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This online course discusses modern history from a global perspective. The course includes the following topics:From the Traditional to the Modern - Commercial and Military...

This online course (MOOC) explores ancient Greek history from the Bronze Age to the death of Socrates in 399 BCE.Topics discussed in the course include:Prehistory to HomerThe...

This online course (MOOC) explores history through a journey of 13.8 billion years starting at the Big Bang and travelling through time all the way to the future. The course...

This online course (MOOC) discusses modern history from a global perspective starting in 1910.The course includes the following topics:Crackup (1905-1917)New Orders Emerge...

This course will take you on a journey through the history of Modern Israel. How did the State of Israel come to be?

This course is a unique and exciting introduction to the genre and craft of historical fiction, for curious students, aspiring authors--anyone with a passion for the past.

This course sheds light on the often overlooked strategic planning that supported the direction of the events and is told by a voice intimately involved in the organization of...

This course examines the history of rock, primarily as it unfolded in the United States, from the days before rock (pre-1955) to the end of the 1960s. It covers artists such as...

This online course teaches about the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, as a way of exploring the nature of myth and the function it plays for individuals, societies, and...

The focus of this course will be on the music, but recording techniques, the music business, the music of other artists, and how the culture of the 1960s affected John, Paul,...

This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European philosophy and literature, and how being modern became one of the crucial...

This course will explore how Kierkegaard deals with the problems associated with relativism, the lack of meaning and the undermining of religious faith that are typical of...

In this course, students will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary...

This course provides a view of the history of spaceflight, from early writings telling of human's fascination of space through the early Russian and American space stations.

Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a “soul.” This course explores several facets of this relatively...

This course, part 2 of a 2-course sequence, examines the history of rock, primarily as it unfolded in the United States, from the early 1970s to the early 1990s.

This course will survey the music of the Rolling Stones, beginning with the roots and first formation of the band in the early 1960s, and following the group through the release...

This course will explore the Presidency, assassination, and lasting legacy of President John F. Kennedy. Students will learn how JFK’s life, administration, and tragic death...

This course provides an overview of Thomas Jefferson's work and perspectives presented by the University of Virginia in partnership with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.

Who were Franklin, Eleanor, and Theodor Roosevelt? What values did the three Roosevelts (3Rs) stand for? How did these two presidents and one first lady influence the world we...