How is RRR week different from the previous UC Berkeley “dead days” or “dead week”?
UPDATED On the old calendar, the term “dead days” referred colloquially to the two days between the end of classes and the start of final exams. “Dead week” referred for some to the 15th week of classes and may have derived from the 1984 and 1991 Academic Senate recommendations that instructors not present any new material the 15th week of classes. In contrast, the new RRR week is intended both to provide more time for students to study between the end of classes and the beginning of final exams and to serve as a time of active engagement between instructors and students for consultations, reviews, and feedback. Instructors are expected to be in attendance as during other days of instruction and to interact with students through individual consultations and/or optional activities that may vary depending on the nature of the course. Thus, RRR days are counted as days of instruction, even though formal classes do not meet during this period.
