Great Courses in Anthropology

A curated directory of university lecture series, open courseware, and standalone MOOCs in anthropology. These courses offer deep conceptual models, field-based case studies, and advanced perspectives across the discipline's major subfields.

Sociocultural Anthropology & Global Systems

• Social Norms, Social Change I (Coursera / University of Pennsylvania & UNICEF / Prof. Cristina Bicchieri)
• The Anthropology of Social Media: Why We Post (FutureLearn / University College London / Prof. Daniel Miller)
• Global Health Case Studies from a Biosocial Perspective (edX / Harvard University / Profs. Paul Farmer, Arthur Kleinman, Anne Becker, & Salmaan Keshavjee)
• Anthropology: Understanding Societies and Cultures (FutureLearn / University of Newcastle / Dr. Raymond Kelly)

Biological Anthropology & Human Evolution

• Human Behavioral Biology (YouTube / Stanford University / Prof. Robert Sapolsky)
• Introduction to Human Evolution (YouTube / Wellesley College / Prof. Adam Van Arsdale) - search "Introduction to Human Evolution Adam Van Arsdale" on YouTube
• CARTA: Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (UCTV / UC San Diego)

Archaeology & Material Culture

• Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology (HarvardX / edX / Prof. Peter Der Manuelian)
• Roman Architecture (Open Yale Courses / Yale University / Prof. Diana E. E. Kleiner)
• Archaeoastronomy: The Science of Stars and Stones (Coursera / Politecnico di Milano / Prof. Giulio Magli)
• Archaeology: from Dig to Lab and Beyond (FutureLearn / University of Reading)

Linguistic Anthropology & Semiotics

• Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics (Coursera / Universiteit Leiden / Prof. Marc van Oostendorp)

Indigenous Studies & Decolonial Perspectives

• Indigenous Canada (Coursera / University of Alberta / Faculty of Native Studies)
• Aboriginal Worldviews and Education (Coursera / University of Toronto / Prof. Jean-Paul Restoule)