Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Get free online courses from the world’s leading universities. This collection includes over 250 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. Download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player.

Humanities & Social Sciences

Archaeology

• Introduction to Archaeology - Feed – MP3s – Ruth Tringham, UC Berkeley

Architecture

• Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes (Video) – iTunes – Jan Wampler, MIT
• Roman Architecture - YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Diana E. E. Kleiner, Yale

Art History

• Masterpieces of Western Art – iTunes – Columbia University

Classics & Classical World

• Hannibal - iTunes - Patrick Hunt, Stanford
• Introduction to Greek History – YouTube - iTunes - Download Course – Donald Kagan, Yale
• Roman Architecture - YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Diana E. E. Kleiner, Yale
• The Heroic and the Anti-Heroic in Classical Greek Civilization – Multiple Formats – Gregory Nagy, Harvard
• The Roman Empire - iTunes - Feed - MP3s – Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
• Virgil’s Aeneid: Anatomy of a Classic - iTunes – Susanna Braund, Stanford University

Cultural Studies

• Foundations of American Cyberculture – iTunes – Feed – Greg Niemeyer, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Nonviolence – iTunes – Stream Audio and Video – Michael Nagler, UC Berkeley

Economics

• American Economic History – iTunes – Feed – Stream – J. Bradford Delong, UC Berkeley
• Economic Crisis and Globalization – Video – Richard D. Wolff, The New School
• Economic Geography of the Industrial World – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Richard Walker, UC Berkeley.
• Financial Markets – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Robert Shiller, Yale
• Game Theory – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Ben Polak, Yale
• Macroeconomic Analysis – iTunes - Feed – Steven Wood, UC Berkeley
• Marxian Class Analysis Theory and Practice Online Course – Video – Richard D. Wolff, The New School
• Marxian Economics – An Intensive Introduction – Video – Richard D. Wolff, The New School
• Microeconomic Analysis – iTunes – Feed – Gordon Rausser, UC Berkeley
• Money and Banking – Feed – MP3s – Dean Balm, UCLA
• Reading Marx’s Capital – Google Video – David Harvey, City University of New York

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Geography

• Economic Geography of the Industrial World – iTunes – Richard Walker, UC Berkeley
• Geography of US Presidential Elections – iTunes – YouTube – Martin Lewis, Stanford
• Geography of World Cultures - iTunes – Martin Lewis, Stanford University
• Global Geopolitics – iTunes – Martin Lewis, Stanford University
• Globalization – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Robert Acker, UC Berkeley
• Natural Resources and Population – iTunes – Feed – Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley
• World Regions, People and States – iTunes – Feed – Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley

History

• African-American History: Modern Freedom Struggle – YouTube – iTunes – Clay Carson, Stanford
• American Economic History – iTunes – Feed – Stream – J. Bradford Delong, UC Berkeley
• American Environmental and Cultural History – iTunes – Feed – Carolyn Merchant, UC Berkeley
• China: Traditions and Transformations – Multiple Formats – Peter K. Bol & William Kirby, Harvard
• Colonial and Revolutionary America – iTunesU – Jack Rakove, Stanford
• European Civilization, 1648-1945 - iTunes – YouTube – Download Course – John Merriman, Yale
• European Civilization from Renaissance to Present – iTunes – Feed – Thomas Lacquer/Margret Anderson, UC Berkeley
• European Civilization from Renaissance to Present – Feed – Stream – Carla Hesse, UC Berkeley
• France Since 1871 – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – John Merriman, Yale
• Hannibal – iTunes – Patrick Hunt, Stanford.
• Historical Jesus – iTunes – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
• History of the International System – iTunes – James Sheehan, Stanford University
• Introduction to Greek History YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Donald Kagan, Yale
• Modern Civilization: 1750 to Present - YouTube – Lynn Hunt, UCLA
• Modern Physics: From the Atom to Big Science – iTunes – Feed – Stream – Cathryn Carson, UC Berkeley
• Science, Magic and Religion - YouTube – Courtenay Raiai, UCLA
• Spectacle Entertainments of Ancient Rome – Feed – MP3s – Paolo Monella, UCLA
• The American Founders and Their World – iTunes – Jack Rakove, Gordon Wood, etc. Stanford
• The Ancient Mediterranean World – iTunes – Feed - MP3s – Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
• The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 - YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – David Blight, Yale
• The Rise and Fall of the Second Reich – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Margaret Anderson, UC Berkeley
• The Roman Empire – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
• The Western Tradition (Video) – Videos – Course Outline – Eugen Weber, UCLA
• US History: Civil War to Present – iTunes – Feed- Jennifer Burns, UC Berkeley
• World War and Society in the 20th Century: World War II – Multiple Formats – Charles S. Maier, Harvard

