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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....

This is a continuation of the online lecture Fundamentals of Physics I. This Part II of the course covers electricity, magnetism, optics and quantum mechanics.(Part I can be...

This online lecture series presents the Early Middle Ages in Western European development, from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation. It covers topics such...

The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present.

This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries.

This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent experience...

At a time of crisis for the classical music profession, with a changing commercial landscape, a shrinking audience base, and a contraction in the number of professional...

This course is an introduction to basic techniques of constitutional interpretation.

In this course, participants will learn about the leading cause of cancer in women worldwide – from the basic biology of the disease, to risk factors and prevention, to...

This online course gives an introduction to the basic concepts of psychology. This includes topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making,...

This online course explores medical studies for beginners with no prior knowledge. It covers study design, research methods, and statistical interpretation and also includes...

This online course presents a series of 20 interviews with scientists and environmentalists.

This class is a study of Milton's poetry, with attention paid to his literary sources, his contemporaries, his controversial prose, and his decisive influence on the course of...

The course facilitates a close reading of Don Quixote in the artistic and historical context of renaissance and baroque Spain. Students are also expected to read four of...

This course is an introduction to the main themes of the American Constitution—popular sovereignty, separation of powers, federalism, and rights.

The course presents the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate, while...

This course will examine the American Revolution from a broad perspective, tracing the participants' shifting sense of themselves as British subjects, colonial settlers,...

This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s.Writers include Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu,...

This online course (MOOC) explores the modern science of moral belief and moral action. The course discusses concepts such as compassion, asks about the origins of morality, and...

This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, commitment, asymmetric information, and signaling are...