Shakespeare Courses and Certifications

Shakespeare Matters

49 ratings

Learn about Shakespeare’s plays and their influence through a focus on emotions such as love, hate, and jealousy.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Goldsmiths University of London;  University of London

Introduction to Who Wrote Shakespeare

261 ratings at Coursera

Examine why Shakespeare's authorship is doubted: close-read the "Hand D" pages, Robert Greene's "upstart Crow", the Stratford monument texts and the 1623 First Folio preface.

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

Queer Shakespeare: Poetry, Gender, and Desire (Live Online)

32 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore Shakespeare’s intricate depictions of gender, desire, and identity in a time before modern sexual categories.

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

Something Rich and Strange: Shakespeare and Queer Theory (Live Online)

31 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the rich interplay of gender, desire, and difference in Shakespeare’s works, set against the backdrop of a time before modern concepts of sexuality emerged.

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

An Introduction to Shakespeare

Read Shakespeare closely: analyze his sonnets and iambic pentameter, Elizabethan stagecraft, and the history, comedy and tragedy of Henry IV, Macbeth and Hamlet.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Macbeth by William Shakespeare Study Guide

Review Shakespeare's Macbeth: historical context, themes and setting, character analysis, literary devices, key quotes and monologues, and act-by-act summaries.

• Study.com
• 13 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare: Study Guide

Study Romeo and Juliet through its literary and historical context, characters, act-by-act plot, and critical analysis.

• Study.com
• 11 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Hamlet by William Shakespeare Study Guide

Study Hamlet through its historical context, literary devices, themes, characters, acts, and key quotations.

• Study.com
• 10 hours 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Shakespeare Study Guide

Review Shakespeare’s major plays, sonnets, tragedies, histories, and comedies in a compact study guide for tests and coursework.

• Study.com
• 7 hours 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Study Guide

Analyze Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream through its themes, literary devices, characters, relationships, quotations, and act summaries.

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

Shakespeare on the Page and in Performance: Tragic Love

1 rating

Explore Shakespeare's mature plays of tragic love, Othello and King Lear, and learn what makes them so powerful and enduring.

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

Shakespeare on the Page and in Performance: Young Love

1 rating

Explore Shakespeare's plays of young love, Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to learn what makes them so compelling and magical.

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

William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

96 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

<p>Explore 15 of Shakespeare's greatest plays and discover why the Bard of Avon is considered to be the greatest English language writer ever.</p>

• The Great Courses Plus
• 18 hours 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

How to Read and Understand Shakespeare

89 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Learn to fully appreciate Shakespeare with this utterly unique course outlining over 40 interpretive tools that reveal his unsurpassed genius.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 12 hours 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Experiencing Shakespeare: From Page to Stage

19 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

<p>Experience Shakespeare’s plays from the other side of the stage with a rare peek behind the curtain to see how productions are brought to life for the modern audience.</p>

• The Great Courses Plus
• 5 hours 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available