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This online course gives an introduction to 19th century opera by analyzing Wagner’s "Das Rheingold" and Verdi’s "Otello".

In this online course, students will learn about the Manchus, who conquered Ming China and established the last of the imperial dynasties; their Qing dynasty would become the...

This online course gives an introduction to Jewish scriptures.It explores the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their...

This online course explores the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza.

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...

In Tangible Things, students will discover how material objects have shaped academic disciplines and reinforced or challenged boundaries between people. This course will draw on...

This online course explores how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.

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 online course explores handwriting’s role in the later Middle Ages as Europe was in the midst of the "paper revolution” and the quantity of documents was exploding.

This online course explores the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

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 (MOOC) explores how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.

In this online course, students will learn about how in the 13th century the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history by force of arms and yet by the end of the Ming...

This course series provides an overview of the structure and function of the entire nervous system — from the inner workings of a single nerve cell to the complexity of the brain.

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 online course gives an introduction to artificial intelligence and machine learning using Python. The course is being offered by the creators of one of the most popular...

In this online course, students will learn about the period when the dynasties of north and south were reunified under the Sui and Tang (late sixth to seventh century), when the...

This online course program gives an introduction to computer science for artificial intelligence programmers. No prior experience is required.It first gives a general overview...

This online course explores the moral limits of markets. It draws upon philosophy and contemporary moral and political controversies to consider what moral limits, if any, the...

This online course explores the process of creation, and the relationship between making and meaning, in the illuminated manuscripts of the western Middle Ages.