Missouri State University Courses

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s novels have inspired generations of readers of all ages all over the world. From this course you’ll gain insight into complex issues at the heart of contemporary Wilder scholarship: the question of authorship; Wilder’s depiction of…

• Canvas Network
• 3-4 hours a week, 12 weeks long
• Finished
• Free Online Course

Caves, springs, disappearing streams and other curious features characterize the Missouri landscape. This course will explore Missouri’s caves, describe how these systems form, and talk about how speleologists work to protect these valuable resources.

• Canvas Network
• 2 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• Finished
• Free Online Course

This is an interdisciplinary course that introduces students to the study of the Ozarks through the arts, humanities, media, and social sciences. The course will explore such issues as regional heritage, cultural adaptation, and the survival of regional…

• Canvas Network
• 10 weeks long
• Finished
• Free Online Course

This course explores the history of Missouri during the Civil War era. It begins with three controversies that resulted from slavery’s expansion into the trans-Mississippi West—the Missouri Compromise, “Bleeding Kansas,” and the Dred Scott ruling—and use…

• Canvas Network
• 2-3 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• Finished
• Free Online Course