Freshman Seminars
The Freshman Seminar program offers first-year students the opportunity to enroll in small classes with some of Yale’s most distinguished faculty members. Some seminars provide an introduction to a particular field of study; others take an interdisciplinary approach to a selected topic. Whatever the subject and method of instruction, each seminar is designed specifically with freshmen in mind and provides an opportunity to develop close relationships with faculty members and peers.
Approximately forty freshman seminars across a wide range of subjects are offered every year. Enrollment in each seminar is limited to fifteen or eighteen students, depending on the nature of the course. Most seminars meet twice each week and do not, unless otherwise noted, presume any prior experience in the field. All freshman seminars carry regular Yale course credit and count toward the fulfillment of appropriate distributional and major requirements.
