History Courses

Uncover archaeology and explore important events from ancient to modern times with online history courses from leading universities and cultural institutions.

Our online history courses can help you uncover ancient archaeology, or explore important events from across human history.

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Irish History
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Ancient History
Archaeology
British History
Irish History
Medieval History
Military History
Roman History
Social History

Degrees
1 Degree

Discover online degrees from leading universities. Develop your knowledge with an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

The University of Newcastle Australia

Bachelor of Arts

Enrich your mind, diversify your skills and safeguard your future with our new work-ready arts degree at the University of Newcastle (UON).

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Courses
88 Courses

Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with our short online courses.

Dublin City University

Irish 108: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture

4.9 (41 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Dublin City University

Irish 202: Irish Language and Culture for Adults

4.9 (40 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

New Zealand History, Culture and Conflict: A Museum Perspective

4.6 (40 reviews)

3 weeks

2 hrs per week

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Dublin City University

Irish 107: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture

4.9 (40 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Dublin City University

Irish 201: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture

4.9 (30 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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The University of Glasgow

The Life and Afterlife of Mary Queen of Scots

4.8 (354 reviews)

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Leeds

WW1 Heroism: Through Art and Film

4.4 (75 reviews)

2 weeks

2 hrs per week

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Biodiversity, Guardianship, and the Natural History of New Zealand: A Museum Perspective

4.8 (25 reviews)

2 weeks

2 hrs per week

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Keio University
New

日本の近代化: 福澤諭吉の格闘

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Dublin City University

Irish 105: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture

4.9 (37 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Dublin City University

Irish 106: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture

4.9 (38 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Dublin City University

Irish 205: Irish language and Culture for Adults

4.9 (19 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Lancaster University & Royal Institution

Humphry Davy: Laughing Gas, Literature, and the Lamp

4.8 (9 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of Reading

Archaeology: from Dig to Lab and Beyond

4.8 (513 reviews)

2 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Dublin City University

Irish 204: Irish Language and Culture for Adults

5.0 (40 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Historic Royal Palaces

A History of Tudor Entertainment

4.7 (37 reviews)

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

The History of Protest in Aotearoa New Zealand

4.6 (8 reviews)

5 weeks

3 hrs per week

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The University of Newcastle Australia

Casing the Joint: Introducing Histories of Crime

4.6 (62 reviews)

3 weeks

2 hrs per week

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The University of Newcastle Australia

European Empires: An Introduction, 1400–1522

4.5 (214 reviews)

3 weeks

2 hrs per week

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Durham University, British Council, University of Leicester & University of Oxford

Advanced Archaeological Remote Sensing: Site Prospection, Landscape Archaeology and Heritage Protection in the Middle East and North Africa

6 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of York

Discover the Hidden History of York

3.5 (145 reviews)

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Strathclyde

Railway History: The Rise of the Railway Station

4.7 (52 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of Padova, Erasmus+ & ED-editor project

Historic Landscape Archaeology: Approaches, Methods and Beneficiaries

4.6 (49 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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The University of Glasgow

The Scottish Highland Clans: Origins, Decline and Transformation

4.8 (544 reviews)

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Reading

Rome: A Virtual Tour of the Ancient City

4.8 (648 reviews)

5 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU)

String Music Appreciation

4.7 (35 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University for the Creative Arts

The History and Culture of Chinese Silk

3.1 (19 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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The University of Newcastle Australia

Great South Land: Introducing Australian History

4.6 (156 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of Padova

Change of Era: The Origins of Christian Culture through the Lens of Archaeology

4.7 (74 reviews)

4 weeks

5 hrs per week

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University of Strathclyde

Genetic Genealogy: Researching your Family Tree using DNA

4.7 (173 reviews)

6 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Strathclyde

Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree

4.8 (1173 reviews)

6 weeks

4 hrs per week

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European University Institute (EUI) & Global Governance Programme

Cultural Heritage and the City

4.5 (36 reviews)

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Durham University

Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology

4.8 (497 reviews)

6 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of Hull

British Germanophobia During WW1: 'The Enemy at Home'

3.6 (36 reviews)

3 weeks

2 hrs per week

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Manchester Grammar School

Preparing for Further Study in Mathematics

4.0 (7 reviews)

6 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Leiden University

Introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

4.6 (45 reviews)

8 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Reading & Colchester Museums

Dead Interesting: Uncovering Roman Britain in Old Museum Collections

4.7 (274 reviews)

2 weeks

2 hrs per week

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The University of the West Indies

The True Story of Jamaican Jerk: Cooking and Caribbean Culture

4.6 (10 reviews)

3 weeks

2 hrs per week

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Keio University & British Library

Travelling Books: History in Europe and Japan

4.8 (32 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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The University of the West Indies

West Indies Cricket: Our Story

4.6 (10 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Reading

Anarchy in the UK: A History of Punk from 1976-78

4.5 (57 reviews)

2 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of York

Exploring Stone Age Archaeology: The Mysteries of Star Carr

4.7 (631 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Luleå University of Technology

History Branding: Using History to Strengthen Corporate Identity

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Durham University, British Council, University of Leicester & University of Oxford

