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Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,500 online courses from universities like Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more. You can use this collection of online courses to learn everything you want–from history, philosophy and literature, to physics, biology, psychology, and computer science.
Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free version of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Certificate” (edX) or “Audit” (Coursera) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged a fee, and we will receive a commission from our affiliate partners–Coursera, FutureLearn and edX.
Humanities & Social Sciences
Archaeology Courses
- Archaeology: from Dig to Lab and Beyond – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Reading
- Hannibal – Free Online Course – Patrick Hunt, Stanford
- Introduction to Near Eastern Art and Archaeology – Free Online Video – Dana D. DePietro, Margaret Larkin, UC Berkeley
- Osteoarchaeology: The Truth in Our Bones – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Universiteit Leiden
- Out of the Past – Free Online Video – David Webster and William T. Sanders, Penn State
- Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
- Roman Art and Archaeology – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – David Soren, University of Arizona
- The Changing Landscape of Ancient Rome. Archaeology and History of the Palatine Hill – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Sapienza University of Rome
- Wonders of Ancient Egypt – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – David P. Silverman, University of Pennsylvania
Architecture Courses
- Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes – Free Online Course – Jan Wampler, MIT
- History of Architecture – Free Online Course – Jacqueline Gargus, Ohio State
- Making Architecture – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – IE School of Architecture and Design
- Roman Architecture – Free Online Course – Diana E. E. Kleiner, Yale
- Structures 2 – Free iTunes Video – Peter von Buelow, University of Michigan
- Sustainability in Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University Polytechnic Valencia
- The Architectural Imagination – Free Online Video – Multiple instructors , Harvard
- Theory of City Form – Free Online Course – Julian Beinart, MIT
Art & Art History Courses
- Aesthetics & the Philosophy of Art – Free iTunes Audio – Free Online Video – James Grant, Oxford University
- Art Through Time: A Global View – Free Online Video – Annenberg Media
- Digital Photography – Free Online Course – Dan Armendariz, Harvard
- Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Leeds
- European Paintings: From Leonardo to Rembrandt to Goya – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Fashion as Design – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Museum of Modern Art
- Foundations of American Cyber-Culture – Free Online Video – UC Berkeley
- In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Museum of Modern Art
- Intentional Public Disruptions: Art, Responsibility, and Pedagogy – Free Online Video – Stephen Carpenter II and Lawrence Susskind, MIT
- Introduction to Digital Photography – Free Online Course – Marc Levoy, Stanford/Google
- Introduction to Visual Design – Free Online Course – Carnegie Mellon
- Introduction to Visual Studies – Free iTunes iOS App – Anna Divinsky, Penn State
Introduction to Visual Thinking – Free Online Video – John McNamara, UC Berkeley - Italian Renaissance – Free Online Course – Dr. Vida Hull, East Tennessee State University
- Italic Calligraphy & Handwriting – Free Online Course – Lloyd Reynolds, Reed College
- Let This Be a Lesson: Heroes, Heroines & Narrative in Paintings at Yale – Free Online Video – John Walsh, Yale
- Lighting Essentials – Free iTunes Video – Simon McIntyre, The University of New South Wales
- Modern Art & Ideas – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Museum of Modern Art
- Photography – Free iTunes App – Jonathan Worth & Matt Johnston at Coventry University
- Photography Lectures from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) – Free Online Lectures
- Seeing Through Photographs – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Museum of Modern Art
- Sexing the Canvas: Art and Gender – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Melbourne
- SmARThistory Video Lectures – Free Online Video/Audio – Beth Harris, MoMA & Steven Zucker, Pratt Institute
- Teaching Critical Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- The Elements of Drawing – Free Online Course – Stephen Farthing, Oxford University
- What Is Contemporary Art? – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Museum of Modern Art
- Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – The University of Tokyo
Classics Courses
- Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Syllabus) – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – David O’Connor, Notre Dame
- Ancient Greece: City and Society – Free iTunes Audio – La Trobe University, Australia
- Ancient Greece: Myth, Art & War – Free iTunes Audio – Dr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University – Australia
- Ancient Greek History – Free Online Course – Donald Kagan, Yale
- Ancient Israel – Free Online Course – Daniel Fleming, NYU
