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This course presents the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior for students beginning their study of biology and of the environment.

This course focuses on three particularly interesting areas of astronomy that are advancing very rapidly: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy. The course explores...

This is a continuation of the online lecture Fundamentals of Physics I. This Part II of the course covers electricity, magnetism, optics and quantum mechanics.(Part I can be...

The course presents the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate, while...

The course is structured around three intertwined sets of topics: Happiness and Flourishing; Morality and Justice; and Political Legitimacy and Social Structures. It covers...

This online lecture provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory,...

This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries.

This course covers the body of modern poetry, its characteristic techniques, concerns, and major practitioners. The authors discussed range from Yeats, Eliot, and Pound, to...

This course attempts to explain the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy. The course also gives a picture of the kind of thinking and analysis...

This online video lecture provides a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements in historical context,...

This course explores the physical processes that control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate. It includes topics like: clouds, rain, severe storms, air pollution, ocean...

This course encompasses the study of eating as it affects the health and well-being of every human. Topics include taste preferences, food aversions, the regulation of hunger...

This course examines the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient Israel, and a foundational document of Western civilization....

In "The American Novel Since 1945" students will study a wide range of works from 1945 to the present. The course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in...

This online video lecture explores the evolution of capitalism.The course seeks to interpret capitalism using ideas from biological evolution: Firms pursuing varied strategies...

This course will examine law through case histories including: environmental effects of national security, pesticides, air pollution, consumer products, plastics, parks and...

The course covers basic concepts of biomedical engineering and their connection with the spectrum of human activity. It is designed for science and non-science majors.

This online lecture series explores the metaphysics of life and death. It discusses topics such as various arguments for the existence of the soul, personal identity,...

This course examines major works by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner, exploring their interconnections on three analytic scales: the macro history of the United States and...

This online lecture series gives an introduction to Greek history. It traces the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative...