Free Online Humanities Courses

55 Humanities Courses

New Testament History and Literature

Yale University

This course provides a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements in historical context, concentrating...

Old English in Context

University of Oxford

This course from Oxford University delves into the historical and social context of Old English literature.

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature

Yale University

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature pairs central texts from Western philosophical tradition (including works by Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hobbes, Kant,...

Philosophy of Love in the Western World

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This course is a seminar on the nature of love and sex, approached as topics both in philosophy and in literature. Readings from recent philosophy as well as classic...

Science, Magic, and Religion

University of California, Los Angeles

Professor Courtenay Raia lectures on science and religion as historical phenomena that have evolved over time. She examines the earlier mind-set before 1700 when...

Shakespeare After All: The Later Plays

Harvard University

This Shakespeare course focuses on Shakespeare's later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and ending with The Tempest. Building on the discussions of individual...

Sustainable Living: Environment I

University of California, Los Angeles

The Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP), ESLP is a student designed, student developed, and student facilitated program offered through the Institute...

Sustainable Living: Environment II

University of California, Los Angeles

Environment 185A: Sustainable Living is a sub-division of the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP). ESLP is a student designed, student developed, and...

Swedish: Introductory Course, Centre for Languages and Literature

Lund University

Swedsih Introductory Course is a series of podcasts that constitute one part of the course with the same name offered to the exchange students at Lund University....

The American Novel Since 1945

Yale University

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...

The American Revolution

Yale University

The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations - converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation...