| AFAM |
Course subjects are listed by three- or four-letter abbreviations in capitals. See the complete list of Subject Abbreviations. |
| Staff |
Staff is listed when an instructor has yet to be assigned to a course or when there are multiple instructors. Refer to Yale Course Search (https://courses.yale.edu) for individual section instructors. |
| Prerequisite: MATH 1200 |
Prerequisites and recommendations are listed below the course description. |
| L5, HU |
Language courses are designated L1 (first term of language study), L2 (second term), L3 (third term), L4 (fourth term), or L5 (beyond the fourth term). Other distributional designations are QR, WR, HU, SC, and SO, representing quantitative reasoning, writing, humanities and arts, science, and social science, respectively. See “Distributional Requirements” under “Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. Degree” (http://next.catalog.yale.edu/ycps/academic-regulations/requirements-for-ba-bs-degree/) in the Academic Regulations. |
| 0.5 Course cr |
Most courses earn one course credit per term; variations are noted. |
| RP |
A course designated “RP” meets during the reading period. See “Reading Period and Final Examination Period” (http://next.catalog.yale.edu/ycps/academic-regulations/reading-period-final-examination-period/) in the Academic Regulations. |
| PLSC 2417/SOCY 1704 |
A course with two or more subject codes in the title line, counts toward the major in each department. |
| TR |
The abbreviation “TR” denotes a literature course with readings in translation. |
| Attributes |
Courses with department-specific designations, such as YC English: 18th/19th Century and YC BENG: Bioimaging, are applied toward the requirements of certain majors. See the program descriptions of the relevant majors. |
| MCDB 2910L |
A capital L following the course number denotes a science laboratory. |