John Bowers, English professor at UNLV, poses for a portrait at his home in Las Vegas Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. Bowers produced a DVD course for The Great Courses, a catalog of lectures and CDs ...

T he canon of great literature, philosophy, and art is thriving—in the marketplace, if not on college campuses. For the last 20 years, a company called the Great Courses has been selling recorded ...

What sets The Great Courses Signature Collection apart is its focus on in-depth, lecture-style learning. This isn’t about quick overviews - it’s about serious, structured exploration of topics.

In 2016, the Great Courses launched its video-on-demand service, Great Courses Plus, where thousands of videos from its course catalog are available for streaming.