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H3 1. How do I enroll in an Open Yale Course?
H3 2. Is it possible to take Open Yale courses for credit?
H3 3. Where can I obtain course packets/reading materials?
H3 4. Will I be able to ask the professor a question or submit written work?
H3 5. What new courses will be added and when?
H3 1. How do I download the Course Media on the session pages? How do I know which version of the video to download?
H3 2. Why does my video stream buffer (look choppy or keep pausing)?
H3 3. How do I view the closed captions on the videos?
H3 4. In some lectures, the professors refer to materials available on a Classes*v2 course site. How can I get a password to access Classes*v2?
H3 5. Do I need specific software or information in order to view Open Yale Courses videos or resources?
H3 6. Why did I get the error message “File not found” or “This page cannot be found”?
H3 7. Why doesn’t the project site work properly in my browser?
H3 8. How do I change the font size on the project website?
H3 1. I understand most of the Open Yale Courses content is made available under a Creative Commons license. What does this mean?
H3 2. Can you tell me what content is not covered by this version of the Creative Commons license?
H3 3. I understand that I cannot use Open Yale Courses content for commercial purposes, but what are some examples of what you consider a “commercial purpose?”
H3 4. I am an educator for a non-profit entity. Can I download your materials for use in my class?
H3 5. Can I award academic credit to my students based on learning they have done thanks to Open Yale Courses content?
H3 6. Can you give a few other examples of activities that are permitted under the Creative Commons license you use?
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H3 What is Open Yale Courses?
H3 Who Leads Open Yale Courses?
H3 Who is Participating in Open Yale Courses?
H3 Who is Supporting Open Yale Courses?
H3 Can I earn course credit for Open Yale Courses?  
H3 What License is Used for Open Yale Courses?
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HOMEPAGE (https://oyc.yale.edu) Welcome | Open Yale Courses
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Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature with Tamar Gendler

"To understand the structure of the human soul we must understand the structure of society; to understand the structure of society we must understand the structure of the human soul."

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Roman Architecture with Diana E. E. Kleiner

"To construct soaring vaults out of concrete, to face them with brick, to create windows large enough to dematerialize the wall - to do that at this kind of scale is an incredible architectural feat."

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Milton with John Rogers

"In our collective cultural consciousness, whether we like him or not, we tend to think of John Milton as powerful."

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Financial Markets (2011) with Robert J. Shiller

"The moral dilemma is to prevent big, bad things from happening, and that takes a sort of entrepreneurship and big thinking to manage."

Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner with Wai Chee Dimock

"Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner are the iconic figures of American Literature."

Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.All lectures were recorded in the Yale College classroom and are available in video, audio, and text transcript formatsRegistration is not requiredNo course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the Open Yale Courses website. However, courses for Yale College credit are offered online through Yale Summer Online including OYC professors John Rogers and Craig Wright."

Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn. All lectures were recorded in the Yale College classroom and are available in video, audio, and text transcript formats Registration is not required No course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the Open Yale Courses website. However, courses for Yale College credit are offered online through Yale Summer Online including OYC professors John Rogers and Craig Wright."

A Welcome From Diana E. E. KleinerFounding Director and Principal InvestigatorWe welcome you to explore Open Yale Courses where you can discover a wide range of timely and timeless topics taught by Yale professors, each with a unique perspective and an individual interpretation of a particular field of study. We hope the lectures and other course materials, which reflect the values of a Yale liberal arts education, inspire your own critical thinking and creative imagination. We greatly appreciate your enthusiastic response to this initiative and hope you will stay in touch!

