This article is a part of our new Educated Liberals series, in which we scour the web to find free online classes and OpenCourseWare that address topics of interest to liberals and progressives. These political science courses will make us all savvy liberals! We’re going to introduce our readers to the plethora of free online colleges and even some renowned colleges and universities that offer free online courses. Education is power. Let’s become more powerful.
Free Online Classes at Yale Department of Political Science
- PLSC 270: CAPITALISM: SUCCESS, CRISIS, AND REFORM
- PLSC 114: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
- PLSC 118: THE MORAL FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICS
- PLSC 114: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Free Online Courses at the University of California – Irvine (UCI)
Free Online Classes at the University of Notre Dame
- POLS 30487 – The Rise and Fall of World Communism, Fall 2011
- POLS 30595 – International Development in Practice: What Works in Development?, Spring 2013
- POLS 20200 – Introduction to International Relations, Fall 2009
Free Online Courses at Brigham Young University
Free Online Courses at Open Course Library
Free Online Courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- American Political Thought
- Foundations of Political Science
- Introduction to Political Thought
- Political Science Laboratory
- Political Science Scope and Methods
- Quantitative Research in Political Science and Public Policy
- Special Graduate Topic in Political Science: Political Behavior
Free Online Political Science Courses?at Open Culture
Many of these free online classes are YouTube videos and iTunes podcasts. Some are online courses that can be downloaded.
- Modeling Politics???Free iTunes Audio?- Courtney Brown, Emory
- Politics and Strategy???Free Online Video???Kathleen Bawn, UCLA
- Republicanism???Feed?– Johns Hopkins
- Science Fiction and Politics?-?Free iTunes Audio?-?Free Online Audio?- ?Courtney Brown, Emory University
- British Government?-?YouTube?-?Web Site?-?Tony Travers, London School of Economics
- Data Literacy and Data Visualization?-?iTunes?(Related Resources) -?Bear Braumoeller, Ohio State
- Election 2012?-?YouTube?-?iTunes?-?Rob Reich,?David Kennedy,?Jim Steyer, Stanford
- History of Political Theory?-?iTunes?-?Wendy Brown, UC Berkeley
- International Politics?-?Feed?- Johns Hopkins
- International Political Economy?-?iTunes?-?James Morrison, Middlebury College
- International Politics?-?Audio?-?James Morrison, Middlebury College
- Introduction to German Politics?-?iTunes?-?Web?-?Andreas Busch, Oxford University
- Introduction to Political Philosophy?-?YouTube?-?iTunes?-?Download Course,?Steven B. Smith, Yale
- The Moral Foundations of Politics?-?Free Online Video?-?Free iTunes Video?-?Free iTunes Audio?-?Course Materials?-?Ian Shapiro, Yale
- The Past and Future of the Left???Free Online Video?-?Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard
Free Online Classes at Stanford University
- Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election
- Geography of United States Election
- Democratic Development
- Citizenship and U.S. Immigration
Free Online Courses at the University of California San Diego
Free Online Courses at the ?University of California Los Angeles
Free Online Political Science Courses at Saylor.org
Saylor.org offers a complete course curriculum for a free political science major.
- Introduction to Politics
- POLSC241: Introduction to Public Administration
- POLSC251: Research Methods in Political Science
Political Theory Subfield
- POLSC301: American Political Thought
- POLSC302: Contemporary Political Thought
- POLSC303: Feminist Politics
- POLSC313: US Intelligence and National Security
- POLSC401: Ethics and Public Policy
- POLSC402: Global Justice
International Relations Subfield
- POLSC311: United States Foreign Policy
- POLSC312: International Organizations
- POLSC411: International Political Economy
- POLSC412: International Law
American Politics Subfield
- POLSC301: American Political Thought
- POLSC331: Congressional Politics
- POLSC332: The Presidency and the Executive Branch
- POLSC333: Campaigns and Elections
- POLSC431: Public Policy Process
- POLSC432: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights?
Free Online Political Science Courses at MIT
- Justice
- Philosophy of Law17.03Introduction to Political Thought17.037American Political Thought
- Introduction to American Politics
- Introduction to the American Political Process
- Constitutional Law: Structures of Power and Individual Rights
- Law and Society17.251Congress and the American Political System I17.261Congress and the American Political System II17.265Public Opinion and American Democracy
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Tiffany Willis is a fifth-generation Texan and the founder and editor-in-chief of Liberal America. An unapologetic member of the Christian Left, she has spent most of her career actively working with ?the least of these? and disadvantaged and oppressed populations. She’s passionate about their struggles. To stay on top of topics she discusses,?like her?Facebook page,?follow her on Twitter, or?connect with her via LinkedIn. She also has?a?grossly neglected personal blog?and a?literary quotes blog that is a labor of love. Find her somewhere and join the discussion.
