Free Online Human Development Courses from Top Universities

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University host free online courses in human development. Download course materials and take these classes at your own pace to learn more about topics such as evolution, national identity and aspects of human growth.
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Free Human Development Courses

Human development courses will help students develop their sense of human evolution and theories of behavior, conquest, and ethnic identify. Students who choose to study these courses will have access to lecture notes and other various information on required readings.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT offers courses on human development, like a national identity course and a course on human origins and evolution. Readings for the former will include Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives, 3rd Edition, and Race, Nature, and Culture, by Peter Wade. Lecture notes for the human origins course will cover topics like modern primates, early hominids, and modern behaviors.

Tufts University

Tufts University offers a human growth and development course. The textbooks for the course are The Developing Person Through the Life Spance, 6th Edition, and Human Behavior: An Introduction for Medical Students, 3rd Edition. Lectures in text format or slides of images will cover areas such as the overview of physical development, behavioral and psychobiological effects of developmental trauma, and personality disorders.

Free Online Human Development Courses At a Glance

Course & School Program Level Format Assignments Quizzes & Exams Downloadable
National and Ethnic Identity course from MIT Undergraduate Texts/lecture notes Yes No Yes
The Conquest of America course from MIT Undergraduate Texts/lecture notes/study materials Yes Yes Yes
Technology and Culture course from MIT Undergraduate Texts Yes No Yes
Human Origins and Evolution course from MIT Undergraduate Textbooks/lecture notes/study materials Yes Yes Yes
Human Growth and Development course from Tufts University 1st Year Textbooks/text lessons/slides Yes No Yes

Popular Schools

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    1. Bryant & Stratton College

    Program Options

    Bachelor's
      • BS Human & Social Services
      • BS Human & Social Services
    Associate's
      • AAS Human and Social Services
      • AAS Human and Social Services
  • Online Programs Available
    2. Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology

    Program Options

    Master's
      • Masters in Clinical Psychology (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)
      • Masters in Clinical Psychology (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)
  • Online Programs Available
    3. Purdue Global

    Program Options

    Master's
      • Master of Science in Human services
      • MSHUS- Family and Community Services
      • MSHUS- Organizational and Social Services
    Bachelor's
      • Bachelor of Science in Human Services
    Associate's
      • Associate of Applied Science in Human Services
  • Online Programs Available
    4. Liberty University

    Program Options

    Doctorate
      • EDD: Community Care & Counseling: Marriage and Family
      • EDD: Community Care & Counseling: Traumatology
  • Ithaca, NY

    Cornell University

  • Online Programs Available
    6. Saint Leo University

    Program Options

    Master's
      • MSW: Advanced Clinical Practice (2 Year)
      • MSW: Advanced Clinical Practice (3 Year)
      • MSW: Advanced Standing
  • Online Programs Available
    7. Grand Canyon University

    Program Options

    Master's
      • Master of Social Work
      • Master of Social Work (Advanced Standing)
      • M. S in Nursing: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Adult Gerontology
      • M.S. in Mental Health and Wellness with an Emphasis in Family Dynamics
    Bachelor's
      • Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Health Science with an Emphasis in Family Dynamics
      • Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Health Science
      • Bachelor of Social Work
  • Online Programs Available
    8. Penn Foster High School

    Program Options

    High School Diploma
      • HS Diploma
  • University of Maryland Global Campus

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Bryant & Stratton College

  • BS Human & Social Services
  • AAS Human and Social Services

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Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology

  • Masters in Clinical Psychology (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)

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Purdue Global

  • Master of Science in Human services
  • Bachelor of Science in Human Services
  • Associate of Applied Science in Human Services

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Liberty University

  • EDD: Community Care & Counseling: Marriage and Family
  • EDD: Community Care & Counseling: Traumatology

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Saint Leo University

  • MSW: Advanced Clinical Practice (2 Year)
  • MSW: Advanced Clinical Practice (3 Year)
  • MSW: Advanced Standing

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Grand Canyon University

  • Master of Social Work
  • Master of Social Work (Advanced Standing)
  • Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Health Science with an Emphasis in Family Dynamics
  • Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Health Science

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Penn Foster High School

  • HS Diploma

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