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 ENST | Course # 432 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Environmental Risks | Instructor(s) | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject CHEM | Course # 331 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Biochemistry | Instructor(s) Anthony Bishop, Patrick Williamson | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM |
| Subject ECON | Course # 416 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Evaluating Social Policy | Instructor(s) Jessica Reyes | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM |
| Subject ARHA | Course # 149 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Survey of African Art | Instructor(s) Rowland Abiodun | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 08:30AM-09:50AM |
| Subject FAMS | Course # 310 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Global Sound | Instructor(s) Jeffers Engelhardt | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 08:30AM-09:50AM |
| Subject BIOL | Course # 290 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Special Topics | Instructor(s) The Department | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject HIST | Course # 213 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title History of Science | Instructor(s) John Servos | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 08:30AM-09:50AM |
| Subject MATH | Course # 380 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Set Theory | Instructor(s) Daniel Velleman | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM; T 01:00PM-01:50PM |
| Subject POSC | Course # 402 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Humanitarianism | Instructor(s) Fatma Zencirci | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TH 02:30PM-04:30PM |
| Subject SPAN | Course # 130F | Sect # 03 | Type | Course Title Adv. Spanish Discuss | Instructor(s) Maria Twardy, Maria Maillo | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TH 01:00PM-01:50PM |
| Subject BLST | Course # 390 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Special Topics | Instructor(s) The Department | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject CLAS | Course # 135 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title History of Roman Empire | Instructor(s) Jessica McCutcheon | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM |
| Subject AMST | Course # 120 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Writing Ourselves | Instructor(s) Kiara Vigil | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM |
| Subject ENGL | Course # 388 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Screenwriting | Instructor(s) Christopher Johnson | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times W 02:00PM-05:00PM |
| Subject ASLC | Course # 326 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Enlightening Passion | Instructor(s) Paola Zamperini | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 12:30PM-01:50PM |
| Subject FREN | Course # 490 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Special Topics | Instructor(s) The Department | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject JAPA | Course # 402 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Thematic Read & Write | Instructor(s) Wako Tawa | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 02:00PM-03:20PM |
| Subject PHIL | Course # 223 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Health Care Ethics | Instructor(s) Karin Boxer | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM |
| Subject RUSS | Course # 102 | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title First-Year Russian II | Instructor(s) Evgeny Dengub | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MTWTHF 10:00AM-10:50AM |
| Subject THDA | Course # 363 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Design Studio II | Instructor(s) Suzanne Dougan | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MF 09:30AM-11:30AM |
| Subject FAMS | Course # 190 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Knowing Television | Instructor(s) Amelie Hastie | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject CHEM | Course # 331F | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Biochemistry Discuss | Instructor(s) Anthony Bishop, Patrick Williamson | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times F 02:00PM-02:50PM |
| Subject ECON | Course # 435 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Adv Open-Econ Macroecon | Instructor(s) Adam Honig | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM |
| Subject ARHA | Course # 213 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Printmaking I | Instructor(s) Betsey Garand | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 01:00PM-04:00PM |
| Subject FAMS | Course # 320 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Japan on Screen | Instructor(s) Timothy Van Compernolle | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM |
| Subject BIOL | Course # 291 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Cell Struct & Function | Instructor(s) Dominic Poccia | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM |
| Subject HIST | Course # 251 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Immigrant City | Instructor(s) Francis Couvares, Mark Clinton | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times W 02:00PM-05:00PM |
| Subject MATH | Course # 390 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Special Topics | Instructor(s) The Department | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject POSC | Course # 413 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Polit Theory:Globalizatn | Instructor(s) Pavel Machala | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times M 02:00PM-04:30PM |
| Subject SPAN | Course # 130F | Sect # 04 | Type | Course Title Adv. Spanish Discuss | Instructor(s) Maria Twardy, Maria Maillo | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TH 02:00PM-02:50PM |
| Subject BLST | Course # 401 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Black Liberation Theology | Instructor(s) Jose Castro Alves | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times M 02:00PM-04:30PM |
| Subject CLAS | Course # 390 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Special Topics | Instructor(s) The Department | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject AMST | Course # 221 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Building Community | Instructor(s) Margaret Mead, Karen Sanchez-Eppler | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 08:30AM-09:50AM |
| Subject ENGL | Course # 427 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Crafting the Novel | Instructor(s) Amity Gaige | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 02:30PM-05:10PM |
| Subject ASLC | Course # 355 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Early Islam | Instructor(s) Monica Ringer | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM |
| Subject GEOL | Course # 103 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Great American West | Instructor(s) Tekla Harms | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MTWF 09:00AM-09:50AM |
| Subject JAPA | Course # 402 | Sect # 02 | Type | Course Title Thematic Read & Write | Instructor(s) Wako Tawa | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject PHIL | Course # 226 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Intro to Political Philo | Instructor(s) Daniel Koltonski | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM |
| Subject RUSS | Course # 202 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Second-Year Russian II | Instructor(s) Boris Wolfson | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MTWTHF 01:00PM-01:50PM |
| Subject THDA | Course # 400H | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Production Studio | Instructor(s) Suzanne Dougan | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times |
| Subject CHEM | Course # 161I | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Chemical Principles Inten | Instructor(s) Helen Leung, Mark Marshall, Richmond Ampiah-Bonney | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times F 01:00PM-03:00PM |
| Subject CHEM | Course # 331L | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Biochemistry Lab | Instructor(s) Anthony Bishop, Patrick Williamson | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 01:00PM-05:00PM |
| Subject ECON | Course # 479 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Institutional Economics | Instructor(s) Christopher Kingston | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 12:00PM-01:20PM |
| Subject ARHA | Course # 214 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Sculpture I | Instructor(s) Carol Keller | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MW 01:00PM-04:00PM |
| Subject FAMS | Course # 328 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Rep & Reality Span Cinem | Instructor(s) Sara Brenneis | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM |
| Subject BIOL | Course # 291F | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Cell Struct & Function | Instructor(s) Dominic Poccia | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 01:00PM-01:50PM |
| Subject HIST | Course # 257 | 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 MATH | Course # 430 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Mathematical Statistics | Instructor(s) Amy Wagaman | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MTWF 09:00AM-09:50AM |
| Subject POSC | Course # 475 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Personality and Politics | Instructor(s) William Taubman | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times T 02:30PM-04:30PM |
| Subject SPAN | Course # 135 | Sect # 01 | Type | Course Title Spanish Conversation | Instructor(s) Maria Aldea Agudo, Maria Maillo | Institution Sort descending Amherst College | Meeting Times MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM |