anchor.diff:  •	Create and communicate a vision for workplace change
   •	Build coalitions that work
   
  -Most of all, you’ll learn to develop your own unique strengths—and make more meaningful, authentic connections with others.",
  +Most of all, you’ll learn to develop your own unique strengths—and make more meaningful, authentic connections with others."
   Intercultural Management,intercultural,https://coursera.org/learn/intercultural,Business,ESCP Europe,"This MOOC explores different aspects of intercultural management, including teams, leadership, Human Resource Management, marketing and negotiations. When you complete this MOOC, you will have a richer understanding of the concept of culture, and how culture influences the way that individuals behave. 
   
   You will also get a deeper knowledge about how culture shapes management practices in international organizations. We will introduce you to a number of experts in the field of intercultural management who will discuss the challenges and the benefits of dealing with employees on a global level. 
   
   Moreover, we will share with you insights from our own research to illustrate recent developments in the field of intercultural management. During the MOOC we will provide you with a variety of concepts and tools that empower you to successfully interact with people from other cultures to achieve your desired personal and business-related goals.
  -",
  -Python Data Structures,python-data,https://coursera.org/learn/python-data,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course will introduce the core data structures of the Python programming language. We will move past the basics of procedural programming and explore how we can use the Python built-in data structures such as lists, dictionaries, and tuples to perform increasingly complex data analysis. This course will cover Chapters 6-10 of the textbook “Python for Informatics”. This course is equivalent to the second half of the 11-week ""Programming for Everybody (Python)"" course. This course covers Python 2.",
  -User Experience: Research & Prototyping,user-research,https://coursera.org/learn/user-research,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","This course will teach you the core process of experience design and how to effectively evaluate your work with the people for whom you are designing. You'll learn fundamental methods of design research that will enable you to effectively understand people, the sequences of their actions, and the context in which they work. Through the assignments, you’ll learn practical techniques for making sense of what you see and transform your observations into meaningful actionable insights and unique opportunity areas for design. You’ll also explore how to generate ideas in response to the opportunities identified and learn methods for making your ideas tangible. By answering specific questions and refining your concepts, you’ll move closer to making your ideas real. We’ll use cases from a variety of industries including health, education, transportation, finance, and beyond to illustrate how these methods work across different domains.",
  -Code Yourself! An Introduction to Programming,intro-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/intro-programming,Computer Sciences,"The University of Edinburgh, Universidad ORT Uruguay","This course will teach you how to program in Scratch, an easy to use visual programming language. More importantly, it will introduce you to the fundamental principles of computing and it will help you think like a software engineer.",
  -Advanced Competitive Strategy,advanced-competitive-strategy,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-competitive-strategy,Computer Sciences,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU),"Advanced Competitive Strategy will introduce new topics and modules with even more real world examples and opportunities for student interaction than in the previous course Competitive Strategy (https://www.coursera.org/learn/competitivestrategy). In Advanced Competitive Strategy, we will look at how companies can build up and maintain their customer base by increasing switching costs and facilitating strategic customer lock-ins. We will find out how firms can increase their profits by pursuing suitable price discrimination and product differentiation strategies.",
  -"Computational Investing, Part I",computational-investing,https://coursera.org/learn/computational-investing,Computer Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,"Why do the prices of some companies’ stocks seem to move up and down together while others move separately? What does portfolio “diversification” really mean and how important is it? What should the price of a stock be? How can we discover and exploit the relationships between equity prices automatically? We’ll examine these questions, and others, from a computational point of view. You will learn many of the principles and algorithms that hedge funds and investment professionals use to maximize return and reduce risk in equity portfolios.",
  -"Responsive Website Basics: Code with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript ",website-coding,https://coursera.org/learn/website-coding,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course you will learn three key website programming and design languages: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You will create a web page using basic elements to control layout and style. Additionally, your web page will support interactivity.",
  -Introduction to Software Product Management,introduction-to-software-product-management,https://coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-software-product-management,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course highlights the importance and role of software product management. It also provides an overview of the specialization, as well as its goals, structure, and expectations. The course explains the value of process, requirements, planning, and monitoring in producing better software.",
  -Object Oriented Programming in Java,object-oriented-java,https://coursera.org/learn/object-oriented-java,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego",This is an intermediate Java course. We recommend this course to learners who have previous experience in software development or a background in computer science. Our goal is that by the end of this course each and every one of you feels empowered to create a Java program that’s more advanced than any you have created in the past and that is personally interesting to you.,
  -Introduction to Game Design,game-design,https://coursera.org/learn/game-design,Computer Sciences,California Institute of the Arts,"This course is an introduction to the primary concepts of gaming, and an exploration of how these basic concepts affect the way gamers interact with our games. In this course you will understand what defines a “game” and the mechanics and rules behind different types of games. Through four linked assignments you'll learn ways to create and describe a game concept, and specifically what makes a compelling game.",
  -"Big Data, Cloud Computing, & CDN Emerging Technologies",big-data-cloud-computing-cdn,https://coursera.org/learn/big-data-cloud-computing-cdn,Computer Sciences,Yonsei University,"You have most likely heard about Clouds and Big Data before, and already know how significantly important they are and will be in the future. Cloud Computing enables us to easily use software as well as processing platforms and computing infrastructure (that are not equipped on our computers and smartphones) from any location through Internet services.",
  -"HTML, CSS and JavaScript",html-css-javascript,https://coursera.org/learn/html-css-javascript,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course will teach you the essential elements of web page development, covering HTML, CSS and JavaScript. No previous experience of these technologies is necessary, although it is helpful if you have some prior programming experience. First, HTML together with CSS are discussed and explored.",
  -Input and Interaction,interaction-techniques,https://coursera.org/learn/interaction-techniques,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","In this course, you will learn relevant fundamentals of human motor performance, perception, and cognition that inform effective interaction design. You will use these models of how people work to design more effective input and interaction techniques. You’ll apply these to both traditional graphic and gestural interfaces.",
  -Introduction To Swift Programming,swift-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/swift-programming,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,"Introduction to Swift Programming is the first course in a four part specialization series that will provide you with the tools and skills necessary to develop an iOS App from scratch. By the end of this first course you will be able to demonstrate intermediate application of programming in Swift, the powerful new programming language for iOS. Guided by best practices you will become proficient with syntax, object oriented principles, memory management, functional concepts and more in programming with Swift.",
  -Programming and the Web for Beginners,duke-programming-web,https://coursera.org/learn/duke-programming-web,Computer Sciences,Duke University,"Learn foundational programming concepts (e.g., functions, for loops, conditional statements) and how to solve problems like a programmer. In addition, learn basic web development as you build web pages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript. By the end of the course, will create a web page where others can upload their images and apply image filters that you create.",
  -Ruby on Rails: An Introduction,ruby-on-rails-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/ruby-on-rails-intro,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"In this course, we will explore how to build web applications with the Ruby on Rails web application framework, which is geared towards rapid prototyping. Yes, that means building quickly! At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to build a meaningful web application and deploy it to the “cloud” using a Heroku PaaS (Platform as a Service). Best of all, it will almost feel effortless… Really!",
  -Securing Digital Democracy,digital-democracy,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-democracy,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet voting. We'll take a look at the past, present, and future of election technologies and explore the various spaces intersected by voting, including computer security, human factors, public policy, and more.",
  -Foundations of Objective-C App Development,objective-c,https://coursera.org/learn/objective-c,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine",An introduction to the Objective-C programming language. This will prepare you for more extensive iOS app development and build a foundation for advanced iOS development topics. Objective-C programming requires a Mac laptop or desktop computer.,
  -Introduction to Game Development,game-development,https://coursera.org/learn/game-development,Computer Sciences,Michigan State University,"If you love games and want to learn how to make them, then this course will start you down that path. Making games is a creative and technical art form. In this course you will familiarize yourself with the tools and practices of game development. You will get started developing your own videogames using the industry standard game development tools, including the Unity3D game engine and C#. At the end of the course you will have completed three hands-on projects and will be able to leverage an array of game development techniques to create your own basic games.",
  -Interactive Computer Graphics,interactive-computer-graphics,https://coursera.org/learn/interactive-computer-graphics,Computer Sciences,The University of Tokyo,"This course will introduce various interactive tools developed in computer graphics research field with their design rationales and algorithms. Examples include enhancements to graphical user interfaces, authoring tools for 2D drawings and 3D animations, and interactive computer-aided design systems. Rich live demonstrations and course assignments will give you insights and skills to design and implement such tools for your own problems.",
  -Human-Centered Design: an Introduction,human-computer-interaction,https://coursera.org/learn/human-computer-interaction,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","In this course, you will learn how to design technologies that bring people joy, rather than frustration. You'll learn several techniques for rapidly prototyping and evaluating multiple interface alternatives -- and why rapid prototyping and comparative evaluation are essential to excellent interaction design. You'll learn how to conduct fieldwork with people to help you get design ideas. How to make paper prototypes and low-fidelity mock-ups that are interactive -- and how to use these designs to get feedback from other stakeholders like your teammates, clients, and users. Armed with these design-thinking strategies, you’ll be able to do more creative human-centered design in any domain.",
  -Design Principles: an Introduction,design-principles,https://coursera.org/learn/design-principles,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","What makes an interface intuitive? How can I tell whether one design works better than another? This course will teach you fundamental principles of design and how to effectively evaluate your work with users. You'll learn fundamental principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present information with your interfaces. You'll learn principles of perception and cognition that inform effective interaction design. And you'll learn how to perform and analyze controlled experiments online. In many cases, we'll use Web design as the anchoring domain. A lot of the examples will come from the Web, and we'll talk just a bit about Web technologies in particular. When we do",
  -"Internet History, Technology, and Security",internet-history,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-history,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"The impact of technology and networks on our lives, culture, and society continues to increase. The very fact that you can take this course from anywhere in the world requires a technological infrastructure that was designed, engineered, and built over the past sixty years. To function in an information-centric world, we need to understand the workings of network technology. This course will open up the Internet and show you how it was created, who created it and how it works. Along the way we will meet many of the innovators who developed the Internet and Web technologies that we use today.",
  -Introduction to HTML5,html,https://coursera.org/learn/html,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"Thanks to a growing number of software programs, it seems as if anyone can make a webpage. But what if you actually want to understand how the page was created? There are great textbooks and online resources for learning web design, but most of those resources require some background knowledge.",
  -Internet Emerging Technologies,internet-technologies,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-technologies,Computer Sciences,Yonsei University,"Every information service is connected through the Internet. If your work is any bit related to information, there is no excuse, you have to know what the Internet is and how it works! The relation of information and the Internet is equivalent to the blood and blood vessels of our body, which we have been using and will be using every day of our lives.",
  -Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python),python,https://coursera.org/learn/python,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course.,
  -CODAPPS: Coding mobile apps for entrepreneurs,codapps,https://coursera.org/learn/codapps,Computer Sciences,emlyon business school,"This course will teach you how to create mobile apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. No prerequisite in coding knowledge is required. In progressive steps, we will first learn how to create a simple and useful app: your own curriculum vitae. We will discover how to test the app on phones, and how to distribute it on the Play Store, Apple's App Store and the Windows Store.",
  -Database Management Essentials,database-management,https://coursera.org/learn/database-management,Computer Sciences,University of Colorado System,"Database Management Essentials provides the foundation you need for a career in database development, data warehousing, or business intelligence, as well as for the entire Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence specialization. In this course, you will create relational databases, write SQL statements to extract information to satisfy business reporting requests, create entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) to design databases, and analyze table designs for excessive redundancy.",
  -Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems,iot,https://coursera.org/learn/iot,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","The explosive growth of the “Internet of Things” is changing our world and the rapid drop in price for typical IoT components is allowing people to innovate new designs and products at home. In this first class in the specialization you will learn the importance of IoT in society, the current components of typical IoT devices and trends for the future. IoT design considerations, constraints and interfacing between the physical world and your device will also be covered. You will also learn how to make design trade-offs between hardware and software.",
