Eligible Courses

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)