The humanities require critical, analytical, and speculative thinking in order to gain insight into the human condition. Subjects covered within this discipline include history, literature, philosophy, and religion. One may also encounter courses that teach creative writing or how to speak a foreign language. The following online humanities courses and lectures offer students insight into this ages-old discipline.
86 Courses A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners — 7 lectures
African American History: The Modern Freedom Struggle — 17 lectures
American Literature I: Beginnings to Civil War — 25 lectures
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy — 24 lectures
Ancient Israel — 27 lectures
Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental Change — 36 lectures
Britain in the 20th Century: Progress and Decline — 6 lectures
Cervantes' Don Quixote — 22 lectures
Christian Themes in Art — 6 lectures
Communications Research Methods — 20 lectures
Computer Games and Simulations for Investigation and Education
Concept-Centered Teaching
Critical Reasoning for Beginners — 6 lectures
D.H. Lawrence — 6 lectures
Dante's Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise — 23 lectures
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts — 25 lectures
Energy Seminar — 15 lectures
Entertainment Education for Behavior Change
Environmental Economics and Policy — 24 lectures
Environmental Politics and Law — 24 lectures
European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present — 25 lectures
European Civilization, 1648-1945 — 23 lectures
Faith and Globalization — 23 lectures
France Since 1871 — 24 lectures
General Philosophy — 33 lectures
Global Population Growth — 24 lectures
Global Warming — 23 lectures
Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner — 25 lectures
History of Information — 27 lectures
History of New York City: A Social History — 26 lectures
History of the World Since 1500 CE — 21 lectures
Holocaust in Film and Literature — 18 lectures
Introduction to American Studies — 26 lectures
Introduction to Ancient Greek History — 24 lectures
Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back on Education
Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education
Introduction to Political Philosophy — 24 lectures
Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) — 3 lectures
Journalistic Ethics — 15 lectures
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? — 12 lectures
Latin American Perspectives — 5 lectures
Learning Seminar: Experiments in Education
Liberal Arts Panel — 8 lectures
Literary Theory — 25 lectures
Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences I
Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences II
Media, Education, and the Marketplace — 14 lectures
Media, Education, and the Marketplace
Modern Civilization from 1750 – Present — 10 lectures
New Testament History and Literature — 26 lectures
Nonviolence: From Gandhi to Martin Luther King — 26 lectures
Old English in Context — 8 lectures
Philosophy 135 — 28 lectures
Philosophy 3 — 36 lectures
Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature — 26 lectures
Philosophy in Film and Other Media — 4 lectures
Philosophy of Love in the Western World — 4 lectures
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for the Classroom
Psychosocial Aspects of Visual Impairment
Renewable Energy & Alternative Fuels — 14 lectures
Science, Magic, and Religion — 20 lectures
Shakespeare After All: The Later Plays — 12 lectures
Social Organization/Education — 16 lectures
Sustainable Living: Environment I — 9 lectures
Sustainable Living: Environment II — 8 lectures
Technological Tools for School Reform
Technologies for Creative Learning
Ten Images of Hell in the Twentieth Century
The American Novel Since 1945 — 26 lectures
The American Revolution — 25 lectures
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 — 27 lectures
The Crusades (HIST 4332) — 24 lectures
The Early Middle Ages, 284-1000 — 21 lectures
The Hebrew Scriptures in Judaism and Christianity — 27 lectures
The History and Practice of Human Rights — 20 lectures
The Moral Foundations of Politics — 24 lectures
The Nature of Constructionist Learning
The Poetry of John Milton — 24 lectures
The Victorians: Culture and Experience in Britain, Europe and the World 1815-1914 — 6 lectures
Writing and Reading Short Stories