  -Cybersecurity and Its Ten Domains,cyber-security-domain,https://coursera.org/learn/cyber-security-domain,Computer Sciences,University System of Georgia,"This course is designed to introduce students, working professionals and the community to the exciting field of cybersecurity. Throughout the MOOC, participants will engage in community discourse and online interaction. Participants will gain knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity and its domains.",
  -Wireless Communication Emerging Technologies,wireless-communication-technologies,https://coursera.org/learn/wireless-communication-technologies,Computer Sciences,Yonsei University,"This course covers the services and specifications of the most popular wireless communication technologies used around the world. The most popular wireless communication technologies are mobile communication, WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network), and WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network), which are all included in smartphones. Among WLAN types Wi-Fi is most popular, and among WPAN types Bluetooth is most popular. Therefore, the lectures in this course cover Wi-Fi and Bluetooth specifications.",
  -Principles of Game Design,gamedesign,https://coursera.org/learn/gamedesign,Computer Sciences,Michigan State University,"In this course you will practice moving from game concept through design documentation, prototyping and testing. Numerous elements go into the overall process of game design. These range from topics such as idea generation, story, character, and game world development, game mechanics and level design, and user experience design. You will explore the process for designing meaningful experiences for your players.",
  -Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools,web-frameworks,https://coursera.org/learn/web-frameworks,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course will give you an overview of client-side web frameworks, in particular Bootstrap. You will learn about grids and responsive design, Bootstrap CSS and JavaScript components. You will learn about CSS preprocessors, Less and Sass. You will also learn the basics of Node.js and NPM and learn about Web tools like Bower.",
  -Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software,java-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/java-programming,Computer Sciences,Duke University,"Learn to code in Java and improve your programming and problem-solving skills. You will learn to design algorithms as well as develop and debug programs. Using custom open-source classes, you will write programs that access and transform images, websites, and other types of data. At the end of the course you will build a program that determines the popularity of different baby names in the US over time by analyzing comma separated value (CSV) files.",
  -Introduction to CSS3,introcss,https://coursera.org/learn/introcss,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"The web today is almost unrecognizable from the early days of white pages with lists of blue links. Now, sites are designed with complex layouts, unique fonts, and customized color schemes. This course will show you the basics of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3). The emphasis will be on learning how to write CSS rules, how to test code, and how to establish good programming habits.",
  -Responsive Web Design,responsive-web-design,https://coursera.org/learn/responsive-web-design,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course you will learn how to apply concepts from interaction design and human computer interaction in order to design and build an interactive, professional looking website. You will learn how to make your web page designs adapt to different screen sizes using responsive grid layouts. You will learn how to add navigation and other design elements, and you will learn how to separate data and display using JavaScript objects and templates.",
  -The Arduino Platform and C Programming,arduino-platform,https://coursera.org/learn/arduino-platform,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine",The Arduino is an open-source computer hardware/software platform for building digital devices and interactive objects that can sense and control the physical world around them. In this class you will learn how the Arduino platform works in terms of the physical board and libraries and the IDE (integrated development environment).,
  -Story and Narrative Development for Video Games,video-game-story,https://coursera.org/learn/video-game-story,Computer Sciences,California Institute of the Arts,"In this course, you will examine how storytelling acts as a vital mechanism for driving video gameplay forward. Looking at several historical and contemporary games, you will be asked to evaluate and interpret different story styles with the goal of identifying themes and procedures for your own game ideas. We'll examine traditional narrative story processes, such as three-act structure, and how they fit into game story flows and the strategic elements of gameplay.",
  -Rails with Active Record and Action Pack,rails-with-active-record,https://coursera.org/learn/rails-with-active-record,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"You already know how to build a basic web application with the Ruby on Rails framework. Perhaps, you have even taken Course 1, ""Ruby on Rails: An Introduction"" (we highly recommend it) where you relied on external web services to be your “data layer”. But in the back of your mind, you always knew that there would come a time when you would need to roll up your sleeves and learn SQL to be able to interact with your own relational database (RDBMS).",
  -Software Processes and Agile Practices,software-processes-and-agile-practices,https://coursera.org/learn/software-processes-and-agile-practices,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course delves into a variety of processes to structure software development. It also covers the foundations of core Agile practices, such as Extreme Programming and Scrum.",
  -Data structures: Measuring and Optimizing Performance,data-structures-optimizing-performance,https://coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","How do Java programs deal with vast quantities of data? Many of the data structures and algorithms that work with introductory toy examples break when applications process real, large data sets. Efficiency is critical, but how do we achieve it, and how do we even measure it? This is an intermediate Java course. We recommend this course to learners who have previous experience in software development or a background in computer science, and in particular, we recommend that you have taken the first course in this specialization (which also requires some previous experience with Java).",
  -Using Python to Access Web Data,python-network-data,https://coursera.org/learn/python-network-data,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course will show how one can treat the Internet as a source of data. We will scrape, parse, and read web data as well as access data using web APIs. We will work with HTML, XML, and JSON data formats in Python. This course will cover Chapters 11-13 of the textbook “Python for Informatics”. To succeed in this course, you should be familiar with the material covered in Chapters 1-10 of the textbook and the first two courses in this specialization.",
  -Networking and Security in iOS Applications,security,https://coursera.org/learn/security,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine",You will learn to extend your knowledge of making iOS apps so that they can securely interact with web services and receive push notifications. You'll learn how to store data securely on a device using Core Data. You’ll also learn to securely deploy apps to the App Store and beta users over-the-air. The format of the course is through a series of code tutorials. We will walk you through the creation of several apps that you can keep as a personal app toolbox.,
  -Quantitative Formal Modeling and Worst-Case Performance Analysis,quantitative-formal-modeling-1,https://coursera.org/learn/quantitative-formal-modeling-1,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"Welcome to Quantitative Formal Modeling and Worst-Case Performance Analysis. In this course, you will learn about modeling and solving performance problems in a fashion popular in theoretical computer science, and generally train your abstract thinking skills.",
  -iOS App Development Basics,iosappdevelopmentbasics,https://coursera.org/learn/iosappdevelopmentbasics,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,"iOS App Development Basics, the second course in the iOS App Development with Swift specialization, expands your programming skills and applies them to authentic app development projects. The topics covered in this course include Xcode basics, Core iOS and Cocoa Touch frameworks, simple user interface creation, MVC Architecture and much more. With a focus on using Apple’s components to access sensors like camera, microphone and GPS, by the end of this course you will be able to create a basic App according to specified parameters and guidelines.",
  -Gamification,gamification,https://coursera.org/learn/gamification,Computer Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"Gamification is the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. This course will teach you the mechanisms of gamification, why it has such tremendous potential, and how to use it effectively. For additional information on the concepts described in the course, you can purchase Professor Werbach's book For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business in print or ebook format in several languages.",
  -"Data Warehouse Concepts, Design, and Data Integration",dwdesign,https://coursera.org/learn/dwdesign,Computer Sciences,University of Colorado System,"This is the second course in the Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence specialization. Ideally, the courses should be taken in sequence. In this course, you will learn exciting concepts and skills for designing data warehouses and creating data integration workflows. These are fundamental skills for data warehouse developers and administrators. You will have hands-on experience for data warehouse design and use open source products for manipulating pivot tables and creating data integration workflows.",
  -Internet of Things: Communication Technologies,internet-of-things-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-of-things-communication,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","Have you wondered how “Things” talk to each other and the cloud? Do you understand the alternatives for conveying latency-sensitive real time data versus reliable signaling data? Building on the skills from the Sensing and Actuation course, we will explore protocols to exchange information between processors.",
  -App Design and Development for iOS,iosappdesigndevelopment,https://coursera.org/learn/iosappdesigndevelopment,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,"In App Design and Development for iOS, the third course of the iOS App Development with Swift specialization, you will be developing foundational programming skills to support graphical element presentation and data manipulation from basic functions through to advanced processing. You will continue to build your skill set to use and apply core graphics, touch handling and gestures, animations and transitions, alerts and actions as well as advanced algorithms, threading and more. By the end of this course you will be able to develop a more advanced, fully functioning app.",
  -Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From NAND to Tetris (Project-Centered Course),build-a-computer,https://coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer,Computer Sciences,Hebrew University of Jerusalem,"In this project-centered course* you will build a modern computer system, from the ground up. We’ll divide this fascinating journey into six hands-on projects that will take you from constructing elementary logic gates all the way through creating a fully functioning general purpose computer. In the process, you will learn - in the most direct and constructive way - how computers work, and how they are designed.",
  -How To Create a Website in a Weekend! (Project-Centered Course),how-to-create-a-website,https://coursera.org/learn/how-to-create-a-website,Computer Sciences,The State University of New York,"In this project-centered course*, you’ll design, build, and publish a basic website that incorporates text, sound, images, hyperlinks, plug-ins, and social media interactivity. We’ll provide you with step-by-step instructions, exercises, tips, and tools that enable you to set up a domain name, create an attractive layout for your pages, organize your content properly, ensure that your site functions well across different operating systems and on mobile devices, keep your site safe, and finally, let people know your site is online. We’ll even show you how to track your visitors. Throughout the course, you'll engage in collaboration and discussion with other learners through course forums and peer review.",
  -Advanced Styling with Responsive Design,responsivedesign,https://coursera.org/learn/responsivedesign,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"It used to be the case that everyone viewed webpages on about the same size screen. But with the explosion of the use of smartphones to access the Internet, the landscape of design has completely changed. People viewing your site will now expect that it will perform regardless of the platform (smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer). This ability to respond to any platform is called responsive design.",
  -Information Design,infodesign,https://coursera.org/learn/infodesign,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","A blank canvas is full of possibility. If you have an idea for a user experience, how do you turn it into a beautiful and effective user interface? This covers covers principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present information with your interfaces. You'll learn concrete strategies to create user interfaces, including key lessons in typography, information architecture, layout, color, and more. You’ll learn particular issues that arise in new device contexts, such as mobile and responsive interfaces.",
  -Character Design for Video Games,video-game-character,https://coursera.org/learn/video-game-character,Computer Sciences,California Institute of the Arts,"In this course you will explore concepts and approaches involved in creating successful character designs that can be applied to video games. Following a first week delving into some foundational concepts for successful character design, each of the remaining three weeks are structured as a ""master class"" where you will observe three professional character designers at work in the studio: Andy Ristaino (Adventure Time), Jacky Ke Jiang (Journey), and Robertryan Cory (SpongeBob SquarePants). Each designer will take on two different design challenges on the fly and address the various issues in designing characters for games, such as movement, expression, and technical limitations.",
  -Multiplatform Mobile App Development with Web Technologies,hybrid-mobile-development,https://coursera.org/learn/hybrid-mobile-development,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course focuses on developing multiplatform mobile applications using the Web skills (HTML5, CSS and Javascript) that you have already acquired so far in the previous courses of this specialization. In particular we make use of the Cordova hybrid application framework to develop and target multiple mobile platforms with a single codebase. We make use of the Ionic framework, one of fastest growing mobile application frameworks, that is built with mobile-optimized HTML5 and CSS based components and AngularJS. You will learn about UI development with Ionic and then using Cordova's modules to access the native mobile platform's capabilities from Javascript.",
  -"Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes",friends-money-bytes,https://coursera.org/learn/friends-money-bytes,Computer Sciences,Princeton University,"You pick up your iPhone while waiting in line at a coffee shop. You google a not-so-famous actor, get linked to a Wikipedia entry listing his recent movies and popular YouTube clips of several of them. You check out user reviews on Amazon and pick one, download that movie on BitTorrent or stream that in Netflix. But suddenly the WiFi logo on your phone is gone and you're on 3G. Video quality starts to degrade, but you don't know if it's the server getting crowded or the Internet is congested somewhere. In any case, it costs you $10 per Gigabyte, and you decide to stop watching the movie, and instead multitask between sending tweets and calling your friend on Skype, while songs stream from iCloud to your phone.",
  -"C++ For C Programmers, Part A",c-plus-plus-a,https://coursera.org/learn/c-plus-plus-a,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Santa Cruz",This course is for experienced C programmers who want to program in C++. The examples and exercises require a basic understanding of algorithms and object-oriented software.,
