Top 100 Coursera Arts And Humanities courses by Reddit Upvotes
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We've conducted analyses to find the best of Coursera from the depths of Reddit. This analysis has been conducted over 2.7 million Reddit upvotes.
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Top 100 Arts And Humanities courses
| Indigenous Canada Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that | University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 90 mentions |
| Electronic Music Production Create Musical Compositions With Your Computer | Berklee College of Music | 12 reddit posts 127 mentions |
| Jazz Improvisation Learn the basic concepts of improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the | Berklee College of Music | 4 reddit posts 96 mentions |
| Introduction to Philosophy This course will introduce you to some of the main areas of research in contemporary philosophy | The University of Edinburgh | 3 reddit posts 78 mentions |
| Guitar for Beginners Grasp the essentials needed to begin playing acoustic or electric guitar | Berklee College of Music | 3 reddit posts 64 mentions |
| Creative Writing Craft Your Story Like the Great Writers | Wesleyan University | 2 reddit posts 41 mentions |
| Fundamentals of Music Theory This course will introduce students to the theory of music, providing them with the skills needed to | The University of Edinburgh | 2 reddit posts 72 mentions |
| Songwriting There’s a songwriter lurking somewhere inside you, peeking around corners, wondering if it’s safe to | Berklee College of Music | 1 reddit posts 80 mentions |
| Graphic Design Make Compelling Design | California Institute of the Arts | 1 reddit posts 51 mentions |
| Introduction to Ableton Live The new version of Introduction to Ableton Live featuring Ableton Live 10 will launch on April 20 | Berklee College of Music | 8 reddit posts 61 mentions |
| Write Like Mozart This course introduces students to strategies for style writing of common practice European art | National University of Singapore | 1 reddit posts 62 mentions |
| Introduction to Classical Music Using a simple and enjoyable teaching style, this course introduces the novice listener to the wonders of | Yale University | 1 reddit posts 32 mentions |
| Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) ModPo is a fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U | University of Pennsylvania | 8 reddit posts 29 mentions |
| UI / UX Design Design High-Impact User Experiences | California Institute of the Arts | 0 reddit posts 39 mentions |
| Developing Your Musicianship Develop your skills as a musician | Berklee College of Music | 0 reddit posts 27 mentions |
| Søren Kierkegaard - Subjectivity, Irony and the Crisis of Modernity It is often claimed that relativism, subjectivism and nihilism are typically modern philosophical | University of Copenhagen | 4 reddit posts 25 mentions |
| Game Design Create Imaginative Games | California Institute of the Arts | 0 reddit posts 28 mentions |
| Magic in the Middle Ages Magical thought has always attracted human imagination | Universitat de Barcelona | 6 reddit posts 11 mentions |
| Fashion as Design Among all objects of design, our clothes are the most universal and intimate | The Museum of Modern Art | 1 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| Effective Altruism Effective altruism is built on the simple but unsettling idea that living a fully ethical life involves | Princeton University | 3 reddit posts 14 mentions |
| Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Our relationship to Beethoven is a deep and paradoxical one | Curtis Institute of Music | 2 reddit posts 13 mentions |
| The Modern World, Part One This is a survey of modern history from a global perspective | University of Virginia | 0 reddit posts 18 mentions |
| Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Explore Art and Ideas of Our Time | The Museum of Modern Art | 5 reddit posts 31 mentions |
| Seeing Through Photographs Taking, sharing, and viewing photographs has become second nature for many of us | The Museum of Modern Art | 4 reddit posts 17 mentions |
| The Music of the Beatles The Music of the Beatles will track the musical development of the band, starting from the earliest days | University of Rochester | 2 reddit posts 10 mentions |
| Creating Sounds for Electronic Music What you’ll achieve: In this project-centered course*, you will create sounds and use them in your own | Berklee College of Music | 4 reddit posts 20 mentions |
| Online Games Intended for both newcomers who are curious about video games and experienced gamers who want to reflect | Vanderbilt University | 2 reddit posts 12 mentions |
| The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 1) This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 10 mentions |
| The Bible's Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future With its walls razed to ground by Babylon’s armies, Jerusalem joined a long line of ancient vanquished | Emory University | 1 reddit posts 27 mentions |
| English Composition I You will gain a foundation for college-level writing valuable for nearly any field | Duke University | 1 reddit posts 12 mentions |
| History of Rock, Part One This course, part 1 of a 2-course sequence, examines the history of rock, primarily as it unfolded in | University of Rochester | 0 reddit posts 11 mentions |
| Music and Social Action What is a musician’s response to the condition of the world? Do musicians have an obligation and an opportunity | Yale University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Getting Started With Music Theory This course is a brief introduction to the elements of music theory for those with little or no music | Michigan State University | 0 reddit posts 17 mentions |
| Developing Your Musicianship Learn the basic concepts and approaches needed to understand, create, and perform contemporary music | Berklee College of Music | 0 reddit posts 19 mentions |
| Ancient Philosophy What is philosophy? How does it differ from science, religion, and other modes of human discourse? | University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 26 mentions |
| The Technology of Music Production Learn about the music production process—including recording, editing, and mixing—and the tools | Berklee College of Music | 0 reddit posts 40 mentions |
