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Skip the Tuition: 100 Free Podcasts from the Best Colleges in the World
Published on Monday 28th of January, 2008
We've shown you how to take online classes for free, but not everyone has the
patience or time to spend sitting at a computer. These courses let you take
your classroom with you, so you can get an education while you're sitting in
traffic or just hanging out in the park. Check out these courses from some of
the best colleges and universities out there to get a high quality education
on the go.
Stanford
Stanford offers free podcast downloads via iTunes. You'll be able to study
physics, computer design, and much more.
Quantum Mechanics: Learn about classical mechanics, theories of relativity,
and more in this physics course.
Human-Computer Interaction: This course features a variety of speakers on
interaction design.
Geography of World Cultures: This podcast takes a look at geography and
considers the way it impacts world cultures.
Hannibal: In this course, you'll study the life and archaeological trail of
Hannibal.
Modern Theoretical Physics: Learn about quantum entanglement and other
theories of physics in this course.
Ben Franklin and the World of Enlightenment: You'll get to learn about
Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements, as well as how he affected and was
affected by the Enlightenment.
Straight Talk About Stem Cells: This course discusses the fundamentals of
stem cell biology as well as its surrounding controversy.
The Geography of World Cultures: Here you'll be able to explore locational
dynamics and the way they affect languages, groupings, and religions.
The Future of the Internet: This course discusses the issues of network
neutrality and ownership on the Internet.
The Literature of Crisis: Learn the art of living and take a look at the
circumstances of existence through discussions on writers and thinkers
including Socrates and Shakespeare.
Historical Jesus: This course considers the historical evidence of Jesus
against that of traditional Christianity.
Virgil's Aeneid: Here you'll get an analysis of this work that is essential
to the canon of Latin literature.
Computer Systems Colloquium: In this podcast, you'll hear from guest
lecturers that discuss topics like VoIP encryption, computer architecture,
and balancing methods.
UC Berkeley
These courses from UC Berkeley are freshly completed from the Fall 2007
semester, and they should be available in full. Highlights include
environmental studies and issues in new media.
Foundations of American Cyber-Culture: This course takes a look at computers,
new media, and the world wide web.
General Biology: In this biology course, you'll cover cells, genetics, animal
development, form, and function.
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: This course offers an
introduction to programming and computer science.
Structure and Interpretation of Systems and Signals: Get a look at
mathematical modeling of signals and systems in this engineering course.
Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society: Check out this course to learn
about the way geological processes intersect with American culture.
Issues in Foreign Policy After 9/11: This course discusses international
issues and events with relation to 9/11.
Metal Cutting: Here you'll learn about processes, procedures, and theories of
metal cutting.
Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice: Listen to this podcast to hear
about juvenile courts, theories of delinquency, and the justice system.
Human Emotion: Consider emotion with evolutionary grounding as well as a
social constructionist approach.
Time, Money, and Love in the Age of Technology: In this course, you'll take a
look at the meaning of life, visionary business, and going beyond being
human.
Earthquakes in Your Backyard: Learn about seismology, tectonics, and natural
disasters throughout history.
The Ancient Mediterranean World: This course discusses the history of ancient
Mediterranean empires.
Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business: Consider search
psychology, economics, spam, and other topics relating to Internet search
engines with this course.
Introduction to Human Nutrition: In this course, you'll get an overview of
digestion and metabolism.
MIT
MIT's courses feature either audio or video, sometimes both, and are
available as podcasts by department feeds.
Aircraft Systems Engineering: This course offers a view of the aircraft as a
whole system, with an experienced astronaut as well as a shuttle project
manager as professors.
Introduction to Biology: In these video lectures, you'll cover core biology
material.
Introduction to Psychology: Introduction to Psychology is presented as a
series of audio lectures, with accompanying lecture notes.
Neuroscience and Behavior: These audio lectures discuss neuronal integration,
anatomy, and physiology.
Brain Structure and its Origins: You'll learn about CNS structures in this
series of audio lectures.