  -Server-side Development with NodeJS,server-side-development,https://coursera.org/learn/server-side-development,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course deals with all things server-side. We base the entire course around the NodeJS platform. We start with a brief overview of the Web protocols: HTTP and HTTPS. We examine NodeJS and NodeJS modules: Express for building web servers. On the database side, we review basic CRUD operations, NoSQL databases, in particular MongoDB and Mongoose for accessing MongoDB from NodeJS. We examine the REST concepts and building a RESTful API. We touch upon authentication and security. Finally we review backend as a service (BaaS) approaches, including mobile BaaS, both open-source and commercial BaaS services.",
  -Agile Planning for Software Products,agile-planning-for-software-products,https://coursera.org/learn/agile-planning-for-software-products,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course covers the techniques required to break down and map requirements into plans that will ultimately drive software production. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: - Create effective plans for software development - Map user requirements to developer tasks - Assess and plan for project risks",
  -International Cyber Conflicts,cyber-conflicts,https://coursera.org/learn/cyber-conflicts,Computer Sciences,The State University of New York,"By nature, cyber conflicts are an international issue that span across nation-state borders. By the end of the course, you will be able to apply the knowledge gained for analysis and management of international cyber incidents and conflicts including for activities such as development of policy related to cybercrime and cyberwarfare. Management of cyber incidents and conflicts requires an interdisciplinary perspective including an understanding of: 1) characteristics of the cyber threats and conflicts themselves, 2) international efforts to reduce and improve cyber security, and 3) psychological and sociopolitical factors.",
  -Algorithmic Toolbox,algorithmic-toolbox,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithmic-toolbox,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","The course covers basic algorithmic techniques and ideas for computational problems arising frequently in practical applications: sorting and searching, divide and conquer, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming. We will learn a lot of theory: how to sort data and how it helps for searching; how to break a large problem into pieces and solve them recursively; when it makes sense to proceed greedily; how dynamic programming is used in genomic studies.",
  -Best Practices for iOS User Interface Design,ui,https://coursera.org/learn/ui,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","You will learn to develop sophisticated user interfaces for iOS, with a focus on user interface design best practices, UI animations, and responsive design. You will learn about the key UI widgets, mapping interfaces and view restoration.",
  -Usable Security,usable-security,https://coursera.org/learn/usable-security,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course focuses on how to design and build secure systems with a human-centric focus. We will look at basic principles of human-computer interaction, and apply these insights to the design of secure systems with the goal of developing security measures that respect human performance and their goals within a system.",
  -Mastering the Software Engineering Interview,cs-tech-interview,https://coursera.org/learn/cs-tech-interview,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","You’ve hit a major milestone as a computer scientist and are becoming a capable programmer. You now know how to solve problems, write algorithms, and analyze solutions; and you have a wealth of tools (like data structures) at your disposal. You may now be ready for an internship or (possibly) an entry-level software engineering job. But can you land the internship/job? It depends in part on how well you can solve new technical problems and communicate during interviews. How can you get better at this? Practice!",
  -Control of Mobile Robots,mobile-robot,https://coursera.org/learn/mobile-robot,Computer Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,"Control of Mobile Robots is a course that focuses on the application of modern control theory to the problem of making robots move around in safe and effective ways. The structure of this class is somewhat unusual since it involves many moving parts - to do robotics right, one has to go from basic theory all the way to an actual robot moving around in the real world, which is the challenge we have set out to address through the different pieces in the course",
  -Approximation Algorithms Part I,approximation-algorithms-part-1,https://coursera.org/learn/approximation-algorithms-part-1,Computer Sciences,École normale supérieure,"How efficiently can you pack objects into a minimum number of boxes? How well can you cluster nodes so as to cheaply separate a network into components around a few centers? These are examples of NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. It is most likely impossible to solve such problems efficiently, so our aim is to give an approximate solution that can be computed in polynomial time and that at the same time has provable guarantees on its cost relative to the optimum.",
  -"HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers",html-css-javascript-for-web-developers,https://coursera.org/learn/html-css-javascript-for-web-developers,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Do you realize that the only functionality of a web application that the user directly interacts with is through the web page? Implement it poorly and, to the user, the server-side becomes irrelevant! Today’s user expects a lot out of the web page: it has to load fast, expose the desired service, and be comfortable to view on all devices: from a desktop computers to tablets and mobile phones.",
  -Using Databases with Python,python-databases,https://coursera.org/learn/python-databases,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course will introduce students to the basics of the Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as basic database design for storing data as part of a multi-step data gathering, analysis, and processing effort. The course will use SQLite3 as its database. We will also build web crawlers and multi-step data gathering and visualization processes. We will use the D3.js library to do basic data visualization. This course will cover Chapters 14-15 of the book “Python for Informatics”.",
  -Web Application Development with Javascript and MongoDB,web-application-development,https://coursera.org/learn/web-application-development,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course, you will develop more advanced web application programming skills. You will learn how to control data read and write access using methods, publish and subscribe. You will learn how to access your database and server shells using command line tools. You will use the SimpleSchema system to validate data and generate input forms automatically. You will see a complete collaborative code editing environment, TextCircle, being built from scratch.",
  -Front-End JavaScript Frameworks: AngularJS,angularjs,https://coursera.org/learn/angularjs,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course concentrates mainly on Javascript based front-end frameworks, and in particular, AngularJS, the most popular among them. We will review the model view controller (MVC) design-pattern in the context of AngularJS. You will be introduced to various aspects of AngularJS including two-way data binding and angular directives and filters. You will then be introduced to angular controllers and scopes. UI routing and templates will then be reviewed.",
  -Interactivity with JavaScript,javascript,https://coursera.org/learn/javascript,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"If you want to take your website to the next level, the ability to incorporate interactivity is a must. But adding some of these types of capabilities requires a stronger programming language than HTML5 or CSS3, and JavaScript can provide just what you need. With just a basic understanding of the language, you can create a page that will react to common events such as page loads, mouse clicks &",
  -Client Needs and Software Requirements ,client-needs-and-software-requirements,https://coursera.org/learn/client-needs-and-software-requirements,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course covers practical techniques to elicit and express software requirements from client interactions. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: - Create clear requirements to drive effective software development - Visualize client needs using low-fidelity prototypes - Maximize the effectiveness of client interactions - Adapt to changing product requirements",
  -Getting Started: Agile Meets Design Thinking,getting-started-agile,https://coursera.org/learn/getting-started-agile,Computer Sciences,University of Virginia,"Despite everyone's good intentions, hard work and solid ideas, too many projects end up creating unneeded, unusable, and unsellable products. But it doesn't have to be this way. Agile and design thinking offer a different--and effective--approach to product development, one that results in valuable solutions to meaningful problems. In this course, you’ll learn how to determine what's valuable to a user early in the process--to frontload value--by focusing your team on testable narratives about the user and creating a strong shared perspective.",
  -Cryptography I,crypto,https://coursera.org/learn/crypto,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,Cryptography is an indispensable tool for protecting information in computer systems. In this course you will learn the inner workings of cryptographic systems and how to correctly use them in real-world applications. The course begins with a detailed discussion of how two parties who have a shared secret key can communicate securely when a powerful adversary eavesdrops and tampers with traffic. We will examine many deployed protocols and analyze mistakes in existing systems. The second half of the course discusses public-key techniques that let two parties generate a shared secret key.,
  -Game Development for Modern Platforms,gamedev-platforms,https://coursera.org/learn/gamedev-platforms,Computer Sciences,Michigan State University,"The device or ""platform"" that a game is developed for and played on has a massive impact on the game development process. In this hands-on course you will explore how to develop a game for a variety of modern platforms, including Web, Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android. While building a complete game, you will learn intermediate and advanced game development techniques in the Unity game engine. By the end of the course, you will understand how to develop, refine, package, and prepare your game for distribution on a variety of game platforms.",
  -Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements,reviews-and-metrics-for-software-improvements,https://coursera.org/learn/reviews-and-metrics-for-software-improvements,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course covers techniques for monitoring your projects in order to align client needs, project plans, and software production. It focuses on metrics and reviews to track and improve project progress and software quality. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:",
  -An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1),interactive-python-1,https://coursera.org/learn/interactive-python-1,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy-to learn, high-level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser-based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple.",
  -Ruby on Rails Web Services and Integration with MongoDB,ruby-on-rails-web-services-mongodb,https://coursera.org/learn/ruby-on-rails-web-services-mongodb,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"In this course, we will explore MongoDB, a very popular NoSQL database and Web Services concepts and integrate them both with Ruby on Rails. MongoDB is a used to handle documents with a pre-defined schema which will give the developers an ability to store, process and use data using it’s rich API. The modules will go in-depth from installation to CRUD operations, aggregation, indexing, GridFS and various other topics where we continuously integrate MongoDB with RailsRuby.",
  -Java Programming: Principles of Software Design,java-programming-design-principles,https://coursera.org/learn/java-programming-design-principles,Computer Sciences,Duke University,"Solve real world problems with Java using multiple classes. Learn how to create programming solutions that scale using Java interfaces. Recognize that software engineering is more than writing code - it also involves logical thinking and design. By the end of this course you will have written a program that analyzes and sorts earthquake data, and developed a predictive text generator.",
  -Approximation Algorithms Part II,approximation-algorithms-part-2,https://coursera.org/learn/approximation-algorithms-part-2,Computer Sciences,École normale supérieure,"This is the continuation of Approximation algorithms, Part 1. Here you will learn linear programming duality applied to the design of some approximation algorithms, and semidefinite programming applied to Maxcut. By taking the two parts of this course, you will be exposed to a range of problems at the foundations of theoretical computer science, and to powerful design and analysis techniques.",
  -Introduction to Meteor.js Development  ,meteor-development,https://coursera.org/learn/meteor-development,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course, you will learn how to create a complete, multi-user web site using the Meteor.js framework and MongoDB. You will implement user authentication, security features, reactive templates and routing using iron router. You will carry out key database operations such as inserting, removing and updating data as well as sorting and filtering. You will see how a complete application can be built, line by line.",
  -Cryptography,cryptography,https://coursera.org/learn/cryptography,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course will introduce you to the foundations of modern cryptography, with an eye toward practical applications.",
  -The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming for the Raspberry Pi,raspberry-pi-platform,https://coursera.org/learn/raspberry-pi-platform,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","The Raspberry Pi is a small, affordable single-board computer that you will use to design and develop fun and practical IoT devices while learning programming and computer hardware. In addition, you will learn how to set up up the Raspberry Pi environment, get a Linux operating system running, and write and execute some basic Python code on the Raspberry Pi.",
  -Build Your First Android App (Project-Centered Course),android-app,https://coursera.org/learn/android-app,Computer Sciences,CentraleSupélec,"In this project-centered course*, you’ll design, build, and distribute your own unique application for the Android mobile platform. We’ll provide you with a set of customizable building blocks that you can assemble to create many different types of apps, and that will help you become familiar with many important specificities of Android development. When you complete the project, in addition to having a personalized app that you can use and share, you’ll have the skills and background you need to move on to more advanced coursework in Android development.",
  -Advanced Data Structures in Java,advanced-data-structures,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-data-structures,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","How does Google Maps plan the best route for getting around town given current traffic conditions? How does an internet router forward packets of network traffic to minimize delay? How does an aid group allocate resources to its affiliated local partners? To solve such problems, we first represent the key pieces of data in a complex data structure. In this course, you’ll learn about data structures, like graphs, that are fundamental for working with structured real world data.",
  -"Designing, Running, and Analyzing Experiments",designexperiments,https://coursera.org/learn/designexperiments,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","You may never be sure whether you have an effective user experience until you have tested it with users. In this course, you’ll learn how to design user-centered experiments, how to run such experiments, and how to analyze data from these experiments in order to evaluate and validate user experiences. You will work through real-world examples of experiments from the fields of UX, IxD, and HCI, understanding issues in experiment design and analysis.",
  -Responsive website tutorial and examples,responsive-website-examples,https://coursera.org/learn/responsive-website-examples,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course, we will show you exciting examples of collaborative, interactive web applications that use various types of media including sound, images and big data. We will show you how to build sites that provide precisely this functionality, using Meteor. We will also provide fully working example application code that you can use for your own commercial web projects. The course also provides a range of advice and suggestions about how to develop bespoke web applications which match the requirements of clients, where clients are people who commission the product or people who use the product.",
