All Roads Class Visits: February 20

 

All Roads Lead to Oberlin

Friday, February 20, 2026

We are thrilled to welcome you to campus for All Roads Lead to Oberlin! Click here to view a detailed program schedule that updates in real time. Printed copies will also be available at check-in.

If this will be your first time visiting campus, we recommend that you go on a campus tour, and have at least one person from your party go to the Oberlin Overview information session (available at 9:00 am, 10:00 am, and 2:30 pm).

Class Visits

Visiting admitted students will sign up to sit in on class(es) when they check in for All Roads on Friday morning. Class visit opportunities are available throughout the day, beginning at 8:35 am. Space in certain courses is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in attending a 9:00 am class, we recommend that you arrive by 8:15 am to allow for ample time to check in, select your class, and walk to the class location. 

This page lists all available courses and will not be updated to remove courses as they fill up during registration. Please refer to the list of courses at check-in for the most up-to-date information on course availability. You may not reserve a spot for a specific course in advance. Class sign-ups are initially limited to one class per student, but you may be able to sign up for an additional class after 9:30 am.

Courses are listed in alphabetical order by department. Please see the Oberlin course catalog for full course descriptions.

Course NumberCourse Title
DATA 113Introduction to Statistics

Course NumberCourse Title
ANTH 101Intro to Cultural Anthropology
CAST 100Intro Comparative American Studies
CHEM 101Structure & Reactivity in Chemistry
CRWR/CINE 295Cinematic Storytelling Workshop
CSCI 150Intro to Computer Science
CSCI 275Programming Abstractions
EAST 147Chinese Ethnic Minorities in Multimedia Representations
ENGL 219Person and Impersonation
ENGL 301Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
GERM 101Elementary German
HISP 203Intermediate Spanish II
HISP 304Advanced Spanish Grammar & Composition
HIST 104American History, 1877-Present
MUTH 131Music Theory I
MUTH 347Mathematical Music Theory
NSCI 201The Brain: Intro to Neuroscience
PHYS 111Electricity, Magnetism and Thermodynamics
PHYS 410Statistical Mechanics
PSYC 215Clinical/Counseling Psychology
RELG 151Religion in America
RUSS 306Advanced Russian II: Cross-Cultural Communication
SOCI 225Comparative Fascism
SOCI 237Sociology of Law

Course NumberCourse Title
ANTH 102Human Origins
ARTH 299Methods of Art History
BIOL 322Genetics of Populations
CHEM 102Chemistry Principles
CHEM 213Inorganic Chemistry
CRWR 110Poetry Lab
CSCI 150Intro to Computer Science
CSCI 151Data Structures
CSCI 280Algorithms
DANC 332Varsity Contact
DATA 201Intermediate Data Science
EAST 133/RELG 233Ghosts in Japanese Religion
ECON 245Health Economics
ENGL 213Modernism and the Manifesto
FREN 102Français élémentaire II
GEOS 361Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology
GREK 102Elementary Greek II
HISP 102Elementary Spanish II (taught in Spanish)
HISP 202Intermediate Spanish I (taught in Spanish)
HIST 106/EAST 122Modern China
ITAL 203Italiano intermedio accellerato
JAPN 102Elementary Japanese II
JAPN 202Intermediate Japanese II
LATN 102Introduction to Latin Prose II
MATH 133Calculus I
MATH 327Algebra I: Group Theory
NSCI 319Neurophysiology
PACE 102Community Engagement Musicians
PHYS 104Elementary Physics II
POLT 282The Politics of Inequality in the United States
RUSS 204Intermediate Russian
SOCI/GSFS 203Sociology of Sexualities

Course NumberCourse Title
ANTH 278Human Rights, Universalism, and Cultural Relativism
CINE 115Film Production Studio
CRWR/CINE 335Advanced Screenwriting Workshop
CSCI 210Intro to Computer Architecture
CSCI 365Advanced Algorithms
HISP 310The Struggle for Modernity (taught in Spanish)
HIST 106/EAST 132Modern Japan
HIST 107Russian History I
LATN 202Intermed. Latin II:Roman Prose
MATH 301Foundations of Analysis
MATH 318Cryptography
MUTH 131Music Theory I
MUTH 256Post-2000 Pop Music
MUTH 258Perspectives on Cognition
PSYC 300Research Methods II
SOCI 314Unequal Educations

