Courses in the Yale Graduate and Professional Schools
When a course is open to undergraduate as well as either graduate or professional school students, a Yale College student must enroll under the undergraduate number, unless already accepted into the program for the simultaneous award of the bachelor's and master's degrees. A student may request to elect a graduate or professional school course by means of a form available from the residential college dean. Such requests should be made as early as possible in the term in which enrollment is sought and not later than one month after the first day of classes of the term. Forms that are submitted after this date will be accepted only by exceptional action of the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing and will be subject to a fine of at least $50, with increases of $5 daily according to lateness. The form must be completed by the student and signed by the course instructor. For enrollment in a course in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the form must also be signed by the director of graduate studies in the department in which the course is offered. For enrollment in a course in any of the professional schools of the University, the form must also be signed by the appropriate agent of the dean or the registrar of the school in which the course is offered.
A student may offer toward the 36-course-credit requirement for the bachelor's degree as many as four course credits earned in professional schools of the University. More than four such credits may be taken, and they will appear for credit on the student's transcript, but they must be offered in excess of the 36-course-credit requirement. Courses taken in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are not included in this four-credit restriction.
Note that systems for the award of course credit in the professional schools differ and that not all courses in these schools yield a full course credit in Yale College.
Courses in performance in the School of Music may be taken only after completion of MUSI 360a or b, 361a or b, and MUSI 460a or b, 461a or b, in the Department of Music. Performance courses in the School of Music may not be counted toward the 36-course-credit requirement for the bachelor's degree. Such courses will be included on the student's transcript, but must be offered in excess of the thirty-six credits required for graduation. For further information, see the course descriptions for MUSI 360a or b and 461a or b under Music in chapter IV. Nonperformance courses in the School of Music may be taken for credit without previous completion of MUSI 360a or b, 361a or b, and MUSI 460a or b, 461a or b; such courses are also included in the limit of four credits that may be earned in professional schools of the University.
The deadlines and regulations of Yale College are binding on all students, including candidates for the simultaneous award of the bachelor's and master's degrees, in regard to courses in which they are enrolled in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools of the University. These include the deadlines and regulations pertaining to withdrawal from courses, late or postponed work, work incomplete at the end of term, and double credit in a single-credit course. An exception in deadline may be made in a course offered in a professional school of the University in which the academic calendar differs from that of Yale College. A request for such an exception must be grounded in compelling academic reasons, and must be made in writing by the instructor of the course to the student's residential college dean in advance of the deadline in question. Instructors of courses in the Graduate School and in the professional schools of the University are expected to use the Yale College grading system when they report grades for undergraduates who have completed their courses.
