Fall 2014 Advising Information and Materials

When are freshman and sophomore course schedules due?

  • Class of 2018 (freshman) schedules, signed by the student’s adviser, are due in the student’s residential college dean’s office by 5:00 p.m. on September 8, 2014.
  • Class of 2017 (sophomore) schedules, signed by the student’s adviser, are due in the student’s residential college dean’s office by 5:00 p.m. on September 9, 2014.

BIOL 101-102 and 103-104 Advising FAQs

Course Demand Stats website (updated daily)

English Department links:

  1. English 114 introductory writing seminars offered in fall 2014: times, brief descriptions, and info for students
  2. English introductory course section availability (updated daily during course selection period) 
  3. How to Register for ENGL 114b 

Fall 2014 Timeline for Sophomore Advisers

Foreign Language Shopping Guide

  1. Fall 2014 L1 courses (all)
  2. Fall 2014 L3 courses (all)
  3. Fall 2014 L5 courses (all)
  4. Fall 2014 Readings in Translation courses (all)

Freshman Seminars (updated daily during course selection period)

Math Department FAQs for calculus advising and pre-registration (including placement information and lottery information)

The Yale University Library’s “Personal Librarian” Program for undergraduates

QR Shopping Guide

  1. Fall 2014 QR courses (all)

WR Shopping Guide

Dr. Jeffrey Arnett on “emerging adulthood”: some psychological and behavioral characteristics of the 18- to 29-year-old age group

  • What Is Emerging Adulthood?
  • What Is It Like to Be an Emerging Adult?
  • College as a Safe Haven

Office of Career Strategies’ report on the top 18 post-graduate pursuits for the Class of 2013 (chart)

from the Yale Alumni Magazine (January/February 2014): the most popular Yale College majors in 2012-2013

  1. Economics (140)
  2. Political Science (134)
  3. Biology (105)
  4. History (103)
  5. Psychology (90)

Compare this to the most popular Yale College majors in 2002-2003: History (200), Political Science (145), Economics (128), English (107), and Biology (98); and in 1972-1973: English (136), History (125), Psychology (93), Philosophy (91), and Political Science (78).

from the Yale Daily News: “The Freedom of the Humanities Degree”: current Yale and non-Yale students evaluate their humanities degrees in the light of the jobs they have obtained and their career goals 

  • with chart: percentage of Yale students who go on to graduate or professional study (humanities vs. all majors)