| The Ancient Greeks This is a survey of ancient Greek history from the Bronze Age to the death of Socrates in 399 BCE | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 11 mentions |
| Fundamentals of Graphic Design Graphic Design is all around us | California Institute of the Arts | 0 reddit posts 12 mentions |
| Scandinavian Film and Television In many ways Scandinavian film and television is a global cultural brand, connected with and exporting | University of Copenhagen | 2 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Understanding Russians This course is planned to give the learners a general outline of the main rules that control the Russian-Western | HSE University | 2 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Story and Narrative Development for Video Games In this course, you will examine how storytelling acts as a vital mechanism for driving video | California Institute of the Arts | 0 reddit posts 8 mentions |
| The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem The destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and the Babylonian Exile were a great catastrophe in the | Tel Aviv University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| The French Revolution The French Revolution was one of the most important upheavals in world history | The University of Melbourne | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| Organising an Empire Discover the mighty kingdom of Assyria, which came to be the world’s first great | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) | 0 reddit posts 27 mentions |
| Philosophy and the Sciences What is the origin of our universe? What are dark matter and dark energy? This is the first part of | The University of Edinburgh | 1 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| The Art of Music Production Explore the art of record production and how to make recordings that other people will love listening | Berklee College of Music | 0 reddit posts 15 mentions |
| Pro Tools Basics Producing music is an incredibly creative process, and knowing the tools of the trade is essential in | Berklee College of Music | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| Ancient Philosophy What is philosophy? How does it differ from science, religion, and other modes of human discourse? | University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 19 mentions |
| The Emergence of the Modern Middle East - Part I This course will review the emergence of the modern Middle East from the fall of the Ottoman Empire, at the | Tel Aviv University | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| Introduction to Typography Typography is the art of manipulating the visual form of language to enrich and control its | California Institute of the Arts | 1 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| History of Rock, Part Two This course, part 2 of a 2-course sequence, examines the history of rock, primarily as it unfolded in | University of Rochester | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Sharpened Visions Why just write poems when you can write better ones? This course is built on the notion that | California Institute of the Arts | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| Getting Started with Essay Writing Course 2: Getting Started with Essay Writing This is the second course in the Academic | University of California, Irvine | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| Greek and Roman Mythology Myths are traditional stories that have endured over a long time | University of Pennsylvania | 8 reddit posts 16 mentions |
| Philosophy, Science and Religion Philosophy, Science and Religion mark three of the most fundamental modes of thinking about the | The University of Edinburgh | 0 reddit posts 8 mentions |
| Creative Writing In this course aspiring writers will be introduced to perhaps the most elemental and often the most | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| The Emergence of the Modern Middle East - Part II This course will discuss the developments in the Middle East from the early 20th century to the present | Tel Aviv University | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| The Modern World, Part Two This is a survey of modern history from a global perspective | University of Virginia | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| Big History We currently face unprecedented challenges on a global scale | Macquarie University | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| The Blues The blues is an American art form and the most important musical form in jazz | University of Rochester | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| The History of Modern Israel - Part I How did the State of Israel come to be? How is it that an idea, introduced in 19th century Europe, became a | Tel Aviv University | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| Script Writing What you’ll achieve: In this project-centered course*, you will design a series bible and write a | Michigan State University | 1 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| The Kennedy Half Century When John F | University of Virginia | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Making Architecture Making architecture offers a unique insight into the mind and work of an Architect, starting with the basics of the profession and | IE Business School | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| Fundamentals of Rehearsing Music Ensembles Learn and practice the basic principles of running an effective music ensemble | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| The Music of the Rolling Stones, 1962-1974 This course will survey the music of the Rolling Stones, beginning with the roots and first formation of | University of Rochester | 1 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| The Art of Vocal Production This course addresses recorded vocal performances and the technologies used to highlight and support | Berklee College of Music | 0 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| Creative Writing Your style is as unique and distinctive as your face, your voice, except that you can choose it, you can can | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| How to Make a Comic Book (Project-Centered Course) What you’ll achieve: In this project-centered course*, you will create an original | High Tech High Graduate School of Education | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| In the Studio Want to know how some of the 20th century’s most celebrated artists made abstract paintings? This | The Museum of Modern Art | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Music Business Foundations This course has been developed to provide students with the latest instruction on the best way for | Berklee College of Music | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Reason and Persuasion In this course we study the ancient, Socratic art of blowing up your beliefs as you go, to make | National University of Singapore | 0 reddit posts 15 mentions |
