Free Online Courses » History http://freeonlinecourses.info be free to learn Mon, 31 May 2010 23:51:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 UC Berkeley Teaches You About European Civilization http://freeonlinecourses.info/2009/04/20/uc-berkeley-teaches-you-about-european-civilization/ http://freeonlinecourses.info/2009/04/20/uc-berkeley-teaches-you-about-european-civilization/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:13:11 +0000 Jennifer Mattern http://freeonlinecourses.info/?p=143 Course / Program Name: European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present

Hosted by / Sponsored by: UC Berkeley

Course of Study: History (European)

Course Link: Take this course.

Description: This free online course is actually a webcast lecture series from UC Berkeley’s Carla Hesse.

The free online history course consists of 30 audio lectures, allowing online students to hear the very same lectures given to on-campus students during the Fall 2008 semester.

In this course you will learn about the history of European civilization and how it led to the European landscape and political climate we know today.

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Hosted by / Sponsored by: Yale

Course of Study: History

Course Link: Take this course.

Description: This free online course from Yale is taught by Professor Donald Kagan. In it, you’ll learn about ancient Greek civilization and its various intellectual, political, and creative achievements.

The course is broken down into 24 class sessions where you can choose to watch a video lecture, listen to just the audio of the lecture, or read the lecture transcript.

You will need Flash or Quicktime enabled to watch video lectures from Yale online.

Review: I personally watched several video lectures from this course, and found the professor’s style to be surprisingly engaging and the material quite interesting.

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Hosted by / Sponsored by: MIT OpenCourseWare

Course of Study: History (American)

Course Link: Take this course.

Description: Students interested in taking university-level courses can find many options in MIT’s OpenCourseWare course materials.

This free online history course allows students to learn about the American Revolution at their own pace, using actual course materials and teaching aids used in MIT classrooms.

This course looks at the Revolutionary War from both the American and English sides, causes of the Revolution, and the origins of the American Constitution.

This course includes a syllabus, readings, and assignments. Materials can be accessed online or downloaded (in .pdf format).

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