Open Yale Courses has been generously funded by: Open Yale Courses is supported by: The Center for Teaching and Learning
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SUB-PAGE (https://oyc.yale.edu/help/) Help | Open Yale Courses
[H1] Help

[H2] General Information FAQ
How do I enroll in an Open Yale Course?Is it possible to take Open Yale courses for credit?Where can I obtain course packets/reading materials?Will I be able to ask the professor a question or submit written work?What new courses will be added and when?
[H2] Technical Support FAQ
How do I download the Course Media on the session pages? How do I know which version of the video to download?Why does my video stream buffer (look choppy or keep pausing)?How do I view the closed captions on the videos?In some lectures, the professors refer to materials available on a Classes*v2 course site. How can I get a password to access Classes*v2?Do I need specific software or information in order to view Open Yale Courses videos or resources?Why did I get the error message “File not found” or “This page cannot be found?”Why doesn’t the project site work properly in my browser?How do I change the font size on the project website?
[H2] Terms of Use FAQ
I understand most of the Open Yale Courses content is made available under a Creative Commons license. What does this mean?Can you tell me what content is not covered by this version of the Creative Commons license?I understand that I cannot use Open Yale Courses content for commercial purposes, but what are some examples of what you consider a “commercial purpose?”I am an educator for a non-profit entity. Can I download your materials for use in my class?Can I award academic credit to my students based on learning they have done thanks to Open Yale Courses content?Can you give a few other examples of activities that are permitted under the Creative Commons license you use?
[H2] General Information
[H3] 1. How do I enroll in an Open Yale Course?
No enrollment or registration is required. Anyone with an Internet connection may access the website.
[H3] 2. Is it possible to take Open Yale courses for credit?
There is no Yale credit, degree, or certificate available as a result of consuming content through the Open Yale Courses website. Those interested in pursuing a program of study at Yale may visit http://www.yale.edu/ for information on applying for admission.
[H3] 3. Where can I obtain course packets/reading materials?
Due to copyright restrictions, we are unable to provide copies of the course packets used on campus. However, some of the same materials may be available at your local library, on websites such as Google Scholar, from book retailers, or in academic journals. Bibliographic references for course packet materials and other reading assignments can be found in the “Texts” section on the “Syllabus” page and/or in the “Assignment” section on the “session” page.
[H3] 4. Will I be able to ask the professor a question or submit written work?
No. Open Yale Courses is not designed to offer users the opportunity to interact with Yale faculty.
[H3] 5. What new courses will be added and when?
We are no longer adding new courses to this website. However, Yale continues to provide free access to educational content through the Coursera platform. Please visit Yale’s home on Coursera to enroll in our courses! Top
[H2] Technical Support
[H3] 1. How do I download the Course Media on the session pages? How do I know which version of the video to download?
To download the Course Media, click on the media format icons or letters below the four Course Media options: Transcript, Audio, Low Bandwidth Video, and High Bandwidth Video. A box may pop up to confirm that you want to “Open” or “Save” the file; the prompt and terminology will differ depending on your choice of browser.The Transcript link will bring you to a Web page from which you can print a copy of the transcript by using the “Print” link in the upper-right corner of the page.The Audio link will download an mp3 file of the lecture to your device (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) and can be played on any mp3 player.The Low Bandwidth Video (for slower Internet connections) and High Bandwidth Video (for high-speed Internet connections) links will download the lecture videos to your device and may be viewed at your convenience using the QuickTime Player (freely downloadable at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/).
[H3] 2. Why does my video stream buffer (look choppy or keep pausing)?
The quality of your viewing experience will be affected by your Internet connection speed. Connection speed can vary at different times of the day; you may have better performance if you avoid high-traffic periods for your time zone. For optimal viewing of video files, you should use a high-speed connection such as DSL or cable modem.
[H3] 3. How do I view the closed captions on the videos?
Closed captioning is available on the embedded video and the high-bandwidth QuickTime files located on the session pages of each course. To activate the closed captions, click the CC icon in the upper right corner of the embedded videos or bottom right corner of the downloaded QuickTime vidoes; click the CC icon again to turn off the captions.
