Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these...

Explore how entrepreneurs build successful businesses by moving technology from lab to market.

Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its...

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

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

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

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as...

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

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature.

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

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