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

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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
History of the World to 1500 CE – YouTube – Richard Bulliet, Columbia 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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Law

Introduction to Copyright Law – iTunes – Web Site – Keith Winstein, MIT

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
Brain Structure and its Origins – Web Site – Prof. Gerald Schneider, MIT
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
Computer System Engineering – Web Site – Profs. Robert Morris and Samuel Madden, MIT
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 – Stanford
iPhone Application Development (Winter 2010) – iTunes – Stanford
Multimedia Systems - iTunes – Surendar Chandra, Notre Dame
Operating Systems and System Programming – iTunes – Feed – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
Operating Systems Principles – iTunes – Surendar Chandra, Notre Dame
Principles of Digital Communications I - YouTube – iTunes – Profs Gallagher and Zheng, MIT
Principles of Digital Communications II - YouTube – MIT
The Future of the Internet – iTunes – Ramesh Johari, Stanford
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs – iTunes – Video Feed – Stream – Brian Harvey
Understanding Computers and the Internet – iTunes – Feed – David Malan, Harvard University

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Earth Sciences

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences – MP3 – Feed – Bjorn Stevens, UCLA
Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – George Brimhall, UC Berkeley

Engineering (Mechanical, Civil and Electrical)

Advanced Analog Integrated Circuits – iTunes – MP3s – Ali Niknejad, UC Berkeley
Convex Optimization I – Multiple Formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
Convex Optimization 2 – Multiple Formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
Dynamics of Machines – YouTube – Amitabha Ghosh, IIT
Electrical – Digital Signal Processing YouTube – S.C Dutta Roy, IIT
Electro Magnetic Fields – YouTube – Harishankar Ramachandran, III
Environmental Air Pollution – YouTube -Mukesh Sharma, IIT
Fluid Mechanics – iTunes – Feed – Omer Savas, UC Berkeley
Fluid Mechanics – YouTube – T.I.Eldho, IIT
Introduction to Chemical Engineering – YouTube – iTunes – Channing Robertson, Stanford
Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuits - iTunes – Feed – Stream – Elad Alon
Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems - Multiple formats – Stephen Boyd, Stanford
Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits – iTunes – Feed – Chang-Hasnain, UC Berkeley
Introduction to Digital Electronics – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Bernhard Boser, UC Berkeley
Introduction to Engineering – iTunes – Multiple presenters, Duke University
The Fourier Transform and its Applications – YouTube – iTunes – Multiple formats – Brad Osgood, Stanford
Time, Money and Love in the Age of Technology – iTunes – Americ Azevedo, UC Berkeley
Venture Design: The Startup Company – iTunes – Americ Azevedo, UC Berkeley

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Geology

Earthquakes in Your Backyard – iTunes – Feed – Richard Allen, UC Berkeley

Information Sciences

History of Information – iTunes – Feed – Paul Duguid, UC Berkeley
Information, Law and Policy – iTunes – Paul Sameulson, UC Berkeley
Open Source and Distribution of Digital Information - iTunes – Feed – Multiple Professors, UC Berkeley
Search Engines: Technology, Society and Business – iTunes – Marti Hearst, UC Berkeley

Mathematics

Abstract Algebra - Multiple Formats – Benedict Gross – Harvard
Core Science Mathematics – YouTube – SK Ray, IIT
Differential Equations – YouTube – iTunes – MIT – Arthur Mattuck
Linear Algebra – YouTube – iTunes – Gilbert Strang, MIT
Introduction to Statistics – iTunes – Fletcher Ibser, UC Berkeley
Single Variable Calculus - YouTube – iTunesU – David Jerison, MIT
Multivariable Calculus – YouTube – iTunes – Dennis Auroux, MIT
Sets, Counting, and Probability - Multiple Formats – Paul Bamberg, Harvard
The Calculus Lifesaver – Download Videos – Adrian Banner, Princeton

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Natural Resources

Wildlife Ecology – iTunes – Feed – Justin Brashares, UC Berkeley
Woods Energy Seminar – iTunes – Multiple Professors, Stanford

Physics

Fundamentals of Physics – iTunes - YouTube - Download Course – Ramamurti Shankar, Yale
Introduction to Solar System Astronomy – iTunes – Feed – Richard Pogge, Ohio State
Introductory Physics – iTunes – Robert Jacobsen, UC Berkeley
Modern Physics: From the Atom to Big Science - iTunes – Feed – Stream – Cathryn Carson, UC Berkeley
Modern Theoretical Physics: Classic Mechanics (Video) – iTunes – YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
Modern Theoretical Physics: Quantum Mechanics (Video) – iTunes – YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
Modern Theoretical Physics: Special Relativity (Video) – iTunes – YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
Modern Theoretical Physics: Einstein (Video) – iTunes – YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
Modern Theoretical Physics: Cosmology (Video) - iTunes – YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
Modern Theoretical Physics: Statistical Mechanics (Video) – iTunes – YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford
Quantum Entanglement Part 1: (Video) – iTunes – YouTube - Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
Quantum Entanglement Part 3: (Video) – iTunes – YouTube – Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
Quantum Mechanics – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Raphael Bousso, UC Berkeley
Quantum Mechanics – iTunes – Feed – John Terning, UC Davis
Physics I: Classical Mechanics – iTunes – Video Download – YouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism – iTunes – Video Download – YouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
Physics III: Vibrations and Waves – iTunes – Video Download – YouTube – Walter Lewin, MIT
Physics for Future Presidents – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – YouTube – Richard Muller, UC Berkeley
Physics for Scientists and Engineers – iTunes – Feed – Steven Boggs, UC Berkeley
Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe – iTunes – Feed – Richard Pogge, Ohio State
String Theory, Black Holes, and the Laws of Nature (Video) – Videos – Andrew Strominger, Harvard

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Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

Brain Structure and its Origins – iTunes – Download Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
Clinical Psychology – iTunes – Keltner & Chen, UC Berkeley
Cognitive Neuroscience – iTunes – Feed – Stream – Richard Ivry, UC Berkeley
Depression: Anxiety Disorders and Exercise – MP4 – UCSF
Depression: Psychiatric Pitfalls & Treatment – MP4 – UCSF
General Psychology – iTunes – Feed – John Kihlstrom, UC Berkeley
History of Psychology – Feed – City University of New York
Human Emotion – iTunes – Feed – Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley
Introduction to Psychology – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course, Paul Bloom, Yale
Introduction to Psychology – iTunes – MP3s – Jeremy Wolfe, MIT
Introductory Psychology – Feed – UCLA
Neuroscience and Behavior – iTunes – Download Course – Gerald Schneider, MIT
Social Psychology – iTunes – Feed – Multiple professors, UC Berkeley
Social Psychology – Feed – MP3s here – Benjamin R. Karney, UCLA
The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food – Download Course – Professor Kelly D. Brownell, Yale