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Star Trek and the Greeks

Star Trek and the Greeks New content Creative commons imageCredit: Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons
Introductory Level Updated 08 May 2013
Like many science fiction series, Star Trek in all its incarnations has drawn upon human history

The ancient conflict

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Introductory Level Updated 02 May 2013
Enjoy a philosophical exploration of the ancient conflict that simmers between Star Trek's Spock and  McCoy

The Rest Is Noise: America

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 14 Mar 2013
23/24 Mar: A new world discovers its voice. The Rest Is Noise looks at the emergence of America.

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Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi

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Advanced Level Duration 35 mins Updated 13 Feb 2013
Regina Jonas (1902-1944), who is now widely recognised as the world’s first female rabbi, was ordained in Nazi Germany in 1935.

English in the world today

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 21 May 2013
How did English become the global force it is today? This unit explores the state and status of English in the world. It looks at...

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

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Advanced Level Duration 20 hours Updated 21 May 2013
The music of Mozart has been used to examine the foreground and middleground of harmony in units AA314_1 and AA314_2. Now you will use Beethoven's...

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Making sense of the arts

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Introductory Level Duration 150 hours Updated 13 May 2013 Register by 14 Oct 2013
Explore some of the key ideas and ways of thinking about the arts – including poetry, history, and art history – while developing your study...

Inside music

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Intermediate Level Duration 600 hours Updated 05 May 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
This course is an introduction to the principles of music where you'll examine the fundamentals of Western music and develop a more detailed understanding of...

MA in Music

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Duration 1800 hours Updated 21 Apr 2013
The MA develops your research and analytical skills while exploring the latest contemporary thinking and debates about the digital humanities and music ...