[H3] 4. In some lectures, the professors refer to materials available on a Classes*v2 course site. How can I get a password to access Classes*v2?
Classes*v2 is an on-campus website available to Yale students. In some Open Yale Courses, class handouts and other materials mentioned in the course lectures are posted in the “Resources” section of Open Yale Courses “session” pages. On occasion, materials have been omitted or edited due to copyright restrictions.
[H3] 5. Do I need specific software or information in order to view Open Yale Courses videos or resources?
The embedded videos will play in your browser. The downloadable media files (audio .mp3, low-bandwidth .mov, and high-bandwidth .mov) can be played with QuickTime, iTunes,and VLC media players. When you click on one of these links, a new popup window will launch. Please check that your browser is not blocking popups.Most of the resources included with Open Yale Courses are available in PDF format. PDF documents may be opened with the Adobe Reader. Visit http://www.adobe.com and click on the “Get Adobe Reader” button to download and install the application. Visit http://www.adobe.com and click on the “Get Adobe Reader” button to download and install the application. There are many other applications that can also open PDF files (e.g., Preview, which comes standard with recent versions of the Macintosh operating system). Your computer may ask you to select from a number of recommended applications to open a downloaded PDF.Text documents in .rtf or .doc format can be opened with various applications. Windows users who do not have Microsoft Word may download Word Viewer. Other users may wish to try LibreOffice, which can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.libreoffice.org/; or Google Docs & Spreadsheets, which allows you to read and edit .doc and .rtf files without installing special software.
[H3] 6. Why did I get the error message “File not found” or “This page cannot be found”?
These error messages indicate a faulty link to a file or page. In some cases, particularly if you are using a bookmark or link from another website, this is because the page you are looking for has been moved or deleted; try using the navigation links or the “Search” box at the top of this website to locate the content you seek. If the link is to a video, please be sure that you are linking to the video from this website; links to our videos from other websites often do not work.
[H3] 7. Why doesn’t the project site work properly in my browser?
Open Yale Courses is best viewed using the following browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer 8.0+. Although many of the project materials will be viewable in other browsers or older versions than we recommend, Open Yale Courses is not responsible for any display or functional inconsistencies you may encounter.
[H3] 8. How do I change the font size on the project website?
You can change the displayed font size using your browser’s menu: View > Zoom > Zoom In.Top
[H2] Terms of Use
[H3] 1. I understand most of the Open Yale Courses content is made available under a Creative Commons license. What does this mean?
As stated in our Terms Of Use most of the lectures and course material within Open Yale Courses are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. Unless explicitly set forth in the applicable Credits Section of a lecture, third-party content is not covered under the Creative Commons license; such content may be subject to additional intellectual property notices, information or restrictions. You are solely responsible for obtaining permission to use third party content or determining whether your use is fair use and for responding to any claims that may arise.As set forth in our terms of use, the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license allows you to freely share (copy, distribute, display, and perform the work) and make derivative works of the content under the following conditions:You must attribute the work in the manner specified on the Open Yale Courses Terms of Use, but not in any way that suggests that Yale or Open Yale Courses endorses you or your use of the work. The proper format for attribution is as follows:[Name], [Course Title] (Yale University: Open Yale Courses), http://oyc.yale.edu (Accessed Date). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.For example:  Shelly Kagan, Death (Yale University: Open Yale Courses), http://oyc.yale.edu (Accessed May 13, 2009). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAYou may not use any Open Yale Courses content for commercial purposes. See Terms of Use.If you alter, transform or build upon Open Yale Course material made available under the Creative Commons license, you may distribute the resulting work only if you do so under the same or substantially similar license.
[H3] 2. Can you tell me what content is not covered by this version of the Creative Commons license?