- Ancient Philosophy – Free Online Audio – David Ebrey, UC Berkeley
- Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love (Syllabus) – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – David O’Connor, Notre Dame
- Classical Mythology – Free iTunes Video – Joseph Hughes, Missouri State
- Classical Mythology – Free iTunes Audio – Rhiannon Evans, La Trobe University -Australia
- Concepts of the Hero in Greek Civilization – Free Online Course – Greg Nagy, Harvard
- Epics of Rome – Free iTunes Video – Rhiannon Evans, LaTrobe University-Australia
- Greek and Roman Mythology – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Pennsylvania
- Hannibal – Free iTunes Audio – Patrick Hunt, Stanford
- Roman Architecture – Free Online Course – Diana E. E. Kleiner, Yale
- The Roman World – Free iTunes Video – Rhiannon Evans, La Trobe University – Australia
- Virgil’s Aeneid: Anatomy of a Classic – Free iTunes Audio – Susanna Braund, Stanford University
Communication Courses
- Becoming the Next Bill Nye: Writing and Hosting the Educational Show – Free Online Course – MIT
- Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Open University
- Communication Skills and Teamwork – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Fullbridge
- Communication Skills for Bridging Divides – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Catalyst
- Crisis Management: Proseminar in Public Relations – Free iTunes Video – Samuel Dyer, Missouri State
- Design and Make Infographics – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Michigan State
- Effective Business Presentations with Powerpoint – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Freedom of Speech and the Press – Free Online Video – William B. Turner, UC Berkeley
- Fundamentals of Public Speaking – Free iTunes Video – Gary Philips, Missouri State
- Improving Communication Skills – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Introduction to Communication Science – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Amsterdam
- Introduction to Public Speaking – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Washington
- Inter-Collegiate Debating I – Free iTunes Video – Eric Morris, Missouri State
- Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety – Free iTunes Video – Margaret Swisher and Barbara Myslik , UC Davis
- Public Speaking II – Free iTunes Audio – Sam Dyer, Missouri State
- Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard University
- Rhetoric – Free Online Course – Stanley Fish, Cardozo School of Law
- Storytelling – Free Online Course – Pixar/Khan Academy
- The Interview – Free iTunes Audio – Erdem Koc, La Trobe University-Australia
- Writing for Strategic Communication – Free iTunes Audio – Karen Morath, La Trobe University
Education Courses
- Foundations of Virtual Instruction – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Irvine
- How to Teach Online: The Essentials – Free Online Video – Stanford Online High School
- Learning to Teach Online – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – The University of New South Wales
Film Courses
- An Introduction to Screenwriting – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of East Anglia
- Existentialism in Literature & Film – Free Online Audio – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
- Creative Activism – Free iTunes Audio – Peter Woodbridge, Coventry University
- Holocaust in Film and Literature – Free Online Course – Todd Presner, UCLA
- Introduction to Film Studies – Free Online Video – Free Video Download – Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, IIT Madras
- Philosophy in Film and Other Media – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – Related Materials – Irving Singer, MIT
- The Film Experience – Free Online Course – David Thorburn, MIT
- Western Movies: Myth, Ideology, Genre – Free iTunes Video – Richard Slotkin, Wesleyan
Food Courses
- Child Nutrition and Cooking – Free Online Video – Maya Adam, Stanford
- Edible Education 101 (Spring 2014) – Free Online Video – Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley
- Edible Education 101 (2015) – Free Online Course – Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley
- Edible Education 103 with Michael Pollan – Free Online Video – Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley
- Exploring Japanese Avant-garde Art Through Butoh Dance – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Keio University
- Food and the Environment – Free Online Audio – Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley
- Food Production, Public Health, and the Environment – Free Online Videos & Materials – Bob Lawrence and Polly Walker, Johns Hopkins
- Nutrition and Wellbeing – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Aberdeen
- Nutrition Education for Cancer Prevention – Free iTunes Video – Iowa State, Dr. Ruth MacDonald
- Organic Agriculture Theory and Practice – Free iTunes Video – Iowa State, Kathleen Delate
- Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter – Free Online Course – Course Info – Team taught, Harvard
- Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full – Free Online Course – Dr. Paola Rebusco, MIT
- Wine – Free Online Course – Professor Maynard Amerine, UC Davis
Geography Courses
- Economic Geography of the Industrial World – Free Online Course – Richard Walker, UC Berkeley
- Geography of US Presidential Elections – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – Martin Lewis, Stanford
