Online Courses

Pursue knowledge of fundamental and unchanging truths in Hillsdale’s free online course, “Introduction to Western Philosophy.” Enroll today at: Visit our website: Learn from our online courses: Read Imprimis: Undergraduate programs: Graduate School of Statesmanship: Graduate School of Government: Listen to Hillsdale Dialogues Podcast: Hillsdale Collegeis 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 instituti

Discover the inspiring story of America's past in Hillsdale College's free online course, “The Great American Story: A Land of Hope.” This course explores the history of America as a land of hope founded on high principles. In presenting the great triumphs and achievements of our nation’s past, as well as the shortcomings and failures, it offers a broad and unbiased study of the kind essential to the cultivation of intelligent patriotism. Enroll today at:

In this free online course by Hillsdale College, Dr. Kelly Franklin and other Hillsdale College faculty explore the writings of Mark Twain. Mark Twain—penname of Samuel Clemens (1835-1910)—has been called the father of American literature. Of Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ernest Hemingway said, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.” Twain’s realist fiction reveals timeless truths about human nature and encourages reform in the reader and society.