[The Great Courses] How To Program: Computer Science Concepts And Python Exercises

The Great Courses – How To Program: Computer Science Concepts And Python Exercises [FCO] Course Overview Learning a new language opens a wealth of opportunities. But there’s one language family that provides benefits like no other: the languages of computer programming. Now widely taught in schools—even in elementary schools—programming is an eminently learnable skill that […]

[The Great Courses] A Historian Goes to the Movies: Ancient Rome

Professor Gregory S. Aldrete, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Green Bay   What Will You Learn?  Draw fascinating (and surprising) connections between films set in ancient Rome and science fiction films.  Explore two big-budget film takes on the mysterious legend of ancient Rome’s “lost legion.”  Dispel the myth of lively recreational drug use in ancient Rome […]