Explore the history of the book during the early modern period and learn how the invention of printing revolutionized our world.

Discover the fascinating story of author Jane Austen, from her own life in Hampshire to what she means to a global audience today.

This online course explores the key concepts and fundamental principles involved in the process of screenwriting.

Learn how to 'make' your own poetry by exploring different poetic techniques and styles.

Design for Hackers is a book that teaches the principles of good visual design to programmers, developers, and makers of any kind. It debuted at #18 on all of Amazon. Each email from our 12-week course is based upon a chapter of Design for Hackers. Buy Design for Hackers to learn along with the course...

Get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters, with this hands-on course.

Go back in time to learn about the dramatic rule of the Tudor monarchs and religious change of the sixteenth century reformation.

Learn and explore key scientific principles, technologies, and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments while reducing energy use and associated climate change effects. Meeting growing global energy demand, while mitigating climate change and environmental impacts, requires a...

Dig deeper into the life and works of Robert Burns, with this free University of Glasgow course.

Explore English dictionaries, from how they are compiled, the different types, to the latest lexicographic research.

Discover how spatial design professionals make a difference in society Are you interested in studying architecture or urban planning? This course will help you understand what spatial design professionals really do, so you can decide if this is the right profession for you. First, we&rsquo...

Want to discover the smartest ways to mix social media, content marketing, and SEO for lead generation and converting those leads to customers and clients? This 10-installment email course and newsletter delivers the techniques and strategies you need to know when marketing art online. Here’s what...

Did Ben Franklin really fly that kite? What are the ethical dimensions of the creation of chimeras—and what should the public know in order to take part in the conversation about them? Is the science of nutrition really science? How did the technology of birth control end up in the delivery system...

In this course we will read essays, novels, memoirs, and graphic texts, and view documentary and experimental films and videos which explore race from the standpoint of the multiracial. Examining the varied work of multiracial authors and filmmakers such as Danzy Senna, Ruth Ozeki, Kip Fulbeck, James...

Admit it — you wanted to be an archaeologist when you grew up... This course builds on that enthusiasm, while radically expanding your notions about just what archaeology is and just what archaeologists do. In this class, we will ask and answer a series of questions about the role and practice of archaeology...

Explore the culture, language and national identity of eight countries through their books, images, slogans and monuments

This course is a creative, hands-on exploration of contemporary and historical approaches to live electronics performance and improvisation, including basic analog instrument design, computer synthesis programming, and hardware and software interface design.

Identifique las contribuciones del autor a la literatura universal mediante el estudio de tres de sus grandes obsesiones.

Identify the author’s contributions to world literature through the study of three of his obsessions: power, history and love.

This course is designed to explore the human side of medicine: the nature of the physician's identity and obligations; the history and philosophy of the Western medical tradition; the experience of being ill and being a patient; and the challenges of medical ethics. The writing in this class is therefore...