Monday, June 7, 2010

free college

Go figure I would want to take more classes by the end of senior year. My curriculum was quite regimented and didn't leave much room for electives. Now that college is just about over, there seem to be a million things I'd still love to learn about. More importantly I've always wanted to audit classes. As in attend lectures but not do any homework, not have to worry about grades. I'm an auditory learner, and taking notes further helps me absorb the information. Writing essays and taking tests never made since in classes that I was simply interested in learning about. I've spoken before about iTunesU courses. Now I've discovered this: 250 free online courses. (Also see free foreign language lessons). Most are available from iTunes or YouTube.
My favorites:
Intro to Archaeology
Roman Architecture
Intro to Nonviolence
natural resources and population
france since 1871
modern physics: from the atom to big science
spectacle entertainments of ancient rome
the ancient mediterranean world
existentialism in literature and film
dante in translation
old english in context
the literature of crisis
virgil's aeneid: anatomy of a classic
kant's epistemology
proust and philosophy
the examined life
justice: what's the right thing to do
climate change: law and policy
environmental law and policy
faith and globalization
Intro to the old testament
intro to new testament history and literature
modern theoretical physics: einstein

I think i'll be putting these on my iPod for future car rides and plane trips.

2 comments:

Kayla said...

How did I not know this existed? I'm jumping on this right away.

Ramblings of a Small Town Girl

genevieve said...

Oh my god!

I realise I've just commented you twice, don't mean to spam, but I am so happy you've pointed these out!

I do a double degree, so I don't get electives, and I can't pick up a fifth subject till next year anyway, so this is like christmas come early! God I sound like a nerd.

But I really want to learn Spanish, and I love history and psychology, so thankyou!

Genevieve
http://untilthedayirunaway.blogspot.com