College of Chemistry

sakky
Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:54:10 +0000

Okay I gotcha. Does the College of Letters and Sciences even offer the 4-series? I thought only the College of Chemistry offers it. Can you take the 4-series while you are in the College of Letters and Sciences?



Actually, it’s irrelevant as to whether L&S formally offers the 4-series, because, whether it does or not, you are allowed to take any undergrad class you want from any college/school (subject to possible preference rules given to a college’s/school’s own students). For example, any undergrad is free to take an undergrad Architecture course, even though those classes are run by the College of Environmental Design. Any undergrad can take an undergrad Plant Biology course even though PB courses are taught by the College of Natural Resources.

Grad courses are different. It is true that, with few exceptions, undergrads are generally not allowed to take, say, law classes at Boalt, or clinical classes at the School of Optometry. But this is fairly common at all schools. Harvard undergrads can’t just sign up for advanced surgery classes at Harvard Medical School. Yale undergrads can’t just sign up for classes on torts at Yale Law School.