Contents
Key to Course Listings 6
Building Abbreviations 7
Yale College Calendar with Pertinent Deadlines 8
Yale College Administrative Officers 12
Final Examination Schedules 14
Subject Abbreviations 15
A Message from the Dean of Yale College 17
I. Yale College 18
The Undergraduate Curriculum 18
Distributional Requirements 19
Major Programs 22
The Residential Colleges 23
International Experience 24
Yale Summer Session 25
Special Programs 26
Honors 31
Miscellaneous 32
II. Academic Regulations 33
A. Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. Degree 33
B. Grades 40
C. Course Credits and Course Loads 44
D. Promotion and Good Standing 46
E. Registration and Enrollment in Courses 47
F. Withdrawal from Courses 50
G. Reading Period and Final Examination Period 52
H. Completion of Course Work 54
I. Academic Penalties and Restrictions 58
J. Leave of Absence, Withdrawal, and Reinstatement 59
K. Special Arrangements 65
L. Transfer Students 75
M. Eli Whitney Students Program 77
N. Nondegree Students Program 79
O. Credit from Other Universities 81
P. Acceleration Policies 84
Q. Amendments 89
III. Subjects of Instruction 90
Majors in Yale College 90
Accounting 92
Aerospace Studies 92
African American Studies 94
African Studies 99
American Studies 107
Anthropology 118
Applied Mathematics 129
Applied Physics 134