Free Online Courses: The 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.

Sciences

Aeronautics

• Aircraft Systems Engineering - iTunes - Download Course – Multiple professors, MIT

Astronomy

• Astrobiology and Space Exploration - iTunes - YouTube – Lynn Rotschild, Stanford
• Astronomy 101 - iTunes - Web Site – Scott Miller, Mercedes Richards & Stephen Redman, Penn State
• Exploring Black Holes: General Relativity & Astrophysics - YouTube - iTunes Video - Web Site – Edmund Bertschinger, MIT
• Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics - YouTube -  iTunes Audio - iTunes Video - Download Course – Charles Bailyn, Yale
• Introduction to Astrophysics - iTunes - YouTube - Joshua Bloom, UC Berkeley

Biology

• Animal Behavior - iTunes - Download Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
• Behavioral Endocrinology - Feed – Johns Hopkins
• Biochemistry - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Bioscience in the 21st Century - iTunes - Video Downloads – Team taught, Lehigh University
• Brain Structure and its Origins - iTunes - Download Course - Prof. Gerald Schneider, MIT
• Changing the Face of American Healthcare - Web Audio – Cynthia Toms Smedley, Notre Dame
• Darwin’s Legacy - YouTube - iTunes Team taught – Stanford
• Evolution, Ecology and Behavior - YouTube - iTunes Audio - iTunes Video - Download Course – Professor Stephen C. Stearns, Yale
• Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering - YouTube - iTunes Audio - iTunes Video - Download Course – W. Mark Saltzman, Yale
• General Biology 1 - Feed – John Hopkins
• General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - iTunes – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
• General Human Anatomy - YouTube - iTunes – Marian Diamond, UC Berkeley
• Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law - Feed - MP3s here, Robert B. Goldberg, UCLA
• Genomes and Diversity - Web Site – Mark Siegal, NYU
• Genomics & Computational Biology - iTunes - MP3s – George Church, MIT
• Global Problems of Population Growth - YouTube - iTunes Audio - iTunes Video - Download Course - Professor Robert Wyman, Yale
• Human Behavioral Biology - iTunes Video - YouTube – Robert Sapolsky, Stanford
• Introductory Biology - iTunes - MP3s/Videos – Multiple professors, MIT
• Introduction to Biology - YouTube – Multiple Professors – UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Oceanography - YouTube – Edwin Schauble, UCLA
• Modern Biology - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Molecular Biology: Macromolecular Synthesis and Cellular Function - iTunes Audio – Multiple Professor, UC Berkeley
• Molecules and Cells - Feed – Johns Hopkins
• Replaceable You: Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering - iTunes – Jill Helms, Stanford
• Straight Talk About Stem Cells - iTunes - Christopher Scott, Stanford
• Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics - iTunes – Christopher Scott, Stanford
• The Future of Human Health - YouTube - iTunes – Jennifer Raymond
• The Stanford Mini Med School (Fall) - iTunes - YouTube - Web Site – Multiple Professors
• The Stanford Mini Med School (Winter) - iTunes - YouTube - Web Site – Multiple Professors
• The Stanford Mini Med School (Spring) - iTunes - Web Site – Multiple Professors

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Chemistry

• Biochemistry - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Biochemistry 1 - YouTube – S. Dasgupta, IIT
• Biochemistry 507 - iTunes – Multiple Professors, University of Wisconsin
• Chemical Structure and Reactivity -YouTube - iTunes – Peter Vollhardt, UC Berkeley
• Chemistry - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Freshman Organic Chemistry - YouTube - iTunes Audio - iTunes Video - Download Course – Professor J. Michael McBride, Yale
• General Chemistry - iTunes – Kristie Boering, UC Berkeley
• Green Chemistry: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability - YouTube – Professor John Arnold
• Introduction to Chemistry - iTunes – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering - YouTube - iTunes – Channing Robertson, Stanford
• Introduction to Solid State Chemistry - YouTube - iTunes Video - Web Site – Donald Sadoway, MIT

Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

• Artificial Intelligence – Introduction to Robotics - YouTube - iTunes - Multiple formats – Oussama Khatib, Stanford
• Artificial Intelligence – Natural Language Processing - Multiple formats – Christopher Manning, Stanford
• Artificial Intelligence – Machine Learning - YouTube - iTunes - Multiple formats – Andrew Ng, Stanford
• Artificial Intelligence - YouTube – P.Dasgupta, IIT
• Bits - Multiple Formats – Harry Lewis, Harvard
• Building Dynamic Web Sites - Video & Audio - Rss Feed - iTunes - David Malan, Harvard Extension
• Building Mobile Web Sites - iTunes - Web Site - David Malan, Harvard Extension
• Computational Camera and Photography - Download Course – Ramesh Raskar, MIT
• Computational Discrete Mathematics - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Computer Graphics - YouTube – Sukhendu Das, IIT
• Computer Language Engineering - YouTube - iTunes Video - Web Site – Martin Rinard, MIT
• Computer Networks - YouTube – S.Ghosh, IIT
• Computer System Engineering - Web Site – Profs. Robert Morris and Samuel Madden, MIT
• Developing Apps for iOS (iPhone & iPad) - iTunesU – Paul Hegarty, Stanford
• Discrete Mathematical Structures YouTube – Kamala Krithivasan, IIT
• Intensive Introduction to Computer Science Using C, PHP, and JavaScript - Multiple Formats – David Malan, Harvard
• Introduction to Algorithms - iTunes - YouTube - Web Site –  Prof. Charles Leiserson & Erik Demaine, MIT
• Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - YouTube - iTunes - MIT Web Site – Eric Grimson, John Guttag, MIT
• Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Methodology - YouTube - iTunes - Multiple formats – Mehran Sahami, Stanford
• Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Abstractions - YouTube - iTunes - Multiple formats – Julie Zelenski, Stanford
• Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Paradigms - YouTube - iTunes - Multiple formats – Jerry Cain, Stanford
• Introduction to Computer Graphics - YouTube – Prem Kalra, IIT
• Introduction to Embedded Systems - YouTube – Professors Sanjit Seshia, Edward A. Lee, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Problem Solving & Programming - YouTube – Deepak Gupta, IIT
• iPhone Application Development (Spring 2009)- iTunes – Stanford
• iPhone Application Development (Winter 2010) - iTunes – Stanford
• Logic & Proofs - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Multimedia Systems - iTunes – Surendar Chandra, Notre Dame
• Operating Systems and System Programming - iTunes – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
• Operating Systems Principles - iTunes – Surendar Chandra, Notre Dame
• Principles of Digital Communications I - YouTube - iTunes – Profs Gallagher and Zheng, MIT
• Principles of Digital Communications II - YouTube – MIT
• Programming Languages and Compilers - YouTube – Professor Paul Hilfinger, UC Berkeley
• Quantum Computing for the Determined - YouTube – Michael Nielsen, The University of Queensland
• Search Engines: Technology, Society and Business - Web Site - Marti Hearst, UC Berkeley
  
• The Beauty and Joy of Computing - iTunes - Brian Harvey, UC Berkeley
• The Beauty of Joy of Computing - YouTube – Professor Daniel Garcia, UC Berkeley
• The Future of the Internet - iTunes – Ramesh Johari, Stanford
• The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - YouTube - iTunes – Brian Harvey, UC Berkeley
• Understanding Computers and the Internet - iTunes - Feed – David Malan, Harvard University

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Engineering (Mechanical, Civil and Electrical)

• Advanced Analog Integrated Circuits - YouTube – Professor Simone Gambini, UC Berkeley
  
• Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials - YouTube - iTunes Video - Web Site – Gerbrand Ceder & Nicola Marzari, MIT
• Convex Optimization I - Multiple Formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
• Convex Optimization 2 - Multiple Formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
• Direct Solar/Thermal to Electrical Energy Conversion Technologies - iTunes - Download Course – Gang Chen, MIT
• Dynamics of Machines - YouTube – Amitabha Ghosh, IIT
• Electrical – Digital Signal Processing YouTube – S.C Dutta Roy, IIT
• Electro Magnetic Fields - YouTube – Harishankar Ramachandran, III
• Engineering Statistics - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Environmental Air Pollution - YouTube -Mukesh Sharma, IIT
• Fluid Mechanics - YouTube – T.I.Eldho, IIT
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering - YouTube - iTunes – Channing Robertson, Stanford
• Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuits - iTunes – Elad Alon, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuits - YouTube – Professor Jan M. Rabaey, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Engineering - iTunes – Tod Laursen, Duke
• Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems - Multiple formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
• Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits - iTunes – Chang-Hasnain, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Engineering - iTunes Video – Multiple presenters, Duke University
• Linear Integrated Circuits - YouTube – Professor Clark Tu-Cuong Nguyen, UC Berkeley
• Mechanical Engineering: Introduction to MEMS Design - iTunes Audio - iTunes Video – UC Berkeley
• Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes - iTunes Audio - Web Site – Gang Chen, MIT
• The Fourier Transform and its Applications - YouTube - iTunes - Multiple formats – Brad Osgood, Stanford