  -"Java Programming: Arrays, Lists and Structured Data",java-programming-arrays-lists-data,https://coursera.org/learn/java-programming-arrays-lists-data,Computer Sciences,Duke University,Build on the software engineering skills you learned in “Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software” by learning new data structures. Use these data structures to build more complex programs that use Java’s object-oriented features. At the end of the course you will write an encryption program and a program to break your encryption algorithm.,
  -Toward the Future of iOS Development with Swift,iosswift,https://coursera.org/learn/iosswift,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine",An introduction to the Swift programming language. This will prepare you for more extensive iOS app development and build a foundation for advanced iOS development topics.,
  -Beginning Game Programming with C#,game-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/game-programming,Computer Sciences,University of Colorado System,"The Beginning Game Programming with C# course is all about learning how to develop video games using the C# programming language. Why use C# instead of C++, Java, ActionScript, or some other programming language you may have heard of? First, using C# lets us use the open-source MonoGame framework, which help us quickly develop games for Windows, Android, iOS, Mac OS X, and others. Second, the Unity game engine is very popular with indie game developers, and C# is one of the programming languages you can use in the Unity environment.",
  -Running Valuable Design Sprints,running-design-sprints,https://coursera.org/learn/running-design-sprints,Computer Sciences,University of Virginia,"Typically, clients and managers don't want to pay for design (or strategy) but want to rush toward results. Design sprints allow you to meet clients' desire for solutions--to develop sooner--and still adjust based on feedback. But not all sprints are alike. In this course, you’ll learn how to run situation-appropriate sprints, whether it's testing user motivation, interface usability, or solution fit, to avoid waste and deliver value.",
  -Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems: Part 2,android-programming-2,https://coursera.org/learn/android-programming-2,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course introduces you to the design and implementation of Android applications for mobile devices. You will build upon concepts from the prior course, including handling notifications, using multimedia and graphics and incorporating touch and gestures into your apps.",
  -Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems: Part 1,android-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/android-programming,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course introduces you to the design and implementation of Android applications for mobile devices. You will develop an app from scratch, assuming a basic knowledge of Java, and learn how to set up Android Studio, work with various Activities and create simple user interfaces to make your apps run smoothly.",
  -"Games, Sensors and Media",games,https://coursera.org/learn/games,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","You will learn to make fluid digital interactive experiences that are suitable for gaming and use the advanced sensor hardware built into the iPhone and iPad. This includes drawing 2D graphics, playing sounds and music, integrating with Game Center, the iOS physics engine and detecting device orientation and location.",
  -Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1),algorithmic-thinking-1,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithmic-thinking-1,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"Experienced Computer Scientists analyze and solve computational problems at a level of abstraction that is beyond that of any particular programming language. This two-part course builds on the principles that you learned in our Principles of Computing course and is designed to train students in the mathematical concepts and process of ""Algorithmic Thinking"", allowing them to build simpler, more efficient solutions to real-world computational problems.",
  -An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2),interactive-python-2,https://coursera.org/learn/interactive-python-2,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy-to learn, high-level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser-based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple.",
  -Data Structures,data-structures,https://coursera.org/learn/data-structures,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","A good algorithm usually comes together with a set of good data structures that allow the algorithm to manipulate the data efficiently. In this course, we consider the common data structures that are used in various computational problems. You will learn how these data structures are implemented in different programming languages and will practice implementing them in our programming assignments. This will help you to understand what is going on inside a particular built-in implementation of a data structure and what to expect from it.",
  -Principles of Computing (Part 1),principles-of-computing-1,https://coursera.org/learn/principles-of-computing-1,Computer Sciences,Rice University,This two-part course builds upon the programming skills that you learned in our Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python course. We will augment those skills with both important programming practices and critical mathematical problem solving skills. These skills underlie larger scale computational problem solving and programming. The main focus of the class will be programming weekly mini-projects in Python that build upon the mathematical and programming principles that are taught in the class.,
  -Java for Android,java4android,https://coursera.org/learn/java4android,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This MOOC teaches you how to program core features and classes from the Java programming language that are used in Android, which is the dominant platform for developing and deploying mobile device apps. In particular, this MOOC covers key Java programming language features that control the flow of execution through an app (such as Java’s various looping constructs and conditional statements), enable access to structured data (such as Java's built-in arrays and common classes in the Java Collections Framework, such as ArrayList and HashMap), group related operations and data into classes and interfaces (such as Java's primitive and user-defined types, fields, methods, generic parameters, and exceptions), customize the behavior of existing classes via inheritance and polymorphism (such as subclassing and overriding virtual methods).",
  -Networks Illustrated: Principles without Calculus,networks-illustrated,https://coursera.org/learn/networks-illustrated,Computer Sciences,Princeton University,What makes WiFi faster at home than at a coffee shop? How does Google order its search results from the trillions of webpages on the Internet? Why does Verizon charge $15 for every GB of data we use? Is it really true that we are connected in six social steps or less? These are just a few of the many intriguing questions we can ask about the social and technical networks that form integral parts of our daily lives.,
  -Development of Real-Time Systems,real-time-systems,https://coursera.org/learn/real-time-systems,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"The course centers around the problem of achieving timing correctness in embedded systems, which means to guarantee that the system reacts within the real-time requirements. Examples of such systems include airbags, emergency breaks, avionics, and also multi-media systems like video playback and QoS in web servers.",
  -Introduction to Programming with MATLAB,matlab,https://coursera.org/learn/matlab,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile and very useful for engineers and other professionals. MATLAB is a special-purpose language that is an excellent choice for writing moderate-size programs that solve problems involving the manipulation of numbers. The design of the language makes it possible to write a powerful program in a few lines.",
  -Web Application Development: Basic Concepts,webapps1,https://coursera.org/learn/webapps1,Computer Sciences,University of New Mexico,"This is the first course in a Coursera Specialization track involving Web Application Architectures. This course will give you the basic background, terminology and fundamental concepts that you need to understand in order to build modern full stack web applications. A full stack web developer is familiar with each ""layer"" of the software technologies involved in a web application, including data modeling and database technologies, the web server environment and middleware components, network protocols, the user interface and basic visual design and user interaction concepts.",
  -Algorithmic Thinking (Part 2),algorithmic-thinking-2,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithmic-thinking-2,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"Experienced Computer Scientists analyze and solve computational problems at a level of abstraction that is beyond that of any particular programming language. This two-part class is designed to train students in the mathematical concepts and process of ""Algorithmic Thinking"", allowing them to build simpler, more efficient solutions to computational problems.",
  -Software Security ,software-security,https://coursera.org/learn/software-security,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course we will explore the foundations of software security. We will consider important software vulnerabilities and attacks that exploit them -- such as buffer overflows, SQL injection, and session hijacking -- and we will consider defenses that prevent or mitigate these attacks, including advanced testing and program analysis techniques. Importantly, we take a ""build security in"" mentality, considering techniques at each phase of the development cycle that can be used to strengthen the security of software systems.",
  -Principles of Computing (Part 2),principles-of-computing-2,https://coursera.org/learn/principles-of-computing-2,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"This two-part course introduces the basic mathematical and programming principles that underlie much of Computer Science. Understanding these principles is crucial to the process of creating efficient and well-structured solutions for computational problems. To get hands-on experience working with these concepts, we will use the Python programming language. The main focus of the class will be weekly mini-projects that build upon the mathematical and programming principles that are taught in the class.",
  -A developer's guide to the Internet of Things (IoT),developer-iot,https://coursera.org/learn/developer-iot,Computer Sciences,IBM,"This course is an entry level introduction to developing and deploying solutions for the Internet of Things. It will focus on capturing data from a trusted device and sending the data to a cloud platform where it can be exploited by the many services available. You will explore all the steps required to create a basic IoT solution using a popular device, the Raspberry Pi, and a trial version of the cloud-based IBM Watson IoT Platform.",
  -"Cloud Computing Concepts, Part 1",cloud-computing,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-computing,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Cloud computing systems today, whether open-source or used inside companies, are built using a common set of core techniques, algorithms, and design philosophies—all centered around distributed systems. Learn about such fundamental distributed computing ""concepts"" for cloud computing. Some of these concepts include: Clouds, MapReduce, key-value stores, Classical precursors, Widely-used algorithms, Classical algorithms, Scalability, Trending areas, And more!",
  -Parallel programming,parprog1,https://coursera.org/learn/parprog1,Computer Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"With every smartphone and computer now boasting multiple processors, the use of functional ideas to facilitate parallel programming is becoming increasingly widespread. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of parallel programming, from task parallelism to data parallelism. In particular, you'll see how many familiar ideas from functional programming map perfectly to to the data parallel paradigm. We'll start the nuts and bolts how to effectively parallelize familiar collections operations, and we'll build up to parallel collections, a production-ready data parallel collections library available in the Scala standard library.",
  -Functional Programming Principles in Scala,progfun1,https://coursera.org/learn/progfun1,Computer Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Functional programming is becoming increasingly widespread in industry. This trend is driven by the adoption of Scala as the main programming language for many applications. Scala fuses functional and object-oriented programming in a practical package. It interoperates seamlessly with both Java and Javascript. Scala is the implementation language of many important frameworks, including Apache Spark, Kafka, and Akka. It provides the core infrastructure for sites such as Twitter, Tumblr and also Coursera.",
  -Functional Program Design in Scala,progfun2,https://coursera.org/learn/progfun2,Computer Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"In this course you will learn how to apply the functional programming style in the design of larger applications. You'll get to know important new functional programming concepts, from lazy evaluation to structuring your libraries using monads. We'll work on larger and more involved examples, from state space exploration to random testing to discrete circuit simulators. You’ll also learn some best practices on how to write good Scala code in the real world.",
  -Running Experiments with Agile,building--agile-culture,https://coursera.org/learn/building--agile-culture,Computer Sciences,University of Virginia,"To deliver agile outcomes, you have to do more than implement an agile process; you have to create a culture of experimentation. It's this commitment to experimenting that's at the heart of today’s most successful implementations of agile. This course shows you how to integrate the practice of experimentation across concept testing, usability testing, functional testing, and continuous deployment.",
  -Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps,digitalmedia,https://coursera.org/learn/digitalmedia,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","This course is for anyone who would like to apply their technical skills to creative work ranging from video games to art installations to interactive music, and also for artists who would like to use programming in their artistic practice. This course will teach you how to develop and apply programming skills to creative work. This is an important skill within the development of creative mobile applications, digital music and video games. It will teach the technical skills needed to write software that make use of images, audio and graphics, and will concentrate on the application of these skills to creative projects.",
  -Algorithms on Graphs and Trees,algorithms-on-graphs-and-trees,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-on-graphs-and-trees,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","If you have ever used a navigation service to find optimal route and estimate time to destination, you've used algorithms on graphs. Graphs arise in various real-world situations as there are road networks, computer networks and, most recently, social networks! If you're looking for the fastest time to get to work, cheapest way to connect set of computers into a network or efficient algorithm to automatically find communities and opinion leaders in Facebook, you're going to work with graphs and algorithms on graphs. In this course, you will first learn what a graph is and what are some of the most important properties.",
  -Software Architecture for the Internet of Things,iot-software-architecture,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-software-architecture,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"This course will teach you how to design futureproof systems that meet the requirements of IoT systems: systems that are secure, interoperable, modifiable and scalable. Moreover, you'll learn to apply best-in-class software architecture methods to help you design complex IoT and other applications. Lastly, you'll come to understand the business impact of the technical decisions that you make as an IoT system architect.",
  -Introduction to User Experience Design ,user-experience-design,https://coursera.org/learn/user-experience-design,Computer Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,The focus of this course is to introduce the learner to User Experience (UX) Design User Experience design is design that is user centered. The goal is to design artifacts that allow the users to meet their needs in the most effective efficient and satisfying manner. The course introduces the novice to a cycle of discovery and evaluation and a set of techniques that meet the user's needs.,
