Barnes and Noble University

I recently found a great resource for free online classes. Barnes and Noble has something called Barnes and Noble University which offers a wide variety of courses and reading groups each month. You can go to this link to see all the courses that are open for enrollment and click the tab labeled "In Session Now" to see courses which are currently in session. Classes are free, and the only expense is that you have to get the course materials. Of course you can purchase them online from Barnes & Noble (which is what they would like), you can get them in a regular brick and mortar bookstore, or purchase them used somewhere.

The classes are divided into Liberal Arts and Life Improvement categories. They have everything from history classes to courses about film and Money Management for Women to Tarot for Beginners. The classes run for 4 weeks at a time and vary from an estimate of 8 hours to complete a class up to 24 hours. I was pleasantly surprised to see how many courses were listed that sounded interesting to me. Can you guess which one I decided to sign up for first?