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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 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 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 explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877.

This online course explores a toolkit of behavior-change techniques to improve participants´ interaction with both children and adolescents.

This online course gives an overview of what psychological science says about happiness. It includes common misconceptions as well as activities that have been proven to...

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

This online course (MOOC) discusses the moral foundations of politics and the main answers that have been given to this question in the modern West.It includes the following...

This course former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner and Professor Andrew Metrick surveys the causes, events, policy responses, and aftermath of the recent...

This online course (MOOC) explores the modern science of moral belief and moral action. The course discusses concepts such as compassion, asks about the origins of morality, and...

This online course gives an introduction to the relationship between religion and ecology.

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

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

This online course gives an introduction to the human anatomy of the chest, pelvis, and abdomen.

This series of online courses (MOOCs) combines the discoveries of the evolutionary sciences together with the humanities such as history, philosophy, art, and religion.The first...

This online lecture series presents the Early Middle Ages in Western European development, from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation. It covers topics such...

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 explores the development of Western Christianity from its early persecution under the Roman Empire in the third century to its global expansion.