Archéologie en danger : Utiliser la télédétection pour protéger le patrimoine culturel

6 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Durham University, British Council, University of Leicester & University of Oxford

Endangered Archaeology: Using Remote Sensing to Protect Cultural Heritage

4.8 (55 reviews)

6 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Leiden University

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice

5.0 (11 reviews)

6 weeks

4 hrs per week

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UCL (University College London) & Yad Vashem

Teaching the Holocaust: Innovative Approaches to the Challenges We Face

4.9 (123 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of Groningen

The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science

3.9 (73 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Dublin City University

Irish 101: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture

4.8 (254 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Royal Holloway, University of London & RAF Museum

From World War to White Heat: the RAF in the Cold War

4.6 (57 reviews)

6 weeks

5 hrs per week

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University of Padova

Enlightening the Dark Ages: Early Medieval Archaeology in Italy

4.6 (98 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Lancaster University

Lancaster Castle and Northern English History: The View from the Stronghold

4.6 (162 reviews)

5 weeks

3 hrs per week

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The University of Nottingham

Photographing the Holocaust

4.7 (48 reviews)

3 weeks

5 hrs per week

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University of Leicester & National Lottery Heritage Fund

Country Houses and the British Empire: How Imperialism Transformed Britain’s Colonial Countryside

4.1 (178 reviews)

6 weeks

2 hrs per week

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The University of Glasgow & Historic Royal Palaces

A History of Royal Fashion

4.8 (708 reviews)

5 weeks

4 hrs per week

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SOAS University of London

Zoroastrianism: History, Religion, and Belief

4.6 (109 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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FutureLearn

Black Tudors: The Untold Story

4.5 (162 reviews)

6 weeks

4 hrs per week

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The University of Kent & National Army Museum

From Waterloo to the Rhine: The British Army 1815-1945

4.7 (160 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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The University of Nottingham & British Library

Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life

4.6 (147 reviews)

5 weeks

4 hrs per week

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The British Film Institute (BFI)

The Living Picture Craze: An Introduction to Victorian Film

4.8 (158 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Royal Holloway, University of London & Every Casualty Counts

Accounting for Death in War: Separating Fact from Fiction

4.4 (10 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Manchester Grammar School

Policing and Protest in Manchester: The Moss Side Riots

4.5 (25 reviews)

6 weeks

2 hrs per week

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The University of Nottingham, British Library & University of Birmingham

Learning from the Past: A Guide for the Curious Researcher

4.4 (153 reviews)

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Connecticut

Black Agency: Resistance and Resilience

4.5 (19 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of Connecticut

U.S. Anti-Black Racism

4.2 (54 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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The University of Glasgow

Early Modern Scottish Palaeography: Reading Scotland's Records

4.8 (170 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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The University of Sheffield

Literature of the English Country House

4.7 (275 reviews)

6 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Keio University

Japanese Culture Through Rare Books

4.8 (36 reviews)

3 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Keio University

Exploring Japanese Avant-garde Art Through Butoh Dance

4.8 (25 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Trinity College Dublin

The History of the Book in the Early Modern Period: 1450 to 1800

4.8 (312 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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The Open University

Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World

4.7 (196 reviews)

6 weeks

3 hrs per week

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King's College London, Shakespeare's Globe & British Library

Shakespeare: Print and Performance

4.8 (251 reviews)

4 weeks

2 hrs per week

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) & The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage

Preserving Norwegian Stave Churches

4.7 (134 reviews)

2 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of Leicester, De Montfort University & Leicester City Football Club

English Football: a Social History

4.5 (66 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of York

Modern Sculpture: An Introduction to Art History

4.6 (206 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Trinity College Dublin

The Book of Kells: Exploring an Irish Medieval Masterpiece

4.9 (518 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Roehampton

The Tudors

4.7 (800 reviews)

6 weeks

5 hrs per week

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Durham University

Archaeology and the Battle of Dunbar 1650: From the Scottish Battlefield to the New World

4.8 (181 reviews)

6 weeks

2 hrs per week

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The Open University

World War 1: Trauma, Memory, Controversy

4.7 (189 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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Keio University

Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books

4.5 (24 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

A History of Public Health in Post-War Britain

4.6 (59 reviews)

3 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Royal Holloway, University of London & UK Parliament

Beyond the Ballot: Women’s Rights and Suffrage from 1866 to Today

4.8 (230 reviews)

4 weeks

5 hrs per week

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Royal Holloway, University of London & People's History Museum

Peterloo to the Pankhursts: Radicalism and Reform in the 19th Century

4.8 (282 reviews)

4 weeks

5 hrs per week

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The University of Glasgow & The University of the West Indies

History of Slavery in the British Caribbean

4.6 (537 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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The University of Glasgow

A Global History of Sex and Gender: Bodies and Power in the Modern World

4.5 (105 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Keio University

An Introduction to Japanese Subcultures

4.5 (44 reviews)

4 weeks

4 hrs per week

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University of Exeter

Many Faces: Understanding the Complexities of Chinese Culture

3.7 (106 reviews)

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

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University of Exeter

Empire: the Controversies of British Imperialism