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This 5-week introductory course is for those who would like to explore and be fascinated by vernacular architecture - the subject and study of everyday buildings, landscapes and...

This course looks inside U.S. prisons, through the history of literary witness produced by incarcerated people. This history will help us to understand the mass-scale prison's...

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,...

In this architecture course, students will learn how to "read" Rome, an ancient city, reborn in the fifteenth century and reshaped substantially in the following three...

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 nanotechnology course provides a simple, conceptual framework for understanding the essential physics of nanoscale transistors. It assumes only a basic background in...

This course covers cosmology - the study of our entire universe.This course is designed for people who would like to get a deeper understanding of astronomy than that offered by...

This course will help students to gain a broad-based understanding of warfare in ancient Greece through Homer's account of the Trojan War in the Iliad.

In this course students will use fundamental engineering and mathematical tools to understand and analyze basic bioelectricity and circuit theory in the context of the mammalian...

This course introduces students to the most pivotal era in American history. It teaches about the political, social, and economic changes in the Union and the Confederacy and...

This course teaches how to spark creativity and how to become more open-minded and productive.

In this course, students will learn about ecology, the interactions between organisms, how they depend on each other, how they interact with their environment and how they...

An introduction to the basic methods of game design, this course includes defining and analyzing games and their mechanics, and understanding how mechanics affect gameplay and...

Taking this course, students will question for themselves the meaning of human freedom, responsibility and identity by reading and responding to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.

This online course gives an introduction to the sacred scriptures of Christianity (the Bible). Participants will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings...

The course invites students to examine the interconnectedness of modern life through an exploration of fundamental questions about how our social, economic, and technological...

This course explores the balance between traditional Japanese architecture and Western influence, starting with the introduction of Western building styles in the 19th century...

This course serves as an introduction to the anatomy of the upper limb. Students will start with basic human anatomical terminology and apply that knowledge to examining the...

This course will examine how the spread of trade, investment, and technology across borders affects firms, workers, and communities in developed and developing countries. It...