Animal Behavior: Learn about adaptive behavior from animals with this audio
lecture course.
Principles of Chemical Science: In this introductory chemical course,
presented in video, you'll take a look at basic principles.
Principles of Chemical Science: These video lectures build upon the previous
chemistry course, further emphasizing basic principles.
Media, Education, and the Marketplace: This set of video lectures discusses
using interactive media to enhance education.
Circuits and Electronics: Get an introduction to electrical engineering with
this video course.
Introduction to Algorithms: Learn about techniques in design and analysis of
algorithms with these video lectures.
Principles of Digital Communication: In this course, you'll focus on coding
techniques for the Shannon limit of AWGN channels.
Introduction to Copyright Law: This course offers both an introduction to
copyright law and general American law.
Engineering Ethics: Learn all about the ethics and philosophy of engineering
through the cases in this audio course.
Duke
Duke offers a wide variety of podcast courses, from Italian to discussions on
Nintendo.
Nintendo: A History of Innovation: This course discusses Nintendo and some of
its more innovative creations.
Documentary Research Methods: Consider the relationship between Duke and
Durham with student research and community fieldwork from this course.
Gli Immigrati: In this course, you'll take a look at the situation of
immigration both in Italy and the US.
Gli Sport: Gli Sport considers popular sports in Italy and America.
Italiano 2.02: Una Guida: This course highlights some of the important things
in US and Italian culture, like museums.
Italiano 2.02: L'Italia: Take a look at Italian culture, including food,
agriculture, and monuments.
Italiano 1: Progetto Museo: Learn about the operas of Museo Nasher in this
course.
Game2Know Focus IDC: This course considers topics in online gaming and
beyond.
How They Got Game: How They Got Game discusses RPG, Atari, WoW, and different
genres of gaming.
Young Latino Immigrants & School: This course will put you face to face with
children of migrant farm workers in North Carolina and discuss their
educational aspirations.
Italiano 1: Conversazioni: This conversational Italian course covers
descriptions, sports, film, and pasta.
Principles of Effective eCommerce: In Principles of Effective eCommerce,
you'll take a look at important figures of the Internet, such as Tim O'Reilly
and Jakob Nielsen.
Nursing Informatics: This course delivers graduate level content in systems
and management.
Business Ethics: In this course, you'll learn about business ethics,
specifically the difference between stakeholders and stockholders.
Harvard
Much of the media available from Harvard is presented as one full podcast,
but we've hand picked a few of their courses and recurring series that you
should look for.
The City of Sardis: Approaches in Graphic Recording: Learn about the
preservation and recreation of the ancient City of Sardis in this very
detailed series.
Human Systems Explorer: Available as video, this course looks at an
interactive teaching tool that's used to teach pathophysiology.
String Theory, Black Holes, and the Laws of Nature: These videos cover a
beginning understanding of the basic laws of the universe.
Women and War in the Twentieth Century: Consider the history of gender and
war to get a better understanding of war itself with this series and tour of
historical collections.
Justice: This very popular course offers an introduction to moral and
political philosophy, discussing great philosophers as well as debates on
contemporary issues.
50 Years in Media: Changes in Journalism: You'll hear from eight panelists
from the Harvard Class of 1955 as they discuss the changes journalism has
experienced in the past 50 years.
In the War Zone: How Does Gender Matter?: Here, you'll get access to
discussions from a Harvard conference that considers gender and war.
Interntional Relations: New Approaches in a Complex World: Take a look at
important issues in international politics with this series.
Queen's University
This Canadian university offers a few iTunesU courses in engineering and
social issues.
ELEC 377: This core course for Computer Engineering covers basic concepts of
operating systems.
SOFT 423: You'll learn about advanced requirements in software engineering
with this podcast.
Ethnicity & Democratic Governance: This series discusses, globalization,
democracies, social construction, and much more.
UCLA
UCLA has BruinCasts for a number of courses online. Many of them are
restricted for student use only, but we've listed the ones that are publicly
open for the current academic year here.
