Free Arts & Humanities Courseware Collections

  • Art Open Courseware
    This collection of art courses and resources was compiled for those wanting to study art history and the visual arts. Course material ranges from broad survey classes in Western art to the politics and cultures affecting how art is created, distributed,...

  • Design Open Courseware
    Design students primarily focused on improving their skills with Web design, computer graphics, 3-D animation and creating effective, profitable designs will benefit from this open courseware list. Classes are offered from universities like Miami Dade...

  • English Open Courseware
    English students will find that this list incorporates a variety of different subjects, eras, cultures and writing forms. Courses in contemporary literature, British literature, technical writing, understanding the narrative, and linguistics provide varying...

  • Game Art Design Open Courseware
    Computer designers, developers and programmers who are interested in creating computer games can use this list of open courseware classes to improve their knowledge of C++ and other computer, technological and mathematical tools. Students also learn about...

  • General Studies Open Courseware
    General studies degrees are designed to give students a well-balanced education that exposes them to fields like math, science, psychology and the social sciences, literature, history, economics and more. This collection aims to provide students looking...

  • Humanities Open Courseware
    The humanities is a flexible interdisciplinary field that includes subjects like history, philosophy, religion, languages, law, the performing arts and others. Typically, humanities programs emphasize students’ abilities to analyze and fully explore...

  • Liberal Arts Open Courseware
    Traditionally, a liberal arts education centers around student-focused curricula in communication, history, math, science, and other academic studies. The seven typical liberal arts studies, according to the medieval Western university, included grammar,...

  • Technical Writing Open Courseware
    Technical writing is a practical way for writers to earn a living and contribute to the workforce. English majors and graduates from other writing-intensive programs can learn to transition their creative talents, critical thinking abilities and organization...

  • Theology Open Courseware
    Theology courses are taught from a religious perspective and pull from fields like philosophy and history to analyze religious studies. Some theologians and scholars argue that theology is a uniquely Christian study, but others believe that theology can...

  • Writing Open Courseware
    Writing programs and course collections can include all types of writing: business, technical, Internet writing, fiction, poetry, short stories, essays, academic writing and more. This list includes many of these writing forms, offering up a diverse but...