All Yale and Yale authored content is made available under the Creative Commons license. This includes all lectures. However, third party materials included in lectures are not covered by the Creative Commons license unless explicitly set forth in the applicable credits section of a particular lecture page.
[H3] 3. I understand that I cannot use Open Yale Courses content for commercial purposes, but what are some examples of what you consider a “commercial purpose?”
The non-commercial license is set forth at http://creativecommons.org. We explain what we mean generally by non-commercial purposes in our Terms (no profits, sales, premium services, advertising, or marketing). We can also list of a number of activities that we consider commercial. We cannot provide a comprehensive list, but some examples include:Creating DVDs, CDs or other audio/visual materials based on all or a portion of Open Yale Courses content to sell, license or use for advertising or promotional purposes.Creating a book, e-book, or textbook using all or a portion of our transcripts, or other content gathered from the Open Yale Courses website to sell, license or for advertising or promotional purposes.Translating all or a portion of our transcripts, or other content gathered from the Open Yale Courses website, into a language other than English in order to sell, license, advertise, or promote a book, e-book, textbook, DVD, CD or other audio/video.Downloading Open Yale Courses content and then placing all or a portion of that content or a derivative of that content such as translations on a website that requires users to pay for access or accepts commercial advertising.Rebroadcasting all or a portion of that content on a commercial television or commercial radio station.Using content obtained through the Open Yale Courses website to advertise or promote your for-profit entity in any way.
[H3] 4. I am an educator for a non-profit entity. Can I download your materials for use in my class?
Yes, you can use all or a portion of the Open Yale Courses materials to teach. This applies under the following conditions.Whether you are teaching high school students, college students, post-graduate students or at another level of education.Whether you are teaching this course at an accredited educational entity or as part of a non-profit professional training program. If you are a for-profit corporation, you may teach this content as part of a professional training program, as long as you are not charging tuition specifically for the class based upon Open Yale Courses content.Whether your students are in a physical classroom or online.We cannot provide a comprehensive list of methods you can use to incorporate Open Yale Courses content into your class, but some examples include:Requiring your students to visit our website to read the transcripts, view the video lectures or listen to the lecture audio.Printing out the lecture transcripts and providing them to your students.Asking your students to take the quizzes made available through the Open Yale Courses website.Using a portion of the questions included in our quizzes in your own tests and quizzes.Using the reading lists made available on the Open Yale Courses website.Visiting our website while your class is in session and watching the videos together, as a class.
[H3] 5. Can I award academic credit to my students based on learning they have done thanks to Open Yale Courses content?
You are welcome to award students credit from your institution for any reason you feel appropriate. The decision to award your students academic credit is your institution’s to make. If you feel a course that included content from the Open Yale Courses website is worthy of academic credit from your institution, then you are free to award that credit.Yale will NOT offer any type of Yale academic credit to anyone based on their consumption of content through the Open Yale Courses website. Yale will not formally recognize – by awarding credit or any other formal distinction – learning you have done as a result of downloading content from the Open Yale Courses website.
[H3] 6. Can you give a few other examples of activities that are permitted under the Creative Commons license you use?
Yes, but please note that this is not a comprehensive list. Some examples include:Translating - and then redistributing for free - Open Yale Courses content. Of course you are also welcome to translate Open Yale Courses content for your personal use.Downloading and editing Open Yale Courses video and audio content for non-commercial use. These “re-mixed” versions can be for your own personal use or you can choose to make them available under the same Creative Commons license that is used for Yale-owned Open Yale Courses content.Linking to content on Open Yale Courses website from your website.Downloading Open Yale Courses content from our website, adding it to your non-commercial website, and making it available to the public for fr
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African American Studies
AFAM 162
African American History: From Emancipation to the Present (2010)
Jonathan Holloway
Spring 2010

