Anthropology Courses

Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the Stuff Around You

7 reviews

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

PredictionX: Omens, Oracles & Prophecies

2 reviews

This course is an overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 1 week long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art

7 reviews

From small farms to urban neighborhoods, from the region itself to the more distant worlds of the southern diaspora, we discover the stories, music, and art of the American South.

• Coursera
• 7-8 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 12th Dec, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Europe

140 ratings at Coursera

Perhaps no other relic of the European Middle Ages captures our imagination more than illuminated medieval manuscripts, or those documents decorated with images and colored pigments. Serving as windows unto a lost world of kings, ladies, faith, war, and…

• Coursera
• 45 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 28th Nov, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Yale anthropology

1 review

Anthropology is the systematic study of humanity, with the goal of understanding our evolutionary origins, our distinctiveness as a species, and the great diversity in our forms of social existence across the world and through time.

• YouTube
• 28 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Microcredential

PredictionX

How did explorers navigate the world before the creation of meridians? What does astrology have to do with modern computer simulations? How did a 19th-century doctor end an epidemic and create epidemiology as we know it today? In PredictionX, learners w…

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• $207.00
• 3 courses

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The amazing world of the ethnic groups of Yunnan Province

Yunnan, abbreviated as Yun and called Dian for short, is a multi-ethnic province which has historically been situated in the southwest frontier of China. Over time, the ethnic minorities evolved into splendid cultures, each with their own unique social l…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• 5th Dec, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Universidad Carlos iii de Madrid

Deciphering Secrets: Unlocking the Manuscripts of Medieval Toledo (Spain)

12 reviews

Explore the medieval city of Toledo (Spain) and assess its history of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious and cultural coexistence.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Anthropology of Current World Issues

10 reviews

Learn to use anthropological ideas to see the world from a range of perspectives and points of view.

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The History of Medieval Medicine Through Jewish Manuscripts

2 reviews

Learn about medieval Jewish medical training and thought by exploring and interpreting medical manuscripts.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

A Brief History of Humankind

40 reviews

The course surveys the entire length of human history, from the evolution of various human species in the Stone Age up to the political and technological revolutions of the twenty-first century.

• Coursera
• 2-4 hours a week
• 10th Aug, 2014
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Indigenous Canada

9 reviews

Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and…

• Coursera
• 21 hours worth of material, 12 weeks long
• 19th Dec, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Anthropology for UPSC

Paper-I Anthropology(complete)

Syllabus: Paper-I, Topic-1.1- Meaning, Scope, and Development of Anthropology. Paper-I, Topic-1.2-Relationships with other Disciplines. Paper-I,Topic-1.3-Main branches of Anthropology, their Scope and Relevance. Paper-I, Topic-1.4(a) Biological and Cultu…

• YouTube
• 71 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Anthropology for UPSC

Physical Anthropology

Syllabus: Paper-I, Topic-1.4(a) Biological and Cultural factors in Human Evolution Part I. Paper-I, Topic-1.4(b)Theories of Organic Evolution (Pre-Darwinian, Darwinian & PostDarwinian)Part II. Paper-I, Topic-1.4(c) Synthetic Theory of Evolution; Part-III…

• YouTube
• 38 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Anthropology for UPSC

Socio-Cultural Anthropology

Syllabus: Paper-I, Topic-2.1 The Nature of Culture along with Value addition based upon changing UPSC pattern. Paper-I, Topic-2.2 Concept of Society; Social Institution; Social groups; plus value addition Part-I. Paper-I, Topic-2.2 Social Stratification…

• YouTube
• 23 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course