Yale College & Department Attributes
Attributes are searchable labels that have been added to a course.
- Course attributes are used by Yale College to indicate courses that earn specific distributional requirements.
- Course attributes are used by departments to indicate courses that count toward major requirements.
- Course attributes are used by Degree Audit to track fulfillment of major, concentration, and certificate requirements.
- Course attributes are used by Certificates to label courses that count toward specific certificate requirements.
- Course attributes are used by students to find courses that fulfill major, concentration, and certificate requirements. This is done in Yale Course Search by using the Search dropdown option called Any Course Information Attribute. Students may also search for distributional designations assigned to a course by using the Yale College Attributes dropdown option.
Yale College Distribution Designation Attributes
- Humanities (HU)
- Language, Level 5 (L5)
- Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
- Science (SC)
- Social Sciences (SO)
- Writing (WR)
- Writing in a Discipline (WD)
- First-Year Seminar
- Sophomore Seminar
Departmental Attributes
American Studies (AMST)
- YC AMST Cultural Hist/Studies
- YC AMST Early Americas
- YC AMST First-Year Sem
- YC AMST Gateway Courses
- YC AMST Junior Seminars
- YC AMST Senior Seminars
- YC AMST Special&Sr Projects
- YC AMST Survey of Am Lit
Anthropology (ANTH)
- YC ANTH Adv Lab/Data Analysis
- YC ANTH Archaeology
- YC ANTH Biological
- YC ANTH Linguistic
- YC ANTH Medical
- YC ANTH Sociocultural
- YC ANTH Theory
Archaeological Studies (ARCG)
Architecture (ARCH)
- YC ARCH History & Theory
- YC ARCH Materials & Design
- YC ARCH Structures & Computation
- YC ARCH Urbanism & Landscape
Biomedical Engineering (BENG)
- YC BENG Bioimaging
- YC BENG Biomchncs&Mchnbiology
- YC BENG Biomolecular Engrng
- YC BENG Systems Biology
Chemistry (CHEM)
- YC CHEM Advanced Courses
- YC CHEM GR of Interest to UG
- YC CHEM Intermediate Courses
- YC CHEM Introductory Courses
- YC CHEM Nonmajor w/o Prereq
Classics (CLSS)
- YC CLSS Ancient Hist Rome
- YC CLSS Ancient Hist Greece
- YC CLSS Lit/Cult Anc Greece
- YC CLSS Lit/Cult Anc Rome
- YC CLSS Hist, Phil, Art, Arcg
Climate Science and Solutions Certificate
- YC Climate Anthropogenic
- YC Climate Basic Climate Sci
- YC Climate Non-science
- YC Climate Sci/Eng/Tech
- YC Climate Sci/Solutions Sem
- YC Climate Solutions
Cognitive Science (CGSC)
Collections: Objects, Research, Society Certificate
Comparative Literature (CPLT)
- YC CPLT 17th-18th centuries
- YC CPLT 19th Century
- YC CPLT 20th & 21st Centuries
- YC CPLT Antiquity
- YC CPLT Early Modern
- YC CPLT Film
- YC CPLT Medieval
- YC CPLT Modern (1800-present)
- YC CPLT Theory
- YC CPLT Translation Studies
Computer Science (CPSC)
Computer Science and Economics (CSEC)
Computing and the Arts (CPAR)
- YC CPAR ARCH CS Elective
- YC CPAR ART CS Elective
- YC CPAR HSAR CS Elective
- YC CPAR MUSI CS Elective
- YC CPAR THST CS Elective
- YC CPAR MUSI Addl Course
Computing and Linguistics (CPLI)
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
- YC E&EB BS Elective
- YC E&EB Intermediate/Advanced
- YC E&EB Introductory Courses
- YC E&EB Organismal Lec/Labs
- YC E&EB Prereq Option
