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

This online course explores some key concepts to support law students in their studies and careers.The course introduces the terminology, concepts, and tools lawyers and legal...

This online lecture course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political...

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 online video lecture provides a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements in historical context,...

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 online course gives an introduction to the human anatomy of the chest, pelvis, and abdomen.

This course covers the emergence of modern France. Topics include the social, economic, and political transformation of France; the impact of France's revolutionary heritage, of...

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,...

The course covers basic concepts of biomedical engineering and their connection with the spectrum of human activity. It is designed for science and non-science majors.

This is the first semester in a two-semester introductory video lecture focused on current theories of structure and mechanism in organic chemistry, their historical...

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...

This online lecture by Yale University provides an introduction to the principles and methods of physics.The course covers Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation,...

This online lecture series explores the metaphysics of life and death. It discusses topics such as various arguments for the existence of the soul, personal identity,...

In "The American Novel Since 1945" students will study a wide range of works from 1945 to the present. The course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in...

This course will examine law through case histories including: environmental effects of national security, pesticides, air pollution, consumer products, plastics, parks and...

This course encompasses the study of eating as it affects the health and well-being of every human. Topics include taste preferences, food aversions, the regulation of hunger...

This online course gives an overview of what psychological science says about happiness. It includes common misconceptions as well as activities that have been proven to...

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

Using a simple and enjoyable teaching style, this course introduces the novice listener to the wonders of classical music, from Bach fugues to Mozart symphonies to Puccini operas.