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Literature

• Existentialism in Literature & Film - iTunes – Feed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
• Dante in Translation – iTunes – YouTube – Download Course – Giuseppe Mazzotta
• Holocaust in Film and Literature – YouTube – Todd Presner, UCLA
• Introduction to Theory of Literature – iTunes – YouTube – Download Course – Professor Paul H. Fry
• Man, God and Society in Western Literature – iTunes – Feed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
• Milton – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – John Rogers, Yale
• Modern Poetry - YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Langdon Hammer, Yale
• Old English in Context - iTunes – Stuart Lee, Oxford University
• Shakespeare – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Charles Altieri, UC Berkeley
• Shakespeare After All: The Later Plays – Multiple Formats – Marjorie Garber, Harvard
• The American Novel Since 1945 – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Amy Hungerford, Yale
• The Literature of Crisis – iTunes – Marsh McCall & Martin Evans, Stanford University
• Virgil’s Aeneid: Anatomy of a Classic – iTunes – Susanna Braund, Stanford University

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Music

• Listening to Music – Download Course – Professor Craig Wright, Yale

Philosophy

• Ancient Philosophy – iTunes – Feed – Stream – David Ebrey, UC Berkeley
• Death – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Shelly Kagan, Yale
• Existentialism in Literature & Film – iTunes – Feed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
• Heidegger – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
• Heidegger’s Being & Time – Feed – MP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Political Philosophy – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course, Steven B. Smith, Yale
• Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument, iTunes – Daniel Coffeen, UC Berkeley
• Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, YouTube - iTunes - Web Site - Michael Sandel, Harvard
• Kant’s Epistemology – iTunes – Dr Susan Stuarts, University of Glasgow.
• Man, God and Society in Western Literature – iTunes – Feed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
• Philosophy for Beginners – iTunes – Marianne Talbot, Oxford
• Proust & Philosophy – Feed – Johns Hopkins
• The Examined Life – iTunes – Greg Reihman, Lehigh University

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Political Science, International Relations and Law

• American Politics: Campaign Strategy – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Dan Schnur, UC Berkeley
• Climate Change: Law and Policy – iTunes – Feed – Stream – Cymie Payne
• Environmental Law and Policy – iTunes – Holly Doremus, UC Berkeley
• Faith and Globalization – YouTube – Tony Blair, Miroslav Volf, Yale
• Geography of US Presidential Elections – YouTube – iTunes – Martin Lewis, Stanford
• International Politics – Feed – Johns Hopkins
• Introduction to German Politics – iTunes – Feed – Andreas Busch, Oxford University
• Introduction to Political Philosophy – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course, Steven B. Smith, Yale
• Introduction to Political Theory – Feed – UCLA
• Issues in Foreign Policy after 911 – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Harry Kriesler, UC Berkeley
• Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning (Video) – Video – Michael Sandel, Harvard
• Perspectives on China (Video) – Video – Roderick MacFarquhar, Harvard
• Politics and Strategy – Feed – MP3s – Kathleen Bawn, UCLA
• Republicanism – Feed - Johns Hopkins
• Theories of Law and Society – iTunes – Feed - David Lieberman, UC Berkeley
• Undergrad Colloquium on Political Science – iTunes – Feed – Alan Ross, UC Berkeley

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Religion

• Faith and Globalization – YouTube – Tony Blair, Miroslav Volf, Yale
• Historical Jesus – iTunes – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
• Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) – Download Course – Christine Hayes, Yale.
• Introduction to New Testament History and Literature – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Professor Dale B. Martin, Yale

Sociology

• The Sociology of Race Relations – iTunes – Gianpaolo Baiocchi, UMASS Amherst

Urban Studies

• Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry (Video) – iTunes – Download Course – Anne Whiston Spirn, MIT

Sciences

Aeronautics

• Aircraft Systems Engineering – iTunes – Download Course – Multiple professors, MIT

Astronomy

• Astrobiology and Space Exploration – iTunes – YouTube – Lynn Rotschild, Stanford
• Astronomy 101 – iTunes – Web Site – Scott Miller, Mercedes Richards & Stephen Redman, Penn State
• Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics - iTunes – Download Course – YouTube – Charles Bailyn, Yale
• Introduction to General Astronomy – iTunes – Feed – Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley