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science: Take a look at atmospheric circulation and
its relation to the oceans in this podcast.
Spectacle Entertainments of Ancient Rome: Look back at some of the ways
Romans entertained themselves with this course.
Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Architecture, and Law: In this course,
you'll learn about the way genetic engineering touches many facets of daily
life.
Genetics: This genetics course takes a look at a number of topics, from
Mendelian genetics to gene structure and function.
Politics and Strategy: Take a look at the use of strategy in politics with
this podcast.
Social Psychology: This course takes on psychology as it relates to social
situations.
Freshman Computer Science Seminar: You'll get an introduction to important
topics and key ideas for computer science and engineering with this course.
Money and Banking: Take a look at the principles of money and banking in the
US, processes, monetary policy, and more with this Money and Banking podcast.
Life: Concepts and Issues: This course offers an introduction to important
concepts in life science, such as the evolution theory.
Electoral Politics: Public Opinion and Voting Behavior: You'll learn about
political attitudes and public opinion in this course.
Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory: Take a look at various topics in
behavioral neuroscience with this course designed for Phsychobiology and
Psychology students.
Art as Social Action: Learn how artists can spark social action in this world
arts and cultures podcast.
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
UCSF's Office of Continuing Medical Education currently has podcasts
available on the subjects of depression and obstetrics/gynecology.
Depression: Psychiatric Pitfalls & Treatment: Consider the treatment of
depression with this podcast course.
Depression: Anxiety Disorders and Exercise: This course taks a look at the
link between exercise and anxiety disorders.
Depression: Differentiating Unipolar from Bipolar and Treating Dementia:
You'll learn about assessment and treatment of a few different mental
afflictions with this course.
OBGYN: Women's Medicine: This course will teach you to consider obstetrics
and gynecology with a woman in mind.
OBGYN: High Risk Pregnancies: Take a look at some of the risk factors and
treatments for troubling pregnancies in this course.
OBGYN: Issues in Women's Health: This course will ask you to consider health
issues for women that every OB/GYN needs to know.
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow has a handful of courses in podcast form, offering
downloads through RSS as well as individually through their site.
Kant: Take a look at A Priori, transcendental logic, and more in this course.
2D Digitisation: Learn about the importance and use of digitization in
teaching and beyond through 2D Digitisation's 20-part lecture collection.
Document Encoding: In this course, you'll learn about encoding standards,
different types of text, and the examination of text.
Consciousness: Listen to this course on consciousness, and you will get a
look at the debate about consciousness in humans, animals, and machines.
Heritage and Cultural Informatics: This course explores information
technology as a way to improve access to cultural and natural heritage.
Yale
Yale offers a small sample of their courses online, with MP3 downloads for
each session.
Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics: This Yale podcast offers
information on extra-solar planets, black holes, and dark energy.
Modern Poetry: In Modern Poetry, you'll learn about major poets, concerns,
and the characteristic techniques of modern poetry.
Death: Face the inevitable with this course that explores death.
Fundamentals of Physics: In this course, you'll get a good introduction to
the principles and methods of physics.
Introduction to Political Philosophy: Examine important thinkers and writings
of Western politics in this course.
Introduction to Psychology: Introduction to Psychology answers questions
about the mind and provides an overview of the study of thought and behavior.
Introduction to the Old Testament: This course discusses the Old Testament as
it relates to religious life and Western Civilization.
More Courses
Learn even more from these podcast courses.
Politique: Every week, you'll hear analysis on a new political subject in
this course.
Oxford Medieval English Lectures: Study Medieval English with some of
Oxford's best in this podcast.
Saviors: You'll learn about politics, economics, philosophy, and other news
in this podcast.
Controversy: Hear opposing views on science, politics, and more here.
This list is by no means all-inclusive. Although we've specifically
highlighted a few iTunesU courses, there are a number of other schools that
share lectures there and through the Higher Education portal as well.
Additionally, you can visit Princeton's UChannel to access a huge collection
of individual lectures and events from worldwide universities.
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