Learn about the development of 2D and 3D interactive games in this hands-on course, as you explore the design of games such as...

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots, Das Rheingold, and Otello.

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom...

Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — by studying some of history’s...

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever...

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program...

Learn about Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony and forms of orchestral music.

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.