Topic: The Great Courses

[TinyLion]

I got a mailer today from something called "The Great Courses" (not sure how they got my name but...).  Has anyone any experience with these DVD courses?

www.thegreatcourses.com

Any good for layperson? Highly dubious?

If I want to read a testimonial, I'd rather have it from one of you guys!

[Lead Farmer]

Here's the one that Dr. Novella did.
Alternatively, you can get it here or here.

I've only taken the course by him, so I can't really speak to any of the others, but I found this particular course to be highly informative. I would definitely recommend it.

[MikeHz]

I've gotten about a dozen of these over the years. They're usually pretty good, especially if you follow the course guide. Great for a long commute.

Now, my library has many of them, and I check them out all the time. Right now, I'm listening to "The History of Jazz."

[TinyLion]

Thanks for the info guys!  Now just to figure out what course I'm going to take!

[Johnny Slick]

I downloaded one on the History of Western Civilization and listened to the first 10 1/2 lectures last night while out walking. Goodstuffs!

[Karyn]

I think we all need to chip in and get this one for the people in the Global Warming board:

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1219

[Johnny Slick]

Better make sure we actually give them the mp3s, though, because if we just give them a gift certificate they'll buy this:

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=4812

[GodSlayer]

if you don't want to torrent them, you could see if your local library has any in the audiobook section.


IMO, The Teaching Company is much better than The Modern Scholar.


"Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning" is absolutely essential.