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EPIC: A Climate Change Course
Evgueni JC Goloubev
This course is designed to inform and educate people on Climate Change not from the mouth of a scientist but rather an impartial observer interested and educated in the topic. Often the issue is a hot political issue with vested interests duking it in media and social network platforms. This dilutes everything and makes it almost irrelevant to the average person. I present the most up-to-date science attempting to steer clear of biases. The course is designed for beginners and intermediate level students, though experts are welcome too!
Introduction to Virology: The Study of Viruses
Alex Generous
Curious about viruses? Wondering how to make sense of the news about the 2020 coronavirus? In the introduction to virology, you will learn the basics of viruses, how they get into people, how they spread, and how our immune system fights them. From the basics of entry through learning how vaccines work, this course will orient you to understand how viruses impact us in the real world.
Native American Mindfulness
Hyapatia Lee
This course shares traditional medicine stories of Native Americans, and the meaning of the Wheel of Life. This medicine wheel has been used for centuries to help people navigate through life on their path to happiness, health, harmony, humor, and hope. It's a great tool for mindfulness and meditation.
Beer: Saving Lives Since 4000 BC
Melanie Dellas
In this course on ancient beer, you will learn how beer was first produced, how it was used for ritual offerings, and how it became the first antibiotic. You'll also learn how women played a major role in making and selling beer, and how that led to the modern-day view of what a witch looks like.
Shaken, Not Stirred: The Unusual History of Fertility & Childbirth Practices
Melanie Dellas
In this course on ancient fertility and childbirth practices, you will learn about the interesting methods ancient people used in determining fertility, caring for pregnancies, easing labor, and helping newborns. You’ll also learn about the many superstitions relating to fertility and childbirth, along with the demons that lurk in the birthing area waiting to pounce.
The Golden Age of Science in the Arab Empire
Brandon Peacock
The Arab Empire rapidly grew from its humble 7th-century origins to a colossus of intercontinental influence. And during its Golden Age, humanity's understanding of how the universe worked grew just as quickly. In this course, Brandon Peacock provides a snapshot of the cultural dynamics at play over the course of this era and will introduce you to the scientists of this region who paved the way for the Scientific Revolution of the Renaissance.
History of the Merovingians (from 451 to 613)
Benjamin Bernier
Welcome to the Merovingian Dynasty, the first major French monarchy... and arguably the first major monarchy in Europe! My name is Benjamin Bernier, and I'll be leading you from the year 451 – about 25 years before the fall of the Western Roman Empire – until the year 613. The first of these dates marks the ascendance of the Merovingians and their first King, Merovech, as they fought at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, and the second date marks the end of one of the most compelling Queens in world history: Brunhilda.
How to Be Good: An Introduction to Ethics
Ronan McLaverty-Head
How can we be good? Is there even such a thing as "good" and "bad"? Moral philosophy is the study of what makes something good and how we can know what to do if we want to be good. This course aims to introduce some of the main ethical theories in western philosophy and discover how they try to solve real-world ethical dilemmas.
The Presidents of the United States of America
Ross Maynard
This course is about the Presidents of the United States from the creation of the nation to the present day. Joe Biden, the forty-sixth president of the United States, was inaugurated in January 2021. In this course, I give a brief history of the preceding 45 presidents and the key national and international events that impacted their presidencies. I am British and have no political axe to grind, and I seek to give an objective view on each president and their period in office. As well as the lives and actions of the presidents, the course gives an overview of U.S. history and the political...
Revolutions That Changed the World
James Wareing
Revolutions, so often driven from the lower levels of society, have the ability to inspire, as well as alter the course of history. Therefore, to understand revolutions and what drove the desire for change, we will look at their causes, which are numbered and varied. Revolutions have the power to defy social and political norms in a way that determines the course of a country, but that is not to say that they are all successful. While examining these ten revolutions from around the world, we will take a look at their impact and how they are viewed today.