Culture Courses

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)

Chinese Politics Part 1 – China and Political Science

32 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
• 17 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 6th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture

45 reviews

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

• FutureLearn
• 5 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• 27th Feb, 2023
• 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)

Chinese Politics Part 2 – China and the World

14 reviews

One of the most significant changes in the world in the past 30 years is the opening of China to the outside world and its engagement with that world. In the initial years of the opening, external forces influenced China’s economy, regional balances, bur…

• Coursera
• 13 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 6th Mar, 2023
• 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
• 5-6 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 6th Mar, 2023
• 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)