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This course presents and at the same time critiques a narrative world history from prehistoric times to 1500.

The final segment of the Women Have Always Worked series begins with an examination of how the Cold War reinforced the ideals of the suburban, nuclear family and how these ideals impacted women's trajectory towards independence and equality.

The basic thesis of the course is that all viruses adopt a common strategy.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs addresses the ongoing and urgent problem of sustainable development in these intimate MOOC course lectures provided by YouTube.

This course presents and at the same time critiques a narrative world history after 1500 CE.

Explore an overview of the history and philosophy of Buddhism throughout India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, and Central Asia, featuring the basics of the Buddhist view of reality and its educational principles of sciences, mind and social ethics.

Examines many of the central concepts, theories, and analytic tools used in contemporary social science to understand and explain international affairs.

Course two departs from the Civil War, examining how gender shaped women's work outside the home in the late 19th century. We will learn about how gender influenced the shape of the labor force.

Discover how the issue of slavery came to dominate American politics, and how political leaders struggled and failed to resolve the growing crisis in the nation.

The 19th Amendment– women's right to vote–is our launching point for Course 3. As new cultural and economic opportunities emerged for women in the 1920s, so too did racial, familial, and legal structures place constraints on that independence.