I really want to go back to school and get a Master’s Degree. In what, I don’t know yet, but while I was at my sister’s graduation earlier this month I got myself bitten by the academia bug. I tried to fight it (because I seriously don’t have the money to go back to college right now), but being back in that environment overwhelmed me with the urge to learn.

Ah, well. One day.

In the meantime, Productivity 501 has compiled a list of 105 free college lectures you can listen to online, and some of them have podcasts and RSS feeds to which you can subscribe.

Those related to the brain and mental health include:

• UC Berkeley’s Animal Behavior Biology: An Evolutionary Perspective Behavioral View
• UC Berkeley’s Clinical Psychology
• UC Berkeley’s Developmental Psychology
• UC Berkeley’s Developmental Psychopathology
• UC Berkeley’s Social Psychology
• Southwest Wisconsin Technical College’s Mental Health
• University of Cambridge’s Smart drugs? What do you think of brain-boosting drugs?

Online courses aren’t really my thing (especially those that don’t actually count toward a degree), as I thrive on the whole classroom environment (and want another degree), but given that our schedules get busier as we get older, they do make sense.

Of course, I realize that a degree is just a piece of paper (albeit, a powerful one) and that learning is the real goal. If I find time, I hope to listen to some of these.

If you do, or already have, feel free to share your thoughts!

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Listen To Mental Health College Lectures Online For Free