New for 2024-25

Policy Changes / Clarifications

• The policies on withdrawal and reinstatement have changed for students who withdraw from Oberlin to transfer to another institution and later wish to return to Oberlin.

 View the policies on withdrawal from the College and reinstatement under the “Leaves and Withdrawals” section of the Academic Policies page of this catalog.  

Updates to Department/Program Names

• The Cinema Studies Program is now the Cinema and Media Department .
• The Creative Writing Program is now the Creative Writing Department .

New Programs

• ​Communication Studies Major  
• Finance Minor  
• Financial Economics Major  
• Musicology Minor  
• Neuroscience Minor  
• Recording Arts and Production Major  

Revised Programs

• Biochemistry Major  
• Biology Major  
• Cinema and Media Major  
• Comparative American Studies Major  
• Creative Writing Major  
• Creative Writing Minor  
• German Major  
• History Major  
• Music Minor  
• Musical Studies Major 
• Neuroscience Major  
• Statistical Modeling Minor  
• Theater Major  
• Theater Minor  

New Course Attributes

• Undergraduate Research Intensive (URI)
  • Courses with the new pedagogical course attribute URI offer students the opportunity to engage in research while receiving course credit and are often incorporated into the formal curriculum of their major. Students should expect URI courses to provide exposure to how knowledge is produced in their discipline and experience with the methodology that produces this knowledge.
     See a list of courses with the URI attribute.  

New Course Types

• Cinema and Media (CIME)
• Musicology (MUSY)
• Recording Arts and Production (RAPR)

New Courses

View new courses for 2024-25.