Courses
Using the cross-registration system, students can choose from 7,000 undergraduate courses offered at our five institutions.
Five College Course Schedule
Use this form to search for courses available for cross registration at each consortium campus. To register for a course at another campus, follow your home campus' process (see Cross-Registration Guidelines). Contact your home campus registrar for guidance. To find courses recommended by a Five College academic program, navigate to the program through our Academics page.
Fall 2025 semester pre-registration courses (changing daily):
Fall 2025 courses for Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and UMass Amherst are available now.
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| Subject | Course # | Sect # | Type | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution Sort descending | Meeting Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject JAPA | Course # 202 | Sect # 03 | Type | Course Title Auth Japanese Materials | Instructor(s) Fumiko Brown, Kozue Miyama, Wako Tawa | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject NEUR | Course # 226L | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title Intro Neurosci Lab | Instructor(s) Ethan Graf, Sarah Turgeon | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times W 02:00PM-05:00PM |
| Subject RELI | Course # 316 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Philosophy of Religion | Instructor(s) Andrew Dole | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM |
| Subject THDA | Course # 270 | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title Playwriting I | Instructor(s) Constance Congdon | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM |
| Subject CHEM | Course # 231L | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title Organic Chem II Lab | Instructor(s) Jonathan Collins, Cindy Kan, Lauren Stencel | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 08:00AM-11:30AM |
| Subject ECON | Course # 275 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Consumption & Happiness | Instructor(s) Daniel Barbezat | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM |
| Subject ARCH | Course # 490 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Special Topics | Instructor(s) The Department | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject EUST | Course # 490 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Special Topics | Instructor(s) The Department | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject BIOL | Course # 181L | Sect # 05 | Type | Course Title Adaptation & Organism | Instructor(s) Ethan Clotfelter, Julia Emerson, Jill Miller | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TH 08:00AM-11:00AM |
| Subject HIST | Course # 125 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Early Modern Europe | Instructor(s) Margaret Hunt | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM |
| Subject MATH | Course # 220 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Discrete Mathematics | Instructor(s) Daniel Velleman | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM; T 09:00AM-09:50AM |
| Subject POSC | Course # 305 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Political Islam | Instructor(s) Fatma Zencirci | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM |
| Subject SPAN | Course # 120F | Sect # 04 | Type | Course Title Interm. Span Discuss | Instructor(s) Dimaris Barrios-Beltran, Maria Twardy, Maria Maillo | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 01:00PM-01:50PM |
| Subject ENST | Course # 120F | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title Intro Environ Studies Dis | Instructor(s) Jan Dizard, Rachel Levin | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TH 02:30PM-03:50PM |
| Subject CHIN | Course # 302 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Third-Year Chinese II | Instructor(s) Tong Shen, Xiaoping Teng | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MTWTHF 02:00PM-02:50PM |
| Subject ENGL | Course # 354 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Poe, Faulkner | Instructor(s) Geoffrey Sanborn | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM |
| Subject ASLC | Course # 254 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Reading Buddhist Texts | Instructor(s) Andrew Olendzki | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 02:30PM-05:00PM |
| Subject FREN | Course # 208 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title French Conversation | Instructor(s) Anouk Alquier | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM |
| Subject ENGL | Course # 356 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Democracy and Education | Instructor(s) Barry O'Connell | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times WF 12:30PM-01:50PM |
| Subject ASLC | Course # 260 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Buddhist Art of Asia | Instructor(s) Samuel Morse | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM |
| Subject FREN | Course # 208 | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title French Conversation | Instructor(s) Anouk Alquier | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM |
| Subject JAPA | Course # 202F | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Auth Japan Mat Discuss | Instructor(s) Fumiko Brown, Kozue Miyama, Wako Tawa | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject NEUR | Course # 490 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Special Topics | Instructor(s) The Department | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject RELI | Course # 362 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Folklore & the Bible | Instructor(s) Susan Niditch | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM |
| Subject THDA | Course # 280 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Words and Music | Instructor(s) Ronald Bashford, Harold Meltzer | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times W 02:00PM-05:00PM |
| Subject CHEM | Course # 231L | Sect # 03 | Type | Course Title Organic Chem II Lab | Instructor(s) Jonathan Collins, Cindy Kan, Lauren Stencel | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 02:30PM-06:00PM |
| Subject ECON | Course # 300 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Microeconomics | Instructor(s) Christopher Kingston | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM |
| Subject ARHA | Course # 102 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title The Practice of Art | Instructor(s) David Gloman | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 09:00AM-11:00AM |
| Subject FAMS | Course # 110 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Film and Writing | Instructor(s) Patrick Pritchett | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times WF 12:30PM-01:50PM |
| Subject BIOL | Course # 210 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Biostatistics | Instructor(s) Stephen George | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM |
| Subject HIST | Course # 141 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Colonial North America | Instructor(s) Kevin Sweeney | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM |
| Subject MATH | Course # 260 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Differential Equations | Instructor(s) Tanya Leise | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM; TH 10:00AM-10:50AM |
| Subject POSC | Course # 312 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Pst Cld War Am Dipl Hist | Instructor(s) Norman Levin, Pavel Machala | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times W 02:00PM-04:30PM |
| Subject SPAN | Course # 120F | Sect # 05 | Type | Course Title Interm. Span Discuss | Instructor(s) Dimaris Barrios-Beltran, Maria Twardy, Maria Maillo | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 02:00PM-02:50PM |
| Subject BLST | Course # 300 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Black Studies Seminar | Instructor(s) Jose Castro Alves | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times W 02:00PM-04:30PM |
| Subject CHIN | Course # 302 | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title Third-Year Chinese II | Instructor(s) Tong Shen, Xiaoping Teng | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject BLST | Course # 300 | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title Black Studies Seminar | Instructor(s) Jeffrey Ferguson | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times W 02:00PM-04:30PM |
| Subject CHIN | Course # 402 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Fourth-Year Chinese II | Instructor(s) Tong Shen | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM |
| Subject ENGL | Course # 369 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title American Extravaganzas | Instructor(s) Geoffrey Sanborn | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 02:00PM-03:20PM |
| Subject ASLC | Course # 267 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Arts of the Book | Instructor(s) Yael Rice | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 02:00PM-03:20PM |
| Subject FREN | Course # 311 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Cultural Hist of France | Instructor(s) Jay Caplan | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MF 12:00PM-01:20PM |
| Subject JAPA | Course # 210H | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Conquering Kanji II | Instructor(s) Wako Tawa | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject PHIL | Course # 111 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Intro to Philosophy | Instructor(s) Thomas Kearns | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM |
| Subject RELI | Course # 365 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Pers Relig in the Bible | Instructor(s) Susan Niditch | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM |
| Subject THDA | Course # 330 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Rehearsal | Instructor(s) Peter Lobdell | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 01:00PM-03:00PM |
| Subject CHEM | Course # 231L | Sect # 04 | Type | Course Title Organic Chem II Lab | Instructor(s) Jonathan Collins, Cindy Kan, Lauren Stencel | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times W 02:00PM-05:30PM |
| Subject ECON | Course # 330 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Macroeconomics | Instructor(s) Stanislav Rabinovich | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM |
| Subject ARHA | Course # 111 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Drawing I | Instructor(s) David Gloman | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 01:00PM-04:00PM |
| Subject FAMS | Course # 210 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Coming to Terms: Cinema | Instructor(s) Andrew Johnston | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM |
| Subject BIOL | Course # 241 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Genetic Analysis | Instructor(s) Caroline Goutte | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM |