Courses

Increase your quantitative reasoning skills through a deeper understanding of probability and statistics, with the engaging “Fat Chance” approach that’s made this course a favorite among learners worldwide.

Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots, Das Rheingold, and Otello.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of world literature.

Learn probability, an essential language and set of tools for understanding data, randomness, and uncertainty.

Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its scriptures, both relationally as well as academically.

Learn to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.

Learn about the Earth, life, and how we can search for life elsewhere in the universe.

Learn skills and tools that support data science and reproducible research, to ensure you can trust your own research results, reproduce them yourself, and communicate them to others.

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.

Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to our understanding of civilization, culture, and literature today.

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”

Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.