Dec 15, 2025  
Course Catalog 2023-2024 
    
Course Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

New for 2023-2024


Items approved for the 2023-24 academic year are listed below.

Note: Curricular items approved after March 27, 2023, will be published in the 2024-25 Oberlin College and Conservatory Online Catalog.

Policy Changes / Clarifications


Bachelor of Arts Students in Conservatory Minors


Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree and not enrolled in the Conservatory of Music can pursue the following conservatory minors:

Deadline to Declare Pass/No Pass


The deadline to declare Pass/No Pass in a course has been extended.

  • The deadline to declare Pass/No Pass for full-semester courses is two weeks before the last day of classes.
  • The deadline to declare Pass/No Pass for module courses is one week before the end of the module.

Deadline to Withdraw from a Course


The deadline to withdraw from a course has been extended.

  • The deadline to withdraw from a full-semester course is the last day of the ninth week of classes.
  • The deadline to withdraw from a module course is the last day of the fifth week of classes.

Updates to Department / Program Names


New Degrees


Areas of Study No Longer Offered


Effective fall 2023, students will no longer be able to declare these programs. Students who declared these programs prior to fall 2023 may complete them.

New Course Types


  • Food Studies (FOOD)
  • Humanities (HUMS)
  • Piano Technology (PNTC)
    • PNTC courses for the MFA in Piano Technology
  • Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEE)
    • REES courses are now REEE courses
    • RUSS 446 is now REEE 446