These Fall 2025 undergraduate courses are eligible to be counted toward the Undergraduate Certificate. Cross-listed courses are listed only once. Some encompass more than one Zone, though for the purposes of the distribution requirement, you can count them only once. Graduate-level courses with a MDVL number may also be counted toward the Certificate. Depending on reading and coursework, other Yale College courses may also be eligible for the certificate; if you have questions about whether and how a course might count, please speak to a Certificate Adviser. For previous Certificate-eligible courses, see the course archive. Please note that, in general, courses that can be repeated for credit may be counted only once toward the Certificate, with a few exceptions (such as topics courses whose subjects regularly change).
Arabic
ARBC 1360 Beginning Classical Arabic I (Zone 3)
ARBC 1560 Intermediate Classical Arabic I (Zone 3)
East Asian Languages and Literatures
EALL 2000 The Chinese Tradition (Zone 1)
English
ENGL 3501 Old English (Zone 4)
ENGL 3505 Medieval Songlines (Zone 4)
ENGL 4502 Chaucer (Zone 4)
History
HIST 1219 Jews and the World: From the Bible through Early Modern Times (Zone 3 or 4)
HIST 1290 Russia from the Ninth Century to 1801 (Zone 4)
HIST 1421 China from Present to Past (Zone 1)
HIST 3232 Medieval Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conversation (Zone 3 or 4)
History of Art
HSAR 1110 Introduction to the History of Art: Global Decorative Arts
HSAR 3271 Medieval People and their Art (Zone 4)
HSAR 3290 Arts of the Silk Road
HSAR 4421 Saints and Relics in Medieval Europe (Zone 4)
Italian Studies
ITAL 1310 Dante in Translation (Zone 4)
ITAL 4162 Introduction to Italian Literature: from the Duecento to the Renaissance (Zone 4)
Music
MUSI 2240 The Performance of Early Music (Zone 4)
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
NELC 1280 From Gilgamesh to Persepolis: Introduction to Near Eastern Literatures (Zone 3)
NELC 3250 The Education of Princes: Medieval Advice Literatures of Rulership and Counsel (Zone 3)
Philosophy
PHIL 2220 Medieval Philosophy (Zone 4)