- Geography of Europe – Free iTunes Audio – Arizona State
- Geography of World Cultures – Free iTunes Audio – Martin Lewis, Stanford University
- Geopolitics: Geographical Aspects of International Affairs – iTunes Video – Erinn Nicley, University of Illinois-Springfield
- Global Geopolitics – Free iTunes Audio – Martin Lewis, Stanford University
- Introduction to Ozark Studies – Free Online Video – Brooks Blevins, Missouri State
- World Regions, Peoples, and States – Free Online Audio – Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley
Health Courses
- Biohacking Your Brain’s Health – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Emory University
- Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Leeds
- Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University College London
- Engineering Health: Introduction to Yoga and Physiology – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – NYU
- Epidemics – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Hong Kong
- Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases – Free Online Video – Professor Tomas Aragon, UC Berkeley
- Exploring Play: the Importance of Play in Everyday Life – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – The University of Sheffield
- Finding Purpose and Meaning In Life: Living for What Matters Most – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Michigan
- Food as Medicine – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Monash University
- Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Deakin University
- Hacking Exercise For Health. The Surprising New Science of Fitness – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – McMaster University
- Healing with the Arts – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Florida
- Introduction to Infectious Disease – Free Online Video – Dr. Roy Benaroch, Emory
- Science Matters: Let’s Talk About COVID-19/Coronavirus – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Imperial College London
- Maintaining a Mindful Life – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Monash University
- Medicine and the Arts: Humanising Healthcare – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Cape Town
- Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Monash University
- Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – The University of Sydney
- Talking About Cancer: Reducing Risk, Early Detection and Mythbusting – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Cancer Research UK
- Theories and Biological Basis of Substance Abuse & Addiction – Free iTunes Video – Audrey Begun, Ohio State
- Traditional herbal medicine in supportive cancer care: From alternative to integrative – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Technion Israel Institute of Technology
- The Addicted Brain – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Emory University
- The Science of Exercise – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Boulder
- The Science and Practice of Yoga – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Texas-Arlington
- Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Pennsylvania
History Courses
- A Tale of Three Super Powers – Free iTunes Video – Joseph Huges, Missouri State
- African American History: Emancipation to the Present – Free Online Course – Jonathan Holloway, Yale
- African-American History: Modern Freedom Struggle – Free Online Course – Clay Carson, Stanford
- Age of Cathedrals – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Yale University
- Age of Jefferson – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Virginia
- America Through Foreign Eyes – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Rice University
- American Economic History (Syllabus) – Free Online Video – Martha Olney, UC Berkeley
- American Economic History (Syllabus) – Free Online Video – Gerald Friedman, UMass-Amherst
- American Environmental History – Free Online Video – Dan Allosso, UMass-Amherst
- Ancient Greece: City and Society – Free iTunes Audio – Dr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University, Australia
- Ancient Greece: Myth, Art & War – Free iTunes Audio – Dr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University, Australia
- Ancient Greek History – Free Online Course – Donald Kagan, Yale
- Ancient Israel – Free Online Video + Course Info – Free iTunes Video – Daniel Fleming, NYU
- Asia in the Modern World: Images & Representations – Free Online Video & Course Info – John Dower, MIT
- Australian Aboriginal History – Free iTunes Audio – Richard Broome, La Trobe University
- Ben Franklin and the World of the Enlightenment – Free iTunes Audio – Bruce Thompson, Stanford/UC Santa Cruz
- Big History – Free Online Video – David Christian, Macquarie University
- ChinaX: China’s Past, Present and Future – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
- CIA in the Third World – Free Online Video – Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
- Colonial and Revolutionary America – Free iTunes Audio – Jack Rakove, Stanford
- Constitutional Convention – Free iTunes Video – University of Oklahoma – Kevin Butterfield, Paul Gilje
- Coexistence in Medieval Spain: Jews, Christians, and Muslims – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Boulder
- Economic History of the Soviet Union – Free Online Video – Guinevere Liberty Nell, Marginal Revolution U.