American Studies
AMST 246
Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner
Wai Chee Dimock
Fall 2011

Astronomy
ASTR 160
Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics
Charles Bailyn
Spring 2007

Biomedical Engineering
BENG 100
Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering
W. Mark Saltzman
Spring 2008

Chemistry
CHEM 125a
Freshman Organic Chemistry I
J. Michael McBride
Fall 2008

Chemistry
CHEM 125b
Freshman Organic Chemistry II
J. Michael McBride
Spring 2011

Classics
CLCV 205
Introduction to Ancient Greek History
Donald Kagan
Fall 2007

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EEB 122
Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
Stephen C. Stearns
Spring 2009

Economics
ECON 252
Financial Markets (2008)
Robert J. Shiller
Spring 2008

Economics
ECON 252
Financial Markets (2011)
Robert J. Shiller
Spring 2011

Economics
ECON 251
Financial Theory
John Geanakoplos
Fall 2009

Economics
ECON 159
Game Theory
Ben Polak
Fall 2007

English
ENGL 291
The American Novel Since 1945
Amy Hungerford
Spring 2008

English
ENGL 300
Introduction to Theory of Literature
Paul H. Fry
Spring 2009

English
ENGL 220
Milton
John Rogers
Fall 2007

English
ENGL 310
Modern Poetry
Langdon Hammer
Spring 2007

Environmental Studies
EVST 255
Environmental Politics and Law
John Wargo
Spring 2010

Geology and Geophysics
GG 140
The Atmosphere, the Ocean, and Environmental Change
Ronald B. Smith
Fall 2011

History
HIST 116
The American Revolution
Joanne Freeman
Spring 2010

History
HIST 119
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
David W. Blight
Spring 2008

History
HIST 210
The Early Middle Ages, 284–1000
Paul Freedman
Fall 2011

History
HIST 202
European Civilization, 1648-1945
John Merriman
Fall 2008

History
HIST 234
Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600
Frank Snowden
Spring 2010

History
HIST 251
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts
Keith E. Wrightson
Fall 2009

History
HIST 276
France Since 1871
John Merriman
Fall 2007

History of Art
HSAR 252
Roman Architecture
Diana E. E. Kleiner
Spring 2009

Italian Language and Literature
ITAL 310
Dante in Translation
Giuseppe Mazzotta
Fall 2008

Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
MCDB 150
Global Problems of Population Growth
Robert Wyman
Spring 2009

Philosophy
PHIL 181
Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature
Tamar Gendler
Spring 2011

Philosophy
PHIL 176
Death
Shelly Kagan
Spring 2007

Physics
PHYS 200
Fundamentals of Physics I
Ramamurti Shankar
Fall 2006

Physics
PHYS 201
Fundamentals of Physics II
Ramamurti Shankar
Spring 2010

Political Science
PLSC 270
Capitalism: Success, Crisis, and Reform
Douglas W. Rae
Fall 2009

Political Science
PLSC 114
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Steven B. Smith
Fall 2006

Psychology
PSYC 110
Introduction to Psychology
Paul Bloom
Spring 2007

Psychology
PSYC 123
The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food
Kelly D. Brownell
Fall 2008

Religious Studies
RLST 152
Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature
Dale B. Martin
Spring 2009

Religious Studies
RLST 145
Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)
Christine Hayes
Fall 2006

Sociology
SOCY 151
Foundations of Modern Social Theory
Iván Szelényi
Fall 2009

Spanish and Portuguese
SPAN 300
Cervantes' Don Quixote
Roberto González Echevarría
Fall 2009
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SUB-PAGE (https://oyc.yale.edu/about/) About | Open Yale Courses
[H1] About

