Free Politics Courses

In a series of 18 dynamic audio & video lectures supplemented by downloadable documents, Professor J. Rufus Fears tells the story of how America's vision of freedom became a model for the entire world.

The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations--converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause--but it was far more complex and enduring then the fighting of a war.

Public finance (also known as public economics) analyzes the impact of public policy on the allocation of resources and the distribution of income in the economy.

This course offers a broad survey of modern European history, from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the aftermath of World War II.

Thomas E. Woods, Jr., senior fellow in history at the Mises Institute, presents this eight-lecture course covering the material in his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. Presented to the Auburn University Academy for Lifelong Learners, and hosted at the Mises Institute.

This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period.

In 50 videos, Craig Benzine (aka WeezyWaiter) teaches you U.S. government and politics! The course is based on the 2014 AP U.S. Government and Politics curriculum.

The world is comprised of regions—this basic contention, as old as Western civilization, is at once commonsensical and problematic.

Causes and effects of modern revolutions from the English Civil War of the 17th century to the Iranian Revolution at the end of the 20th century.

This course explores main answers to the question, "When do governments deserve our allegiance?" It starts with a survey of major political theories of the Enlightenment.