In this course, we will develop a tool kit to help you view the world through the economist's lens, enabling you to better understand the world around you and to improve your day-to-day decision making.

The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How many of us can connect the dots of influences and inspiration...

"The goal of this course is to illuminate the original foundations of our American civic culture by reenacting the Great Debate, from 1787 to 1788, over the ratification of the proposed constitution. [Focuses] on the most profound intellectual and philosophic levels of the controversy, centered on the competeing republican visions held by the proponents of the constitution (Federalists) and their opponents (Anti-Federalists)"--P. 1, Study guide.

Contrasts two conflicting factions -- Idealism and realism.

Starting with the analysis of the proposition 0.999999999 ... = 1, this lecture ex­plores what it means to add up an infinite series of numbers. Some infinite series con­verge on a definite value, while others grow arbitrarily large.

Provides an overview of Hinduism and discusses why Hinduism is perhaps the most diverse religion of all. Covers topics such as arranged marriages and the caste system, the Indus Valley Civilization, the sacred writings in the Vedas, the Bhagavad-gita, and the Upanishads, ritual purity rites, the Aryan language of Sanskrit, and Hinduism's rejection of the notion that there is but one path to the divine. Introduces Hinduism's wealth of gods, terms,...

"This course will explore the thought of three profoundly influential thinkers in the Western tradition, thinkers whose very names call to mind the spirit of philosophizing or the 'love of wisdom': Socrates (469-399 B.C.), Plato (c. 429-347 B.C.), and Aristotle (384-322 B.C.). The three are most obviously linked by their historical epoch and their common devotion to the search for the truth. But they also share a more immediate bond, for Socrates...

This course will help you write effectively about the things that matter to you, and it will introduce you to the growing field of creative nonfiction. This course takes you from the beginning to the end of the process of writing creative nonfiction: from finding your story and crafting a great beginning to finding an audience and working through the revision process.