Free Online Arts and Humanities Courses

Arts and humanities courses offer a broad understanding of human culture and expression. From philosophy to music, these courses delve deep into various subjects that form the core of human understanding. An arts and humanities course provides a strong foundation for careers in teaching, journalism, or even law.

148 Arts and Humanities Courses

Coexistence in Medieval Spain: Jews, Christians, and Muslims

University of Colorado System

This course explores Jewish, Christian, and Muslim intercultural relations in Iberia from the Visigothic era (6th century CE) until the creation of Queen Isabel...

Copyright for Multimedia

Duke University

Copyright questions about different formats (data, images, music and video) can be especially difficult. Sometimes the law specifically distinguishes between these...

Creating Sounds for Electronic Music

Berklee

What you’ll achieve: In this project-centered course*, you will create sounds and use them in your own musical compositions. Whether you're an aspiring producer,...

Creative Writing

Wesleyan University

This Specialization covers elements of three major creative writing genres: short story, narrative essay, and memoir. You will master the techniques that good writers...

Creative Writing: The Craft of Style

Wesleyan University

Your style is as unique and distinctive as your face, your voice, except that you can choose it, you can can work on it, enhance it. In this course we will introduce...

Curanderismo: Traditional Healing Using Plants

University of New Mexico

As one of four courses on Curanderismo, the art of Hispanic/Latino traditional medicine, this course focuses specifically on the use of plants in traditional healing....

Developing Your Musicianship

Berklee

Nurture your love for, and understanding of, music with this specialization. Learn the fundamentals of music theory, including major and minor tonalities, chord...

Developing Your Musicianship

Berklee

Learn the basic concepts and approaches needed to understand, create, and perform contemporary music. If you have a passion for music and are curious about how it...

East Asian Religions & Ecology

Yale University

At first glance the fields of religion and ecology may seem and unlikely pairing, but a deeper consideration reveals the two have a great deal to contribute to one...

Edit your photos for Social Media with Easil

Coursera Project Network

By the end of this project, you will learn how to edit photos for social media using the free version of Easil. An essential role of your social media marketing...

Edita tus fotos para las redes sociales con Easil

Coursera Project Network

Al final de este proyecto, aprenderás a editar fotos para las redes sociales usando la versión gratis de Easil. Una parte esencial de tu estrategia de marketing...

El Músico Moderno

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo & Berklee

La industria de la música está sufriendo enormes cambios, y como consecuencia de ello, los músicos necesitan aumentar sus habilidades en varias áreas diferentes...

Electronic Music Production

Berklee

In the Electronic Music Production specialization, you will learn the tricks of the trade to create high-quality, professional sounding music. You’ll begin by...

English Composition I

Duke University

You will gain a foundation for college-level writing valuable for nearly any field. Students will learn how to read carefully, write effective arguments, understand...

Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Part 5

Curtis Institute of Music

Welcome to Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Part 5! You’re joining thousands of learners currently enrolled in the course. I'm excited to have you in the class...

Exploring Piano Literature: The Piano Sonata

University of Michigan

In this 3-course specialization, learners will analyze important passages and components of the piano sonata repertoire, while gaining a solid knowledge of the sonata’s...

Fashion as Design

The Museum of Modern Art

Among all objects of design, our clothes are the most universal and intimate. Like other kinds of design, fashion thrives on productive tensions between form and...

Feminism and Social Justice

University of California, Santa Cruz

"Feminism and Social Justice" is an adaptation of Distinguished Professor Bettina Aptheker's long-running course at UC Santa Cruz. In the course, Professor...