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Open Yale Courses
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. Open Yale Courses reflects the values of a liberal arts education.
Yale’s philosophy of teaching and learning begins with the aim of training
a broadly based, highly disciplined intellect without specifying in advance
how that intellect will be used. This approach goes beyond the acquisition of
facts and concepts to cultivate skills and habits of rigorous independent thought;
the ability to analyze, to ask the next question and to begin the search for
an answer. We hope the lectures and other course materials on this site will
be a resource for critical thinking, creative imagination, and intellectual
exploration. All lectures were recorded in the Yale College classroom and are
available in video, audio, and the text transcript format. Registration is not
required and no course credit is available.
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