The French Revolution

University of Melbourne via Coursera

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Coursera
Pricing

Free Online Course (Audit)
Languages

English
Certificate

Paid Certificate Available
Duration & workload

6 weeks long
Sessions

On-Demand
Subtitles

English, Spanish, French, Romanian, Turkish

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Overview

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The French Revolution was one of the most important upheavals in world history. This course examines its origins, course and outcomes.

This course is designed for you to work through successfully on your own. However you will not be alone on this journey. Use the resources included in the course and take part in the suggested learning activities to get the most out of your learning. To successfully complete this course, it is recommended that you devote at least six hours to every module over the six weeks of the course. In that time you should watch the video lectures, reflect and respond to in-video pause points, and complete the quizzes.

As part of the required reading for this course, during each week of this course you will have free access to a chapter of Peter McPhee's textbook, The French Revolution, which is also available for purchase as an e-book.

View the MOOC promotional video here: http://tinyurl.com/gstw4vv

Taught by

Peter McPhee

Reviews

4.7 rating, based on 23 Class Central reviews

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Anne

Anne completed this course, spending 4 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

Outstanding. The videos, with transcripts, were very clear, detailed and helpfully illustrated. The assignments were relevant and helpful. McPhee is a world authority on the subject and his books are worth reading as a follow up. I did this course a second time as there was so much information that I did not absorb it the first time round.
The Discussions however were disappointing. McPhee put up a provocative question or two and altogether there were some answers no one took the discussions further. Students seemed just to want to read.
Anonymous

Anonymous completed this course.

The course was excellent. The professor was warm and friendly even though it was just pixels. Great discussions in forums and for once it cleared it up for me with regard to the different factions and what was happening. Intriguing bit of history, pivotal in understanding revolutions and regime changes. Loved the class on of my favorites and McPhee is a real pleasure to watch, he loves the subject.
Antoine Ciolkovitch

Antoine Ciolkovitch completed this course, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.

By far the course where the lecturer was the most involved in interacting with the online learners . Pr McPhee offers us a brilliant set of lectures . This was an excellent overview of what is taught in french schools . Portraying the french sociology and economy of the 1790's from a clear point of view helped me clarifying the several phases of the French Revolution . Pr McPhee' s involvement in forums,the Facebok Group and additional materials is a real bonus.
Valorie Hamachek

Valorie Hamachek is taking this course right now.

Absolutely fascinating course on the revolution. I learned a lot. Professor McPhee is very learned about the revolution and easy to follow. Don't let the 1,000 word essay scare you. You learn so much about the revolution and have so much to say, you will find yourself having to pare it down, down, down. Highly recommend the course.
Anonymous

Anonymous completed this course.

This is a really fantastic course - stimulating, well-structured, and pitched at just about the right level to appeal both to history undergraduates and to people with no background in historical studies but a strong interest in the French Revolution.
Anne Hotchkiss

Anne Hotchkiss completed this course, spending 3 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

Both the professor and the material were terrific! What a fascinating (and meaningful) time in history, and it's told to us by an engaged, articulate, interested, and well-organized professor. (The Aussie accent was charming, too.) Thank you for a delightful and important experience! Anne
Diego Riccardi

Diego Riccardi completed this course, spending 3 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.

Very well done course about a crucial event where you're also given some very good readings about it for free.
Elena Orlova

Elena Orlova completed this course, spending 5 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

The lecturer of this course is by far the best of all I've seen. He's passionate, engaged, and his enthusiasm is contagious. His presentation of history is interesting, detailed and very easy to follow, you will only have problems if you've got very…

The lecturer of this course is by far the best of all I've seen. He's passionate, engaged, and his enthusiasm is contagious. His presentation of history is interesting, detailed and very easy to follow, you will only have problems if you've got very bad memory, haha. I rated the difficulty of the course as 'medium', but it should probably be 'easy'. Still, I decided to rate it as medium b\c saying it's 'easy' sounds a lot like saying that it's simplistic or not detailed enough. And it's by no means simplistic, at least for a beginner.

The course is very popular, with many people in the forums (at least there were a lot at the time I was taking it), these people discuss a lot of stuff and bring up interesting topics. Even the lecturer himself participated in forum discussions sometimes and of course he talked to us via office hours. Check out the forums if being actively engaged in a community while taking a course is pleasant for you, it's probably still going strong.
Tracy Peel

Tracy Peel completed this course, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.

Loved this course. Excellent lecturer and well-rounded subject matter. I took this course while preparing for my french citizenship interview. While knowledge of this subject is not necessary in such detail for the interview, it was great to immerse myself in an event that was so important in French history.
Philopatear Ashraf Botrous

Philopatear Ashraf Botrous completed this course, spending 5 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

a very good course with easy and understandable English .
very useful and uses lots of references and illustrations .
strongly recommended
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