Yale University Courses

Mental Illness: Understanding Mood Disorders - Part 1

5 ratings

Explores how clinical psychology identifies and treats mood disorders through diagnostic criteria and biological, cognitive, and interpersonal approaches.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Abdominal X-Rays

4 ratings

A radiologist discusses abdominal X-rays.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Quantum Mechanics - Key Experiments and Wave-Particle Duality

4 ratings

Explores how double-slit, photoelectric, and Compton-scattering experiments establish wave-particle duality and motivate the uncertainty principle.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Social Psychology - Self and Other, Part I

4 ratings

Explore how social connectedness and cognitive biases shape our understanding of ourselves, other people, and social groups.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to New Testament Studies - Why Study the New Testament?

4 ratings

An introduction to reading the New Testament as historical documents through an ancient reader’s perspective.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Early Middle Ages, 284-1000 - The Splendor of Byzantium

3 ratings

A survey of Byzantine history from Justinian’s expansion through crisis, reconstruction, religious conflict, survival, and renewed expansion.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature

3 ratings

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature pairs central texts from Western philosophical tradition (including works by Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hobbes, Kant, Mill, Rawls, and Nozick) with recent findings in cognitive science and related fields.

• YouTube
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Sanitary Movement and the 'Filth Theory of Disease' - Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600

3 ratings

How the nineteenth-century sanitary movement linked urban cleansing, infectious disease, and state-led rebuilding to the politics of social order.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Biomedical Imaging Technologies - MRI, fMRI, Ultrasound, and Nuclear Imaging

3 ratings

A survey of biomedical imaging technologies, from non-ionizing MRI and brain-function fMRI to ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and optical imaging.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Child Development: How Does a Child Make Progress? - Lesson 7b

3 ratings

Explore the developmental journey of children, examining key factors and milestones that contribute to their growth and advancement.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Solid and Liquid Chemical Rockets - 3.3

3 ratings

Explore the fundamentals of chemical rockets, comparing solid and liquid propellant systems, their advantages, disadvantages, and real-world applications in spaceflight.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics - Introduction to Exoplanets, Black Holes, and Cosmology

3 ratings

An introduction to exoplanets, black holes, cosmology, and planetary orbits through astronomy’s history and Newtonian foundations.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Do Other Countries Approach Addiction Treatment - Addiction Treatment Course 6.6

3 ratings

Explore Ireland's National Drug Strategy and harm reduction approaches, comparing European prevention methods with U.S. practices for evidence-based addiction treatment.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to the Old Testament

3 ratings

This course examines the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient Israel, and a foundational document of Western civilization.

• YouTube
• 19 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

American History: From Emancipation to the Present - Reconstruction and the Rise of Redemption - Lecture 4

3 ratings

A lecture on Redemption-era efforts to restore white power through Black voter suppression, racial terror, and anti-lynching campaigns.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video