[H2] About OYC

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[H3] What is Open Yale Courses?
Open Yale Courses (OYC) provides lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public free of charge via the Internet. The courses span the full range of liberal arts disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, and physical and biological sciences.Registration is not requiredNo course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the Open Yale Courses website.
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The online courses are designed for a wide range of people around the world, among them self-directed and life-long learners, educators, and high school and college students. The integrated, highly flexible web interface allows users, in effect, to audit Yale undergraduate courses if they wish to. It also gives the user a wide variety of other options for structuring the learning process, for example downloading, redistributing, and remixing course materials.Each course includes a full set of class lectures produced in high-quality video accompanied by such other course materials as syllabi, suggested readings, and problem sets. The lectures are available as downloadable videos, and an audio-only version is also offered. In addition, searchable transcripts of each lecture are provided.
[H3] Who Leads Open Yale Courses?
Diana E. E. Kleiner, Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics and former Deputy Provost, is Founding Project Director and Principal Investigator of Open Yale Courses. Professor Kleiner brings to the project a wealth of experience in the development of Internet educational offerings as well as her long-time experience as Yale professor, scholar, and administrator.
[H3] Who is Participating in Open Yale Courses?
Leading Yale scholars and scientists who teach outstanding courses at the introductory undergraduate level are participating in Open Yale Courses. The project website provides brief biographical information and links to their departmental affiliation.
[H3] Who is Supporting Open Yale Courses?
Open Yale Courses is supported by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, CA. Through its Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative, launched in 2001, the Hewlett Foundation "seeks to use information technology to help equalize access to knowledge and educational opportunities across the world." The initiative supports "the development and dissemination of high quality content, innovative approaches to remove barriers to the creation, use, re-use and sharing of high quality content, and projects that seek to improve understanding of the demand for openly available content." Visit  http://www.hewlett.org.
[H3] Can I earn course credit for Open Yale Courses?
Although no course credit can be earned for courses viewed on the Open Yale Courses website, two of the courses made available through the project can be taken for Yale College credit through the Yale Summer Online. Listening To Music with Craig WrightMilton with John RogersBoth professors are teaching their courses to admitted students this summer in an online format. Both courses feature extensive interaction with faculty and fellow students.
[H3] What License is Used for Open Yale Courses?
The license that covers most of the lectures and other course material on Open Yale Courses is Creative Commons' Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. This license permits the free use or re-purposing of the Open Yale Courses material by others. Under this license you are allowed to download and redistribute the Open Yale Courses material or remix, tweak, and build upon this material to produce new lectures or other types of creations. To be allowed to do so, however, your use of the material must be non-commercial and you must credit Yale [and the appropriate Yale faculty member] as the originators of the material. Additionally, you must license any new use of the Open Yale Courses material under identical terms. For more information on the scope of the Creative Commons license, visit  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/.In some cases, material under copyright held by a third party (i.e., an individual or organization not connected with Yale) may be subject to more restrictive licensing terms. Please refer to the Credit Section of the lectures and course material to identify third-party material.
[H3] Questions and Support
For general and technical support questions, please see the  "Help" section of this site.

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[H2] Press Kit
[H3] Open Yale Courses is led by:
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Diana E. E. Kleiner Founding Project Director and Principal Investigator, Open Yale Courses; Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics, Yale University (click thumbnail for high-resolution image) Academic website: http://arthistory.yale.edu/people/diana-kleiner
[H3] For media inquiries, please contact:
Dorie Baker, Communications Officer Email: mailto:dorie.baker@yale.edu Office of Public Affairs and Communications: http://communications.yale.edu
[H3] Resources:
Open Yale Courses press release (April 2011) [PDF]
[H3] Access to Downloadable Media
Members of the media are required to submit the form below in order to receive access to broadcast-quality video clips and high-resolution images related to Open Yale Courses.

[H3] Open Yale Courses Team
Diana E. E. Kleiner, Founding Project Director and Principal Investigator Christine A. Costantino, Project CoordinatorMatthew Snyder, Media Content Developer
[H3] Yale CMI2 Team
Paul Lawrence, DirectorDavid Hirsch, Associate DirectorSamuel Cohen, Instructional TechnologistPaul Gluhosky, Manager of Academic ProjectsJames Milam, Designer
[H3] Special Thanks
Yale Information Technology Services (ITS)Yale Broadcast & Media CenterJude Briedenbach, VideographerDan Cody, VideographerDoug Forbush, Post-productionYale Office of Digital DisseminationKirsten CartoskiLucas SwinefordOffice of the General CounselSheree Carter-Galvan, Associate General CounselPamela M. Chambers, Assistant General Counsel-IPStudent Assistants (2011-2012)Endia Beal Steffen BesserAura BogadoOliver BunnSamantha DixonMerve EmreSteven FeisJustin KhooRichard K. KimTom LynamRose MalloyCandice ManatsaMichael NkansahMachisté QuintanaAgnieszka RecDenise SoesiloIlana StraussAnne van BruggenMirela Claudia VirlanutaErin Wood
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/about/ — no schema detected (entity gap)

Your Diagnosis

Before revealing the machine’s verdict, predict the BS score for each signal. Higher = more BS (more fluff, less verifiable substance). Drag each slider, then submit to compare your judgment against the engine.

