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This online course explores how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

This online course (MOOC) teaches about the history and development of world literature. The course explores how literature developed within cultures and how literary works and...

This MOOC explores Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.” Participants will learn the basics of...

This online course explores how to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills. The course shows how to transform feelings of stress,...

This online course gives a quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.The course explores various aspects of energy production and use. It is...

Through a combination of carefully selected readings, both scriptural and informational, as well as exposure to various forms of Buddhist practice such as art, devotional acts,...

This online course gives an introduction to electrochemistry and shows how electrical, chemical, and mechanical energy are linked.

This online course, the third installment of the multi-part Poetry in America series, focuses on the poetry of Walt Whitman, a quintessentially American writer whose work...

This online course explores the structure and content of the Book of Hours, as well as its role in private devotion and daily life in Medieval Europe.

The jury is an institution in some legal systems in which a panel of citizens weigh evidence and decide verdicts of court cases. "To jury" is, at its most basic form, to judge....

This series of online courses gives an introduction to American government and politics — its foundations, institutions, organizations, and policies.

This online course explores how readers in the first information age interacted with their books.

This online course series examines the modern history of Japan, from the 1850s to 1930s, as well as that of postwar Tokyo.

This online course explores the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

This online course program explores the cultural significance of Shakespeare’s plays.

In this online course, students will learn about fundamental changes in government, the economy, and society that took place between the late eighth and eleventh century. In...

This four-week course provides the context in which to understand the Ebola outbreak -- why now, and why did so many people suffer and die? The course lays out the global...

In this course, learners will hear from leading experts as they engage with current issues and challenges in global health. The course will examine the global response to...

This online course program gives an in-depth introduction to the scientific concepts that are essential for everyday cooking, including the chemistry and physics of cooking as...

This online course gives an overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.