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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 online course gives an introduction to computer science for business professionals. No prior knowledge of computers or programming is required.Topics include computational...

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

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 magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

This course teaches about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts - hymns, narratives, philosophical thought - and their interpretations.

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 (MOOC) gives an introduction to the U.S. government system.The course explores its foundations, institutions (such as the President and Congress),...

This online course explores a diverse array of American Modernist poets and poems.

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.

This online course provides a human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

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 online course, students will learn about modern China, focusing on the creation of the modern Chinese state on the ruins of the Empire during the Republican era;...

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

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

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

Super-Earths And Life is a course about alien life, how we search for it, and what this teaches us about our place in the universe.