Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale says it offers a liberal arts education "that aims to cultivate a broadly informed, highly disciplined intellect without specifying in advance how that intellect will be used....[I]ts main goal is to instill knowledge and skills that students can bring to bear in whatever work they eventually choose." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Composition because the "Writing" requirement may be satisfied by writing courses in a range of departments that do not focus primarily on composition and writing instruction.

  • 2. Literature

    NO
  • 3. Foreign Language

    YES
  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Mathematics because the "Quantitative Reasoning" requirement may be satisfied by science and economics courses.

  • 7. Science

    YES
  • Additional Information

    Notably, the Directed Studies program--an optional freshman-year sequence open only to selected students--offers an integrated study of great books and ideas.

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