Information Density 0 / 30
Read the Narrative & headings: do hard facts (prices, dates, numbers) outweigh fluff power-words?
Semantic Coherence 0 / 20
Compare the homepage promise against the sub-page reality. Do they hold the same line?
Trust & Proof 0 / 20
Weigh review mentions against actual external proof links. Claims without verification = theatre.
Commodity Fingerprint 0 / 15
Check headings & narrative against the industry clichés in the setup above.
Identity & Authority 0 / 15
Inspect the schema: is there real Organization/Person identity with sameAs links, or gaps?
Your predicted BS score 0 / 100
💡 Stuck? Reveal the heuristic lens — how the deterministic page-auditor reads each signal (no AI, pure pattern rules)

These are the structural rules a local, deterministic auditor applies — the same lens you can use to judge each signal. They describe what to look for, not this company’s result.

Information Density

Classify each sentence as substantive or hollow. Grounding markers — numbers, currencies, dates, technical units, named entities — outweigh marketing adjectives. When fluff sits right next to hard evidence, the fluff is forgiven.

Semantic Alignment

Pull the main entities out of the H1, then check whether they actually recur through the body. A page that announces one thing and then talks about another drifts. Headings with no real sentences underneath read as pseudo-substance.

Trust & Proof

Count trust words (review, testimonial, rating, verified) against real outbound proof links (Google, Trustpilot, Clutch, G2, Yelp). Lots of trust language with zero verification links is trust theatre. Unlinked logo galleries count against it.

Commodity Fingerprint

Look at how much sentence length varies. Natural writing varies its rhythm; templated or mass-produced copy is statistically uniform. Very low variation reads as commodity content — unless unique named entities break the pattern.

Identity & Authority

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Want to apply this lens yourself? The free BS Indicator Chrome extension runs these heuristic checks live on any page. Bear in mind it is a single-page, deterministic tool — it relies only on pattern rules for the page in front of it and does not perform the cross-page semantic correlation this audit uses, so its readout is a starting lens, not the full verdict.

B
BS Level
Education, Schools & Universities
38.5 Avg BS

Based on 816 businesses audited.

BS Detector

Education, Schools & Universities BS: Open Yale Courses (oyc.yale.edu)

https://oyc.yale.edu 📍 Industry: Education, Schools & Universities
13 BS / 100

Open Yale Courses is a masterclass in low-BS digital communication, prioritizing raw academic substance over marketing artifice. It is one of the few sites where the ‘distance’ between claim and proof is zero, though its technical infrastructure is now a historical relic.

Info Density Power-words vs. Substance ratio.
4
13% BS
Semantic Coherence Homepage promise vs. Sub-page reality.
0
0% BS
Trust & Proof Verifiable evidence vs. Trust Theatre.
0
0% BS
Commodity Fingerprint Detection of industry clichés/templates.
2
13% BS
Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
7
47% BS

Update the technical requirements section to remove references to Internet Explorer 8.0 and QuickTime in favor of modern HTML5 standards. Implement Person schema for all listed professors to link their names to academic footprints (ORCID, Yale profiles). Replace the ‘timely’ claim on the homepage with an ‘Archival’ or ‘Legacy’ tag to maintain 100% honesty regarding the content’s age. Add meta descriptions to the homepage and help pages to improve technical authority.

The site perfectly aligns with the Higher Education and Open Educational Resources (OER) category. Its content is strictly academic, focusing on course syllabi, lecture transcripts, and faculty credentials from Yale University.

“The score of 13 is primarily driven by technical authority gaps (Pillar 5) including missing schema and archaic technical recommendations. The 'Information Density' score reflects minor points for repetitive disclaimers and the 'stale' nature of the evidence relative to the 2026 system date. Semantic coherence and trust theatre scores remain at zero, indicating a nearly perfect alignment between claims and reality.”

Verified Analysis Date: May 25, 2026 © 1EuroSEO Independent Evaluator — Non-Sponsored Result
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