As I said in an earlier post the Great Courses’ business model is switching from making and selling tapes, CDs and DVDs (physical media) to selling streaming content. I am out lining courses I have bought in physical media while hopefully some copies can be ordered off of Amazon, ebay and other sellers over the next few months. Currently this company is running a sale to from what I understand, have unlimited access to their content starting at a reduced monthly rate of $1.99 for the first 2 months in the U.S. rising to $9.99/month for and unlimited subscription after that. You can also buy titles for about $50 that you can stream anytime without a subscription. Everything I bought directly from them in physical media, is available for me to stream from their website. Physical media I am now buying off of Amazon will not be available to me through the website unless I either buy a subscription or buy a particular title.
In my opinion this would be a good time to take advantage of this offer and see if you like the content or just find the content you like and binge watch that for about 2 months and then terminate your subscription, possibly buying anything you might like. This company is going the way of providers; amazon prime etc. so they will not need the evidently more costly logistics train and just create and store content in servers and distribute it on the internet.
I’m buying the ones contained on physical media because though it may be unlikely, the company may go out of business or may be temporarily unreachable through the Internet when I need access to the content, possibly for my family in the future. A catastrophic occurrence like an earthquake (meteor strike, civil unrest or war) could also destroy their servers leading to a prolonged outage of a month or so until they can reload backups. Yes, I am overly cautious.
I am printing out a list of titles I currently have at my location that I can find (I have a lot of them since I am using them in some part to write these blogs in parallel with looking at the website) or i am currently in the process of buying, below. I am currently in the process of trying to move to another house. As a parent I would examine the content before allowing access to children. I have not watched all the courses but I have seen complaints on line of iffy material when it comes to literary images and only a few that I have seen that show images of any sort.
This is the Comprehensive Catalog of Course to give people who take advantage of the Black Friday 2 month deal to see what was available before deciding to commit for a couple of months for a lower price and decide if there is something they want to buy or if they want to subscribe.
1) Courses related to comparative religions and religious cultural literacy
- Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should know.
- Comparative Religion
- The Pagan World: Ancient Religions before Christianity
- Jesus and His Jewish Influences
- Confucius, Buddha Jesus, and Muhammad
- Beginnings of Judaism
- The World of Biblical Isreal
- The Book of Genesis
- The Dead Sea Scrolls
- Myth in Human History
- Luther: Gospel, Law and Reformation
2) Courses on Catholicism’s Influence on Philosophy, Architecture, literature, and Science
- Skeptics and Believers: Religious Debate in the Western Intellectual Tradition
- The Cathedral
- Dante’s Divine Comedy
- Science and Religion
3) Courses on Christianity
- From Jesus to Constantine: A history of Early Christianity
- The Historical Jesus
- The History of the Bible, the making of the New Testament Canon
- After the New Testament: The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers
- Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication
- The Triumph of Christianity
- The History of Christianity II: From the Reformation to the Modern Megachurch
- The History of Christianity in the Reformation Era
- Jesus and the Gospels
- The History of Christian Theology
- Myth in Human History
- Luther: Gospel, Law, and Reformation
4) Courses on the great world religions:
- Great World Religions: Judaism
- Great World Religions: Christianity
- Great World Religions: Islam
- Great World Religions: Buddhism
- Great World Religions: Hinduism
5) Courses on General Health Self Education
- The Human Body: How We fail, How We Heal
- Changing Body Composition Through Diet and Exercise
- The Science of Natural Healing
- Nutrition Made Clear
- Body Composition: Diet & Exercise
- The Mayo Clinic Diet: The Healthy Approach to Weight Loss
- Lifelong Health: Achieving Optimum Well-Being at Any Age
- Mind-Body Medicine: The New Science of Optimal Health
- The Science of Integrative Medicine
- The Skeptic’s Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media
- Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths: What We Think We Know May Be Hurting Us
- Stress and Your Body
- Understanding the Human Body: An Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology
– What Science Knows about Cancer
6) Great Courses on Raising Children
– Scientific Secrets: for Raising Kids Who Thrive
– Raising Emotionally and Socially Healthy Kids
– How the World Learns: Comparative Educational Systems
– How to Become a SuperStar Student, 2nd Edition
– Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning, 2nd Edition
– The Art of Debate
– Effective research Methods for Any Project
– Music and the Brain
– The Spiritual Brain: Science and Religious Experience
7) A few courses of interest to more mature adults
-Tai Chi for Aging with Strength and Tranquility
-Secrets of Sleep Science: From Dreams to Disorders
-How to Stay Fit as You Age
-Physiology and Fitness
– Myths of Nutrition and Fitness
-Lifelong Health: Achieving Optimum Well-Being at Any Age
-Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong
8) Courses for people and students considering medical school
-Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications
-Medical School for Everyone: Pediatrics Grand Rounds
-Medical School for Everyone: Grand Rounds Cases
-Medical School for Everyone: Emergency Medicine
9) Great Courses involving Self Help Wisdom
– Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World
– Origins of the Human Mind
– The Neuroscience of Everyday Life
– Outsmart Yourself: Brain Based Strategies to a Better You
– Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
– How to Break the Habit of Self-Doubt and Build Real Confidence
– Understanding and overcoming Fear
– Cognitive Behaviors Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain
– Scientific Secrets of Self Control
– Music and the Brain
– Essentials of Strength Training
– Understanding and Applying Self-Defense Strategies
– How to Turn Your Passion into Profit
– Understanding Inner Genius
– Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence
– Building Love That Lasts
– The Spiritual Brain: Science and Religious Experience
– Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking
– Achieve Your Potential
– How Colors Affect You: What Science Reveals
– A Brand Called Your
– Understanding the Brain
– The Learning Brain
– The Addictive Brain
– Memory and the Human Lifespan
10) Great Courses for Writers
– Writing Creative Nonfiction
– Analysis and Critique: How to Engage and Write About Anything
– Building Great Sentences: Exploring the writer’s Craft (CD)
– The Art of Storytelling: From Parents to Professionals (CD)
– Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques
– Writing and Civilization From Ancient Worlds to Modernity
– The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their Origins
– Storytelling and the Human Condition
– How to Write Best-Selling Fiction
– The Secrets of Great Mystery and Suspense Fiction
– How to Publish Your Book
11) Great Courses for Travelers and Tourists
– Customs of the World: Using Cultural Intelligence to Adapt, Wherever You Are
– The World’s Greatest Churches
– Experiencing Rome: A Visual Exploration of Antiquity’s Greatest Empire
– Understanding Japan: A Cultural History
– The Great Tours: Washington DC
– The Great Tours: African Safari
– The Great Tours: A Guided Tour of Ancient Egypt
– The Great Tours: Greece Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul
– The World’s Greatest Geological Wonders: 36 Spectacular Sites
– London: A Short History of the Greatest City in the Western World
– The Great Tours: England, Scotland, and Wales
-The Great Tours: Ireland and Northern Ireland
– The Celtic World
– The Great Tours: Experiencing Medieval Europe
– Wonders of the National Parks: A Geology of North America
– World Heritage Sites: Exploring the World’s Greatest Places
– Food: A Cultural Culinary history
12) Great Courses on the American Founding Fathers, Constitution and Thought Constructing the United States of America and The Industrial Revolution plus courses concerning American History
– The Industrial Revolution
– Experiencing America: A Smithsonian Tour through American History
– Thinking about Capitalism
– Socialism Vs. Capitalism: Comparing Economic Systems
– History of Freedom
– The American Mind
– The Skeptic’s Guide to American History
– Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies
– The Great Debates: Advocates and Opponents pf the American Constitution
– Civil liberties and the Bill of Rights
– The Evolution of American Federalism
– Books that Matter: The Federalist Papers
– What America’s Founders Learned from Antiquity
– America’s Founding Fathers
– The Age of Benjamin Franklin
– Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution
– The American Revolution
– Turning Points in American History
– The American West: History, Myth and Legacy
– History of the United States 2nd Edition
– America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
– United States and the Middle East: 1914 to 9/11
– America and the New Global Economy
– America and the World: A Diplomatic History
– Understanding the US Government
– The American Identity
13) Great Courses on Mathematics for the most part are overviews for the general public. If you want to actually learn to do the type of problems covered might I suggest the Khan academy at Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice. Though it is free it works on donations so if you can donate. I have also heard Beestar is good at Beestar.org – Math and Reading for Kids for the more basic math. Math appears to be free but I think you need to pay for English Language Arts (ELA) which is how they probably get some of their funding.
