History Courses and Certifications

Negotiating a Changing World: 1920-1950

Explore women's evolving roles in America from 1920-1950, examining cultural shifts, economic opportunities, and societal constraints amid pivotal events like the 19th Amendment and World War II.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The History of MIT

This course examines the history of MIT through the lens of the broader history of science and technology, and vice versa.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 13 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center;  Tel Aviv University

The Holocaust - An Introduction (II): The Final Solution

6 reviews

Explore the Final Solution, responses to the Holocaust, and its aftermath. Gain insights into the systematic annihilation of European Jews, examining cultural processes, murder sites, and various perspectives on this tragic historical event.

• Coursera
• 7 hours 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

American Capitalism: A History

5 reviews

Examine how economic development fueled the United States’ evolution from 13 backwater colonies to a global power.

• edX
• 4 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Applied Public History: Places, People, Stories

96 ratings at Coursera

This course introduces learners to applied public history: understanding and interpreting the past today, and engaging diverse communities in the practice of making and sharing histories.

• Coursera
• 1 day 2 hours 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Magna Carta and its Legacies: Freedom and protest

59 ratings at Coursera

Explore Magna Carta's historical impact and modern relevance. Examine its role in shaping legal, political, and social concepts of freedom, from medieval England to global constitutions and civil rights movements.

• Coursera
• 9-10 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 2)

359 ratings at Coursera

Explore modernity's evolution, postmodernism's emergence, and their impact on philosophy, literature, and culture. Examine key thinkers and artistic movements shaping our understanding of contemporary society.

• Coursera
• 14 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Luther and the West

100 ratings at Coursera

Explore Martin Luther's influential ideas on biblical interpretation, freedom, and religion-politics relations, shaping modern Western thought and global impact.

• Coursera
• 21 hours 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

History of Roman Law

9 ratings at edX

Explore Roman Law, its History, its Juridical Science and Codes, and see how relevant it could be for international legal culture today!

• edX
• 8 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big History - From the Big Bang until Today

245 ratings at Coursera

Welcome to this Big History course! In this course, renowned scientists and scholars from the University of Amsterdam and beyond will take you on a journey from the Big Bang until today while addressing key questions in their fields.

• Coursera
• 12 hours 6 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry

181 ratings at Coursera

In this course, you will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary footage, filmic representations, and novels.

• Coursera
• 1 day 6 hours 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Russian History: from Lenin to Putin

775 ratings at Coursera

In this course, Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, explains the events of modern Russian history and introduces its most significant actors—from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Smithsonian’s Objects That Define America

2 reviews

Explore the history of America through the view of key historic objects, inventions, and exhibits in the Smithsonian collections.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

St. Augustine's Confessions - Early Christianity and Roman Empire

Explore Augustine's Confessions: evil, sin, and grace in early Christianity. Insights into Late Antiquity intellectual life and Christianity's impact on the Roman Empire.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Restoration Era in England - 1660-1688

Explores the Restoration era in England, covering Charles II's reign, religious tensions, political crises, and James II's rule, culminating in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video