  -Cloud Computing Concepts: Part 2,cloud-computing-2,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-computing-2,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Cloud computing systems today, whether open-source or used inside companies, are built using a common set of core techniques, algorithms, and design philosophies—all centered around distributed systems. Learn about such fundamental distributed computing ""concepts"" for cloud computing. Some of these concepts include: Clouds, MapReduce, key-value stores, Classical precursors, Widely-used algorithms, Classical algorithms, Scalability, Trending areas, And more!",
  -Hardware Security,hardware-security,https://coursera.org/learn/hardware-security,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","In this course, we will study security and trust from the hardware perspective. Upon completing the course, students will understand the vulnerabilities in current digital system design flow and the physical attacks to these systems. They will learn that security starts from hardware design and be familiar with the tools and skills to build secure and trusted hardware.",
  -Introduction to Natural Language Processing,nlpintro,https://coursera.org/learn/nlpintro,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course provides an introduction to the field of Natural Language Processing. It includes relevant background material in Linguistics, Mathematics, Probabilities, and Computer Science. Some of the topics covered in the class are Text Similarity, Part of Speech Tagging, Parsing, Semantics, Question Answering, Sentiment Analysis, and Text Summarization.",
  -Cybersecurity and Mobility,cybersecurity-and-mobility,https://coursera.org/learn/cybersecurity-and-mobility,Computer Sciences,University System of Georgia,"This course is for you if you are interested in transitioning toward a managerial role in cybersecurity and mobility. Through interviews with industry experts in this area, you will be able to analyze innovations powering the rapid spread of information technology and how they present new challenges for protecting data.",
  -Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices,iot-devices,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-devices,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"Embedded Systems are so ubiquitous that some of us take them for granted: we find them in smartphones, GPS systems, airplanes and so on. But have you ever wondered how these devices actually work? If so, you're in the right place! In this course, you'll learn about the characteristics of embedded systems: the possibilities, dangers, complications and recipes for success.",
  -"Programming Languages, Part A",programming-languages,https://coursera.org/learn/programming-languages,Computer Sciences,University of Washington,"This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming. The course uses the languages ML, Racket, and Ruby as vehicles for teaching the concepts, but the real intent is to teach enough about how any language “fits together” to make you more effective programming in any language -- and in learning new ones.",
  -Algorithms on Strings,algorithms-on-strings,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-on-strings,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","World and internet is full of textual information. We search for information using textual queries, we read websites, books, e-mails. All those are strings from the point of view of computer science. To make sense of all that information and make search efficient, search engines use many string algorithms. Moreover, the emerging field of personalized medicine uses many search algorithms to find disease-causing mutations in the human genome.",
  -Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things,cybersecurity-and-the-internet-of-things,https://coursera.org/learn/cybersecurity-and-the-internet-of-things,Computer Sciences,University System of Georgia,"Welcome! You may have heard about the Internet of Things (IoT). But you may also have wondered about what it is. Or for that matter, what does it mean to you or an organization. This course is for you if you are curious about the most recent trends and activities in the internet capabilities and concerns about programmed devices. There are complexities and areas of necessary awareness when the industrial sector becomes connected to your home. Security policies and practices have not yet caught up to the internet capabilities of some of our most common products.",
  -Modeling Discrete Optimization,modelingoptimization,https://coursera.org/learn/modelingoptimization,Computer Sciences,The University of Melbourne,Learn a new way to approach problem solving by stating the problem and letting powerful constraint solving software do the rest. This class teaches you the art of encoding complex discrete optimization problems in the MiniZinc modeling language and then shows you how to effortlessly solve them by leveraging state-of-the-art open-source constraint solving software.,
  -System Validation: Automata and behavioural equivalences,automata-system-validation,https://coursera.org/learn/automata-system-validation,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"Have you ever experienced software systems failing? Websites crash, calendar not synchronising, or even a power blackout. Of course you have! But did you know that many of these errors are the result of communication errors either within a system or between systems? Depending on the system, the impact of software failures can be huge, even resulting in massive economic damage or loss of lives. Software, and in particular the communication between software-intensive systems, is very complex and very difficult to get right.",
  -Embedded Hardware and Operating Systems,embedded-operating-system,https://coursera.org/learn/embedded-operating-system,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"This course is intended for the Bachelor and Master's students, who like practical programming and making IoTs applications! In this course we will talk about two components of a cyber physical system, namely hardware and operating systems. After completing this course, you will have the knowledge of both hardware components and operating systems. You are able to plan and use embedded operating systems in resource-constraint devices for Internet-of-Things (cyber physical system) applications.",
  -Architecting Smart IoT Devices,iot-architecture,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-architecture,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"This course will teach you how to develop an embedded systems device. In order to reduce the time to market, many pre-made hardware and software components are available today. You'll discover all the available hardware and software components, such as processor families, operating systems, boards and networks. You'll also learn how to actually use and integrate these components.",
  -"C++ For C Programmers, Part B",c-plus-plus-b,https://coursera.org/learn/c-plus-plus-b,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Santa Cruz",This course is for experienced C programmers who want to program in C++. The examples and exercises require a basic understanding of algorithms and object-oriented software.,
  -Cybersecurity and the X-Factor,cybersecurity-and-x-factor,https://coursera.org/learn/cybersecurity-and-x-factor,Computer Sciences,University System of Georgia,"What is the X-Factor? In Cybersecurity, the X-Factor related to unknown and unpredictable human behavior within and outside of your organization. “No one really knows why humans do what they do”, (David K. Reynolds), and because of this organizations can be unprepared for malicious, untrained, or even best intentioned behavior that can cause alarm and sometimes irreparable harm.",
  -Advanced Algorithms and Complexity,advanced-algorithms-and-complexity,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-algorithms-and-complexity,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","You've learned the basic algorithms now and are ready to step into the area of more complex problems and algorithms to solve them. Advanced algorithms build upon basic ones and use new ideas. We will start with networks flows which are used in more typical applications such as optimal matchings, finding disjoint paths and flight scheduling as well as more surprising ones like image segmentation in computer vision. We then proceed to linear programming with applications in optimizing budget allocation, portfolio optimization, finding the cheapest diet satisfying all requirements and many others.",
  -"Algorithms, Part I",introduction-to-algorithms,https://coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-algorithms,Computer Sciences,Princeton University,"This course covers the essential information that every serious programmer needs to know about algorithms and data structures, with emphasis on applications and scientific performance analysis of Java implementations. Part I covers elementary data structures, sorting, and searching algorithms. Part II focuses on graph- and string-processing algorithms.",
  -"Programming Languages, Part B",programming-languages-part-b,https://coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-b,Computer Sciences,University of Washington,"This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming. The course uses the languages ML, Racket, and Ruby as vehicles for teaching the concepts, but the real intent is to teach enough about how any language “fits together” to make you more effective programming in any language -- and in learning new ones.",
  -Single Page Web Applications with AngularJS,single-page-web-apps-with-angularjs,https://coursera.org/learn/single-page-web-apps-with-angularjs,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Do you want to write powerful, maintainable, and testable front end applications faster and with less code? Then consider joining this course to gain skills in one of the most popular Single Page Application (SPA) frameworks today, AngularJS. Developed and backed by Google, AngularJS is a very marketable skill to acquire.",
  -Python Programming: A Concise Introduction,python-programming-introduction,https://coursera.org/learn/python-programming-introduction,Computer Sciences,Wesleyan University,"The goal of the course is to introduce students to Python Version 3.x programming using hands on instruction. It will show how to install Python and use the Spyder IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for writing and debugging programs. The approach will be to present an example followed by a small exercise where the learner tries something similar to solidify a concept. At the end of each module there will be an exercise where the student is required to write simple programs and submit them for grading. It is intended for students with little or no programming background, although students with such a background should be able to move forward at their preferred pace. The course is four modules long and is designed to be completed in four weeks.",
  -Introduction to UI Design,ui-design,https://coursera.org/learn/ui-design,Computer Sciences,University of Minnesota,"In this course, you will gain an understanding of the critical importance of user interface design. You will also learn industry-standard methods for how to approach the design of a user interface and key theories and frameworks that underlie the design of most interfaces you use today. Through a series of case studies on commercial systems - many of which you likely use on a regular basis - we will illustrate the benefits of good design. We will also demonstrate how the costs of bad design can often be severe (in user experience, money, and even human lives).",
  -Getting started with Augmented Reality,augmented-reality,https://coursera.org/learn/augmented-reality,Computer Sciences,Institut Mines-Télécom,"This course will teach you the basics of developing mobile applications using Mixed and Augmented Reality (MAR) technologies. Through hands-on projects, you’ll learn practical techniques to rapidly and easily prototype three different applications for Android smartphones and tablets – even with no previous coding experience. If you’re a creative entrepreneur, this is your ideal introduction to today’s trends in the products and technologies of the emerging augmented reality market.",
  -Introduction to Web Development,web-development,https://coursera.org/learn/web-development,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Davis","This course is designed to start you on a path toward future studies in web development and design, no matter how little experience or technical knowledge you currently have. The web is a very big place, and if you are the typical internet user, you probably visit several websites every day, whether for business, entertainment or education. But have you ever wondered how these websites actually work? How are they built? How do browsers, computers, and mobile devices interact with the web?",
  -Audio Signal Processing for Music Applications,audio-signal-processing,https://coursera.org/learn/audio-signal-processing,Computer Sciences,"Universitat Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona, Stanford University","In this course you will learn about audio signal processing methodologies that are specific for music and of use in real applications. We focus on the spectral processing techniques of relevance for the description and transformation of sounds, developing the basic theoretical and practical knowledge with which to analyze, synthesize, transform and describe audio signals in the context of music applications. The course is based on open software and content. The demonstrations and programming exercises are done using Python under Ubuntu, and the references and materials for the course come from open online repositories.",
  -Computational Neuroscience,computational-neurosciencecompneuro,https://coursera.org/learn/computational-neurosciencecompneuro,Computer Sciences,University of Washington,"This course provides an introduction to basic computational methods for understanding what nervous systems do and for determining how they function. We will explore the computational principles governing various aspects of vision, sensory-motor control, learning, and memory. Specific topics that will be covered include representation of information by spiking neurons, processing of information in neural networks, and algorithms for adaptation and learning.",
  -Learn to Program: The Fundamentals,learn-to-program,https://coursera.org/learn/learn-to-program,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,": Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to write fun and useful programs using the Python language",
  -"Cloud Computing Applications, Part 2",cloud-applications-2,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-applications-2,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Welcome to the Cloud Computing Applications course, the second part of a two-course series designed to give you a comprehensive view on the world of Cloud Computing and Big Data! In this second course we continue Cloud Computing Applications by exploring how the Cloud opens up data analytics of huge volumes of data that are static or streamed at high velocity and represent an enormous variety of information. Cloud applications and data analytics represent a disruptive change in the ways that society is informed by, and uses information. We start the first week by introducing some major systems for data analysis including Spark and the major frameworks and distributions of analytics applications including Hortonworks, Cloudera, and MapR.",
  -Android App Components and Data Persistence,androidapps,https://coursera.org/learn/androidapps,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This 4 week MOOC builds upon the overview of Java and Android covered in Course 1 by delving deeper into core Android app components, such as intents, activities, and broadcast receivers. You will learn by example how to program these core Android components together with Android concurrency frameworks and basic Java file I/O classes (such as File and InputStream) and Android storage mechanisms (such as Shared Preferences). You'll also learn how to use the Git source code management system. Throughout this MOOC you'll work incrementally on a project involving downloading, storing, and display images from remote websites. Each week you will add additional capabilities to the project, based on material covered in the lecture videos.",
  -"Programming Languages, Part C",programming-languages-part-c,https://coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-c,Computer Sciences,University of Washington,"This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming. The course uses the languages ML, Racket, and Ruby as vehicles for teaching the concepts, but the real intent is to teach enough about how any language “fits together” to make you more effective programming in any language -- and in learning new ones.",
  -Discrete Optimization,optimization,https://coursera.org/learn/optimization,Computer Sciences,The University of Melbourne,"Tired of solving Sudokus by hand? This class teaches you how to solve complex search problems with discrete optimization concepts and algorithms, including constraint programming, local search, and mixed-integer programming. Optimization technology is ubiquitous in our society. It schedules planes and their crews, coordinates the production of steel, and organizes the transportation of iron ore from the mines to the ports. Optimization clears the day-ahead and real-time markets to deliver electricity to millions of people.",