– The Joy of Mathematics
– The Queen of the Sciences: A History of Mathematics
– Zero to Infinity: A History of Numbers
– Mathematics, Philosophy, and the “Real World”
– Secrets of Mental Math
– An Introduction to formal logic
– Introduction to Number Theory
– Great Thinkers, Great Theorems
– Discrete Mathematics
– Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery
– High School Level-Geometry
– The Art and Craft of Mathematical Problem Solving
– Mathematics Describing the Real World: Precalculus and Trigonometry
– Algebra I
– Algebra II
– How Music and Mathematics Relate
– The Power of Mathematical Visualization
– Mastering Linear Algebra: An Introduction with Applications
– Learning Statistics: Concepts and Applications in R
– Mathematical Decision Making: Predictive Models and Optimization
– An Introduction to Numbers Theory
– Understanding Calculus: Problems, Solutions, and Tips
– Understanding Calculus II: Problems, Solutions, and Tips
– Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear, 2nd Edition
– Mastering Differential Equations: The Visual Method
– Understanding Multivariable Calculus: Problems, Solutions, and Tips
– The Shape of Nature
– Mathematics from the Visual World [on triangles, conics, circle, squares, planes, etc.]
– What are the Chances? Probability Made Clear
– Chaos
– Prove it: The Art of Mathematical Argument
14) Great Courses on Physics. Once again these are looked at for the most part from the qualitative aspect as opposed to the quantitative or more technical aspect, and as with mathematics the Khan academy is a good place to start for the more elementary stuff.
– The Joy of Science
– Physics in Your Life
– Fundamentals of Sustainable Living
– Physics and Out Universe: How it All Works
– Science and Mathematics, Great Ideas of Classic Physics
– The Nature of Matter: Understanding the Physical World
– Thermodynamics: Four Laws That Move the Universe
-The Science of Energy: Recourses and Power Explained
– The Science of Flight
– The Scientific Wonder of Birds
– Understanding the World’s Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity
– Understanding the Quantum World
– Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Microscopic World
– Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small
– The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality
– Superstring Theory: The DNA of Reality
– Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe
– The Nature of Matter: Understanding the Physical World
– Particle Physics for the Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos
– Mysteries of Modern Physics: Time
– Nuclear Physics Explained
– Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe
– Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe
– Introduction to Astrophysics
– The Life and Death of Stars
– The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know
– Black Holes, Tides and Curved Spacetime: Understanding Gravity
– Impossible Physics: Beyond the Edge
-The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know
– The Origin and Evolution of Earth From the Big Bang to the Future of Human Existence
– My Favorite Universe
– Physics in Your Life
15) Great Courses on the Pre-Historic/Ancient world, history changing events and exploration.
– A New History of Life
– Rise of Humans: Great Scientific Debates
– Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations
– Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language
– Greek 101: Learning an Ancient Language
– Ancient Greek Civilization
– The Other Side of History: Daily life in the Ancient World
– Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
– The History of Ancient Egypt
– The World Was Never the Same: Events that changed history
– Cities of the Ancient World
– The Holy Land Revealed
– Understanding Greek and Ronam Technology: From Catapult to the Pantheon
– Great Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor
– Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia
– Ancient Empires before Alexander
– Late Antiquity: Crisis and Transformation
– Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire
– 30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World
– The World of Byzantium
– Barbarian Empires of the Steppes
– Rome and the Barbarians
– The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest
– Native Peoples of North America
– Lost Worlds of South America
– Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed
16) Great Courses on more Recent history – More or less since the time of Jesus Christ
– A Brief History of the World
– World History
– Power over People: Classical and Modern Political Theory
– The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons, They Teach Us
– The Vikings
– The Wisdom of History
– The Real History of Secret Societies
– Turning Points in Middle Eastern History
– The World Was Never the Same Events That Changed History
– The Foundations of Eastern Civilization
– The Foundations of Western Civilization
– The Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World
– African Experience: From Lucy to Mandela
– The long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World
– Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature
– A History of India
– A History of British India
– The Ottoman Empire
– The History and Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age
– Era of the Crusades
– Living History: Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
