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

This online course (MOOC) explores the ornate liturgical books used in medieval cathedrals and monasteries, and their purpose in the Middle Ages.

This online course explores introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

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

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

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

This online course (MOOC) teaches the basic building blocks of R.

This online course (MOOC) is the first of ten parts of a course series that collectively spans over 6,000 years of Chinese history.This first part of the series gives an...

This online course analyzes Medieval scrolls in detail, and explores their uses and historical significance.

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...

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

This MOOC gives an introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

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...

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

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 gives an introduction to the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam. The course provides tools and perspectives for understanding the role of the Quran in...

This online course explores ancient Chinese philosophy and ethics, including Confucianism and Daoism. It also discusses how this might challenge Western assumptions of what it...

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

This online course (MOOC) teaches the fundamental principles of architecture from a study of history’s important buildings.The first part of the course introduces the idea of...