Free Science Courses

Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky gave the opening lecture of the course entitled Human Behavioral Biology and explains the basic premise of the course and how he aims to avoid categorical thinking.

This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking.

Encompasses the increasingly important areas of viral, bacterial, and parasitic diseases and understanding the complex interaction between humans and infectious agents.

This course provides students with the basic tools for evaluating data from studies in the behavioral sciences, particularly psychology.

The second quarter of the three-quarter Biochemistry series, introducing the integration of the chemical knowledge gained about biological systems from fall quarter biochemistry.

Reviews college algebra and college trigonometry intended for those planning to take calculus. Topics include algebraic manipulations, properties of algebraic and trigonometric functions and their graphs, trig identities and equations, conic sections, polar coordinates and parametric equations.

This quarter introduces students to what is known about early humans, including the evolution of the human body and the reconstruction of Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures.

How are people affected by overcrowding, traffic congestion, and noise? Why do people litter or vandalize their environments? How do buildings affect their occupants?

This Stanford Continuing Studies course is the fourth of a six-quarter sequence of classes exploring the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics.

Matrix algebra, Gaussian elimination, determinants. Linear and affine subspaces, bases of Euclidean spaces.