How does the stationary nature of plant life necessitate its connections with other living things? The course will explore plant behaviour as positive, negative, and neutral interactions with microbes, animals, plants, as well as humans.
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Everything you wanted to know about fossils - from the very first life (the 'weird and wonderfuls') to the multitude of life through geological time. The main groups are covered, how they lived, how they died and environmental information they provide.
Is free will an illusion—one over which we would have no control? If it is real, what does it mean to have it, and who (or what) possesses it? Is free will unique to humans, or might it extend to other animals—or even to artificial systems?
Join this interactive course to further develop your basic German language skills and enjoy exploring the culture. For those who have completed Beginners - Part 1 and new students who have studied the language formally for one term.
Explore the language and culture of German-speaking countries and develop your proficiency through this interactive class. A Lower Intermediate continuation course providing progression for students who completed German: Lower Intermediate - Part 1.
What does Hegel mean by the 'absolute'? And what is 'spirit'? What is the 'dialectic' about? Does Hegel think that history has come to an end? This short course will answer these and other questions about this most difficult but fascinating philosopher.
An introduction to Ludwig Wittgenstein's later thinking, with a focus on mind and meaning. We explore many of Wittgenstein's key ideas and arguments, from family resemblance to the private language argument.
Join this interactive course to further develop your basic Japanese language skills and enjoy exploring the culture. For those who have completed Beginners - Part 1 and new students who have studied the language formally for one term.
Join this interactive course to further develop your basic Korean language skills and enjoy exploring the culture. For those who have completed Beginners - Part 1 and new students who have studied the language formally for one term.
Huge changes occurred in 19th-century fiction – new subjects, new literary techniques. Here we shall explain and explore them. Authors include Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Emily Brontë, Herman Melville, Gustave Flaubert and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Join this interactive course to further develop your basic Portuguese language skills and enjoy exploring the culture. For those who have completed our Beginners - Part 1 course and new students who have studied the language formally for one term.
For a century, various sorts of liberals have claimed to know how to produce prosperity, justice and lasting peace. But beleaguered liberals now look at a world that's ever more prone to war. In this class, we'll try to understand what's really going on.