- Early Imperial Russia – Free iTunes Audio – Adrian Jones, La Trobe University, Australia
- Early Modern England: Politics, Religion & Society under the Tudors and Stuarts – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Video – Free iTunes Audio – Course Materials – Keith E. Wrightson, Yale
- Emperors of Rome – Free iTunes Audio – Rhiannon Evans, La Trobe University, Australia
- Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 – Free iTunes Video – Free iTunes Audio – Free Online Video – Course Materials – Frank Snowden, Yale
- Ethnic Relations in the US – Free iTunes Audio – Arizona State
- Europe and the World: Wars, Empires, Nations 1648-1914 – Free Online Audio – David Wetzel, UC Berkeley
- European Civilization, 1648-1945 – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Audio – Free iTunes Video – Course Materials – John Merriman, Yale
- European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present – Free Online Video – Thomas Laqueur, UC Berkeley
- European Cultural History, 1500-1815 – Free Online Audio – George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
- European Cultural History, 1660-1870 – Free Online Audio – George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
- European Cultural History, 1880-1920 – Free Online Audio – George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
- France Since 1871 – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Video – Free iTunes Audio – Course Materials – John Merriman, Yale
- Freedom 101: Introduction to American Constitutional History – Free iTunes iOS course – U. of Oklahoma
- Hannibal – Free iTunes Audio – Patrick Hunt, Stanford
- Harvey Goldberg Lectures (1975-1983) – Free Online Audio – Harvey Goldberg, University of Wisconsin
- Historical Jesus – Free iTunes Audio – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
- History and Practice of Human Rights – Free Online Video – Free Video 2 – Free iTunes Video – Free iTunes Audio – Thomas Laqueur
- History of Information – Free Online Video – Geoffrey D. Nunberg, Paul Duguid, UC Berkeley
- History of Iran to the Safavid Period – Free iTunes Audio – Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
- History of the Culture of Tea in China and Japan – Free Online Audio – John Wallace, UC Berkeley
- History of the International System – Free iTunes Audio – James Sheehan, Stanford University
- History of MIT – Web – David Mindell and Merritt Roe Smith, MIT
- History of the Modern Middle East – Free iTunes Audio – Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
- History of New York City: A Social History – Free Online Course – Daniel Walkowitz, NYU
- History of the United States Since 1877 – Free iTunes Video – Dominic Capeci, Missouri State
- History of the World Since 1500 CE – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Video – Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
- Intellectual History of the United States since 1865 – Free Online Audio – Richard Candida Smith, UC Berkeley
- Introduction to African American Studies – Real Player Video – Abdul Alkalimat, University of Illinois
- Introduction to Ancient Egypt and Its Civilization – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Pennsylvania
- Introduction to Ancient Greek History – Free Online Course – Donald Kagan, Yale
- Introduction to American Studies – Free Online Video – Michael Cohen, UC Berkeley
- Ireland in Rebellion (1782-1916) – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Video – More Info – Trinity College Dublin
- Latin American History through the Novel – Free Online Video – Lois Zamora, University of Houston
- 21 Hours of Lectures by Howard Zinn – Spotify – Boston University
- Magic in the Middle Ages – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Barcelona
- Making History – Free iTunes Audio – Ingrid Sykes, La Trobe University – Australia
- Medieval British History – Free Online Video – David Thornton, Bilkent University (Turkey)
- Medicine and Public Health in American History – Free Online Audio – Chris Hamlin, Notre Dame
- Modern Civilization: 1750 to Present – Free Online Video – Lynn Hunt, UCLA
- Modern Jewish History – Free Online Audio – George Mosse, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Pirates, Smugglers, and the Modern World – Free Online Video – Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
- Rethinking the Black Liberation Movement – Free Online Video – Abdul Alkalimat, University of Illinois
