Free Contemporary Issues Courses

Theories of personality and their applications to current individual and societal psychological problems.

Analysis and critical evaluation of recent major issues, conflicts and problems in American government and institutions.

Are there enough energy, water, mineral, and land resources for the world's population?

This course explores the imposition of the death penalty in the United States with particular attention to the influence of race and poverty, and the disadvantages of mental illness or intellectual disability of those facing death.

Videos about how government works in the United States.

The collection includes twenty full lectures out of the twenty-four lecture sessions, and features occasional guest lecture as well as in-class discussions.

Analysis and explanation of political processes, governments, political issues and foreign relations of the Middle East. Discussion of influence of religion, oil, revolutions and conflicts on Middle East politics.

This course offers an exploration of general theories of the origins of warfare; the impact of the state on war in the modern world; and the micro-foundations of combat and compliance in the context of the costs of war and military mobilization.

This course will provide an overview of the organization of health care within the context of the community with emphasis on the political, social, and cultural influences.

Taught by UCLA's Professor Kathleen Bawn, this courses is an introduction to study of strategic interaction in political applications.