Humanities and culture courses
Humanities and culture courses. We don’t just teach, we inspire.
Humanities and culture short courses at CCE invite you to engage with music, philosophy, and psychology.
Designed for curious learners, these courses offer space to explore ideas, reflect on culture and connect with different ways of thinking. They’re ideal for those seeking fresh perspectives in a welcoming and thoughtful environment.
Whether for personal growth or intellectual development, these courses provide an opportunity to deepen your knowledge and learn alongside others with shared interests.
Enrol now to begin exploring humanities that inform and inspire.
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Examine Epicureanism and Stoicism as lived philosophies of life. Explore ideas of pleasure, fear, friendship, justice and inner tranquillity through the works of Epicurus, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, and their influence on modern thought.
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Explore the fundamental questions of ethics in this course. Consider what it means to live a good life, responsibilities to others, and issues from fairness and virtue to media, environment and social responsibility in a changing world.
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Examine money, debt, and trust as the foundations of human society. Explore their evolution through history, philosophy, and anthropology, and consider contemporary issues including Modern Monetary Theory, Bitcoin, and post-COVID debt.
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Journey into the medieval mind through Dante, Chaucer, angels and beasts. Explore Islamic, Jewish and Christian philosophy, political thought from Aquinas to Machiavelli, the rise of universities, and the optimism of Renaissance Humanism.
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Explore the philosophy of media from writing to the internet. Analyse McLuhan’s “medium is the message,” Postman’s critiques, media’s impact on the brain, and the political, social and ethical implications of today’s information revolution.
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Sharpen your reasoning skills with this introduction to critical thinking. Learn to construct persuasive arguments, spot common fallacies, and evaluate everyday claims through practical exercises, informal logic, and contemporary debates.
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Explore phenomenology, the study of lived experience and the body–mind relation. Examine ideas from Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Zahavi, and discover how phenomenology shapes medicine, psychology, the arts, and everyday life.
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Examine the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes in this course. Explore his ideas of the social contract, human nature, security and freedom, and consider the ongoing relevance of Leviathan to modern politics and international law.
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Explore the philosophy of Immanuel Kant in this ten-week course. Study his ideas on knowledge, morality, freedom, and aesthetics through his major works, and consider their continuing influence on ethics, politics, art, and contemporary debates.
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Continue the journey through late 19th-century European music with Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Massenet, Verdi, and more. Discover new operatic styles, evolving national traditions, and the early brilliance of Mahler and Richard Strauss.
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