history

Great Courses

This is a list of high-quality courses that, for one reason or another, didn’t make it into the curriculum. The most common reasons are that the course isn’t available often enough, or that there was an alternative that fit better into the curriculum.

Ancient and Classical History

Courses Duration Effort
Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World - -
Ancient Greece: Myth, Art & War - -
The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World - -
The Roman World - -

European History

Courses Duration Effort
Age of Cathedrals - -
Coexistence in Medieval Spain: Jews, Christians, and Muslims - -
Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Europe - -
Magic in the Middle Ages - -
The Book of Kells: Exploring an Irish Medieval Masterpiece - -

American History

Courses Duration Effort
African American History: Emancipation to the Present - -
Age of Jefferson - -
The American Revolution - -
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845–1877 - -

Global/Non-Western History

Courses Duration Effort
Arab-Islamic History: From Tribes to Empires - -
Modern China’s Foundations: The Manchus and the Qing - -
Invasions, Rebellions, and the Fall of Imperial China - -
China and Communism - -

Thematic History

Courses Duration Effort
Big History - -
Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 - -
The Great War and Modern Philosophy - -
History of Information - -

Online Learning - Great Courses

Courses Duration Effort
Learning How to Learn 4 weeks 2 hours/week
Mindshift 4 weeks 2 hours/week
Powersearching with Google 3 weeks 4-6 hours/week