Biology

• Animal Behavior – iTunes – Feed – Roy Caldwell, UC Berkeley
• Animal Behavior – iTunes – Download Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
• Behavioral Endocrinology – Feed – Johns Hopkins
• Bioscience in the 21st Century – iTunes – Video Downloads – Team taught, Lehigh University
• Darwin’s Legacy – YouTube – iTunes Team taught – Stanford
• Evolution, Ecology and Behavior – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Professor Stephen C. Stearns, Yale
• Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – W. Mark Saltzman, Yale
• General Biology 1 - Feed – John Hopkins
• General Biology 1 – iTunes – Multiple Professors, UC Berkeley
• General Biology 2 - iTunes – Mp3 Stream – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
• General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – iTunes – Feed – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
• General Human Anatomy – YouTube – iTunes – Feed – Marian Diamond, UC Berkeley
• General Molecular Biology – Video – Qiang Zhou, UC Berkeley
• Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law – Feed – MP3s here, Robert B. Goldberg, UCLA
• Genetics – Feed – MP3s here – Jay Phelan, UCLA
• General Genetics – iTunes – Multiple Professors, UC Berkeley.
• Genomics & Computational Biology – iTunes – MP3s – George Church, MIT
• Global Problems of Population Growth – iTunes – YouTube – Download Course - Professor Robert Wyman, Yale
• Introductory Biology – iTunes – MP3s/Videos – Multiple professors, MIT
• Introduction to Human Nutrition – iTunes – Feed – Nancy Amy, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Oceanography - YouTube – Edwin Schauble, UCLA
• Life Sciences 15 - Feed – UCLA
• Molecules and Cells – Feed – Johns Hopkins
• Replaceable You: Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering – iTunes – Jill Helms, Stanford
• Straight Talk About Stem Cells – iTunes - Christopher Scott, Stanford
• Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics - iTunes – Christopher Scott, Stanford
• The Future of Human Health – YouTube – iTunes – Jennifer Raymond
• The Stanford Mini Med School (Fall) – iTunes – YouTube – Web Site – Multiple Professors
• The Stanford Mini Med School (Winter) - iTunes - YouTube - Web Site
• The Stanford Mini Med School (Spring) – iTunes – Web Site

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Chemistry

• Biochemistry 1 – YouTube – S. Dasgupta, IIT
• Biochemistry 507 – iTunes – Multiple Professors, University of Wisconsin
• Chemical Structure and Reactivity – iTunes – Feed – Stream – Peter Vollhardt, UC Berkeley
• Freshman Organic Chemistry – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course - Professor J. Michael McBride, Yale
• General Chemistry – iTunes – Feed – Stream – Kristie Boering, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Chemistry – iTunes – Feed – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering – YouTube – iTunes – Channing Robertson, Stanford

Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

• Artificial Intelligence – Introduction to Robotics – YouTube – iTunes – Multiple formats – Oussama Khatib, Stanford
• Artificial Intelligence – Natural Language Processing – Multiple formats – Christopher Manning, Stanford
• Artificial Intelligence – Machine Learning – YouTube – iTunes – Multiple formats – Andrew Ng, Stanford
• Artificial Intelligence – YouTube – P.Dasgupta, IIT
• Bits – Multiple Formats – Harry Lewis, Harvard
• Building Dynamic Web Sites – Video & Audio – Rss Feed – iTunes - David Malan, Harvard Extension
• Computer Graphics – YouTube – Sukhendu Das, IIT
• Computer Networks – YouTube – S.Ghosh, IIT
• Computer Science 1 – Feed – UCLA
• Discrete Mathematical Structures YouTube – Kamala Krithivasan, IIT
• Intensive Introduction to Computer Science Using C, PHP, and JavaScript – Multiple Formats – David Malan, Harvard
• Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - YouTube – iTunes – Eric Grimson, John Guttag, MIT
• Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Methodology – YouTube – iTunes – Multiple formats – Mehran Sahami, Stanford
• Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Abstractions - YouTube – iTunes - Multiple formats – Julie Zelenski, Stanford
• Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Paradigms - YouTube – iTunes - Multiple formats – Jerry Cain, Stanford
• Introduction to Computers – Feed – Americ Azevedo, UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Computer Graphics – YouTube – Prem Kalra, IIT
• Introduction to Problem Solving & Programming – YouTube – Deepak Gupta, IIT
• iPhone Application Development (Spring 2009)- iTunes – Stanf