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Course Enrollment Available online

The Tri-College Course Guide contains current enrollment information for all courses it lists. After you've found a course in the Guide, click on the specific course link to see a detail box including "CUR ENR" (current enrollment) listed under "Additional Course Info". Note: the Instructor decides whether a course is actually open or closed; current enrollment is provided only as a guide in assessing that potential.

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If no information appears under the department or program heading below, please see the departmental office.

First come-first serve courses and courses with closed enrollment for web-registration--FOR Spring 2022 are listed below:

ASTR 001- Limited to first come first served-fall and spring
CHEM 010-Limited to 25 per section, first come first served-fall
CHEM 010 Labs- Limited to 24 per section, first come first served - fall
CHEM 022 Labs- Limited to first come first served -- spring
CHEM 032- Limited to 60 upperclassmen, first come first served--fall
CHEM 032 Labs- Limited to 12 upperclassmen per section, first come first served -- fall
CHEM 038 Labs- Limited to first come first served--spring
ECON 001-View policy below
ECON 011 Conferences-Limited to first come first served -- fall
ECON 021 Conferences-Limited to first come first served-spring
All ECON seminars- not available for web-registration
EDUC 001C- not available for web-registration
ENGL 001C- not available for web-registration
ENGL 070K- not available for web-registration
ENVS 089A- not available for web-registration
PHED- Limited to first come first served--fall and spring
PHYS 003 and 003L- limited to first come first served -- fall
PHYS 004 and 004L- limited to first come first served -- spring
Directed Reading, Independent Study, Research, Thesis, Special Projects, etc. are not available for web-registration- see Dept Administrative Asst/Coordinator to register

Anthropology & Sociology:
ANTH 043C.Culture, Health and Illness, at capacity. If interested in being put on a waitlist contact Stacey at shogge1@swarthmore.edu
SOCI 016B.Research Methods, OPEN
SOCI 020C.Global Colorism, OPEN
SOCI 020D.Race in Latin America & the Caribbean, OPEN
SOCI 025C. Globalization & Global Inequality, OPEN
SOCI 026B. Class Matters: Privilege, Poverty, and Power, OPEN
SOCI 035D.Transnational Migration, OPEN
SOCI 041C/ENVS 033.Indigenous Peoples and Globalization, OPEN

Arabic: see Modern Languages and Literatures

Art (Art History & Studio Arts):

Asian Studies:

See https://www.swarthmore.edu/asian-studies

Astronomy - see Physics and Astronomy

Biology:

Enroll for Biology 002 Organismal and Population Biology lecture AND your first choice laboratory section during web-registration. If the enrollment in any laboratory section exceeds the max number of students, a random lottery will be held only for the over-enrolled laboratory sections. Students who are lotteried out of an over-enrolled lab section will be notified via email and will be placed on the waiting list for that section. First-year students who are on the waiting list for an over-enrolled laboratory section are encouraged to enroll in any other unfilled laboratory section, where sections will be filled on a "first-come, first-served" basis.

Students must apply to get into BIOL002-SP (meets TTh, 1:15-2:30p) and concurrently enroll in BIOL 002, including a lab section.  If you are interested in the course, enroll in BIOL 002 and lab and SP during registration. Choose a lab section that does not conflict with the SP meeting times and fill out an application for BIOL-SP Applications should be submitted by the time registration closes.  BIOL 002SP. Organismal and Population Biology

Black Studies:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/black-studies-program

Chemistry:

You will need to register for the CHEM 010/010.HN and CHEM 032 course and a lab section that fits into your schedule. When adding these on mySwarthmore they must be added together. CHEM 010 and 010.HN share the CHEM 010 labs.

Registration for labs will be "first-come, first-served" basis, you are advised to register early. 

