Residential College Seminars
The Residential College Seminar program, instituted in 1968, is devoted to the development within the residential colleges of innovative courses that fall outside departmental structures. Courses arise through the joint initiative of students and members of the faculty who are fellows of the residential colleges. The instructors for the seminar program are drawn in part from the faculty of Yale College, the professional schools, and other academic institutions in the New York and New England areas. Individuals outside academic life may also serve as instructors: writers, artists, participants in government and the public sector, and experts from the arts and the media. The college seminars encourage innovation and experimentation within the framework of academic excellence that characterizes the Yale curriculum.
Most of the seminars in the Residential College Seminar program are supported by grants from the Old Dominion Foundation. Descriptions of the seminars are available on the college seminar Web site.
