Project
Taught by Tomer Altman (taltman@berkeley.edu)
Lecture: Tuesdays, 5-6:30PM
Discussion: Mentor meetings scheduled by groups

* Schedule is always subject to change *