The study of society and relationships in modern and ancient day human civilizations has always fascinated man. We often tend to approach the subject of social sciences empirically to provide theories and ways for developing an understanding of the way they functioned. Here are some online courses for you to increase your knowledge of the Social Sciences.

Economics C110, 001, Political Science C135, 001|Fall 2009|UC Berkeley

This course on the sub-categories of Social Sciences, namely Economics and Political Science are in iTunes format. The course comprises of 30 lectures, each in a separate iTunes file. This site will take you to the list of the lectures. Click on them to download and/or listen.

Model Thinking by University of Michigan

This course is designed to help you understand the different ways in which people think and some ideal, helpful methods that you can adopt as well. You will learn to perceive the complex world around you in a new light.

Social Psychology

This course is provided to you courtesy of the Wesleyan University through the renowned online course provider, Coursera. The professor who delivered the lectures is Scott Plous. The topics in this course include the way societies function and how research answers some crucial questions.

The human brain – A clinical approach

This course looks into and provides an understanding of the functioning of the human brain. You learn of its functioning in varying conditions such as in sickness, health, tension and so on. This lesson is basic knowledge and can be taken by any ordinary learner.

Free Video Lectures on Social Sciences

Free Video Lectures, as the name of the site would suggest itself, provides courses on varying subjects and disciplines in video format. In the Social Science category it has videos on Sociology, Political Science, History, and Economics.

Learn Out Loud; Free Courses on Social Sciences

Learn out loud.com has a huge collection of lessons on Social Sciences. Each lesson title contains multiple lectures which are in audio format and can also be easily downloaded in multiple formats such as for mobile devices, this being apart from PCs.

MIT Opencourses.com; Humanities and Social Sciences

The official website for MIT Open course ware has provided a list of all the courses being offered in the category of Social Sciences. Here the titles have been well organized and categorized according to sub-category.

Causes of War – Theory and Method

Ever wondered what causes conflict among nations. Why sides are taken during wars, why do they occur in the first place? These are some of the overwhelming number of questions to which answers are provided in this course. You will learn of different theories explaining these happenings.

Becoming Human; Anthropology

Macquarie University has this amazing course on anthropology, namely, ‘Becoming Human’. It provides an understanding of evolution, how it occurred and what it led to and why. The course has been delivered by Assistant Professor Greg Downey through the Open2study setup.

Affect: Biological, Psychological and Social Aspects of feelings

This course is also from MIT, provided to you through its open course ware program. It covers different aspects of feelings and how they affect them differently.

 

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