I can't say for Harvard or Bard, but at Yale, this course is a seminar. You can watch the videos whenever you want, but you also have physical class on Wednesda

I can't say for Harvard or Bard, but at Yale, this course is a seminar. You can watch the videos whenever you want, but you also have physical class on Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:20, where you'll discuss the readings and the professors (Peter Salovey and Adam Glick) will try to make you think in an interdisciplinary way. Although the online aspect and all that is great, I think this is novel for another reason. Charlie Munger, vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway, has often talked about building a latticework of mental models i.e. take the big ideas from various disciplines, and use those models to solve problems. This course is basically a physical version of what he's espoused his whole life. I'm definitely going to try to get into this course - sounds awesome!