- Rethinking Theory in Black Studies – Free Online Video – Abdul Alkalimat, University of Illinois
- Russian History: from Lenin to Putin – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Santa Cruz
- Science, Magic and Religion – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – Courtenay Raia, UCLA
- The American Founders and Their World – Free iTunes Audio – Jack Rakove, Gordon Wood, etc. Stanford
- The American Revolution – Free Online Video – Joanne B. Freeman, Yale
- The Americas: Identity, Culture, and Power – Free Online Video – Cesar Seveso, University of Houston
- The Ancient Mediterranean World – Free Online Audio – Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
- The Ancient Greeks – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Wesleyan University
- The Birth of the Modern: Europe and its Others – Free iTunes Audio – Andrew Barnes, Arizona State
- The Changing Landscape of Ancient Rome. Archaeology and History of the Palatine Hill – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Sapienza University of Rome
- The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – The Universiteit Leiden
- The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 – Free Online Course – David Blight, Yale
- The Crusades – Free Online Video – Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- The Early Middle Ages, 284-1000 – Free Online Video – Paul H. Freedman, Yale
- The French Revolution – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Melbourne
- The Great War and Modern Philosophy – Free Online Video – Nicolas de Warren, KU Leuven University
- The Holocaust – An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Tel Aviv University
- The Holocaust – An Introduction (II): The Final Solution – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Tel Aviv University
- The Flowering of the Middle Ages – Free Online Video – Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- The History of Public Health – Free iTunes Audio – Free Online Audio & Course Materials – Graham Mooney, Johns Hopkins
- The Kennedy Half Century – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Free iTunes Video – Larry Sabato, University of Virginia
- The Modern World: Global History Since 1760 – Free iTunesU iOS Course – Philip Zelikow, UVA
- The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910 – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Virginia
- The Modern World, Part Two: Global History since 1910 – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Virginia
- The Normans – Free Online Video – Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- The Ottoman Empire – Free iTunes Video – Adrian Jones, La Trobe University – Australia
- The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1848-2000 – Free Online Audio – James Vernon, UC Berkeley
- The Reformation – Free iTunes Audio – Westminster Theological Seminary
- The Roman World – Free iTunes Video – Rhiannon Evans, La Trobe University
- The Story of Freedom in America – Free iTunes Video – Rufus Fears, University of Oklahoma
- The Vietnam War – Free Online Video – Robert Buzzanco, University of Houston
- The Vikings – Free Online Video – Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- US History: from Civil War to Present – Free Online Audio – Jennifer Burns, UC Berkeley
- 20th Century United States History – Free Online Video – Tyrone Tillery, University of Houston
- The Western Tradition (Video) – Free Online Video – Course Outline – Eugen Weber, UCLA
- War, Globalization, and Terror – Free Online Video – Robert Buzzanco, University of Houston
- World Revolutions – Free Online Video – Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
- World Civilization to 1500 – Free Online Video – Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- World Civilization Since 1500 – Free Online Video – Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
- World Economic History Before the Industrial Revolution – Free Online Video & Syllabus – Free iTunes Video – Gregory Clark, UC Davis
Bookmark our collection of free online courses in History.
Writing & Journalism Courses
Note: This section includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free version of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Certificate” (edX) or “Audit” (Coursera) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.
