Yale Course Search is the gateway to exploring Yale’s rich academic landscape. As the official resource for viewing and searching course offerings, it empowers students to thoughtfully plan their educational journey, discover new academic interests, and make informed decisions about their curriculum. Yale Course Search is also the site for Yale College registration.
Yale Course Search does not list the entire inventory of active courses at Yale. It does however provide a past term option for review of past course offerings.
Yale Course Search provides comprehensive access to courses across Yale College, the Graduate School for Arts and Sciences, and several professional schools. Through its intuitive interface, students can:
The platform offers several features designed specifically to support thoughtful academic exploration:
Yale College students register for courses in Yale Course Search. Graduate students register for courses in Yale Hub.
The Yale Course Search registration icons legend and the Understanding Registration Error Messages chart address issues related directly to adding courses to the registration worksheet in YCS.
Yale Course Search performs best using the most current versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. If you are using Internet Explorer, you must deselect the Compatibility View settings.
Syllabi are posted by instructors on Canvas. If a syllabus button is missing from a course, it means the instructor for the course has not posted a syllabus to the course’s Canvas site yet.
Limited course information is available to the general public through Yale Course Search. When logged in, additional information becomes available based on your role and your school.
These links are found on Yale Course Search by scrolling to the bottom of the left-hand search panel.
Yes. Below the Worksheets section in the search menu, click to expand the “Yale College Attributes” section and select the necessary distributional requirement, then click “Search” at the top of the menu. A list of all courses eligible to satisfy the distributional requirement will be listed in the Search Results.
Course information attributes help identify courses that can apply to major, program or certificate requirements for any Yale University course listed in YCS while Yale College attributes apply broadly to features of undergraduate courses such as seminars and distributional requirements. Visit the Attributes page for more information.
Visit courses.yale.edu to begin exploring Yale’s academic offerings. Yale Course Search is accessible to students, faculty, staff, and the general public, with additional features available to those with an active NetID.
