The human body is one of the true marvels of nature. Ever wonder what it looks like from the inside? “Anatomy” is the study of the structures of the human body, from the microscopic cells up to…

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…whole organ systems. Everything has a purpose and there is no empty space. The organization is obvious from the visual down to the extreme microscopic level.

“Physiology” is the functioning of the various organ systems and tissues within the body, from the circulation of blood, how the kidneys filter and clean blood, to how the brain and central nervous system send chemical and electrical signals to control the entire body.

At 1-on-1 University, you will have the opportunity to dive into your areas of interest with your professor and discuss real clinical medical examples from your professor’s medical career. In the first lesson, you will begin with the cardiovascular system, discussing the heart and its unique muscular structure, the electrical action potentials and the ionic movement necessary for functioning, the EKG and the medication classes used to affect cardiac functioning. In the full course, we’ll review the other organ systems, skin, musculoskeletal, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary and reproductive, renal, endocrine, and the central nervous system.

Your 1U professor for Anatomy & Physiology is a physician who has taught for over 30 years at Yale University School of Medicine and UConn School of Medicine and has produced extensive material for published textbooks in Genetics and Biochemistry.

How do simple molecules form more and more complex molecules and structures which eventually become a living thing? Biochemistry helps us understand the chemistry of life. Biochemistry studies…

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…amino acids which form all the proteins necessary to life, how we get most of our energy by burning sugar and converting it into chemical energy, and to the structure of DNA, how it is created from smaller molecules to maintain and pass on to our offspring all the information necessary to be a living human being.

As an introduction, you and your professor dive into the biochemistry and functions of amino acids. The 20 amino acids in humans make up every protein and enzyme necessary for life within our bodies. Amino acids have been found in meteorites from outer space and can be created from simple chemicals such as ammonia, water, carbon dioxide and lightning.

Your professor will tailor the course according to your background and your interests, focusing more on the 3D nature of organic molecules as well as molecular structure and bonding if you have not yet taken organic chemistry, while making more use of your understanding of the molecular interactions if you have a background in organic chemistry.

Your 1U professor for Biochemistry is a physician who has taught for over 30 years at Yale University School of Medicine and UConn School of Medicine and has produced extensive material for published textbooks in Genetics and Biochemistry.

We are what our genes make us. Our genes provide the instructional code to produce all the proteins and enzymes in our body. The information our genes contain controls every...

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...aspect of what makes each of us human, and distinctly different from every one of the 6 billion other human beings. Everything from the color of our eyes, to our risk of developing cancer, what our children will look like, and every function within our bodies is coded in our genetic material. Our genes hold all the information necessary for us to live, to function, and to pass along our uniqueness to our children. The human genome has now been completely mapped, and contains about 3 gigabits of information, enough to compose over 25,000 individual genes, and produce more than a million different proteins needed for life. As an introduction to the course, we’ll begin with the structure of DNA and the human genome and explore the process of gene transcription.

Your 1U professor for Genetics is a physician who has taught for over 30 years at Yale University School of Medicine and UConn School of Medicine and has produced extensive material for published textbooks in Genetics and Biochemistry.

Do you ever wish you could hide parts of a website, move things around, or even insert shortcuts? In this course, you'll get hands-on experience digging around in a website's code and…

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…together, we'll figure out how the web and websites work and use hacks, scripts and scrapers to make the web work better for you. Further into the course, we can focus on writing user scripts and browser extensions or making web scrapers to automatically extract useful data from a website.

Your 1U professor for Hacking the Web has had a career as a Google developer and has taught at several major brick-and-mortar universities, including Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently focusing on developing tools and strategies to help students learn code in a faster, easier and more enjoyable way.

Pencil Code is a fun and easy way to get started with real-world programming. You will learn fundamental programming concepts by controlling a turtle and making it draw images on…

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…the screen. Then, you will learn to add interactivity or learn about more complex computer science concepts (or both!). In the full course, you will build up to designing and developing your own complete two-dimensional game. You will write code directly in the browser and be able to show off the results to your friends and family immediately!

Your 1U professor for Programming with Pencil Code has had a career as a Google developer and has taught at several major brick-and-mortar universities, including Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently focusing on developing tools and strategies to help students learn code in a faster, easier and more enjoyable way.

What factors go into the calculations of political leaders who embark on armed conflict? Do political leaders make rational decisions or are they prisoners of misperceptions?...

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...The course will explore what war is, what a cause may be, whether the occurrence of wars follows any historical pattern, and what makes war more and less likely. The course will provide historic as well as theoretical understanding of the variables and situations that have resulted in organized armed confrontation. You will employ critical thinking as you explore a variety of critical and highly consequential questions, such as: what makes groups of people take up arms and fight one another? What objectives do they seek to realize? Are such objectives realizable?

The first lesson will begin the causes and cascade of events that led to the start of World War I course will proceed by way of case studies of well-known conflicts: Peloponnesian War, Crimean War, Franco-Prussian War, U.S. Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Gulf Wars I and II. Upon completion of the course, you will have developed mastery with key theoretical arguments about the causes of war and to be able to apply those arguments to a variety of historical and current cases.

