40 Amazing Ivy League Classes You Can Take Online for Free

If you’re looking to further your education, there are plenty of opportunities to do so without leaving home. Free college courses are abundant online, and the convenience doesn't necessarily mean you have to compromise on quality. For the best, tuition-free education the internet has to offer, check out these free Ivy League classes compiled by Quartz.
You’ll find courses from Ivy League schools like Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, and others. While many cover conventional subjects, like marketing, computer science, and Greek mythology, there are plenty of unique classes, such as “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies.”
Many of the courses are self-paced and offer certificates for a fee. That certification may cost as little as $50 to over $100—meaning your class won't technically be free, but it will still be a lot cheaper than attending an in-person lecture at Harvard.
Here are 40 notable free classes being offered by Ivy League universities
- “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies” // Princeton University
- “Artificial Intelligence (AI)” // Columbia University
- “Animation and CGI Motion” // Columbia University
- “The Global Financial Crisis” // Yale University
- “Crowdfunding” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Moralities of Everyday Life” // Yale University
- “Greek and Roman Mythology” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Visualizing Japan (1850s-1930s): Westernization, Protest, Modernity” // Harvard University
- “Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors'' // University of Pennsylvania
- “Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science” // Harvard University
- “People Analytics'' // University of Pennsylvania
- “Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 1: The Electrical Properties of the Neuron” // Harvard University
- “Women Making History: Ten Objects, Many Stories” // Harvard University
- “Modern Masterpieces of World Literature” // Harvard University
- “Robotics: Computational Motion Planning” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Buddhism and Modern Psychology” // Princeton University
- “Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology" // University of Pennsylvania
- “America’s Written Constitution” // Yale
- “Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic” // Harvard University
- “The History of Medieval Medicine Through Jewish Manuscripts” // University of Pennsylvania
- “The Science of Well-Being" // Yale University
- “Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing” // Yale University
- “Introduction to Classical Music” // Yale
- “Music and Social Action” // Yale
- “An Introduction to American Law” // University of Pennsylvania
- “The Age of Sustainable Development” // Columbia University
- “Paradoxes of War”// Princeton University
- “Microeconomics: The Power of Markets” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Modern and Contemporary American Poetry” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Effective Altruism” // Princeton University
- “Journey of the Universe: The Unfolding of Life” // Yale
- “PredictionX: Lost Without Longitude” // Harvard University
- “English for Journalism” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Calculus: Single Variable Part 1- Functions” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Principles of Biochemistry” // Harvard University
- “The Health Effects of Climate Change” // Harvard University
- “Journey Conversations: Weaving Knowledge and Action” // Yale
- “Success” // University of Pennsylvania
- “Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body is Telling Us” // University of Pennsylvania
You can find more free online offerings from the Ivys and other top schools at Class Central.
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[h/t Quartz]