  -"Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms",algorithms-divide-conquer,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-divide-conquer,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: asymptotic (""Big-oh"") notation, sorting and searching, divide and conquer (master method, integer and matrix multiplication, closest pair), and randomized algorithms (QuickSort, contraction algorithm for min cuts).",
  -User Research and Design,design-research,https://coursera.org/learn/design-research,Computer Sciences,University of Minnesota,"In this course you will learn and practice techniques of user research and early UI design exploration. First, you will learn and practice several techniques for user research, including in-person research and survey and log-analysis techniques. Then, you will learn to analyze and deliver user research in forms that support UI design, including personas, use cases, tasks, and scenarios. Finally, you will learn and practice ideation techniques that start from user research and broadly generate potential design ideas.",
  -Web Connectivity and Security in Embedded Systems,iot-connectivity-security,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-connectivity-security,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"In this course, we will explore several technologies that bring modern devices together, facilitating a network of connected things and making devices internet enabled. We will discuss rules, protocols, and standards for these devices to communicate with each other in the network. We will also go through security and privacy issues and challenges in cyber physical systems (CPS). We will explore measures and techniques for securing systems from different perspectives. Possible attack models are introduced and solutions to tackle such attacks are discussed. Moreover, some basic concepts related to privacy in cyber physical systems are presented.",
  -Cloud Networking,cloud-networking,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-networking,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course will allow us to explore in-depth the challenges for cloud networking—how do we build a network infrastructure that provides the agility to deploy virtual networks on a shared infrastructure, that enables both efficient transfer of big data and low latency communication, and that enables applications to be federated across countries and continents? Examining how these objectives are met will set the stage for the rest of the course.",
  -System Validation (2): Model process behaviour,system-validation-behavior,https://coursera.org/learn/system-validation-behavior,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"System Validation is the field that studies the fundamentals of system communication and information processing. It is the next logical step in computer science and improving software development in general. It allows automated analysis based on behavioural models of a system to see if a system works correctly. We want to guarantee that the systems does exactly what it is supposed to do. The techniques put forward in system validation allow to prove the absence of errors. It allows to design embedded system behaviour that is structurally sound and as a side effect enforces you to make the behaviour simple and insightful. This means that the systems are not only behaving correctly, but are also much easier to maintain and adapt. ’Model process behaviour' is the follow up MOOC to 'Automata and behavioural equivalences'. This MOOC shows you how to model process behaviour, in particular protocols and distributed algorithms, dive deeper in the properties of system behaviour, and keep things simple to avoid a state space explosion. Reading material. J.F. Groote and M.R. Mousavi. Modeling and analysis of communicating systems.",
  -"Graph Search, Shortest Paths, and Data Structures",algorithms-graphs-data-structures,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-graphs-data-structures,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: data structures (heaps, balanced search trees, hash tables, bloom filters), graph primitives (applications of breadth-first and depth-first search, connectivity, shortest paths), and their applications (ranging from deduplication to social network analysis).",
  -Quantitative Model Checking,quantitative-model-checking,https://coursera.org/learn/quantitative-model-checking,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"Model checking focuses on the qualitative evaluation of the model. As formal verification method, model checking analyzes the functionality of the system model. A property that needs to be analyzed has to be specified in a logic with consistent syntax and semantics. For every state of the model, it is then checked whether the property is valid or not. The main focus of this course is on quantitative model checking for Markov chains, for which we will discuss efficient computational algorithms. The learning objectives of this course are as follows: - Express dependability properties for different kinds of transition systems . - Compute the evolution over time for Markov chains. - Check whether single states satisfy a certain formula and compute the satisfaction set for properties.",
  -Fundamentals of Computer Architecture,computer-architecture-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/computer-architecture-fundamentals,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"This course introduces several topics for the learners about the fundamentals of computer architecture. After completing this course, the students will have the basic knowledge of: • Computer Performance and Benchmarks • Summarizing Performance • Amdahl’s law • Introduction to Embedded Systems",
  -Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies,cryptocurrency,https://coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency,Computer Sciences,Princeton University,"To really understand what is special about Bitcoin, we need to understand how it works at a technical level. We’ll address the important questions about Bitcoin, such as: How does Bitcoin work? What makes Bitcoin different? How secure are your Bitcoins? How anonymous are Bitcoin users? What determines the price of Bitcoins? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? What might the future hold? After this course, you’ll know everything you need to be able to separate fact from fiction when reading claims about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You’ll have the conceptual foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the Bitcoin network. And you’ll be able to integrate ideas from Bitcoin in your own projects.",
  -Data Processing Using Python,python-data-processing,https://coursera.org/learn/python-data-processing,Computer Sciences,Nanjing University,"This course (The English copy of ""用Python玩转数据"" <https://www.coursera.org/learn/hipython/home/welcome>) is mainly for non-computer majors. It starts with the basic syntax of Python, to how to acquire data in Python locally and from network, to how to present data, then to how to conduct basic and advanced statistic analysis and visualization of data, and finally to how to design a simple GUI to present and process data, advancing level by level. This course, as a whole, based on Yahoo Finance data and through establishment of popular cases one after another, enables learners to more vividly feel the simplicity, elegance and robustness of Python. Also, it discusses the fast, convenient and efficient data processing capacity of Python in humanities and social sciences fields like literature, sociology and journalism and science and engineering fields like mathematics and biology, in addition to business fields. Similarly, it may also be flexibly applied into other fields.",
  -"Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Dynamic Programming",algorithms-greedy,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-greedy,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: greedy algorithms (scheduling, minimum spanning trees, clustering, Huffman codes) and dynamic programming (knapsack, sequence alignment, optimal search trees).",
  -Configuration Management on Google Cloud Platform,gcp-configuration-management,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-configuration-management,Computer Sciences,Google Cloud,"This course introduces configuration management on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Many of the concepts in this course rely on topics covered in earlier courses in the specialization, so if you haven’t yet worked through that material, you should go back and complete the first and second courses. The labs in this course also rely on work you should have completed in the labs in the previous course. If you haven’t completed the labs in the previous course you should go back and make sure you work through all the labs and have an image of the Guestbook container before moving on to the labs in this course.",
  -"Computing, Storage and Security with Google Cloud Platform",gcp-security,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-security,Computer Sciences,Google Cloud,"This course covers the details of Computing, Storage and Security on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You should be familiar with the fundamentals of working with Google Cloud Platform before working through this course. If you’re new to cloud in general, or Google Cloud Platform in particular, you should first work through our introductory course, Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals. In this course, you learn how to manage both individual and groups of instances or virtual machines and their related resources like disks and IP addresses. You also learn about creating and configuring networks and firewall rules from scratch. You learn about securely managing access to your projects using Identity and Access Management or IAM. Finally, you learn about managing Google Cloud Storage resources in your projects.",
  -Designing Highly Scalable Web Apps on Google Cloud Platform,gcp-scalable-web-apps,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-scalable-web-apps,Computer Sciences,Google Cloud,This course covers the details of designing highly available and scalable applications and services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). In this course you learn how to configure autoscaling with Compute Engine instance groups. You also configure a highly available architecture to serve web content across multiple fault-tolerant instance groups in different zones using a load balancer. This part of the course also includes an introductory lab on Google Cloud Deployment Manager to help you further automate the management and deployment of Google Cloud Platform resources.,
  -Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals,gcp-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-fundamentals,Computer Sciences,Google Cloud,"This course covers the fundamentals of Google Cloud Platform. This course introduces you to important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You learn about, and compare, many of the computing and storage services available in Google Cloud Platform, including Google App Engine, Google Compute Engine, and Google Container Engine. Notes: • You'll need a Google/Gmail account and a credit card or bank account to sign up for the Google Cloud Platform free trial (Google is currently blocked in China). • There is a known issue with certain EU countries where individuals are not able to sign up, but you may sign up as ""business"" status and intend to see a potential economic benefit from the trial. More details at: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6090602",
  -"System Validation (4): Modelling Software, Protocols, and other behaviour",system-validation-software-protocols,https://coursera.org/learn/system-validation-software-protocols,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"System Validation is the field that studies the fundamentals of system communication and information processing. It allows automated analysis based on behavioural models of a system to see if a system works correctly. We want to guarantee that the systems does exactly what it is supposed to do. The techniques put forward in system validation allow to prove the absence of errors. It allows to design embedded system behaviour that is structurally sound and as a side effect enforces you to make the behaviour simple and insightful. This means that the systems are not only behaving correctly, but are also much easier to maintain and adapt. ’Modeling Software Protocols, and other behaviour' demonstrates the power of formal methods in software modelling, communication protocols, and other examples.",
  -System Validation (3): Requirements by modal formulas,system-validation-modal-formulas,https://coursera.org/learn/system-validation-modal-formulas,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"System Validation is the field that studies the fundamentals of system communication and information processing. It allows automated analysis based on behavioural models of a system to see if a system works correctly. We want to guarantee that the systems does exactly what it is supposed to do. The techniques put forward in system validation allow to prove the absence of errors. It allows to design embedded system behaviour that is structurally sound and as a side effect enforces you to make the behaviour simple and insightful. This means that the systems are not only behaving correctly, but are also much easier to maintain and adapt. ’Requirements by modal formulas' is the third course that shows you how to specify requirements for the automata in order to establish the correct relation between the requirements and the behaviour of the system. Reading material. J.F. Groote and M.R. Mousavi. Modeling and analysis of communicating systems.",
  -"Shortest Paths Revisited, NP-Complete Problems and What To Do About Them",algorithms-npcomplete,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-npcomplete,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: shortest paths (Bellman-Ford, Floyd-Warshall, Johnson), NP-completeness and what it means for the algorithm designer, and strategies for coping with computationally intractable problems (analysis of heuristics, local search).",
  -Building and Deploying Android App Projects,badaap,https://coursera.org/learn/badaap,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This 4 week MOOC builds upon the core Android app components and concurrency frameworks covered in Course 2 by focusing on started and bound services, local inter-process communication (IPC), and content providers. Case study apps will be examined from multiple perspectives to learn how to program these app components using Android's material design paradigm. Students will work incrementally on a hands-on project involving a material design-based RSS reader app. Each week you will add additional capabilities to the project, based on material covered in the lecture videos. You'll spend roughly 4 hours per week watching video lectures, taking quizzes, and programming assignments with Java and Android.",
  -Prototyping and Design,prototyping-design,https://coursera.org/learn/prototyping-design,Computer Sciences,University of Minnesota,"In this course you will learn how to design and prototype user interfaces to address the users and tasks identified in user research. Through a series of lectures and exercises, you will learn and practice paper- and other low-fidelity prototyping techniques; you will learn and apply principles from graphic design, including design patterns; you will learn to write a design rationale; and you will learn how to design for specific populations and situations, including principles and practices of accessible design.",
  -Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: Nand to Tetris Part II (project-centered course),nand2tetris2,https://coursera.org/learn/nand2tetris2,Computer Sciences,Hebrew University of Jerusalem,"In this project-centered course you will build a modern software hierarchy, designed to enable the translation and execution of object-based, high-level languages on a bare-bone computer hardware platform. In particular, you will implement a virtual machine and a compiler for a simple, Java-like programming language, and you will develop a basic operating system that closes gaps between the high-level language and the underlying hardware platform. In the process, you will gain a deep, hands-on understanding of numerous topics in applied computer science, e.g. stack processing, parsing, code generation, and classical algorithms and data structures for memory management, vector graphics, input-output handling, and various other topics that lie at the very core of every modern computer system.",
  -Basic Modeling for Discrete Optimization,basic-modeling,https://coursera.org/learn/basic-modeling,Computer Sciences,"The University of Melbourne, The Chinese University of Hong Kong","Optimization is a common form of decision making, and is ubiquitous in our society. Its applications range from solving Sudoku puzzles to arranging seating in a wedding banquet. The same technology can schedule planes and their crews, coordinate the production of steel, and organize the transportation of iron ore from the mines to the ports. Good decisions in manpower and material resources management also allow corporations to improve profit by millions of dollars. Similar problems also underpin much of our daily lives and are part of determining daily delivery routes for packages, making school timetables, and delivering power to our homes.",