Your 1U professor for Causes & Origins of War has taught at numerous universities in the U.S. and Europe, including London School of Economics, and is the author of published books and articles on international relations and international law.

International Relations is the study of interactions of states and non-governmental bodies and how they can lead to conflicts and how such conflicts can be resolved. The goal…

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…of the course is to teach you essential concepts and theories that are crucial for making sense of contemporary debates and challenges in international politics. You and your professor study current events, and the recent history that has shaped how states and other actors interact with one another on the world stage.

The course examines major topics in international relations such as international cooperation, security and conflict, trade, sanctions, international courts and human rights. The first lesson explores the use of coercion – both military and non-military – in international affairs. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Critique common academic and policy arguments about global affairs and you will have acquired the tools to begin your own analyses

• Demonstrate an ability to describe the social, political and economic forces that influence social behavior and the global system

• Employ knowledge of international affairs and theories of international relations in a practical problem-solving way to address issues in global politics of immediate international concern

Your 1U professor for International Relations has taught at numerous universities in the U.S. and Europe, including London School of Economics, and is the author of published books and articles on international relations and international law.

This course in international law will examine the rules and principles that govern relations between states, and how these rules and principles have evolved over time through the modern day...

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...You and your professor explore key issues of international law that have historically preoccupied international jurists and legal scholars as you discuss contemporary challenges of international law and likely future developments in international law.

The first lesson of the course begins with the mechanics and role of both permanent and ad hoc international criminal courts. By the conclusion of this course, you will have the knowledge and skills to:

• Analyze international documents, resolutions and treaties and assess to what extent such documents contain binding rules of international law

• Understand the procedures of international law and the possibilities they provide for international dispute resolution

• Analyze, explain and use the judgments of international courts such as the ICJ and the ICTY

• Understand how international law can be used to come up with multilateral and acceptable solutions to complex legal problems

Your 1U professor for Causes & Origins of War has taught at numerous universities in the U.S. and Europe, including London School of Economics, and is the author of published books and articles on international relations and international law.

Have you ever dreamed of writing your own film script? Screenwriting a Feature Film introduces you to the world of feature films, shows you the tools of the trade, and gives you the chance to experience...

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...why writing film scripts is one of easiest and most exciting ways to write your original story. By the end of the first lesson you will understand how to write a feature film treatment - the first step to developing your own script. In the full course we will lead you, step by step, from concept through to first draft. Along the way, you will learn how to create a strong concept, develop engaging characters, structure your story, and write the first draft of your script.

Your 1U professor for Screenwriting a Feature Film is a prolific writer and an industry professional with more than 20 credits on IMDB. In addition to teaching at 1U, he has taught in professor in numerous UK universities including University of Essex and has also taught screenwriting via his YouTube channel.

Do you have a great idea for a TV show but don’t know where to start? Screenwriting a TV Series introduces you to the world of writing for television,...

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...shows you some of the tools of the trade, and gives you the chance to experience why writing a TV scripts is one of easiest and most exciting ways to write your original story. By the end of the first lesson you will understand how to write a treatment, the first step to your own script. You will develop your show, step by step, from concept to a completed first pilot episode. You will learn how to create a strong concept, develop engaging characters, structure your story, write your first draft, and develop your series outline.

Your 1U professor for Screenwriting a TV Series is a prolific writer and an industry professional with more than 20 credits on IMDB. In addition to teaching at 1U, he has taught in professor in numerous UK universities including University of Essex and has also taught screenwriting via his YouTube channel.

Spanish is a beautiful language spoken by 400 million native speakers in 21 countries around the world. From traveling to making new friends to learning about…

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…foreign cultures to standing out in the business world to having fun learning a new language, there are plenty of reasons to learn Spanish. The good news is that Spanish is one of the easiest languages for English speakers to learn!

1-on-1 University Spanish courses provide a unique opportunity to learn in a one-on-one environment with a 1-on-1 University Spanish professor. Your professor will quickly assess your skill level at the beginning, skip all the material that you have mastered and dive straight into the skills that would be most valuable for you to develop with enjoyable and engaging exercises with you in the driver’s seat. Your course can also be personalized to any language aspirations that you have.

The full-length course will include in-depth curriculum customization and sequencing to optimize your language learning trajectory, taking into account student preferences. As a student becomes more adept at Spanish, new skills and activities are added to their assignments including reading books and articles, listening to audio recordings and watching tv or movies. 1U Spanish has selected the best and most effective cutting-edge applications, books and other resources to facilitate learning in the course. Students may also learn mnemonic devices to help memorize vocabulary more quickly, learning 1,500-2,000 new vocabulary words per semester.

We expect most students to consider themselves conversationally fluent in Spanish in no more than 1 to 2 semesters, even if they have had no previous Spanish experience.

Your 1U Spanish Professor is a Latin American native speaker with separate advanced degrees in Spanish Language Education, Spanish Culture, and Spanish Literature. In addition to teaching at 1U, he has taught courses to Spanish language, listening, pronunciation, literature and cultures courses to 1,000’s of students in numerous European Universities.

Note: These classes are suited for Spanish learners of all levels – whether this is your first Spanish lesson or whether you have had 6 years of classroom Spanish under your belt.