- A Beginner’s Guide to Writing in English for University Study – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Reading
- An Introduction to Screenwriting – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of East Anglia
- Academic Writing for Clarity and Meaning – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Advanced Writing – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Irvine
- British News Media Systems – Free iTunes Video – Joe Foote, University of Oklahoma
- Broadcast Journalism – Free iTunes Audio – Lawrie Zion, La Trobe University
- Business Writing – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC-Boulder
- Creative Writing: The Craft of Character – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Wesleyan
- Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Wesleyan
- Creative Writing: The Craft of Setting and Description – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Wesleyan
- Creative Writing: The Craft of Style – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Wesleyan
- Creative Writing: A Master Class – Free iTunes Video – Alison Ersheid
- Discovering Science: Science Writing – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Leeds
- Getting Started with Essay Writing – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Irvine
- Grammar and Punctuation – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Irvine
- Grammar and Punctuation Advanced – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Irvine
- How To Make A Poem – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Manchester Metropolitan University
- How to Write an Essay – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – UC Berkeley
- Journalistic Ethics – Free Online Course – Jim Newton, UCLA
- Journalism Under Siege – Free Online Course – Multiple Faculty, Stanford University
- Magazine Writing – Free iTunes Video – Nicole Kraft, Ohio State
- Memoir and Personal Essay: Managing Your Relationship with the Reader – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Wesleyan University
- Press and Society – Free iTunes Audio – Christopher Scanlon, La Trobe University
- Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard University
- Script Writing: Write a Pilot Episode for a TV or Web Series – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Michigan State
- Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Cal Arts
- Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Berklee College of Music
- Start Fiction Writing – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Open University
- Start Writing Essays – Free iTunes iOS Course – Open University
- Writing for Strategic Communication – Free iTunes Audio – Karen Morath, La Trobe University
- Writing in the Sciences – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Stanford University
- Writing Stories About Ourselves – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Wesleyan University
Language Lessons
- Arabic Elementary Course – Free iTunes Video – Lund University
- Arabic for Beginners 1 – Free Online Video – Darlarna University
- Ancient Greek – Free Online Video – Brandeis/Harvard
- Ancient Languages (Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Old English, etc) – Free Web Site – UT-Austin Linguistics Research Center
- Basic German – Free Application – Cambridge University
- Beginner’s Chinese – Free iTunes Audio – Open University
- Chinese Course – Seton Hall
- Beginning Chinese – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Beginning Chinese Reader – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Intermediate Chinese – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Intermediate Chinese Reader – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Advanced Chinese – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Advanced Chinese Reader – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation – Free iTunes Audio – Emory University
- Chinese Basic – Free Application – Cambridge University
- Dialogue for German Learners: Beginner’s Level – iTunes – The University of South Wales
- Francais interactif – Free iTunes Audio – Free Video & Audio – University of Texas
- Elementary French 1 – Free Web Course – Carnegie Mellon
- Elementary French 2 – Free Web Course – Carnegie Mellon
- French in Action Free Online Video – Yale University
- French 1 & French 2 – Free Web Course – Carnegie Mellon
- Icelandic Online – Web Site – University of Iceland
- Intermediate Chinese – Free Application – Cambridge University
- Introduction to Ancient Greek – Free Online Course – Brandeis/Harvard
- Introduction to Urdu Alphabet – Free iTunes Audio – Emory University
- Introduction to Homeric Greek – Free Online Video – Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard)
- Japanese Kana – Hiragana – Free iTunes Video – Emory
- Kanji Characters – Free iTunes Video – Emory University
- Mandarin Chinese Characters – Free iTunes Video – Emory University
- Numbers and Radicals – Free iTunes Video – Emory University
- Online Intermediate College Korean – Free Online Audio – University of California Press, 2002