  -Information Security: Context and Introduction,information-security-data,https://coursera.org/learn/information-security-data,Computer Sciences,University of London,"In this course you will explore information security through some introductory material and gain an appreciation of the scope and context around the subject. This includes a brief introduction to cryptography, security management and network and computer security that allows you to begin the journey into the study of information security and develop your appreciation of some key information security concepts. The course concludes with a discussion around a simple model of the information security industry and explores skills, knowledge and roles so that you can determine and analyse potential career opportunities in this developing profession and consider how you may need to develop personally to attain your career goals.",
  -Master of Computer Science - Data Science Applicant Community,mcs-ds-applicant,https://coursera.org/learn/mcs-ds-applicant,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"With a full tuition under $20K, the University of Illinois Master of Computer Science - Data Science (MCS-DS) is the most affordable gateway to one of the most lucrative and fastest growing careers of the new millennium. The MCS-DS builds expertise in four core areas of computer science: data visualization, machine learning, data mining and cloud computing, in addition to building valuable skill sets in statistics and information science with courses taught in collaboration with the University’s Statistics Department and ISchool (ranked #1 among Library and Information Studies Schools.) The purpose of this community is to provide you with resources and support during the application process for the MCS-DS.",
  -Advanced Modeling for Discrete Optimization,advancedmodeling,https://coursera.org/learn/advancedmodeling,Computer Sciences,"The University of Melbourne, The Chinese University of Hong Kong","Optimization is a common form of decision making, and is ubiquitous in our society. Its applications range from solving Sudoku puzzles to arranging seating in a wedding banquet. The same technology can schedule planes and their crews, coordinate the production of steel, and organize the transportation of iron ore from the mines to the ports. Good decisions in manpower and material resources management also allow corporations to improve profit by millions of dollars. Similar problems also underpin much of our daily lives and are part of determining daily delivery routes for packages, making school timetables, and delivering power to our homes.",
  -Engineering Maintainable Android Apps,engineeringandroidapps,https://coursera.org/learn/engineeringandroidapps,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"Engineering Maintainable Android Apps, which is a 4 week MOOC that shows by example various methods for engineering maintainable Android apps, including test-driven development methods and how to develop/run unit tests using JUnit and Robotium (or equivalent automated testing frameworks for Android), as well as how to successfully apply common Java/Android software patterns to improve the extensibility and clarity of Android apps. Students will work on the appropriate automated unit quizzes, based on the material covered in the lecture videos. These lessons will demonstrate the benefits of good software engineering practices that are targeted at creating maintainable code for mobile apps.",
  -Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code,program-code,https://coursera.org/learn/program-code,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,"Not all programs are created equal. In this course, we'll focus on writing quality code that runs correctly and efficiently. We'll design, code and validate our programs and learn how to compare programs that are addressing the same task.",
  -Introduction to Social Media Analytics,social-media-analytics-introduction,https://coursera.org/learn/social-media-analytics-introduction,Computer Sciences,Emory University,"Social media not only provides marketers with a means of communicating with their customers, but also a way to better understand their customers. Viewing consumers’ social media activity as the “voice of the consumer,” this session exposes learners to the analytic methods that can be used to convert social media data to marketing insights. In Introduction to Social Media Analytics, learners will be exposed to both the benefits and limitations of relying on social media data compared to traditional methods of marketing research. Partnering with a leading social media listening platform, this course provides learners with the foundational skills of social media listening including the creation of monitors and common social media metrics. Moving beyond social media listening, this course shows learners how social media data can be used to provide insights into market structure and consumers’ perceptions of the brand. Learners will have the opportunity to assess data and discern how to ""listen"" to the data by watching video lectures and completing activities, practice quizzes, discussion boards, and peer assessments.",
  -Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark,big-data-analysys,https://coursera.org/learn/big-data-analysys,Computer Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Manipulating big data distributed over a cluster using functional concepts is rampant in industry, and is arguably one of the first widespread industrial uses of functional ideas. This is evidenced by the popularity of MapReduce and Hadoop, and most recently Apache Spark, a fast, in-memory distributed collections framework written in Scala. In this course, we'll see how the data parallel paradigm can be extended to the distributed case, using Spark throughout. We'll cover Spark's programming model in detail, being careful to understand how and when it differs from familiar programming models, like shared-memory parallel collections or sequential Scala collections",
  -Evaluating User Interfaces,ui-testing,https://coursera.org/learn/ui-testing,Computer Sciences,University of Minnesota,"In this course you will learn and practice several techniques for user interface evaluation. First we start with techniques that can be applied alone or in a design team, including action analysis, walkthroughs, and heuristic evaluation. Then we move on to user testing, including learning from a series of usability tests carried out in a real usability lab, and techniques to carry out your own tests even",
  -Machine Learning,machine-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/machine-learning,Data Science,Stanford University,"Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. In the past decade, machine learning has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human genome. Machine learning is so pervasive today that you probably use it dozens of times a day without knowing it. Many researchers also think it is the best way to make progress towards human-level AI. In this class, you will learn about the most effective machine learning techniques, and gain practice implementing them and getting them to work for yourself. More importantly, you'll learn about not only the theoretical underpinnings of learning, but also gain the practical know-how needed to quickly and powerfully apply these techniques to new problems. Finally, you'll learn about some of Silicon Valley's best practices in innovation as it pertains to machine learning and AI",
  -Data Management and Visualization,data-visualization,https://coursera.org/learn/data-visualization,Data Science,Wesleyan University,"In this course, you will discover what data is and think about what questions you have that can be answered by the data – even if you’ve never thought about data before. Based on existing data, you will learn to develop a research question, describe the variables and their relationships, calculate basic statistics, and present your results clearly. By the end of the course, you will be able to use powerful data analysis tools – either SAS or Python – to manage and visualize your data, including how to deal with missing data, variable groups, and graphs. Throughout the course, you will share your progress with others to gain valuable feedback, while also learning how your peers use data to answer their own questions.",
  -Introduction to People Analytics,people-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/people-analytics,Data Science,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,"This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the role of data and technology in human capital management. Every topic in the course will be covered in the most practical way so that learners get hands-on experience. In the course we use the 4Ts principle: Task, Theory, Technique and Technology so that there is always a connection to organizational performance objectives, an overview of underlying theories and principles, and specific tools which help achieve business objectives.",
  -Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms,data-manipulation,https://coursera.org/learn/data-manipulation,Data Science,University of Washington,"In this course, you will learn the landscape of relevant systems, the principles on which they rely, their tradeoffs, and how to evaluate their utility against your requirements. You will learn how practical systems were derived from the frontier of research in computer science and what systems are coming on the horizon. Cloud computing, SQL and NoSQL databases, MapReduce and the ecosystem it spawned, Spark and its contemporaries, and specialized systems for graphs and arrays will be covered.",
  -Data Science in Real Life,real-life-data-science,https://coursera.org/learn/real-life-data-science,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Have you ever had the perfect data science experience? The data pull went perfectly. There were no merging errors or missing data. Hypotheses were clearly defined prior to analyses. Randomization was performed for the treatment of interest. The analytic plan was outlined prior to analysis and followed exactly. The conclusions were clear and actionable decisions were obvious. Has that every happened to you? Of course not. Data analysis in real life is messy. How does one manage a team facing real data analyses? In this one-week course, we contrast the ideal with what happens in real life.",
  -Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics ,health-informatics-professional,https://coursera.org/learn/health-informatics-professional,Data Science,University of Minnesota,"Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics is a graduate-level, hands-on interactive exploration of real informatics tools and techniques offered by the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota's National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. We will be incorporating technology-enabled educational innovations to bring the subject matter to life. Over the 10 modules, we will create a vital online learning community and a working healthcare informatics network.",
  -Building a Data Science Team,build-data-science-team,https://coursera.org/learn/build-data-science-team,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Data science is a team sport. As a data science executive it is your job to recruit, organize, and manage the team to success. In this one-week course, we will cover how you can find the right people to fill out your data science team, how to organize them to give them the best chance to feel empowered and successful, and how to manage your team as it grows.",
  -A Crash Course in Data Science,data-science-course,https://coursera.org/learn/data-science-course,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"By now you have definitely heard about data science and big data. In this one-week class, we will provide a crash course in what these terms mean and how they play a role in successful organizations. This class is for anyone who wants to learn what all the data science action is about, including those who will eventually need to manage data scientists. The goal is to get you up to speed as quickly as possible on data science without all the fluff. We've designed this course to be as convenient as possible without sacrificing any of the essentials.",
  -Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach,ml-foundations,https://coursera.org/learn/ml-foundations,Data Science,University of Washington,Do you have data and wonder what it can tell you? Do you need a deeper understanding of the core ways in which machine learning can improve your business? Do you want to be able to converse with specialists about anything from regression and classification to deep learning and recommender systems?,
  -Customer Analytics,wharton-customer-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-customer-analytics,Data Science,University of Pennsylvania,"Data about our browsing and buying patterns are everywhere. From credit card transactions and online shopping carts, to customer loyalty programs and user-generated ratings/reviews, there is a staggering amount of data that can be used to describe our past buying behaviors, predict future ones, and prescribe new ways to influence future purchasing decisions. In this course, four of Wharton’s top marketing professors will provide an overview of key areas of customer analytics: descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, and their application to real-world business practices including Amazon, Google, and Starbucks to name a few.",
  -Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies,analytics-business-metrics,https://coursera.org/learn/analytics-business-metrics,Data Science,Duke University,"In this course, you will learn best practices for how to use data analytics to make any company more competitive and more profitable. You will be able to recognize the most critical business metrics and distinguish them from mere data. You’ll get a clear picture of the vital but different roles business analysts, business data analysts, and data scientists each play in various types of companies. And you’ll know exactly what skills are required to be hired for, and succeed at, these high-demand jobs.",
  -The Importance of Listening,importance-of-listening,https://coursera.org/learn/importance-of-listening,Data Science,Northwestern University,"In this second MOOC in the Social Marketing Specialization - ""The Importance of Listening"" - you will go deep into the Big Data of social and gain a more complete picture of what can be learned from interactions on social sites. You will be amazed at just how much information can be extracted from a single post, picture, or video. In this MOOC, guest speakers from Social Gist, BroadReader, Lexalytics, Semantria, Radian6, and IBM's Bluemix and Social Media Analytics Tools (SMA) will join Professor Hlavac to take you through the full range of analytics tools and options available to you and how to get the most from them.",
  -Mastering Data Analysis in Excel,analytics-excel,https://coursera.org/learn/analytics-excel,Data Science,Duke University,"Important: The focus of this course is on math - specifically, data-analysis concepts and methods - not on Excel for its own sake. We use Excel to do our calculations, and all math formulas are given as Excel Spreadsheets, but we do not attempt to cover Excel Macros, Visual Basic, Pivot Tables, or other intermediate-to-advanced Excel functionality.",
  -Hadoop Platform and Application Framework,hadoop,https://coursera.org/learn/hadoop,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","This course is for novice programmers or business people who would like to understand the core tools used to wrangle and analyze big data. With no prior experience, you will have the opportunity to walk through hands-on examples with Hadoop and Spark frameworks, two of the most common in the industry. You will be comfortable explaining the specific components and basic processes of the Hadoop architecture, software stack, and execution environment.",
  -Data Analysis Tools,data-analysis-tools,https://coursera.org/learn/data-analysis-tools,Data Science,Wesleyan University,"In this course, you will develop and test hypotheses about your data. You will learn a variety of statistical tests, as well as strategies to know how to apply the appropriate one to your specific data and question. Using your choice of two powerful statistical software packages (SAS or Python), you will explore ANOVA, Chi-Square, and Pearson correlation analysis. This course will guide you through basic statistical principles to give you the tools to answer questions you have developed.",
  -Practical Predictive Analytics: Models and Methods,datasci2,https://coursera.org/learn/datasci2,Data Science,University of Washington,"Statistical experiment design and analytics are at the heart of data science. In this course you will design statistical experiments and analyze the results using modern methods. You will also explore the common pitfalls in interpreting statistical arguments, especially those associated with big data. Collectively, this course will help you internalize a core set of practical and effective machine learning methods and concepts, and apply them to solve some real world problems.",
