I want to study Oxford’s “English Language and Literature” without going in debt for it. So far I’ve found a couple of PDFs which provide quite a reading list and the course’s structure, but it’s no course content. I’m really curious if there’s a place for what I’m looking for.
I’ve never heard of someone sharing university course material on a tracker or similar for people to download. But have you checked whether there are any MOOCs from reputable universities that are similar to the one you linked? They are often free.
Was very common in my uni. We had our full degree on mega so could read ahead.
Op needs to infiltrate the Oxford student fb group
Meanwhile at my college the instructors only publish the current week and previous weeks, can’t even read ahead within the damn class
Same that’s why we organised between the students. Lecturers weren’t handing this out
I haven’t written next week’s notes yet.
Yeah I have’t yet searched for that of a lesser university, perhaps I could combine multiple of them since I won’t stop either way.
MIT OpenCourseWare might be close enough to what you’re looking for.
And accompanying lectures on YouTube:
This doesn’t answer OP’s question, but since other people might be interested, MIT also has free graduate level courses. If you choose to pay for a certificate of completion for the courses then they can also count as credits towards a degree at MIT, Harvard, etc.
Yes please. Free the education.
It sounds like you found everything you’re going to find without paying for a professor. What you’re looking for is where the money comes in. The professor is the one that teaches you the things you’re supposed to learn, not the books. Yeah, you can read the books yourself, and you’ll get something out of it, but you won’t learn everything you would from a professional, and you have a strong chance to learn things wrong without guidance.
Yes, education should be available to all, but this isn’t the answer. Definitely pirate (school) books, though.
Unfortunately I don’t have enough IQ to study at the required pace nor the money to get in, nor the desire to physically go there. Also I’m not sure if it’s a practice to record lectures there nor if it is allowed for students to download them, that’s why I’m curious if there’s such a resource or if it’s a thing or not. But logically speaking no one in their right mind would go and leak such expensive material. So what I actually want are the assignments and the course papers of course so I can actually get the specific ebooks and read them.
Why not just read textbooks and lit history books then? You should be able to find ebooks or physical books at your local library, if you’re interested in doing it more at your own pace. It won’t be the exact course, obviously, but it sounds like that isn’t a critical factor for you.
If you want an actual course curriculum, MIT publishes theirs, and it includes English lit: https://ocw.mit.edu/
You might want to look into doing a class audit. It’s free. You essentially just sit in on a course and learn and everything, but you don’t get a real grade or credits.
As far as recording lectures, there is probably someone taking the course that might be willing to do it for you, but other than that, it’s not something you typically see available anywhere. It may be a licensing thing or something like that.
Seriously, look into auditing.
