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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
The analysis of the play, The Merchant of Venice written by the greatest literary genius of all time, William Shakespeare, is the heart of this course on Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice. This introductory course, Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice programme on literature is offered by edX, an online education provider in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which is also, under the guidance of the instructor from the same MIT institution. Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice certification course provides the learner with a well comprehensive curriculum that teaches the play to provide occasions for thoughtful communication for personal, historical, creative, and cultural boundaries.
This short Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice program on Shakespeare plays mainly focuses on an in-depth study of the play to implement the learning outcomes on our own creative ways towards the end during which important concepts like language, gender relations, theatricality, religious and ethnic prejudice, the historical context of the play, and an overall idea about the Shakespearean theatres and works.
The Highlights
- Course offered by edX in association with MITx
- Introductory course on literature
- The course duration of 8 weeks
- The input of 3-4 hours weekly required
- Self-paced online classes
- Under the guidance of experienced MITx faculty
- Verified and shareable certificate
- Free audit session
Programme Offerings
- Video Lessons
- Online Classes
- Instructor- led
- assessments
- & Discussion forums
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 4076 | yes | MIT Cambridge |
- The course on Global Shakespeares recreating the merchant of Venice has two learning options for students: audit track and verified track accounts.
- The audit track account is available for all enrolled students free of cost.
- The verified track account can be availed by the students after the payment of the amount, Rs 4,076, which grants complete benefits including certification.
Global Shakespeares Re-Creating the Merchant of Venice Fees Structure
Fee category | Amount in INR |
Base fee | - |
Upgradation fee | Rs 4,076 |
Eligibility Criteria
Education
The website is not recommending any prerequisites for this Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice program as it is an introductory course on Shakespearean literature.
Certification qualifying details
The certification for the course Global Shakespeare: Recreating the merchant of Venice, will only be provided to the candidates who are verified, track users. Also, the students will be assessed based on choice assignments, response assignments and the final product which will contribute to the final course grade.
What you will learn
The literary journey experienced through the course, Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice, gives a unique enrichment of knowledge and skills such as:
- Students are provided with a great understanding of Shakespeare and his literary works especially, The Merchant of Venice.
- Students get a clearer picture of their own self-analysis and creativity after this Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice program.
- It improves the written and oral communication skills of the student’s thoughts and expressions.
- It promotes the students to read extensively and make them work efficiently through challenging reading materials.
- Students are trained to get an increased level of consciousness of historical, artistic, ethical and political issues from their knowledge.
- Students are also taught to identify Shakespeare as an occasion of communication across cultural, personal and historical backgrounds.
- It also provides the students' insights from the Shakespearean historians, theatre professionals, actors and scholars involved in the plays.
- Candidates are also trained about how to analytically read and gracefully perform Shakespearean plays.
- Students are made to investigate the historical and modern background of Shakespearean works and learn about how they are still relevant.
- Students are made capable of performing as well as produce selected scenes from the play by using the insights and skills they have learned so far.
Who it is for
The aspirants who wish to pursue the course to earn the Shakespearean theater and dramas without many prerequisites can opt for this course.
Admission Details
The course on Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice is accessed to all the enrolled students and they can avail complete benefits from the course after successfully completing the registration of the course in a simple online procedure.
The students can follow the below-given instructions to complete the registration:
Step: 1- Browse the Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice program from the URL- https://www.edx.org/course/global-shakespeares-the-merchant-module.
Step: 2- Sign up on edX by creating a new account or by linking your social media accounts like Google or Facebook.
Step: 3- Click on the confirmation link sent to your registered mail ID for completing the verification of the same.
Step: 4- After the verification, select the required course that you want to pursue and you will be directed to choose between either to continue auditing or upgrade the account.
Step: 5- If you want to upgrade the account, click on the option purchase the upgrade and you will be directly directed for fee payment.
Step: 6- complete the payment procedure using a suitable payment mode and after the payment is done the account will become a verified track account.
The Syllabus
Instructors
MIT Cambridge Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
The website confirms that currently the students from Iran, Cuba, and the Crimea region of Ukraine, cannot apply for this Global Shakespeares: Recreating the merchant of Venice program due to lack of license permissions.
This introductory course on Shakespearean literature provides immense knowledge in the field with key concepts like production choice, close reading, reading drama, live performance, and so on.
The total Course duration of this course is 8 weeks with an expected effort of 3-4 hours per week. Since it's a self-paced course, students can personalize their learning schedules.
The students can apply for the financial aid on or before the deadline of the up-gradation which is provided to the students as soon as they enroll in the course.
The students will get a complete refund if they unenroll from the course before the refund eligibility period: 14 days after the purchase or start of the classes.
Since it's a self-paced course, students can change the deadline using ‘shift due dates’. However, response assessment dates are fixed by the instructor and hence cannot be altered.
The students can raise their questions or any challenges they are facing while pursuing the course, they can post those in the section, ‘ Questions and challenges forum’.
The choice assessments are graded along with response assessment and final production. All three of these scores are combined to get the final grade results.
Students receive their earned, printable, and shareable certificate upon completion of the course. They can access the certificate from the option ‘view my certificate’ under the dashboard.
Since this course is an introductory course on literature, it is not mentioned in the guidelines to have specific prerequisites that make it beginner-friendly.