| American Education Reform Discover what shapes how we talk about schools today by exploring the history of U | University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| Creative Writing At the center of a good story are the characters in it | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Intellectual Humility We live in a polarised world where all too often people talk past each other | The University of Edinburgh | 1 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Feminism and Social Justice "Feminism and Social Justice" is an adaptation of Distinguished Professor Bettina | University of California, Santa Cruz | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| Music's Big Bang Explores the factors — musical and cultural — that led to the birth of American rock 'n' roll music in the | University of Florida | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Introduction to Game Design Welcome | California Institute of the Arts | 0 reddit posts 12 mentions |
| Music Production Develop Your Creativity as a Music Producer | Berklee College of Music | 1 reddit posts 88 mentions |
| Capstone Everything comes together in the Capstone | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Creative Writing In this course aspiring writers will be introduced to the techniques that masters of fiction use to ground a | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Philosophy, Science and Religion Philosophy, Science and Religion mark three of the most fundamental modes of thinking about the | The University of Edinburgh | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Pensamiento científico ¿El pensamiento científico es sólo para científicos? Su utilidad va mucho más allá, | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| The Place of Music in 21st Century Education What do children need from education now, and in the future? How is technology best used in teaching | The University of Sydney | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Wonders of Ancient Egypt Colossal pyramids, imposing temples, golden treasures, enigmatic hieroglyphs, powerful pharaohs, | University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 13 mentions |
| Copyright for Multimedia Copyright questions about different formats (data, images, music and video) can be especially difficult | Duke University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Age of Jefferson This course provides an overview of Thomas Jefferson's work and perspectives presented by the University | University of Virginia | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Musicianship After a tremendous response from learners on Coursera, Berklee Online has created a Developing Your | Berklee College of Music | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Deciphering Secrets Perhaps no other relic of the European Middle Ages captures our imagination more than illuminated | University of Colorado System | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Egiptología (Egyptology) ¿Sientes curiosidad por la civilización del antiguo Egipto? ¿Eres un apasionado de su cultura | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Leer a Macondo A través de este curso usted podrá identificar los aportes narrativos del escritor colombiano Gabriel | Universidad de los Andes | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 2) This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Recovering the Humankind's Past and Saving the Universal Heritage Archaeology is, among human sciences, the discipline with the strongest importance for the | Sapienza University of Rome | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Roman Architecture Roman Architecture is a course for people who love to travel and want to discover the power of architecture to | Yale University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Arch of Titus The Arch of Titus: Rome and the Menorah explores one of the most significant Roman monuments to survive from | Yeshiva University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Soul Beliefs Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they | Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Moses' Face One was Moses but many are his faces | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| A Journey through Western Christianity This course follows the extraordinary development of Western Christianity from its early persecution under the | Yale University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Luther and the West In this course we will discuss the history of some ideas that have been hugely influential in the modern | Northwestern University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Cultural Competence - Aboriginal Sydney This course explores some of the key themes and capabilities of cultural competence by exploring | The University of Sydney | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Our methodology
We conducted this analysis by "ranking things based on social signals"
It's the result of mining Reddit posts and comments. The analysis looked at all (url-based) posts and comment mentions of Coursera courses on Reddit, ranking each course based on Reddit score, and showing each course with its top Reddit mentions.
Course Score is calculated with a slightly modified version of a simple popularity / age calculation.
course_score = sum(mention_scores) / course_age
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