– History’s Greatest Voyages of Exploration
– The High Middle Ages
– The Late Middle Ages
– Ancient and Medieval History: The Italian Renaissance
– The Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Rise of Nations
– The Age of Henry VIII
– A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts
– The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
– Victorian Britain
– The Real History of Pirates
– European History and European Lives 1715 to 1914
– Modern History the Long 19th Century
– Europe and Western: Civilization in the Modern Age
– The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas
– Utopia and Terror in the 20th Century
– Understanding Imperial China Dynasties, Life and Culture
– Communism in Power: From Stalin to Mao
– From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History
– Turning Points in Modern History
– Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
17) Great Courses on Hobbies or handy crafts
– Veterinary School for Everyone: Caring for Cats and Dogs
– Fundamentals of Home Maintenance: From Repairs to Renovations
– Fundamentals of Photography
– Fundamentals of Photography II
– How to Grow Anything Food Gardening for Everyone
– Do it yourself Engineering
– Woodworking Tips, Tricks, & Secrets
– The Art of Reading
– Pioneering Skills for Everyone
– The Everyday Gourmet: Making Health Food Taste Great
– The Everyday Gourmet: Essential Secrets of Spices in Cooking
– The Science of Gardening
– Essential Techniques Every Knitter Should Know
– Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
– National Geographic Guide to Birding in North America
– The Everyday Guide to Wine
18) Great Coursed on Books that Matter and great literature
- The Skeptic’s Guide to Great Books
- Books That Matter: The City of God
- Understanding Literature and Life: Drama, Poetry and Narrative
- St. Augustine’s Confessions
- The Odyssey of Homer
- The Iliad of Homer
- Masterworks of Early 30th Century Literature
- Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Great Authors of Western Literary Tradition, 2nd Edition
- Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life
- Machiavelli in Context
- Literature and the English Language, Understanding Literature and Life: Drama< poetry and Narrative
- William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
- Classic Novels: Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature
- Classics of Russian Literature
- Classics of British Literature
- King Arthur: History and Legend
- Classics of American Literature
- Joyce’s Ulysses
- Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature
- How Great Science Fiction Works
19) Miscellaneous courses concerning Religion that I did not have, did not remember I had or forgot to put in the first few blogs I had on religious subjects.
– Exploring the Roots of Religion
– Reading Biblical Literature: Genesis to Revelation
– Biblical Hebrew: Learning a Sacred Language
– Live of Christians
– Philosophy and Religion in the West
– Philosophy of Religion – Philosophy & Intellectual history
– The Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity
– Reason and Faith: Philosophy in the Middle Ages
– Religions of the Axial Age: An approach to the World’s Religions
– Between Cross and Crescent: Jewish Civilization from Mohammed to Spinoza
– The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History
– Sacred Texts of the World
– Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
– Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
– Introduction to the Study of Religion
– Reading Biblical literature: Genesis to Revelation
– Old Testament
– Understanding the Old Testament
– New Testament
– Understanding the New Testament
– The Greatest Controversies of Early Christian History
– The Apostle Paul
– The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History
20) Early Greek, and Roman Civilization, Thinkers and Leaders
– Greek Tragedy
– Herodotus: The Father of History
– Famous Greeks
– Emperors of Rome
21) Great Courses supporting financial, market and investment literacy
– Economics 3rd edition
– The Economics of Uncertainty
– Unexpected Economics
– Money and Banking: What Everyone Should know
– Understanding Investments
– Thinking about Capitalism
– The Art of Investing: Lessons from History’s Greatest Traders
– How the Stock Market Works
– Advanced Investments
– Financial Literacy: Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets
22) Great Courses with information for running businesses big and small
– The Art of Negotiating the Big Deal
– International Economic Institutions: Globalism vs. Nationalism
– Entrepreneur’s Toolkit
– Thinking about Capitalism
– Critical Business Skills for Success
– How to Build a Thriving Workplace: A Leader’s Guide
– How to Turn Your Passion into Profit
– Effective Communications Skills
– Games People Play: Game Theory in Life Business and Beyond
– Big Data: How Data Analytics is Transforming the World
– Meaning from Data: Statistics Made Clear
– Thinking like an Economist: A Guide to Rational Decision Making
– Understanding Complexity
– Strategic Thinking Skills
– Modern Economic Issues
23) Great Courses on Law and Forensic Science
– Law School for Everyone
– Law School for Everyone: Legislation and Regulation
– Law School for Everyone: Contracts
– Law School for Everyone: Constitutional Law
– Trails of Evidence: How Forensic Science Works
