Open Yale Courses: 38 products

This is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate t…

This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers o…

Can law change human behavior to be less environmentally damaging? Law will be examined through case histories including: environmental eff…

This course explores main answers to the question, "When do governments deserve our allegiance?" It starts with a survey of major political…

The course is an introduction to Dante and his cultural milieu through a critical reading of the Divine Comedy and selected minor works (Vi…

This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolut…

What do your dreams mean? Do men and women differ in the nature and intensity of their sexual desires? Can apes learn sign language? Why ca…

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature pairs central texts from Western philosophical tradition (including works by Plato, Aristotle, E…

This is a continuation of Freshman Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 125a), the introductory course on current theories of structure and mechanism …

Financial institutions are a pillar of civilized society, supporting people in their productive ventures and managing the economic risks th…

This class is a study of Milton's poetry, with attention paid to his literary sources, his contemporaries, his controversial prose, and his…

This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s. Attention is paid…

There is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues tha…

This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague…

The course facilitates a close reading of Don Quixote in the artistic and historical context of renaissance and baroque Spain. Students are…