This paper presents and discusses a course development project within Literary Studies at the Centre for Language and Literature, Lund University. The project specifically concerned two internet based courses equivalent to two semesters of study (1–60p). These internet courses originally date back to as early as 1997 and were then and now heavily drawn on our campus course, but have all in all been relatively unchanged ever since. The course development project aims to update these courses based on research and experiences concerning internet based learning and teaching in general, as well as experiences connected to the specific problems and opportunities of internet based courses in Literary Studies as well as the Humanities at large.