Literary theory offers powerful tools for understanding how texts work and why they matter. This course introduces key ideas in an accessible way, showing how theory can deepen your appreciation and enjoyment of literature.
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Gain insight into programming tools for machine learning and artificial intelligence using Python. Learn how to build a machine learning pipeline, comprising exploratory data analysis, data preparation, model training and evaluation.
This course introduces key issues in the philosophy of science, including debates about the nature of the scientific method, theories of confirmation, the demarcation of science from non-science, the rationality of theory change, and scientific realism.
Political philosophy contains some of the greatest writings in the Western intellectual tradition. This online course introduces you to the central questions concerning the state, by means of classical and contemporary texts.
Become a more attentive, appreciative and critical reader of literary texts on this weekly class in Oxford, with an emphasis on close critical analysis.
During this course, we shall spend time getting to know a range of Shakespeare's plays in detail, supplementing this knowledge with information about their historical background, their theatrical history, and current critical debates.
Join this course to develop your Spanish language skills and engage more confidently in sustained conversations, expressing ideas, opinions, and experiences on a range of topics. A progression course for learners who have completed Intermediate - Part 1.
Explore the culture of the English country house from its architectural form, social manners and distinctions to the furnishings and artistic manifestations of taste, as an expression of power and influence in a changing society.
How do we perceive the world, reason, make decisions, and experience emotion? Drawing on cognitive psychology and neuroscience, this course explores the mental processes and brain mechanisms that shape human thought, feeling and behaviour.
Investigate a crucial period in the formation of the British national identity, which featured political union and a growing range of social divisions in the British Isles as well as intense rivalry with France and dramatic imperial expansion.
In a lively mixture of talks and workshops, this term surveys the vast range of piano repertoire but technique and interpretation will also be discussed in the workshops. Students will have regular opportunities to play. Open to players of all levels.
Discover the rich symbolism, striking realism and artistic innovation of Northern Renaissance painters like Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, and explore how their work shaped the course of European art.