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Mathematics

• Abstract Algebra - Multiple Formats – Benedict Gross – Harvard
• Causal and Statistical Reasoning - Web Site - Carnegie Mellon
• Calculus - iTunes Audio – F. Michael Christ, UC Berkeley
• Calculus Revisited: Single Variable Calculus (1970) - YouTube - iTunes Video - Web Site – Herb Gross, MIT
• Computational Science and Engineering I - iTunes - YouTube - Web Site – Gilbert Strang, MIT
• Computational Discrete Mathematics - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Core Science Mathematics - YouTube – SK Ray, IIT
• Differential Equations - YouTube - iTunes – MIT – Arthur Mattuck
• Empirical Research Methods - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Engineering Statistics - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Geometric Folding Algorithms:Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra - Web Site – Erik Demaine, MIT
• Linear Algebra - YouTube - iTunes – Gilbert Strang, MIT
• Logic & Proofs - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Introductory Probability and Statistics for Business - iTunes – Fletcher Ibser, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Statistics - iTunes – Fletcher Ibser, UC Berkeley
• Probability for Math Science - iTunes - YouTube – Herbert Enderton, UCLA
• Single Variable Calculus - YouTube - iTunesU – David Jerison, MIT
• Multivariable Calculus - YouTube - iTunes – Dennis Auroux, MIT
• Sets, Counting, and Probability - Multiple Formats – Paul Bamberg, Harvard
• Statistics - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• The Calculus Lifesaver - Download Videos – Adrian Banner, Princeton

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Natural Resources

• Woods Energy Seminar - iTunes – Multiple Professors, Stanford

Physics

• Exploring Black Holes: General Relativity & Astrophysics - YouTube - iTunes Video - Web Site – Edmund Bertschinger, MIT
• Fundamentals of Physics - iTunes - YouTube - Download Course – Ramamurti Shankar, Yale
• Fundamentals of Physics II - iTunes Video - iTunes Audio - YouTube - Web Site – Ramamurti Shankar, Yale
• Introduction to Astrophysics - iTunes - YouTube – Josh Bloom, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Solar System Astronomy - iTunes - Feed – Richard Pogge, Ohio State
• Introductory Physics - iTunes – Michael Deweese, UC Berkeley
• Modern Theoretical Physics: Classic Mechanics (Video) - iTunes - YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
• Modern Theoretical Physics: Quantum Mechanics (Video) - iTunes - YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
• Modern Theoretical Physics: Special Relativity (Video) - iTunes - YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
• Modern Theoretical Physics: Einstein (Video) - iTunes - YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
• Modern Theoretical Physics: Cosmology (Video) - iTunes - YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
• Modern Theoretical Physics: Statistical Mechanics (Video) - iTunes - YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
• Physics - Web Site – Carnegie Mellon
• Quantum Entanglement Part 1: (Video) - iTunes - YouTube - Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
• Quantum Entanglement Part 3: (Video) - iTunes - YouTube - Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
• Quantum Mechanics - iTunes – JJ Binney, Oxford University
• Quantum Mechanics - iTunes - Feed – John Terning, UC Davis
• Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple - Videos - Hans Bethe, Cornell University
• Physics I: Classical Mechanics - iTunes - Video Download - YouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
• Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism - iTunes - Video Download - YouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
• Physics III: Vibrations and Waves - iTunes - Video Download - YouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
• Physics for Future Presidents - YouTube – Richard Muller, UC Berkeley
• Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe - iTunes - Feed – Richard Pogge, Ohio State
• String Theory, Black Holes, and the Laws of Nature (Video) - Videos – Andrew Strominger, Harvard
• The Character of Physical Law - Video – Richard Feynman, Cornell

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Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

• Brain Structure and its Origins - iTunes - Download Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
• Buddhist Psychology - iTunes – Eleanor Rosch, UC Berkeley
• Clinical Psychology - iTunes – Ann Kring, UC Berkeley
• Cognitive Neuroscience - iTunes – Richard Ivry, UC Berkeley
• Developmental Psychology - iTunes – Alison Gopnik, UC Berkeley
• General Psychology - iTunes Audio – John Kihlstrom, UC Berkeley
• History of Psychology - Feed – City University of New York
• Human Happiness - iTunes – Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Psychology - YouTube - iTunes Audio - iTunes Video - Download Course, Paul Bloom, Yale
• Introduction to Psychology - iTunes - MP3s – Jeremy Wolfe, MIT
• Neuroscience and Behavior - iTunes - Download Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
• Scientific Approaches to Consciousness - YouTube – Professor John F. Kihlstrom, UC Berkeley
• Social Psychology - Video and Audio Files – Benjamin R. Karney, UCLA
• Social Psychology: Self and Society - iTunes Audio – Robb Willer, UC Berkeley
• The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food - Download Course – Professor Kelly D. Brownell, Yale

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Public Health

• Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases - YouTube – Professor Tomas Aragon, UC Berkeley
• Ethical Challenges in Public Health Interventions: Catastrophic and Routine - YouTube – Professor Harvey Kayman, UC Berkeley

Business

• Entrepreneurship and Business Planning - iTunes - Feed – Mark Juliano, Carnegie Mellon
• Marketing 321 - iTunes – Elaine Daussy, Texas A&M

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