Chinese - see Modern Languages and Literatures

Classics:
https://www.swarthmore.edu/classics

Cognitive Science:

See https://www.swarthmore.edu/cognitive-science/courses

Comparative Literature:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/comparative-literature

Computer Science:
https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science

Dance:

Economics:​

*ECON 001 Enrollment Policy*
ECON 001 sections in spring 2022 are capped at 25 on a first-come, first-served basis during online enrollment, and then at 30 during Add/Drop.  Students who wish to add a section of ECON 001 during Add/Drop should submit an add request online.  These requests will be handled by Megan Salladino (msallad1@swarthmore.edu), who will allow students to add the least-enrolled section that fits their academic schedule, up to the overall cap of 30.

Educational Studies:
All Educational Studies courses are currently still open for fall 2020 enrollment.

​English Literature:
Academic Writing Courses: https://www.swarthmore.edu/writing/writing-and-rhetoric-courses
 

Engineering:

Environmental Studies:

Film and Media Studies:

New course open for Spring 2022: FMST 31: Documentary Filmmaking as Cultural Work. No prerequisites.

Gender and Sexuality Studies:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/gender-sexuality-studies

Global Studies:

Introduction to Global Studies is open to all students interested in exploring global issues, phenomena, and processes that impact all our lives. The program, the newest at the College, has recently announced its Special Majors (click on the Special Majors tab on the website).

https://www.swarthmore.edu/global-studies

Greek-see Classics

History:

For spring 2022, the following history courses have the prerequisite of an intro level (001-010) history course, AP credit, or, in lieu of those, professor permission

Interpretation Theory:

See https://www.swarthmore.edu/interpretation-theory

Islamic Studies:
For information on the Islamic Studies Program, please visit https://www.swarthmore.edu/islamic-studies

Japanese- see Modern Languages and Literatures

​Latin-see Classics

Latin American and Latino Studies:

See https://www.swarthmore.edu/latin-american-and-latino-studies

Linguistics:
See Linguistics

Literature - see Modern Languages and Literatures

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Mathematics and Statistics:

Modern Languages and Literature:

Arabic: For information on Arabic courses, please see https://www.swarthmore.edu/arabic/courses

Chinese: For information on Chinese courses, please see https://www.swarthmore.edu/chinese/courses

French and Francophone Studies:  For information on French and Francophone Studies  courses, please see https://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies/courses

German:
 

Japanese:

The Prerequisite for JPNS 008, Extensive Reading in Japanese, is concurrent enrollment in Japanese 002, or above. All levels of Japanese readers above the Japanese 002 level are welcome in the class.
The Prerequisite for JPNS 022, Introduction to Japanese Linguistics, is completion of JPNS 001, or permission of the instructor. Please contact Prof. Bundschuh at jbundsc1@swarthmore.edu with any inquiries.
JPNS 002, JPNS 004, JPNS 013, and JPNS 020 are open to new students by placement only (these are the second semesters of First-Year, Second-Year, Third-Year and Fourth-Year Japanese). Students who are continuing from Fall semester do not need placement. For placement, contact the instructor or the Japanese Section Head, Will Gardner (wgardne1@swarthmore.edu).

 For more information on Japanese classes, please see https://www.swarthmore.edu/japanese/courses-%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E6%A1%88%E5%86%85

Literature: For information on courses taught in English, please see https://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures/courses-taught-english-0

Russian: For information on Russian courses, please see https://www.swarthmore.edu/russian/courses

 Music:
 

​Peace Studies:

See https://www.swarthmore.edu/peace-conflict-studies

Philosophy: https://www.swarthmore.edu/philosophy/phil-course-information-s22.

Physical Education:
Physical Education courses are offered on a first come first served basis and enrollment is capped depending on the course. Check the course schedule for class limits. 

Physics and Astronomy:

Registration for PHYS 003/003L labs will be "first-come, first-served" basis, you are advised to register early. Web-registration assignments are tentative, students who will need to resolve conflicts with their lab assignment should contact the Physics/Astronomy dept during add/drop.

Political Science:
 

Religion: 

Statistics -  see Mathematics and Statistics

Theater: