Help and advice for
incoming freshmen:
freshman.affairs@yale.edu

Yale College
Dean's Office
P.O. Box 208241
New Haven, CT
06520-8241   USA

Course Selection Period

Yale’s course selection period (also known as “shopping period”) during the first two weeks of classes allows you to participate in courses that interest you without enrolling in them right away. After you arrive on campus, you choose courses to visit during the course selection period. From those you visit, you will enroll in four or five. Please be aware that classes conducted during the first two weeks of the term are regular, full-fledged classes with readings and homework. Be prepared to keep up with assignments and participate fully in each class that you may wish to visit.