Cultural Studies Courses and Certifications

Sociology 110: Cultural Studies & Diversity in the U.S.

A sociological survey of culture, race, ethnicity, immigration, identity, gender, religion, and disability in the diverse history and society of the United States.

• Study.com
• 15 hours 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

New Media and Cultural Studies

1 rating

Analyzes how new media shape culture through rhetorical, semiotic, gender, consumption, ritual, subcultural, spatial, technological, and globalization criticism.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Food Narratives and Cultural Studies

Examines food as a cultural text, tracing how it encodes memory, identity, power, gender, and desire through literature and social theory.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Madras

Introduction to Cultural Studies

1 rating

This course intends to examine culture, cultural identities and politics of production across various human historical conditions. Culture is examined in this course as an asymmetrical entanglement of material and abstract attributes

• YouTube
• 1 day 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Methodology and Ethics of Popular Cultural Studies in India

Explore the methodological and ethical dimensions of conducting popular cultural studies research within the Indian context, examining key considerations and approaches.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

America Through Foreign Eyes

414 ratings at Coursera

Examine how writers, artists, and intellectuals in Africa, China, France, Mexico, and Russia have viewed America, then reverse the gaze on American perceptions of them.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Power of Sport in American Culture

Analyze American sports culture: unpack myths of fairness and teamwork, religious-like fandom, sport-as-war metaphors, sports and politics, and the discourse of sports advertising.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Stuart Hall: Hegemony, Culture, and Politics (Live Online)

34 ratings at CourseHorse

Delve into the groundbreaking work of Stuart Hall, a key figure in cultural studies and critical theory, to explore the intersections of race, class, nationalism, and resistance.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

Ruins: Beauty, Feeling, and Catastrophe (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Uncover the allure and complex emotions evoked by ancient ruins in this thought-provoking course.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

Marxism and Culture: an Introduction to Raymond Williams (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the groundbreaking work of Raymond Williams, whose concepts like "structures of feeling" and "cultural materialism" reshaped cultural studies.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

Euro Noir: Cultural Identity in European Popular Crime Narratives

1 rating

Learn how crime novels, films and television dramas can help investigate European cultural identity.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Transnational Studies - Japan and the World

Learn to think ‘transnationally’ and understand the border-crossing flows of people, things and ideas.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

英语国家概况——纵览·博闻

带你了解英语国家，讲述关于他们的传说和真实，呈现予你他们的过去和现在。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Contemporary Wales

2 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course provides an accessible and lively social science account of contemporary Wales. It introduces key aspects of the economy, society, politics and culture of Wales, providing a wealth...

• OpenLearn
• 15 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Globalizing East Asia

This course explores the changing culture and society of the three East Asian countries, South Korea, China, and Japan. Students are expected to understand local representations of globalization, focu

• edX
• 8 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate