2020 Online Courses

The goal of this course is to help students better understand what artificial intelligence is, and how intelligent systems learn...

Using the body as a road map, we will explore the latest medical technologies. This is a course that investigates...

This class is designed to serve as a first dive into neuroscience. We will investigate neuron structure and function, and...

Data science has revolutionized the way our world works and how we understand it. Technology enables us to ask more...

The goal of this course is to help students better understand what artificial intelligence is, and how intelligent systems learn...

Data science has revolutionized the way our world works and how we understand it. Technology enables us to ask more...

The top qualities companies seek in people they hire are critical thinking, problem solving, and communication prowess. This skill set...

Of the four types of interactions that control how matter, energy, space, and time produce our physical world, electromagnetism is...

In recent years, mental health has become a hot topic of conversation in the media, following reports of a "mental...

In this course we'll examine philosophical issues concerning knowledge, the self, mind, ethics, and time by looking at the ways...

The field of genetics (the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity) has rapidly progressed within this last century, effectively...

We are entering an era where many new design-related careers are emerging that will require unique, interdisciplinary skills. This intensive...

Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are three of the four most common elements in the universe. Substances composed primarily of these...

What is music? Why do we make music? And how can our collective experiences of physical distancing and online connection...

This course will introduce students to the discipline of Restoration Ecology and explore project planning on the applied side of...

This 2-week introductory course on "Nanobiomaterials" is targeted towards exceptional high school students interested in bioengineering, nanotechnology, and materials science...

Contemporary journalists are reporters, commentators, cultural critics, photographers, captioners, reviewers, essayists, and more. They write pieces from 280 to tens...

What are the key business strategy issues facing companies today? What can entrepreneurs do now to out-perform their competitors in...

Number theory, the study of properties of integers, has attracted the interest of mathematicians for over 4,000 years. This branch...

This class is designed to serve as a first dive into neuroscience. We will investigate neuron structure and function, and...

Data science has revolutionized the way our world works and how we understand it. Technology enables us to ask more...

Frontiers of Physics will launch students into an exploration of the groundbreaking discoveries in physics in the early 20th century...

Evil is a powerful term that has been applied to everything from windstorms to serial killers to the unreflective actions...

The goal of this course is to help students better understand what artificial intelligence is, and how intelligent systems learn...

With the global reach of the internet and the prevalence of mobile devices, it is a challenge to imagine a...

Books, magazines, newspapers, TED talks, political speeches...a great deal of writing and speech is persuasive. Persuasion is not only a...

This course examines the theory and practice of democracy (in particular, deliberative democracy) and engages in a dialogue with critics...

Welcome to the multidisciplinary field of Robotics! Students will explore the primary subsystems of robotic solutions starting with embedded programming...

The course teaches students the basic principles of problem solving through computer programming, including identifying abstractions and developing simple algorithms...

This course will teach students to write, and give them something very cool to write about. We'll watch several films...

How can a computer scientist help archaeologists study Neolithic China? How can studying literature help neuroscientists understand the human brain...

Chemical engineers are multi-disciplinarians who apply principles of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering to solve a range of practical real-life...

This course provides students with an intensive introduction to core business disciplines, addressing a wide range of topics including business...

This course is a broad survey of Greek and Roman culture focusing on the archaeological and art historical methods of...

Cosmology means study of the universe: its origin, history, and fate. This course aims to provide a solid foundation of...

This course will introduce students to the inspiring field of architecture. We will practice a process of creative problem-solving which...

Developed a little more than a hundred years ago, Einstein's Theory of Relativity is a groundbreaking scientific breakthrough that revolutionized...

Today, common sense tells us that a good life is one lived authentically. Though it seems simple, this idea rests...

How does the brain allow us to think, sense, behave, and feel? In this course, we will begin by learning...

Remarkable advancements in experimental techniques, development of observational telescopes, and powerful computer algorithms are making the detection of complex molecules...

This course is intended for students who have had exposure to physics but yearn to discover more about the modern...

Physics seeks to discover and understand the how of nature. With its tools, we can reveal the order beneath apparent...

To many people, embedded systems are mysterious because the way they function is often hidden from our eyes. The reality...

Materials science and engineering (MSE) is one of the newer engineering fields, stemming primarily from a need to understand how...

In the 1990s, many political writers and commentators hailed the end of the Cold War as the inauguration of a...

This course will include a survey of major marine habitats, from coral reefs to deep seas and ice oceans. It...

Discrete mathematics encompasses a broad range of mathematical fields centered on discrete (non-continuous) mathematical structures with an eye toward applications...

What is oral history and how does it contribute to our knowledge of the past? This course explores the theory...

Using the body as a road map, we will explore the latest medical technologies. This is a course that investigates...

Symmetry plays an important role throughout mathematics and the sciences, and this course will lead students on an exploration of...

A physicist brings many tools and skills to the task of understanding the universe. Contemporary research in physics and related...

When St. John de Crevecoeur asked in 1782, "What, then, is an American, this new man?," he was asking a...

Problem solving is both an art and science; it is a most intellectually entertaining activity. In this course, we will...

While we have all experienced friendship, most people are hard-pressed to define what it is or how it is different...

Good writing can change the world...even, perhaps, a world that is already changing. The writer that aspires to alter the...

Social justice is often marked as the goal to be achieved by those aiming to reform society to be more...

How can two people communicate secrets back and forth, even when a third party can eavesdrop on everything they say...

By the time we convene for this course, our reality might have an entirely new and unrecognizable shape, or it...

Humans are deeply social creatures, and as such we depend on each other for survival. A lot of what causes...

This intensive three-week course is an exploration into the craft of writing creatively. Students will read a variety of works...

Symbolic logic undergirds a vast range of contemporary sciences. From Mathematics and Computer Science, to Engineering, Law, Philosophy and Game...

All it takes is a question! In this class, we will use fun, lighthearted, and interesting topics to explore the...

This course will cover some basic First Amendment free speech law. By closely reading and decoding caselaw from the Supreme...

This course will survey the main types of writing systems by exploring specific examples (e.g., Akkadian Cuneiform, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek...

This course introduces students to methodological and theoretical aspects of the field of psychology through in-depth study of some of...