24) Great Courses on War
– The Agency: A History of the CIA
– Masters of War: History’s Greatest Strategic Thinkers
– The Peloponnesian War
– The Decisive Battles of World History
– Histories Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach
– War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe 1500-2000
– Living the French Revolution and the age of Napoleon
– The American Civil War (CD)
– World War I: The “Great War”
– Churchill
– Unsung Heroes of World War II Europe
– World War II: A Military and Social History
– World War II: Battlefield Europe
– World War II: The Pacific Theater
– History’s Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach
– War and World History
25) Great Courses on philosophy:
– Philosophy as a Guide to Living Part 1 & Part 2
– The great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition
– The Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the world’s Great Intellectual Traditions
– Exploring Metaphysics
– Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle
– Philosophy & Intellectual History Plato’s Republic
– Great Minds of Eastern Intellectual Tradition
– Great Minds of the Medieval World
– The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida
– Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism
– No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life
– The Will to Power: The Philosophy of Fredrich Nietzsche
– Athenian Democracy: An Experiment for the Ages
– Philosophy of Science
– Redefining reality: The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science
– Philosophy of Mind, Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines
– The Big Questions of Philosophy
26) Great Courses on Art
– Renaissance: The Transformation of the West
– Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance
– The Genius of Michelangelo
– From Monet to Van Gogh: a History of Impressionism
– Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt
– How to Draw
– Sketching People, Places, and Landscapes
– Realistic Watercolors Step by Step
– Painting with Watercolors
– Simple & Stunning Watercolor Techniques
– Improve your Paintings with Luminous Watercolor Mixing
– How to Look at and Understand Great Art
27) Great Courses on Music
– Understanding the Fundamentals of Music
– How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
– Music as a Mirror of History
– The Symphony
– Great Music of the 20th Century
– Great Masters: Mozart – His Life and Music
– Chamber Music of Mozart
– Great Masters: Brahms – His Life and Music
– Great Masters: Haydn – His Life and Music
– Great Masters: Tchaikovsky – His Life and Music
– Great Masters: Robert and Clara Schumann- Their Lives and Music
– Great Masters: Liszt – His Life and Music
– Great Masters: Beethoven – His Life and Music
– The Music of Richard Wagner
– The String Quartets of Beethoven
– The Symphonies of Beethoven
– Bach and the High Baroque
28) Great Courses on Chemistry
– Chemistry, 2nd Edition
– Foundations of Organic Chemistry
– Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
29) Great Courses on fields of study Other than law, medicine, math, physics and chemistry
– Introduction to Astrophysics
– Introduction to Paleontology
– Major Transitions in Evolution
– Zoology: Understanding the Animal World
– Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome
– Electrical Engineering for Everyone
– The Science of Extreme Weather
– Oceanography: Exploring Earth’s Final Wilderness
– Life in the World’s Oceans
– Archaeology: An Introduction to the World’s Greatest Sites
– Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology
– Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather
– Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany
– Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language
30) Great Courses concerning The Cyber world and Cyber Security:
– Social Media 101
– How Digital Technology Shapes Us
– Thinking about Cybersecurity: From Cyber Crime to Cyber Warfare
– The Surveillance State: Big Data, Freedom, and You
Note: Since I don’t know when I’m going to talk about this again 2 books by Fr. Jean-Pierre Bouree, SSPX are worth looking at and they are Screen Man: Toward a virtual Humanity published by STAS 2015 and the other is Half-Life: The Decay of Reality published by Angelus Press 2018 both translated from the French by Ann Marie Temple
31) Great Courses on Programming Languages plus Robotics Overview
– Learning Java Programming
— How to Program: Computer Science Concepts and Python Exercises
– Introduction to C++: Programming Concepts and Applications
– Robotics
32) Great Courses on Human Communication
– Brain Based Guide to Communicating Better
– Understanding Nonverbal Communications
– The Story of Human Language
– American Sign Language for Everyone
This is not an exhaustive list of all, once physical media, such as book, cassette, CD, VHS or DVD produced by the Great Courses, not even close, but it is most of what I either have or ordered recently off of Amazon, new or possibly used, to give you a taste of what is available now, on their streaming service. There is such a wide variety of titles I have because I hoped to either watch or have my grand children watch if they might have a question on any particular subject! I know my archive is not complete but it has a lot of the famous places, things, concepts and people in many subjects.
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