- Pathway to Korean: Beginning Spoken Korean from Zero – Web Site – The Ohio State University
- Russian Essentials – Free Application – Cambridge University
- Russian for Beginners 1 – Free Online Video – Dalarna University
- Spanish 1 – Free iTunes iOS Course – David Nance, Arkansas
- Spanish 2 – Free iTunes iOS Course – David Nance, Arkansas
- Spanish 3 – Free iTunes iOS Course – David Nance, Arkansas
- Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full – Free Online Video & Course Info – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Video – MIT, Dr. Paola Rebusco
- Thai Alphabet – Free iTunes Video – Emory University
Law Courses
- A Law Student’s Toolkit – Free Online Video – Ian Ayres, Yale
- Climate Change: Law and Policy – Free Online Video – Multiple faculty, UC Berkeley
- CopyrightX – Free Online Video – Course Info – Prof. William Fisher, Harvard Law School
- Environmental Justice and Human Rights in the Aftermath of Katrina – Free Online Audio – Cynthia Toms Smedley, Notre Dame
- Environmental Law and Policy – Free Online Video – Bob Infelise, UC Berkeley
- Environmental Politics and Law – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Video – Free iTunes Audio – Course Materials – John P. Wargo, Yale
- Freedom of Speech and the Press – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Video – William Turner, UC Berkeley
- International Environmental Law – Free Online Video – Free iTunes Video – Free iTunes Audio – Cymie Payne, UC Berkeley
- Introduction to Copyright Law – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – Free Online Video & Course Info – Keith Winstein, MIT
- Labor Law and Employment Discrimination – Free Online Video – Greggory Groves, Missouri State
- Law and Economics I – Free iTunes Audio – Robert Cooter, UC Berkeley
- Law and Justice – Free iTunesU iOS App – Kyle Harper, University of Oklahoma
- Law and Legal Thought in the 21st Century – Free Online Video – Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard
- Media Law & Ethics – Free iTunes iOS App – Nicole Kraft, Ohio State
- Philosophy of Law (Syllabus) – Free iTunes Audio – C. Surprenant, University of New Orleans
- Politics and Media Freedom – Free Online Video – Richard Barbrook, University of Westminster
- Progressive Alternatives: Institutional Reconstruction Today – Free Online Video – Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard
- Race, Gender and Invisibility: Why Intersectionality Matters – Free Online Video – Kimberlé Crenshaw, UCLA/Columbia Law School
- Renewable Energy & Alternative Fuels (Law & Policy) – Free Online Video – Steven Weissman, UC Berkeley
- Self, Serenity, and Vulnerability – Free Online Video – Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard
- Theories of Law and Society – Free Online Audio – Free iTunes Audio – David Lieberman, UC Berkeley
- Video Game Law – Free Online Video – Jon Festinger, University of British Columbia/Centre for Digital Media
Literature Courses
- American Literature I: Beginnings to Civil War – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – Cyrus Patell, NYU
- American Passages: A Literary Survey – Free Online Video – Multiple profs, Annenberg Learner
- Approaching Shakespeare – Free iTunes Audio – Free Online Audio – Emma Smith, Oxford
- British and American Poetry: 1900 to the Present – Free Online Audio – Charles Altieri, UC Berkeley
- Chaucer – iTunes Audio – Princeton, John Fleming
- Cervantes’ Don Quixote – Free Online Video + Course Info – Roberto González Echevarría, Yale
- Contemporary Literature – Free Online Video – Free Video Download – Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, IIT Madras
- Creative Reading – Free Online Audio – William S. Burroughs, Naropa University
- Creative Writing: A Master Class – Free iTunes Video – Alison Ersheid
- Cultural Studies – Free Online Video – Free Video Download – Liza Das, IIT Guwahati
- Dante in Translation – Free Online Course – Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale
- Darwin and Design – Free Online Video & Course Info – James Paradis, MIT
- D.H. Lawrence – Free Online Video & Audio – Catherine Brown, Oxford
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- Hinduism Through Its Scriptures – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
- Historical Jesus – Free iTunes Audio – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
- History and Philosophy of Christian Thought – Free iTunes Audio – John Frame, Reformed Theological Seminary
- History of Christianity I – Free iTunes Audio – Donald Fortson, Reformed Theological Seminary
- History of Christianity II – Free iTunes Audio – Donald Fortson, Reformed Theological Seminary
- History of Christian Philosophy – Free Online Video – Daniel Bonevac, UT Austin
- History of Islamic Society – Free Online Video – Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
- History and Nature of Apologetics – Free iTunes Audio – Cornelius VanTil, Westminster Theological Seminary
- Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) – Free Online Course – Christine Hayes, Yale.
