The following guide contains the abbreviations used in course listings in Yale College. It also includes some other abbreviations used on this Web site.
| ACCT |
Accounting |
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| AFAM |
African American Studies |
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| AFST |
African Studies |
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| AKKD |
Akkadian |
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| AMST |
American Studies |
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| AMTH |
Applied Mathematics |
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| ANTH |
Anthropology |
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| AP |
Advanced Placement |
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| APHY |
Applied Physics |
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| ARBC |
Arabic |
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| ARCG |
Archaeological Studies |
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| ARCH |
Architecture |
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| ART |
Art |
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| ASTR |
Astronomy |
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| BENG |
Biomedical Engineering |
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| BIOL |
Biology |
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| BNGL |
Bengali |
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| BRST |
British Studies |
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| CENG |
Chemical Engineering |
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| CGSC |
Cognitive Science |
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| CHEM |
Chemistry |
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| CHLD |
Child Study Center |
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| CHNS |
Chinese |
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| CLCV |
Classical Civilization |
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| CLSS |
Classics |
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| CPAR |
Computing and the Arts |
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| CPSC |
Computer Science |
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| CZEC |
Czech |
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| DEVN |
DeVane Lecture Course |
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| DRST |
Directed Studies (courses) |
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| DS |
Directed Studies (program) |
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| DUS |
Director of undergraduate studies |
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| DUTC |
Dutch |
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| EALL |
East Asian Languages and Literatures |
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| E&AS |
Engineering and Applied Science (program) |
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| EAST |
East Asian Studies |
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| ECON |
Economics |
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| EDST |
Education Studies |
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| E&EB |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (courses) |
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| EEB |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (program) |
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| EENG |
Electrical Engineering |
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| EGYP |
Egyptian |
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| ENAS |
Engineering and Applied Science (courses) |
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| ENGL |
English Language and Literature |
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| ENVE |
Environmental Engineering |
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| EP&E |
Ethics, Politics, and Economics |
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| ER&M |
Ethnicity, Race, and Migration |
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| EVST |
Environmental Studies |
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| F&ES |
Forestry & Environmental Studies |
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| FILM |
Film Studies |
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| FREN |
French |
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| G&G |
Geology and Geophysics |
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| GLBL |
Global Affairs |
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| GMAN |
Germanic Languages and Literatures |
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| GMST |
German Studies |
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| GREK |
Ancient Greek |
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| HEBR |
Hebrew |
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| HIST |
History |
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| HLTH |
Global Health Studies |
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| HNDI |
Hindi |
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| HSAR |
History of Art |
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| HSHM |
History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health |
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| HUMS |
Humanities |
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| INDN |
Indonesian |
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| ITAL |
Italian |
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| JAPN |
Japanese |
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| JDST |
Judaic Studies |
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| KREN |
Korean |
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| LAST |
Latin American Studies |
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| LATN |
Latin |
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| LING |
Linguistics |
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| LITR |
Literature |
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| MATH |
Mathematics |
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| MB&B |
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
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| MCDB |
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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| MENG |
Mechanical Engineering |
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| MGRK |
Modern Greek |
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| MMES |
Modern Middle East Studies |
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| MUSI |
Music |
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| NAVY |
Naval Science |
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| NELC |
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations |
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| OPRS |
Operations Research |
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| PERS |
Persian |
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| PHIL |
Philosophy |
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| PHYS |
Physics |
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| PLSC |
Political Science |
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| PLSH |
Polish |
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| PORT |
Portuguese |
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| PSE |
Perspectives on Science and Engineering |
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| PSYC |
Psychology |
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| RLST |
Religious Studies |
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| ROMN |
Romanian |
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| RSEE |
Russian and East European Studies |
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| RUSS |
Russian |
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| SAST |
South Asian Studies |
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| SCIE |
Science |
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| SKRT |
Sanskrit |
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| SLAV |
Slavic Languages and Literatures |
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| SOCY |
Sociology |
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| SPAN |
Spanish |
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| SPEC |
Special Divisional Major |
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| STAT |
Statistics |
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| STCY |
Study of the City |
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| SWAH |
Kiswahili |
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| TAML |
Tamil |
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| THST |
Theater Studies |
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| TKSH |
Turkish |
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| USAF |
Aerospace Studies |
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| VIET |
Vietnamese |
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| WGSS |
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
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| YCPS |
Yale College Programs of Study |
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| YORU |
Yorùbá |
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| ZULU |
isiZulu |
