Culture Courses and Certifications

Exploring English: Food and Culture

69 reviews

Improve your English language skills and learn how to cook some classic British dishes while exploring modern UK culture.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture

47 reviews

Explore intercultural communication by understanding the relationship between language and cultural identity.

• FutureLearn
• 5 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Chinese Politics Part 1 – China and Political Science

36 reviews

This course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that highlights the intersection of politics and economics. It shows that rather than develop into a full blown market economy, state and party officials at all levels of the political sys…

• Coursera
• 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius

11 reviews

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Modern China’s Foundations: The Manchus and the Qing

8 reviews

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Creating Modern China: The Republican Period to the Present

7 reviews

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Literati China: Examinations, Neo-Confucianism, and Later Imperial China

6 reviews

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism

6 reviews

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Intercultural Communication and Conflict Resolution

6 reviews

Intercultural Communication and Conflict Resolution is a growing area of importance considering the pace and volume of global transactions. The ease of global communication using technology, the abundance of cheaper transportation costs, and the frequen…

• Coursera
• 3 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Invasions, Rebellions, and the Fall of Imperial China

5 reviews

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

China and Communism

5 reviews

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Contemporary China: The People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

4 reviews

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global China: From the Mongols to the Ming

4 reviews

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cosmopolitan Tang: Aristocratic Culture in China

4 reviews

Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature.

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Arab-Islamic History: From Tribes to Empires

24 reviews

Learn about the history of the Arab and Muslim world during its first millennium, including political, social and cultural aspects.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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