- Introduction to the Quran: The Scripture of Islam – Free Online Video – Notre Dame, Gabriel Said Reynolds
- Introduction to New Testament History and Literature – Free Online Course – Dale B. Martin, Yale
- Introduction to Religion – Free Online Video – Lora Hobbs, Missouri State
- Islam Through Its Scriptures – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
- Jerusalem: The Holy City from Ancient Canaan t0 Modern Israel – Free iTunes Video – Free iTunes Audio – Robert Cargill, UCLA
- Jews and Christians Throughout History – Free iTunes Video – Rabbi Michael Signer, Notre Dame
- Judaism Through Its Scriptures – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
- Literature and World of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – John Strong, Missouri State
- Medieval Church – Free iTunes Audio – Carl Trueman, Westminster Theological Seminary
- Philosophy of Religion – Free Online Audio – T. J. Mawson, Oxford
- Philosophy of Religion – Free iTunes iOS Course – Clarence Mark Philips, U. of New Orleans
- Philosophy, Science and Religion: Science and Philosophy – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Edinburgh
- Religion and its Future – Free Online Video – Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard
- Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
- Science, Magic and Religion: From Antiquity to Present – Free iTunes Video – Free Online Video – Courtenay Raia, UCLA
- Science & Religion 101 – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Alberta
- Science vs. Religion – Web Video – Mark Vernon, Journalist/Philosopher
- Systematic Theology 101: Prolegomena – Free iTunes Audio – David Garner, Westminster Theological Seminary
- The Bible and English Literature – Free Online Video (+ More Background) – Northrop Frye, U. of Toronto
- The Central Philosophy of Tibet – Free OnlineAudio – Robert Thurman, Columbia University
- The Hebrew Bible – Free iTunes Video – Shaye J.D. Cohen, Harvard
- The Hebrew Scriptures in Judaism & Christianity – Free iTunes Video – Shaye J.D. Cohen, Harvard
- The Reformation – Free iTunes Audio – Carl Trueman, Westminster Theological Seminary
- Religion, Conflict and Peace – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
- The Talmud: A Methodological Introduction – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Northwestern University
- Theology of Hebrews – Free iTunes Audio – R. Gafin, Westminster Theological Seminary
Sociology Courses
- Cosmologies of Capitalism – Free Online Video –Alan MacFarlane, Cambridge University
- Foundations of Modern Social Theory – Free Online Course – Iván Szelényi, Yale
- Global Sociology – Free Online Video – Michael Burawoy, UC Berkeley
- Human Development Across the Lifespan in a Social Context – Free iTunes Video – Joseph Guada, Ohio State
- Introduction to the Science of Nonviolence – Free Online Video – Michael Nagler, UC Berkeley
- Introduction to Sociology – Free Online Video – Free Online Video & Course Info – Harvey Molotch, NYU
- Introduction to Sociology – Free Online Video – Ann Swidler, UC Berkeley
- Introduction to Sociology – Free Online Video – Free Video & Course Info – A.K. Sharma, IIT Kanpur
- Paradoxes of War – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Princeton University
- Rethinking Feminism – Web Video – Finn Mackay – Feminist Activist & Researcher
- Sexuality and Power – Web Video – Veronique Mottier, University of Lausanne
- Sociological Theory – Free iTunes – Iowa State
- Statistics for the Social Sciences – Free iTunes Video – Brad Fulton, Duke
- The History of Fear – Web Video – Frank Furedi, University of Kent
- The History of Western Social Theory – Free Online Course –Alan MacFarlane, Cambridge University
- The Invention of the Modern World – Free Online Video – Alan MacFarlane, Cambridge University
Urban Studies Courses
- Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry – Free iTunes Video – Anne Whiston Spirn, MIT