- YC E&EB Biodiversity Elective
- YC E&EB Organismal Elective
Economics (ECON)
- YC ECON Core
- YC ECON Development
- YC ECON EconData
- YC ECON Education
- YC ECON Environment
- YC ECON Finance
- YC ECON Health
- YC ECON History
- YC ECON Industrial Orgnztion
- YC ECON International
- YC ECON Introductory
- YC ECON Labor
- YC ECON Law
- YC ECON Macroeconomics
- YC ECON Methodology
- YC ECON Microtheory
- YC ECON Neuro
- YC ECON Political Economy
- YC ECON Poverty
- YC ECON Public
- YC ECON Theory Seminar
Education Studies Certificate (EDST)
- YC EDST Social Context
- YC EDST Individuals in Society
- YC EDST Theory & Research
- YC EDST Policy
- YC EDST Pedagogy
Energy Studies Certificate (ENRG)
English (ENGL)
- YC ENGL 18th/19th Century
- YC ENGL 20th/21st Century
- YC ENGL Creative Writing
- YC ENGL Junior Seminar
- YC ENGL Medieval
- YC ENGL Renaissance
- YC ENGL Senior Seminar
- YC ENGL Pre-1800 Lit
- YC ENGL Pre-1900 Lit
- YC ENGL American Lit
Environmental Studies (EVST)
- YC EVST Core Human/Social Sci
- YC EVST Core BA Natural Scie
- YC EVST BS Natural Sci Lab
- YC EVST Advanced Seminar
- YC EVST Core BS Natural Sci
Ethics, Politics, and Economics (EP&E)
- YC EP&E Advanced Seminar
- YC EP&E Economics Core
- YC EP&E Ethics Core
- YC EP&E Intro Econometrics
- YC EP&E Intro Ethics
- YC EP&E Intro Game Theory
- YC EP&E Intro Microeconomics
- YC EP&E Intro Political Phil
- YC EP&E Intro Statistics
- YC EP&E Politics Core
Ethnicity, Race & Migration (ER&M)
- YC ER&M Elec Within the Major
- YC ER&M Methods Course
- YC ER&M Required Courses
- YC ER&M Research & Sr Essay
Film and Media Studies (FILM)
Food, Agriculture, and Climate Change Certificate
French (FREN)
German (GMAN)
- YC GMAN Aesthetics & Arts
- YC GMAN Critical Thought
- YC GMAN History & Politics
- YC GMAN Literature
- YC GMAN Media & Media Theory
Global Affairs (GLBL)
- YC GLBL Elective
- YC GLBL 121 Alternative Course
- YC GLBL Addtl Methods Course
- YC GLBL Qualitative Methods
- YC GLBL History
Global Health Studies Certificate
- YC Glbl Hlth Bio & Env Infl
- YC Glbl Hlth Health & Soc
- YC Glbl Hlth Hist Approaches
- YC Glbl Hlth Perf Rep & Hlth
- YC Glbl Hlth Polit Econ & Gov
- YC Glbl Hlth Quantitative Data
History (HIST)
- YC HIST Africa
- YC HIST Asia
- YC HIST Cultural History
- YC HIST Departmental Seminars
- YC HIST Empires & Colonialism
- YC HIST Environmental History
- YC HIST Europe
- YC HIST First-Year Seminars
- YC HIST Ideas & Intellectuals
- YC HIST Intl & Diplomat Hist
- YC HIST Latin America
- YC HIST Lecture Courses
- YC HIST Middle East
- YC HIST Pltcs, Law & Govt
- YC HIST Preindustrial
- YC HIST Race Gender&Sexuality
- YC HIST Religion in Context
- YC HIST Sci, Tech, & Medicine
- YC HIST Senior Essay
- YC HIST Soc Chng&Social Mvmnt
- YC HIST The World Economy
- YC HIST United States
- YC HIST War & Society
- YC HIST World
History of Art (HSAR)
- YC HSAR 1500-1800
- YC HSAR 800-1500
- YC HSAR Africa & Pacific
- YC HSAR Asia & Near East
- YC HSAR Europe
- YC HSAR Post-1800
- YC HSAR Pre-800
- YC HSAR The Americas
- YC HSAR Transchronological
- YC HSAR Transregional
History of Science, Medicine and Public Health (HSHM)
- YC HSHM Colonial Know & Power
- YC HSHM Environ & Society
- YC HSHM Gender, Reprod & Body
- YC HSHM Med & Public Health
- YC HSHM Media Info & Public
- YC HSHM Minds and Brains
