Course Type: Humanities
As we see American women coming into positions of economic and political influence, we start
In the first act of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice , the Jewish moneylender
How do we read Shakespeare? Do his plays belong to the past, or the present?
Welcome to English for Business and Entrepreneurship, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania,
Humans have been navigating for ages. As we developed the tools and techniques for determining
Colossal pyramids, imposing temples, golden treasures, enigmatic hieroglyphs, powerful pharaohs, strange gods, and mysterious mummies
How can we explain kindness and cruelty? Where does our sense of right and wrong
In Medieval Europe the Book of Hours, so called because its core component consists of
This short literature course, based on the first half of the Masterpieces of World Literature
In this course, we look for answers to seemingly unsolvable queries: Why breathe? Why breed?
In China’s history, there has been a longstanding belief that being cultured and being moral
The Civil War and Reconstruction – 1865-1890: The Unfinished Revolution, examines the pivotal but misunderstood
First published more than 350 years ago, Paradise Lost retells the biblical story of Adam
In this course, we’ll read William Shakespeare’s Othello and discuss the play from a variety
Welcome to English for Journalism, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded
What is the American Renaissance? How did Dartmouth help foster the formation of the American
This course, part of a comprehensive series on China, looks at the Qing state in
How can you improve your understanding of Islam and its most important holy text, the
As we see American women coming into positions of economic and political influence, we start
Effective altruism is built on the simple but unsettling idea that living a fully ethical
As we approach the centennial of the passage of women’s suffrage in 1920, there has
This literature course explores how great writers refract their world and how their works are
This course, the first in a comprehensive series on China, introduces you to the history,
Based on the second half of the Masterpieces of World Literature edX MOOC, this short
As primary sources of information are more frequently digitized and available online than ever before,
As we see American women coming into positions of economic and political influence, we start
What is philosophy? How does it differ from science, religion, and other modes of human
What is memory? What’s the utility in exploring it and risking the activation of painful
How much can we know of the physical world? Can we know everything? Or are
In the first act of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet , the Ghost of the dead King