Free Online Courses: Humanities & Social Sciences

Download free courses & lectures from some of the world’s leading universities, including Stanford, Yale, Berkeley, MIT, Oxford, Harvard and others. All courses can be downloaded to computers & mp3 players, and can be accessed anytime, anywhere.

Humanities & Social Sciences

Archaeology

  • Introduction to Archaeology - FeedMP3s – Ruth Tringham, UC Berkeley

Architecture

  • Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes (Video)iTunes – Jan Wampler, MIT

Cultural Studies

  • Foundations of American CybercultureiTunesFeed – Greg Niemeyer, UC Berkeley
  • Heritage and Cultural InformaticsMP3s, Ian Anderson, University of Glasgow
  • Introduction to NonviolenceiTunesFeed – Michael Nagler, UC Berkeley

Economics

  • American Economic HistoryiTunesFeedStream – J. Bradford Delong, UC Berkeley
  • Economic Geography of the Industrial WorldiTunesFeedMP3s – Richard Walker, UC Berkeley.
  • Financial MarketsDownload Course – Robert Shiller, Yale
  • Game TheoryDownload Course – Ben Polak, Yale
  • Macroeconomic AnalysisiTunes - Feed – Steven Wood, UC Berkeley
  • Microeconomic AnalysisiTunesFeed – Gordon Rausser, UC Berkeley
  • Money and BankingFeedMP3s – Dean Balm, UCLA
  • Reading Marx’s CapitalGoogle Video – David Harvey, City University of New York

Geography

  • Economic Geography of the Industrial WorldiTunes – Richard Walker, UC Berkeley
  • Geography of US Presidential ElectionsiTunesYouTube – Martin Lewis, Stanford
  • Geography of World Cultures - iTunes – Martin Lewis, Stanford University
  • Global GeopoliticsiTunes – Martin Lewis, Stanford University
  • GlobalizationiTunesFeedMP3s – Robert Acker, UC Berkeley
  • Natural Resources and PopulationiTunesFeed – Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley
  • World Regions, People and StatesiTunesFeed – Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley

History

  • African-American History: Modern Freedom StruggleYouTube – Clay Carson, Stanford
  • American Economic HistoryiTunesFeedStream – J. Bradford Delong, UC Berkeley
  • American Environmental and Cultural HistoryiTunesFeed – Carolyn Merchant, UC Berkeley
  • European Civilization from Renaissance to PresentiTunesFeed – Thomas Lacquer/Margret Anderson, UC Berkeley
  • European Civilization from Renaissance to PresentFeedStream – Carla Hesse, UC Berkeley
  • France Since 1871Download Course – John Merriman, Yale
  • HannibaliTunes – Patrick Hunt, Stanford.
  • Historical JesusiTunes – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
  • History of the International SystemiTunes – James Sheehan, Stanford University
  • Introduction to Greek HistoryDownload Course – Donald Kagan, Yale
  • Modern Physics: From the Atom to Big ScienceiTunesFeedStream – Cathryn Carson, UC Berkeley
  • Spectacle Entertainments of Ancient RomeFeedMP3s – Paolo Monella, UCLA
  • The Ancient Mediterranean WorldiTunesFeed - MP3s – Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
  • The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 - Download Course – David Blight, Yale
  • The Rise and Fall of the Second ReichiTunesFeedMP3s – Margaret Anderson, UC Berkeley
  • The Roman EmpireiTunesFeedMP3s – Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
  • The Western Tradition (Video)VideosCourse Outline – Eugen Weber, UCLA
  • US History: Civil War to PresentiTunesFeed- Jennifer Burns, UC Berkeley

Literature

  • Existentialism in Literature & Film - iTunesFeed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • Man, God and Society in Western LiteratureiTunesFeed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • MiltonDownload Course – John Rogers, Yale
  • Modern English - Download Course – Langdon Hammer, Yale
  • Old English in Context - iTunes – Stuart Lee, Oxford University
  • ShakespeareiTunesFeedMP3s – Charles Altieri, UC Berkeley
  • The American Novel Since 1945Download Course – Amy Hungerford, Yale
  • The Literature of CrisisiTunes – Marsh McCall & Martin Evans, Stanford University
  • Virgil’s Aeneid: Anatomy of a ClassiciTunes – Susanna Braund, Stanford University


Philosophy

  • Ancient PhilosophyiTunesFeedStream – David Ebrey, UC Berkeley
  • ConsciousnessMP3s here – Susan Stuart, University of Glasgow
  • DeathDownload Course – Shelly Kagan, Yale
  • Existentialism in Literature & FilmiTunesFeed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • HeideggeriTunesFeedMP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • Heidegger’s Being & TimeFeedMP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument, iTunes – Daniel Coffeen, UC Berkeley
  • Kant’s EpistemologyiTunes – Dr Susan Stuarts, University of Glasgow.
  • Man, God and Society in Western LiteratureiTunesFeed – Web Site, Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
  • Proust & PhilosophyFeed – Johns Hopkins
  • The Examined LifeiTunes – Greg Reihman, Lehigh University

Political Science, International Relations and Law

  • American Politics: Campaign StrategyiTunesFeedMP3s – Dan Schnur, UC Berkeley
  • Climate Change: Law and PolicyiTunesFeedStream – Cymie Payne
  • Environmental Law and PolicyiTunes – Holly Doremus, UC Berkeley
  • Geography of US Presidential Elections – iTunesYouTube – Martin Lewis, Stanford
  • International PoliticsFeed – Johns Hopkins
  • Introduction to German PoliticsiTunesFeed – Andreas Busch, Oxford University
  • Introduction to Political PhilosophyDownload Course, Steven B. Smith, Yale
  • Introduction to Political TheoryFeed – UCLA
  • Issues in Foreign Policy after 911iTunesFeedMP3s – Harry Kriesler, UC Berkeley
  • Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning (Video)Video – Michael Sandel, Harvard
  • Perspectives on China (Video)Video – Roderick MacFarquhar, Harvard
  • Politics and StrategyFeedMP3s – Kathleen Bawn, UCLA
  • RepublicanismFeed - Johns Hopkins
  • Theories of Law and SocietyiTunesFeed - David Lieberman, UC Berkeley
  • Undergrad Colloquium on Political ScienceiTunesFeed – Alan Ross, UC Berkeley

Religion

  • Historical JesusiTunes – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
  • Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)Download Course – Christine Hayes, Yale.

Sociology

  • The Sociology of Race RelationsiTunes – Gianpaolo Baiocchi, UMASS Amherst

Urban Studies

  • Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry (Video)iTunesDownload Course – Anne Whiston Spirn, MIT

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