Videos of Harvard Lectures

Harvard has published a series of videos of classroom lectures, which are a great way to get a glimpse of the Harvard educational experience. Disregard the promotional propaganda that these videos have (they interview students who talk about how much they like the class, etc.) and judge for yourself whether they are good or not.

The purpose of this post is not to further advertise Harvard; instead, it is meant to show what types of resources are available online that prospective students can use as they try to figure out which school is right for them.

Click on the following links to watch the videos:

Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning
A basic ethics course; highly recommended -very entertaining

String Theory, Black Holes, and the Fundamental Laws of Nature
An introductory quantum mechanics course

W.B. Yeats: "Among School Children"
This is a sample of a college-level literature course; the topic is W.B. Yeats' poem "Among School Children"

Interpreting the Past
This is a history course; topics include "Who gets remembered and why?" and the Agrarian Revolution, which happened just after the American Revolution.

The full catalog of videos can be found at http://athome.harvard.edu/archive