The Great Courses

The Teaching Company

About this app

The Great Courses App enables you to play courses you have purchased from us.

The Great Courses brings the world’s greatest professors to millions who want to go deeper on the subjects that interest them most. No exams. No homework. No schedule. Just a world of knowledge available anytime, anywhere, via video or audio. Use this app to:

• Stream any course you have purchased (Internet connection required)
• Seamlessly toggle between video and audio versions of lectures
• Download your lectures to enjoy later when not connected
• Access course guidebooks included with most courses

Your Digital Library includes digital editions purchased directly from The Great Courses, and does not include courses purchased from other retailers.

More than 800 courses available at TheGreatCourses.com.

Ratings and reviews

Much better than previous versions. Fantastic that the new FireTV and app versions now allow access to my digital library without subscribing to "The Great Courses Plus". Glad you dumped the name Wondrium. That was a confusing detour and could only have hurt the Great Course brand. I understand that DVDs are probably heading towards obsolescence, but I prefer something tangible, especially with printed Guidebooks. Don't want to print PDFs and don't like reading online documentation.

I think this app is pretty great; there is audio/video options, full screen/half screen options, and I can build wishlists and get alerts for sales. However I wish it was available on more than mobile; I would love to be able to download it to my Xbox or Samsung TV, for example, so I could watch it on the big screen rather than the teeny tiny screen of my cellphone. Yes, I can mirror up to my TV but that takes battery & sometimes I need my phone for other things at the same time.

The app is generally good, with the exception of playing the downloaded episodes on my phone. If there is any internet signal in reach, it will connect and cut out when I exceed the signal reach. This is true for downloaded files. If I shut down internet, it will play to the end of the episode, but not the next (also downloaded). This reduces the usefulness of the course to me.

What's new

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