If you've heard of the free massive open online courses offered to anyone through Coursera, you may be interested in a course being offered for University of Virginia Professor Dr. Larry Sabato about President John F. Kennedy's life, administration, and legacy.
Titled "The Kennedy Half Century," the four-week class will begin October 21 with two hours of video instruction by Sabato each week.
Coursera is an educational website that partners with
some of the world’s top universities, including the University of
Virginia, to provide free online courses. Anyone can register for the
course at
www.coursera.org/course/kennedy.
More from the
Center for Politics at UVa:
The MOOC is one of several initiatives the
U.Va. Center for Politics is unveiling this fall in conjunction with the
50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination. Prof. Sabato’s latest book, The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy, will be released in October as the class begins. Also in October, the Center will premiere a one-hour national PBS documentary
on the same subject, which is being produced in partnership with
Community Idea Stations. The Center for Politics and Community Idea
Stations recently received an Emmy Award for their previous documentary, “Out of Order,” which is about political dysfunction in Washington.
A trailer for the “The Kennedy Half Century” class is available by clicking on the course logo below:
