A Message from the Dean of Yale College
We call this book the Yale College Programs of Study, but generations of students and faculty have known this volume simply as the Blue Book. A compendium of roughly 2,000 courses to be offered in Yale College in 2009–2010, the Blue Book is a book to use. Turn down pages you wish to return to; bend the spine so it opens to subjects you find yourself called to. Let this book be your key to the renowned faculty at Yale, through whose courses you will develop the intellectual knowledge, skills, and sense of citizenship that will serve you all the days of your lives.
Of course, a collection of individual courses does not constitute an education. We count on you, our students, with the counsel of faculty and deans, Yale's distributional requirements, and your own interests and passions, to shape your liberal education in ways that will help you to become cultivated citizens of the world. Our expectation is that when you leave Yale, you will not only have acquired a trained mind, broadened knowledge, and a greater sense of citizenship; you also will have come to a deeper understanding of the continuing joy of disciplined learning.
We hope that perusing the pages of this bulletin will stir you to consider courses of study that you had never before imagined and lead you deeper into intellectual worlds you already have explored. This book represents the heart and soul of what the Yale faculty holds in promise for you. It comes to you with our best wishes for a successful year.
Mary Miller
Dean of Yale College
Sterling Professor of History of Art
