how to use yale course demand statistics

by Zachary Kassulke 7 min read

use Yale Course Search like a pro: use the Yale College Attributes pulldown menu to search by distributional requirement, First-Year Seminar, etc.; use the Any Meeting Time tab to see which courses fit your schedule; and use the Course Demand Statistics tab to discover how many students put specific courses on their registration worksheets (i.e., a good indication of final enrollment)

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What is Y Yale course search?

Yale Course Search is the official resource for viewing and searching course offerings at Yale University. Students, faculty, staff, and the general public can use Yale Course Search to view basic information about course offerings in Yale College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and several of the professional schools.

Can I use Yale course search with OCS?

A: No, Yale Course Search is primarily for searching and exploring course offerings. However, when logged in, students who use OCS to enroll in courses will see that the primary worksheet in Yale Course Search syncs with the OCS worksheet. Changes made in either application will save in both worksheets.

What are the attributes of Yale College?

Yale College Attributes Humanities and Arts Social Sciences Quantitative Reasoning Sciences Writing Optional Writing First Year Seminar Sophomore Seminar Both Language and Non-LanguageBoth Language and Non-LanguageLanguage 1 SkillLanguage 2 SkillLanguage 3 SkillLanguage 4 SkillLanguage 5 Skill Readings in Translation Meets Reading Period LINKS

When does OCS open for Yale?

August 25, 9:00 a.m. (Tuesday) – OCS reopens for Yale College students to shop courses and make changes to their schedule. August 31 (Monday) – Classes begin. September 4, 5:00 p.m. (Friday) – Deadline for all Yale College students to resubmit their final OCS schedule worksheet.

What are the environmental humanities courses at Yale University?

Yale offers dozens of courses each year approaching environmental issues from diverse humanities perspectives, including history, literature, religious studies, film and media studies, anthropology, and other programs.

Is EPE an open major?

Economics, Politics, and Ethics (EP&E) The Ethics, Politics and Economics major will become an open major beginning for the class of 2024, while remaining a highly rigorous, largely seminar-based interdisciplinary major combining the three disciplines of philosophy, political science, and economics.

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Instructor Permission

  1. A course may be marked as “Instructor Permission Required” in CourseLeaf WEN, which will require all students who attempt to enroll in the course to submit a formal request. This is the strictest o...
  2. Instructor Permission is best used when added before registration begins, but it can be added to a course at any time.
  1. A course may be marked as “Instructor Permission Required” in CourseLeaf WEN, which will require all students who attempt to enroll in the course to submit a formal request. This is the strictest o...
  2. Instructor Permission is best used when added before registration begins, but it can be added to a course at any time.
  3. Instructors may revoke permissions granted unless the student has registered.
  4. Instructors will receive a daily email notifications toward the end of the early registration period if there are any outstanding permission requests awaiting review.

Maximum Enrollment Number with Instructor Permission

  1. All courses are required to have a maximum enrollment number, which restricts enrollment in the course to that number. When a class is full, Instructor Permission is auto-enabled, meaning that stud...
  2. If you grant permission to a student through this process, that student will always be able to have a seat in the class no matter what. If other seats become available in the class becaus…
  1. All courses are required to have a maximum enrollment number, which restricts enrollment in the course to that number. When a class is full, Instructor Permission is auto-enabled, meaning that stud...
  2. If you grant permission to a student through this process, that student will always be able to have a seat in the class no matter what. If other seats become available in the class because of stude...
  3. Instructors may revoke permissions granted unless the student has registered.
  4. Instructors will receive a daily email notifications toward the end of the early registration period if there are any outstanding permission requests awaiting review.

Maximum Enrollment Number with Waitlisting

  1. Instructors may choose to add a waitlist to any course that does not have required discussion section. (Note: all discussion/lab sections will have waitlists by default, so waitlisting is not an op...
  2. Waitlists can be added by department registrars through CourseLeaf WEN, by adding the number of seats that should be available for waitlisting to the Wait Cap field.
  1. Instructors may choose to add a waitlist to any course that does not have required discussion section. (Note: all discussion/lab sections will have waitlists by default, so waitlisting is not an op...
  2. Waitlists can be added by department registrars through CourseLeaf WEN, by adding the number of seats that should be available for waitlisting to the Wait Cap field.
  3. When a course reaches its maximum enrollment number, students will be asked if they would like to join the waitlist for the course. If they choose to do so, they will be able to see their position...
  4. Instructors are not able to manage the waitlist or see who is on the waitlist, but waitlist numbers are available through Course Demand Statistics and Discussion Section Statistics.

Other Considerations

  1. Department Applications: Departments who have current application processes in place may continue to use them.
  2. Preference Selection (PrefSel): Any courses that have used PrefSel in the past may continue to do so.
  3. Other Informal Processes: Any other informal processes used by instructors in the past may …
  1. Department Applications: Departments who have current application processes in place may continue to use them.
  2. Preference Selection (PrefSel): Any courses that have used PrefSel in the past may continue to do so.
  3. Other Informal Processes: Any other informal processes used by instructors in the past may also continue to be used (e.g., qualtrics surveys, asking student to email interest, etc.).
  4. Maximum Enrollment: The maximum enrollment number on your course automatically limits the course to that many students, and it is required for all courses. You may increase or decrease this number...