Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.

• All lectures were recorded in the Yale College classroom and are available in video, audio, and text transcript formats
• Registration is not required
• No course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the Open Yale Courses website. However, courses for Yale College credit are offered online through Yale Summer Online including OYC professors John Rogers and Craig Wright.”

Each course includes a full set of class lectures produced in high-quality video accompanied by such other course materials as syllabi, suggested readings, exams, and problem sets. The lectures are available as downloadable videos, and an audio-only version is also offered. In addition, searchable transcripts of each lecture are provided.

Please note that we have recently removed Craig Wright’s, “Introduction To Classical Music,” and Ian Shapiro’s, “Moral Foundations of Political Philosophy,” from this site. Both courses have been updated and are now available through the Coursera platform. Please visit Yale’s home on Coursera to enroll in all of our courses for free.