30+ Free Online Courses from Hillsdale College

These free, not-for-credit courses are taught by Hillsdale College faculty and are patterned after the education offered on the Hillsdale College campus. They aim to provide students with an education that pursues knowledge of the highest things, provides insight into the nature of God and man, forms character, and defends constitutional government.

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Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings” resulting from civil and religious liberty and “believing that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.” It pursues the stated object of the founders: “to furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological education” outstanding among American colleges “and to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.” As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains “by precept and example” the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.

The College also considers itself a trustee of our Western philosophical and theological inheritance tracing to Athens and Jerusalem, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law.

By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.

[TheBuriedLedeR]

Thank you for making these courses available to the lay public.

[Knockeye]

I’m liking Hillsdale more and more ! An education you can be proud of !

[ddipalma]

I am so happy. It has been a week since I started the course "Introduction to Aristotle's Ethics", the best decision I have ever made. Thank you, thank you, thank you

[lavettamoff]

Thank, Hillsdale college for making these classes for free to the public.

[kurtverbaarschott]

“We need fellow citizens who are excellent fellow citizens”... Dr. Larry P. Arnn President of Hillsdale College. Big Brain Bootcamp begin!

[iamwhoiamd]

I love you Hillsdale College. You Rock! You are true Patriots!!!

[BrendaSAdams]

I'm just beginning the latest course on C.S. Lewis given by Michael Ward and am really anxious to dig deeper into it. What a wonderful service these free courses are for the populace at large!

[marilynfrancel]

I love your lectures. I'm very sorry & sad I didn't send my kids to Hillsdale. It's something I will regret until my dying day!

[eatsomeseaweed]

Wow, amazing. Thank you for your offerings.

[jacobkoenen]

Has Hillsdale considered making their free online courses available on YouTube?
It would surely allow the wisdom of Hillsdale to be spread much easier.

[JB]

Thanks Hillsdale! Love the new vids. I followed Constitution 101 early on, but this makes sharing so much easier.

[youbloodybloodworktimejasper]

the Genesis one rocks. I NEED an entire bible class!!! In my dreams...but you rock!

[dmitryostrovsky]

Since the late 20th century, in order to opt out of the US government's Title IX anti-discrimination requirements, Hillsdale has been among a small number of U.S. colleges to decline governmental financial support. Instead, Hillsdale depends entirely on private donations to supplement students' tuition.

[ScottMiller-kmkf]

You have allot to learn about God... And his way..

[terrydavis]

Maybe the serpent crawls on it's belly because God said so. Have you seen any serpents from before the fall. And I don't mean last fall.

[connieheflin]

Just learned about the classes from Charlie Kirk. Thank you Hillsdale! Looking forward to learning.

[catsaresocute]

What If I am not american and just like your philsophy?

[matthewegray]

I was wondering why I haven’t been getting any notifications, YouTube had to of unsubscribed me. I swear I subscribed like 4 yrs ago

[ruthsetters]

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[monologtube]

Will the course on Classic Children's Literature be back? I don't see it on the site.