Course NumberCourse Title
ASTR 100Introductory Astronomy
CINE 260Media Ecologies
CSCI 275Programming Abstractions
GREK 221Intermediate Greek: Herodotus I
HISP 462Ghosts, Spirits and Specters (taught in Spanish)
JAPN 302Japanese Reading and Conversation II (taught in Japanese)
MUSY 304Analysis of World Music
MUTH 132Music Theory II
MUTH 256Post-2000 Pop Music
PHYS 311Electricity and Magnetism
POLT 206Intergroup Political Conflict and Polarization
PSYC 209Complex Cognition

Course NumberCourse Title
APST 120Beginning Voice Class
HISP 366Love and Death: Jewish Literature and Culture of the Americas
THEA 150Stage Makeup

Course NumberCourse Title
CHEM 51Chemistry & the Environment
CRWR 227Beyond the Page: Hybrid Poetics
EAST 154/RELG 240Religious Objects in East Asia
GERM 204Intermediate German
GREK 332Greek Novels: Daphnis and Chloe
MATH 220Discrete Mathematics
MATH 232Linear Algebra
NSCI 104The Neuroscience of Survival
RELG 215A History of Sin
RELG/JWST 256Jews and Food
SOCI 214Social Movements

Thursday Night Activities

Oberlin's Allen Memorial Art Museum will host open hours for admitted students and their families on Thursday, February 19 until 5:00 pm, with a special event at 4:15 pm. All are welcome!

Prospective students are  invited to join current Obies for dinner in a dining hall on Thursday night. If you are interested, please meet at the Admissions Office at 6:30 pm. Parents and families are welcome to head to the Hotel at Oberlin lobby to share refreshments with admissions staff at this time.

Bowling with current students will also be available from 7:00 - 9:00 pm at College Lanes, 180 West Lorain Street (free admission!).

Friday Open Office Hours

If you want to explore or have questions for other departments, here are the drop-in hours for offices across campus. Offices are listed in alphabetical order.

Allen Memorial Art Museum
87 North Main Street
10:00 AM — 5:00 PM 
Founded in 1917, the AMAM is recognized as one of the best academic art museums in the nation. Admission is always free!

College of Arts & Sciences Admissions Office
38 East College Street
8:30 AM — 4:30 PM

Conservatory of Music Admissions Office
Conservatory Annex, Second Floor
39 West College Street
8:30 AM — 4:30 PM

Gender, Sexuality, and Attraction Initiatives
Wilder Hall, Room 217
135 West Lorain Street
1:30 PM — 4:30 PM

Letterpress Studio Open House
Mudd Center, 2nd floor
52 West Lorain Street
1:30 PM — 4:30 PM
Print a souvenir of your visit to Oberlin on a working printing press in the Libraries' Letterpress Studio. All are welcome! Learn more about the Letterpress Studio

Multicultural Resource Commons
Wilder Hall, Room 217 
135 West Lorain Street
1:30 PM — 4:30 PM

Office for Disability and Access
Wilder Hall, Room 112
135 West Lorain Street
1:30 PM — 4:30 PM
Families also have the option to schedule an individual appointment via Zoom.

Office of Financial Aid
Walk-in one-on-one meetings are available:
9:00 AM — 11:00 AM: Admissions Office Lobby (38 East College Street)
12:00 PM — 4:00 PM: Office of Financial Aid, Carnegie Building Room 124 (52 West Lorain Street)

Office of Residence Life
Stevenson Hall, Griswold Commons
155 North Professor Street
1:30 PM — 4:30 PM

Student Health and Wellbeing
Dascomb Hall, Suite B 
140 West College Street
1:30 PM — 4:30 PM

Terrell Main Library, Mudd Center
148 West College Street
8:00 AM — 8:00 PM

Clarence Ward Art Library
83 North Main Street
9:00 AM — 5:00 PM

Science Library
119 Woodland Street
9:00 AM — 5:00 PM

Conservatory of Music Library
77 West College Street
8:30 AM — 5:00 PM