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.
Global and Thematic
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| The French Revolution (University of Melbourne on Coursera; audit free) | 9 weeks | 3-5 hours/week |
| The American Revolution (Open Yale Courses) | 25 lectures | 2-3 hours/lecture |
| The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 (Open Yale Courses) | 27 lectures | 2-3 hours/lecture |
| The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry (University of California, Santa Cruz on Coursera; audit free) | 8 weeks | 4-6 hours/week |
| Russia's History: From Lenin to Putin (University of California, Santa Cruz on edX; audit free) | 6 weeks | 3-5 hours/week |
Regional
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Modern China’s Foundations: The Qing Dynasty to the Birth of the Republic (Harvard Online; free) | Self-paced | 4-6 hours/module |
| The Emergence of the Modern Middle East (Tel Aviv University on Coursera; audit free) | 8 weeks | 2-4 hours/week |
| Modern Latin America, 1808-Present (MIT OpenCourseWare) | Full semester | Variable |
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 |