Yale online course, open to the public, expands to include a new specialization

October 17, 2016

For the first time this fall, Yale University is offering a chance for the public to receive a certificate of specialization after taking a series of online courses offered through the Yale School of Forestry.
“Yale is committed to disseminating knowledge,” sad Patrick Clark O’Brien, a spokesman for the Yale Center of Teaching and Learning. “There are people (signed up) from all over the globe, and that’s great.”
While the university has offered free online courses before through a program known as Coursera, this is the first year that participants can sign up and take four courses that fall under one specialization. With a $79 payment, students can receive a certificate from the university, noting their completion of the program.
The specialization topic is “The Journey of the Universe: A Story of Our Times.” Yale School of Forestry senior lecturers and research scholars Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim will combine evolutionary science with the humanities.

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