A liberal arts education can be the foundation for a career in just about any field, from politics to business, not just those directly related to liberal arts majors. Through these courses, students learn how to solve problems, think critically, write well, and gain a whole host of important facts about history and culture. That’s what makes these kinds of courses so essential in a well-rounded college degree program, and why so many colleges require students to take them, regardless of major.
Even if you’ve already signed up to take the basic liberal arts courses at your school, whether for your major or to fulfill general education requirements, it never hurts to take a few more or to expand your knowledge beyond the material covered in a course. We previously compiled a list of the best free STEM resources and now it’s the liberal arts’ turn, with loads of courses, lectures, reading material, and more on this list for you to look at and learn from in your free time.
Universities
- MIT OpenCourseWare:
MIT offers one of the largest collections of open courses anywhere on
the web. While you might think they would just be STEM-related, there
are actually a good number of liberal arts courses to choose from as
well.
- The Open University:
There are so many liberal arts courses to choose from on the Open
University, from Art in Venice to the French Revolution, that you could
take one every week and still not tackle them all.
- Open Yale Courses:
Yale offers free courses in diverse fields, including African
American Studies, Classics, English, History, and Art History, among
many more.
- UC Berkeley Webcasts:
Choose from courses in great liberal arts fields like anthropology
and psychology when you head to UC Berkeley’s open learning site.
- Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative:
The bulk of the material on the OLI is technology-focused, but you
can also find courses on French, speech, and soon, psychology.
- University of Notre Dame OCW:
Notre Dame boasts an impressive collection of OCW in the liberal arts, with something to meet almost any students’ needs.
- UCI OpenCourseWare:
Head to the University of California-Irvine’s OCW page to get access
to courses in the social sciences, education, and the humanities.
- OpenUW:
The University of Washington offers a limited number of courses for
free, but some are on really great topics like the Civil War, Greek
mythology, Hamlet, Shakespeare, and even JRR Tolkien.
- Columbia Interactive:
While this site is no longer being updated with new material, the
existing courses that are offered here are well worth your time to check
out, covering everything from poli sci to literature.
- Open Oxford University:
You don’t have to get accepted to this prestigious British school to
take courses there. Instead, head to their iTunes U site and start
learning about literature, nature, and much more.
- Stanford University on iTunes U:
Stanford is another school with a standout collection of courses on
iTunes U. Students can find everything from history to fine arts through
the California school’s free offerings.
- UMass Boston OCW:
Don’t miss out on the free resources offered by the University of
Massachusetts-Boston. There’s a great mix of science, tech, and liberal
arts courses to take advantage of.
- Cornell University:
Architecture, communication, business, and music are just a few of
the topics courses and lectures from Cornell focus on through their
iTunes U site.
- Cambridge University:
Find news, lectures, and even course material on this prestigious school’s iTunes U site.
- Capilano University OCW:
Capilano offers free courses in liberal arts topics like art history, anthropology, English, geography, and philosophy.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison:
Leading professors at UWM share their expertise through courses and lectures featured on this site.
- King’s College London Podcasts:
Through free resources at King’s College, you can take a course in
the history of philosophy or engage yourself in a humanities audio tour.
- NYU on iTunes U:
Listen to lectures on subjects like French, Spanish, sustainability, architecture, and philosophy through NYU’s iTunes U portal.
- Arizona State University OCW:
ASU provides a mix of OCW and lectures through iTunes U that can help
you learn about a diverse selection of subjects, from geography to
culture.
- World Lecture Hall:
Use the World Lecture Hall site to help you find courses from leading
universities around the world. Search by course, topic, or university.
- Connexions:
On Connexions, you can search for free educational material on just about any liberal arts subject you can think of.
- Wikiversity:
Whether you want to learn about architecture, ethnology, or history, head to Wikiversity for free course materials.
- BBC Learning:
BBC Learning offers courses in topics like history, English, and
religious studies, but some of their most popular courses can help you
learn one of dozens of languages.
- Fathom:
Find free seminars from around the world in liberal arts subjects when you use Fathom.
- Saylor.org:
This free collection of college-level courses offers students the chance
to learn about everything from art history to English lit.
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