This section offers concise descriptions of Yale's academic programs. Included for each program are a brief overview of the subject and recommendations for freshman-year courses and/or preparation for the major. Program descriptions also give policies for placement where appropriate.
Courses listed in this section are expected to be offered in 2013–2014, and most are regularly included in the curriculum. The YCPS, which will be available on line by July 31, provides updated course information and more detailed descriptions of major requirements.
In some subjects you can earn acceleration credit either while in secondary school or by work done during freshman year. Please see under Acceleration for more information.
- Aerospace Studies
- African American Studies
- African Studies
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Archaeological Studies
- Architecture
- Art
- Astronomy
- Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Cognitive Science
- College Seminars
- Computer Science
- Computing and the Arts
- Directed Studies
- East Asian Languages and Literatures
- East Asian Studies
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering and Applied Science
- English Language and Literature
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- Ethics, Politics, and Economics
- Ethnicity, Race, and Migration
- Film Studies
- Forestry & Environmental Studies
- French
- Geology and Geophysics
- Germanic Languages and Literatures
- German Studies
- Global Affairs
- Hellenic Studies
- History
- History of Art
- History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health
- Humanities
- Italian
- Judaic Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Modern Middle East Studies
- Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
- Music
- Naval Science
- Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Operations Research
- Perspectives on Science and Engineering
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Portuguese
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- ROTC (see under Aerospace Studies and Naval Science)
- Russian and East European Studies
- Slavic Languages and Literatures
- Sociology
- South Asian Studies
- Southeast Asia Studies
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Theater Studies
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
