'Magic' was a wide-ranging concept that affected many aspects of medieval society. This course will consider the actual and perceived practices of magic in the medieval period and their consequences.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
This online course provides an overview of how to trace family history in Britain from the present day to the 16th century using a range of digital and archival sources.
Biodiversity loss is evident no matter where we live. To reverse the current decline, we need to understand how individual species interact with their environment, while also appreciating the practical strategies to monitor and conserve species.
Medieval art glitters and enthrals. Medieval architecture elicits wonder and awe. In this introductory course you will learn about its breadth and diversity, from great cathedrals and imposing castles to sacred icons and subversive marginalia.
Businesses need to make a profit to survive and thrive. Where do ethical considerations fit into this? How should they treat their workers, customers and society? Join this short course to discuss how ethics apply in the world of business.
Infectious disease modelling utilises data and our understanding of disease biology to provide public health insights. Aimed at a general audience, this course will cover methods for modelling disease transmission in statistical programming language R.
Linear algebra and its matrices appear throughout the sciences and in the mathematical parts of the social sciences. This basic course is a prerequisite to understanding advanced mathematics and myriad closely and distantly related quantitative fields.
What happens when a virus enters the human body? This course explains all, focusing particularly on how viral diseases develop at a molecular level, exploring cellular biology, genetics, the body’s defences and anti-viral therapeutics.
'What is truth?' is a perplexing and elusive question. A good first response is that truth and falsity are properties of what people say or think. But how is what we think related to actual facts? And what caused the recent corrosion of truth?
Why did revolution break out again and again during the tumultuous 17th and 18th centuries? And why did they play such a key role in shaping the very nature of modern western political culture? Explore with us this fascinating topic!
This course provides an historical introduction to the development of folklore studies in Britain. It will review historical conceptions and approaches to folklore from the seventeenth-century antiquarians to the present.
This course explores American art from the late nineteenth century to the postwar era, examining how artists responded to urbanisation, mass media, European modernism, consumer culture, and America’s changing place in the world.