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This course is an introduction to basic techniques of constitutional interpretation.

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

This is a continuation of Freshman Organic Chemistry I, the introductory video lecture on current theories of structure and mechanism in organic chemistry for students with...

This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s.Writers include Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu,...

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.

The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present.

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

At a time of crisis for the classical music profession, with a changing commercial landscape, a shrinking audience base, and a contraction in the number of professional...

The course is an introduction to Dante and his cultural milieu through a critical reading of the Divine Comedy and selected minor works (Vita nuova, Convivio, De vulgari...

This class is a study of Milton's poetry, with attention paid to his literary sources, his contemporaries, his controversial prose, and his decisive influence on the course of...

This online lecture course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political...

This course will examine the American Revolution from a broad perspective, tracing the participants' shifting sense of themselves as British subjects, colonial settlers,...

This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent experience...

In this online course, Professor Robert Shiller (Nobel Prize winner) gives an introduction to financial markets. The course includes the following topics:Efficient markets and...

This online course is designed to help participants to become a better negotiator. Unlike many negotiation courses, this course develops a framework for analyzing and shaping...

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.

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 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 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...