Nomadic Courses
Learn the history of the world, one course at a time
History courses created for you
Follow the Nomadic Professor to history’s actual settings–from the Appalachians to the Andes and from the swamps of Louisiana to the Gobi, Sahara, and Changtang. Engage with the settings and contexts behind today’s headlines. Learn to read and think with the critical judgement of a historian, and prepare to ace your college credit exams.
Read, Watch & Listen
Each course features 400-500 pages of text (all available in an audio version), hundreds of images, and 70+ mini-lectures (and counting) – filmed on-location all over the world.
Sturdy scaffolding
Our courses are made up of ten units of 3-5 sessions each, and each of these is accompanied by helpful set of Guided Notes and capped off with a rigorous self-assessment.
Earn college credit
Our American History courses are designed to prepare students to ace CLEP exams. They also earn students credits when taken with parent/instructor-generated transcripts.
Listen along
Whether earning a grade or not, you can listen along to the audio version of our courses on the go. Each is read by The Nomadic Professor, amounting to dozens of hours of exciting history.
Synopsis: The Nomadic Professor’s four-course survey of American History from earliest beginnings to the 21st century
Skills: Engaging with historical documents, conducting research, structuring arguments, critical thinking, note-taking, organizing, summarizing, and more
Credits: Earns 2 credits in US History plus partial credits in Historical Methods, Composition, Rhetoric and Logic, and American Literature
Support: Homeschool-friendly format with teacher & student dashboards, handbook, printable guided notes, built-in assessments, and flexible pacing
Part 1: To Begin the World Over Again – from the pre-Columbian era to the ratification of the Constitution
Part 2: The Noise of Democracy – From Washington’s inauguration through Reconstruction
Part 3: Monsters to Destroy – from late 19th-century industrialization to the attack on Pearl Harbor
Part 4: A Great Consolidation – WWII, the Cold War and the turn of the 21st century, bringing us nearly to today
- Timeframe: Each course comprises about 1 semester of work when taken in full.
Our specialty courses:
An innovative approach to navigating an increasingly complex world of information
Created in partnership with Ground News, the premier website and app for comparative coverage from the left, right, and center
Fundamentals, history, language, and politics of the modern media landscape
- Build the skills to navigate and interpret the sources competing for your attention
Survey of Alaskan History from early indigenous cultures to 21st-century oil politics
On-location videos filmed from Skagway to Homer, Anchorage to Fairbanks, the Brooks Range to the Arctic coast
Guided structure to help students retain key ideas and to see history as inquiry-based
Fulfills Alaska Studies and Alaska Studies Honors requirements for high school graduation
Learn what the history of free speech has to say about free speech today
Full course hosted by FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), a non-profit defending individual rights
Four chronological units: The Ancient Roots of Free Speech; The Enshrining of Free Speech; Slavery, War, and Free Speech; Nationalism and Free Speech
Earns students ½ credit history elective
Beyond the Jolly Roger: A global window into law, war, religion, and rebellion in the early modern world
Six swashbuckling units: The First Pirates, The Dutch Moment, The Buccaneers, The Indian Ocean Pirates, The Golden Age of Piracy, After the Golden Age
Renders complex themes like empire, race, and resistance exciting and accessible
An accredited ½-credit history elective course
Synopsis: The Nomadic Professor’s two-course World History survey spans from ~4000 BC up to nearly the present
Skills: Engaging with historical documents, conducting research, critical thinking, outlining, note-taking, writing, and more
Credits: Taken together, these courses earn 1 credit in World History and 1 credit in Humanities
Support: Homeschool-friendly format with teacher & student dashboards, handbook, printable guided notes, built-in assessments, and flexible pacing
- Availability: World History Part 1: fully available now; Part 2: first unit available now; the rest to be drip-released until completion by June 2026.
Synopsis: The Nomadic Professor’s two-course World History survey spans from ~4000 BC up to nearly the present
Skills: Engaging with historical documents, conducting research, critical thinking, outlining, note-taking, writing, and more
Credits: Taken together, these courses earn a 1/2 credit in World History and a 1/2 credit in Humanities
Support: Homeschool-friendly format with teacher & student dashboards, handbook, printable guided notes, built-in assessments, and flexible pacing
- Availability: World History Part 1: 1 September 2025; Part 2: Winter/Spring 2026
Synopsis: The Nomadic Professor’s two-course World History survey spans from ~4000 BC up to nearly the present
Skills: Engaging with historical documents, conducting research, critical thinking, outlining, note-taking, writing, and more
Credits: Taken together, these courses earn a 1/2 credit in World History and a 1/2 credit in Humanities
Support: Homeschool-friendly format with teacher & student dashboards, handbook, printable guided notes, built-in assessments, and flexible pacing
- Availability: World History Part 1: 1 September 2025; Part 2: Winter/Spring 2026