- YC HSHM Sci, Tech & Society
Human Rights Studies Certificate
Humanities (HUMS)
- YC HUMS CoreSem Interpretations
- YC HUMS CoreSem Modernities
- YC HUMS CoreSem Traditions
- YC HUMS Area Arts
- YC HUMS Area History
- YC HUMS Area Literature
- YC HUMS Area Science
- YC HUMS Foundtns Any Tradition
- YC HUMS Foundtns WesternEurope
- YC Islamic Stud Art Arch Lit
- YC Islamic Stud History
- YC Islamic Stud Religion
- YC Islamic Stud Society
Italian (ITAL)
Linguistics (LING)
- YC LING American Sign Courses
- YC LING Adv Courses/Seminars
- YC LING Breadth
- YC LING Depth
- YC LING Depth Comp Linguistic
- YC LING Depth Historical Ling
- YC LING Depth Lang&Mind/Brain
- YC LING Depth Morphology
- YC LING Brdth Phonetics
- YC LING Brdth Morphology
- YC LING Brdth Semntcs/Pragmat
- YC LING Brdth Comp Ling
- YC LING Brdth Lang&Mind/Brain
- YC LING Brdth Historical Ling
- YC LING Depth Phonetics
- YC LING Depth Phonology
- YC LING Depth Semntcs/Pragmat
- YC LING Depth Syntax
- YC LING Elective
- YC LING Intermediate Courses
- YC LING Introductory Courses
- YC LING Res Courses/Sr Essay
Mathematics (MATH)
- YC MATH Algebra/Number Theory
- YC MATH Analysis
- YC MATH Core Algebra
- YC MATH Core Complex Analysis
- YC MATH Core Real Analysis
- YC MATH Distribution
- YC MATH Geometry/Topology
- YC MATH Logic/Foundations
- YC MATH Stat/Applied Math
- YC MATH&PHIL Logic Component
Mechanical Engineering (MENG)
Medieval Studies Certificate (MDVL)
- YC MDVL East & SE Asia
- YC MDVL Eur Russ & N Atlantic
- YC MDVL Nr East & N Africa
- YC MDVL S & Central Asia
Modern Middle East Studies (MMES)
Music (MUSI)
- YC MUSI Advanced Grp I
- YC MUSI Advanced Grp II
- YC MUSI Advanced Grp III
- YC MUSI Advanced Grp IV
- YC MUSI Intermediate Grp I
- YC MUSI Intermediate Grp II
- YC MUSI Intermediate Grp III
- YC MUSI Intermediate Grp IV
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC)
Neuroscience (NSCI)
- YC NSCI Basic Allied Core
- YC NSCI Computational
- YC NSCI Molecular/Cell/Biol
- YC NSCI Neuroscience Lab
- YC NSCI Other Allied
- YC NSCI Quantitative
- YC NSCI Statistics Prereq
- YC NSCI Systems/Circuit/Behav
- YC NSCI RC
Persian & Iranian Studies Certificate
Philosophy (PHIL)
- YC PHIL Ethics & Value Theory
- YC PHIL History of Philosophy
- YC PHIL Intersctn PSYC/PHIL
- YC PHIL Logic
- YC PHIL Metaphysics&Epistemol
Political Science (PLSC)
- YC PLSC American Govt
- YC PLSC Analyt Pol Theory
- YC PLSC Comparative Govt
- YC PLSC Internatl Relations
- YC PLSC Intro Courses
- YC PLSC Method &Formal Theory
- YC PLSC Political Philosophy
- YC Prog Advanced Programming
- YC Prog Applctions/Algorithms
- YC Prog Data Structures
- YC Prog Programming
- YC Prog Programming Elective
Psychology (PSYC)
- YC PSYC Natural Science
- YC PSYC Natural Science Core
- YC PSYC NSCI Track Adv Scie
- YC PSYC NSCI Track RsrchMthds
- YC PSYC NSCI Track Senior Sem
- YC PSYC Social Science
- YC PSYC Social Science Core
Sociology (SOCY)
- YC SOCY Economy & Sociology
- YC SOCY Health & Society
- YC SOCY InequalityRaceSociety
- YC SOCY Sociological Methods
South Asian Studies (SAST)
Spanish (SPAN)
Statistics & Data Science (S&DS)
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS)
- YC TDPS Artistic Practice
- YC TDPS Elective
- YC TDPS Histories
- YC TDPS Interarts
- YC TDPS Performance Theory
Urban Studies (URBN)