The Great Courses

Join Brandy Schillace for a look back at the development of forensic science over the past two centuries, a journey that will take you from Victorian serial killers to digital sleuthing in the 21st century.

Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human civilization. This makes economic history a vital lens through which to think....

Follow 24 fascinating lectures that trace the history of the New Testament and the early Christian faith community....

Even if you have listened to many of these illustrative pieces throughout your life you will never hear them the same way again after experiencing these lectures....

How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth....

The Roman Empire looms large in the history of the Western world. Despite its collapse in the 5th century CE, its legacy continues to influence everything from architecture and politics to literature and religion.

Distilled to its essence, the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy known as Stoicism is a philosophy of personal betterment. Professor Pigliucci has designed these 25 lessons as an enlightening introduction to the basics of Stoic philosophy....

While we may hear about it most often in relation to children and academics, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) isn’t just about distraction, or restlessness, or struggling in school.

Learn what the scrolls are, what they contain, and how the insights they offered into religious and ancient history came into focus....

Time rules our lives, woven into the very fabric of the universe. Nothing so pervades our existence and yet is so difficult to explain....

The past truly comes alive as you take a series of imaginative leaps into the world of history's anonymous citizens....

Even after deciphering its hieroglyphs, and marveling at its scarabs, mummies, obelisks, and sphinxes, Egyptian civilization remains one of history's most mysterious....

These 36 lectures bring you the answers that the latest scientific and archaeological research and theorizing suggest about human origins....

The Middle Ages was a time of major historical shifts and transformations. This amazing era reverberates with discoveries, events, and processes integral to the world we know now. In these 24 lectures, Professor Salisbury leads you on a sumptuous tour of this incredible historical epoch....

Far from being a time of darkness, the Middle Ages was an essential period in the grand narrative of Western history. Discover what it was like to actually live in this extraordinary era....

Science ranges from the study of the universe itself to the smallest particles of matter contained within it - and everything in between....

This series of lectures offers detailed analyses of the strategic and tactical dimensions of the Civil War's most important campaigns....

An invisible world of astonishing complexity is all around you. A world so small you can’t see it with the naked eye. A world so crowded that its population staggers the mind. A world in which you participate every day - often without even knowing it....

Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works is your in-depth introduction to this vital field, taught through 60 engaging half-hour lectures that are suitable for any background or none at all....

Twenty-four captivating lectures from The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome traces the breathtaking history from the empire’s foundation by Augustus to its Golden Age in the 2nd century CE through a series of ever-worsening crises until its ultimate disintegration....