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Data Science: Building Machine Learning Models
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Overview
Read John Milton’s Paradise Lostthrough a modern lens and contribute to the still-expanding scholarship of Milton’s enduring masterpiece.
What you'll learn
- New ways to read andunderstand Milton’s Paradise Lost
- How to research and posequestions in the service of reading
- Annotation of the poem (some annotations may be incorporated into the Milton Reading Room)
- Experimentation with crowd-sourced scholarship about Paradise Lost
- Reading strategies that can be applied to any early modern text
Syllabus 8
- What is an epic poem? What is an epic hero?
- Milton’s Epic Verse
- How is Milton’s Satan heroic? And not?
- Milton’s God
- Marriage—The New Heroic Subject?
- The Bible Story and Milton’s Story
- Political Ideology in Paradise Lost: What are the Origins of Tyranny and Slavery?
- Genres in Paradise Lost
Skills you'll practise
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
- University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
- A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
- From Dartmouth College, a well-regarded name.
- Self-paced: start any time.
- A clear syllabus (8 parts) you can see before you start.
Disadvantages
- Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
- Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
- Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
- Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.
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Free to audit
- Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
- Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $25). Audit access may end after the course closes.
Before you start
None
Taught by
- Thomas H. LuxonProfessor of English
Dartmouth College is in Tier 2: excellent universities and the companies that build the technology of our institution ranking (86/100).
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