  -Econometrics: Methods and Applications,erasmus-econometrics,https://coursera.org/learn/erasmus-econometrics,Data Science,Erasmus University Rotterdam,"Do you wish to know how to analyze and solve business and economic questions with data analysis tools? Then Econometrics by Erasmus University Rotterdam is the right course for you, as you learn how to translate data into models to make forecasts and to support decision making.",
  -Bioconductor for Genomic Data Science,genbioconductor,https://coursera.org/learn/genbioconductor,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,Learn to use tools from the Bioconductor project to perform analysis of genomic data. This is the fifth course in the Genomic Big Data Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.,
  -Regression Models,regression-models,https://coursera.org/learn/regression-models,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Linear models, as their name implies, relates an outcome to a set of predictors of interest using linear assumptions. Regression models, a subset of linear models, are the most important statistical analysis tool in a data scientist’s toolkit. This course covers regression analysis, least squares and inference using regression models. Special cases of the regression model, ANOVA and ANCOVA will be covered as well. Analysis of residuals and variability will be investigated. The course will cover modern thinking on model selection and novel uses of regression models including scatterplot smoothing.",
  -Managing Big Data with MySQL,analytics-mysql,https://coursera.org/learn/analytics-mysql,Data Science,Duke University,"This course is an introduction to how to use relational databases in business analysis. You will learn how relational databases work, and how to use entity-relationship diagrams to display the structure of the data held within them. This knowledge will help you understand how data needs to be collected in business contexts, and help you identify features you want to consider if you are involved in implementing new data collection efforts. You will also learn how to execute the most useful query and table aggregation statements for business analysts, and practice using them with real databases.",
  -Relational Database Support for Data Warehouses,dwrelational,https://coursera.org/learn/dwrelational,Data Science,University of Colorado System,"Relational Database Support for Data Warehouses is the third course in the Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence specialization. In this course, you'll use analytical elements of SQL for answering business intelligence questions. You'll learn features of relational database management systems for managing summary data commonly used in business intelligence reporting. Because of the importance and difficulty of managing implementations of data warehouses, we'll also delve into storage architectures, scalable parallel processing, data governance, and big data impacts.",
  -Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 2,biostatistics-2,https://coursera.org/learn/biostatistics-2,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Learn fundamental concepts in data analysis and statistical inference, focusing on one and two independent samples.",
  -Exploratory Data Analysis,exploratory-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/exploratory-data-analysis,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,This course covers the essential exploratory techniques for summarizing data. These techniques are typically applied before formal modeling commences and can help inform the development of more complex statistical models. Exploratory techniques are also important for eliminating or sharpening potential hypotheses about the world that can be addressed by the data. We will cover in detail the plotting systems in R as well as some of the basic principles of constructing data graphics. We will also cover some of the common multivariate statistical techniques used to visualize high-dimensional data.,
  -Developing Data Products,data-products,https://coursera.org/learn/data-products,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"A data product is the production output from a statistical analysis. Data products automate complex analysis tasks or use technology to expand the utility of a data informed model, algorithm or inference. This course covers the basics of creating data products using Shiny, R packages, and interactive graphics. The course will focus on the statistical fundamentals of creating a data product that can be used to tell a story about data to a mass audience.",
  -Classification,ml-classification,https://coursera.org/learn/ml-classification,Data Science,University of Washington,"In our case study on analyzing sentiment, you will create models that predict a class (positive/negative sentiment) from input features (text of the reviews, user profile information,...). In our second case study for this course, loan default prediction, you will tackle financial data, and predict when a loan is likely to be risky or safe for the bank. These tasks are an examples of classification, one of the most widely used areas of machine learning, with a broad array of applications, including ad targeting, spam detection, medical diagnosis and image classification.",
  -Command Line Tools for Genomic Data Science,genomic-tools,https://coursera.org/learn/genomic-tools,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Introduces to the commands that you need to manage and analyze directories, files, and large sets of genomic data. This is the fourth course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.",
  -Algorithms for DNA Sequencing,dna-sequencing,https://coursera.org/learn/dna-sequencing,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"We will learn computational methods -- algorithms and data structures -- for analyzing DNA sequencing data. We will learn a little about DNA, genomics, and how DNA sequencing is used. We will use Python to implement key algorithms and data structures and to analyze real genomes and DNA sequencing datasets.",
  -"Communicating Results: Visualization, Ethics, Reproducibility",datasci3,https://coursera.org/learn/datasci3,Data Science,University of Washington,"Important note: The second assignment in this course covers the topic of Graph Analysis in the Cloud, in which you will use Elastic MapReduce and the Pig language to perform graph analysis over a moderately large dataset, about 600GB. In order to complete this assignment, you will need to make use of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon has generously offered to provide up to $50 in free AWS credit to each learner in this course to allow you to complete the assignment. Further details regarding the process of receiving this credit are available in the welcome message for the course, as well as in the assignment itself.",
  -Statistical Inference,statistical-inference,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-inference,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Statistical inference is the process of drawing conclusions about populations or scientific truths from data. There are many modes of performing inference including statistical modeling, data oriented strategies and explicit use of designs and randomization in analyses. Furthermore, there are broad theories (frequentists, Bayesian, likelihood, design based, …) and numerous complexities (missing data, observed and unobserved confounding, biases) for performing inference. A practitioner can often be left in a debilitating maze of techniques, philosophies and nuance.",
  -Genomic Data Science with Galaxy,galaxy-project,https://coursera.org/learn/galaxy-project,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,Learn to use the tools that are available from the Galaxy Project. This is the second course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization.,
  -"Business Intelligence Concepts, Tools, and Applications",dwbizintelligence,https://coursera.org/learn/dwbizintelligence,Data Science,University of Colorado System,"This is the fourth course in the Data Warehouse for Business Intelligence specialization. Ideally, the courses should be taken in sequence. In this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills for using data warehouses for business intelligence purposes and for working as a business intelligence developer. You’ll have the opportunity to work with large data sets in a data warehouse environment and will learn the use of MicroStrategy's Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and Visualization capabilities to create visualizations and dashboards.",
  -Regression,ml-regression,https://coursera.org/learn/ml-regression,Data Science,University of Washington,"In our first case study, predicting house prices, you will create models that predict a continuous value (price) from input features (square footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms,...). This is just one of the many places where regression can be applied. Other applications range from predicting health outcomes in medicine, stock prices in finance, and power usage in high-performance computing, to analyzing which regulators are important for gene expression.",
  -Practical Machine Learning,practical-machine-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/practical-machine-learning,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"One of the most common tasks performed by data scientists and data analysts are prediction and machine learning. This course will cover the basic components of building and applying prediction functions with an emphasis on practical applications. The course will provide basic grounding in concepts such as training and tests sets, overfitting, and error rates.",
  -R Programming,r-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/r-programming,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"In this course you will learn how to program in R and how to use R for effective data analysis. You will learn how to install and configure software necessary for a statistical programming environment and describe generic programming language concepts as they are implemented in a high-level statistical language. The course covers practical issues in statistical computing which includes programming in R, reading data into R, accessing R packages, writing R functions, debugging, profiling R code, and organizing and commenting R code.",
  -Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau,analytics-tableau,https://coursera.org/learn/analytics-tableau,Data Science,Duke University,"One of the skills that characterizes great business data analysts is the ability to communicate practical implications of quantitative analyses to any kind of audience member. Even the most sophisticated statistical analyses are not useful to a business if they do not lead to actionable advice, or if the answers to those business questions are not conveyed in a way that non-technical people can understand.",
  -Reproducible Research,reproducible-research,https://coursera.org/learn/reproducible-research,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"This course focuses on the concepts and tools behind reporting modern data analyses in a reproducible manner. Reproducible research is the idea that data analyses, and more generally, scientific claims, are published with their data and software code so that others may verify the findings and build upon them. The need for reproducibility is increasing dramatically as data analyses become more complex, involving larger datasets and more sophisticated computations. Reproducibility allows for people to focus on the actual content of a data analysis, rather than on superficial details reported in a written summary. In addition, reproducibility makes an analysis more useful to others because the data and code that actually conducted the analysis are available.",
  -Basic Statistics,basic-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/basic-statistics,Data Science,University of Amsterdam,"Understanding statistics is essential to understand research in the social and behavioral sciences. In this course you will learn the basics of statistics; not just how to calculate them, but also how to evaluate them. This course will also prepare you for the next course in the specialization - the course Inferential Statistics.",
  -Principles of fMRI 1,functional-mri,https://coursera.org/learn/functional-mri,Data Science,"Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado Boulder","This course covers the design, acquisition, and analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data. A book related to the class can be found here: https://leanpub.com/principlesoffmri",
  -Case studies in business analytics with ACCENTURE,case-studies-business-analytics-accenture,https://coursera.org/learn/case-studies-business-analytics-accenture,Data Science,ESSEC Business School,"This course is RESTRICTED TO LEARNERS ENROLLED IN Strategic Business Analytics SPECIALIZATION as a preparation to the capstone project. During the first two MOOCs, we focused on specific techniques for specific applications. Instead, with this third MOOC, we provide you with different examples to open your mind to different applications from different industries and sectors.",
  -The Data Scientist’s Toolbox,data-scientists-tools,https://coursera.org/learn/data-scientists-tools,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"In this course you will get an introduction to the main tools and ideas in the data scientist's toolbox. The course gives an overview of the data, questions, and tools that data analysts and data scientists work with. There are two components to this course. The first is a conceptual introduction to the ideas behind turning data into actionable knowledge. The second is a practical introduction to the tools",
  -Statistics for Genomic Data Science,statistical-genomics,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-genomics,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,An introduction to the statistics behind the most popular genomic data science projects. This is the sixth course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.,
  -Research Data Management and Sharing,data-management,https://coursera.org/learn/data-management,Data Science,"The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The University of Edinburgh","This course will provide learners with an introduction to research data management and sharing. After completing this course, learners will understand the diversity of data and their management needs across the research data lifecycle, be able to identify the components of good data management plans, and be familiar with best practices for working with data including the organization, documentation, and storage and security of data. Learners will also understand the impetus and importance of archiving and sharing data as well as how to assess the trustworthiness of repositories.",
  -Introduction to Genomic Technologies,introduction-genomics,https://coursera.org/learn/introduction-genomics,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"This course introduces you to the basic biology of modern genomics and the experimental tools that we use to measure it. We'll introduce the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology and cover how next-generation sequencing can be used to measure DNA, RNA, and epigenetic patterns. You'll also get an introduction to the key concepts in computing and data science that you'll need to understand how data from next-generation sequencing experiments are generated and analyzed.",
  -Regression Modeling in Practice,regression-modeling-practice,https://coursera.org/learn/regression-modeling-practice,Data Science,Wesleyan University,"This course focuses on one of the most important tools in your data analysis arsenal: regression analysis. Using either SAS or Python, you will begin with linear regression and then learn how to adapt when two variables do not present a clear linear relationship. You will examine multiple predictors of your outcome and be able to identify confounding variables, which can tell a more compelling story about your results.",
  -Getting and Cleaning Data,data-cleaning,https://coursera.org/learn/data-cleaning,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Before you can work with data you have to get some. This course will cover the basic ways that data can be obtained. The course will cover obtaining data from the web, from APIs, from databases and from colleagues in various formats. It will also cover the basics of data cleaning and how to make data “tidy”. Tidy data dramatically speed downstream data analysis tasks. The course will also cover the components of a complete data set including raw data, processing instructions, codebooks, and processed data.",
  -Machine Learning for Data Analysis,machine-learning-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/machine-learning-data-analysis,Data Science,Wesleyan University,"Are you interested in predicting future outcomes using your data? This course helps you do just that! Machine learning is the process of developing, testing, and applying predictive algorithms to achieve this goal. Make sure to familiarize yourself with course 3 of this specialization before diving into these machine learning concepts. Building on Course 3, which introduces students to integral supervised machine learning concepts, this course will provide an overview of many additional concepts, techniques, and algorithms in machine learning, from basic classification to decision trees and clustering.",
  -Inferential Statistics,inferential-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/inferential-statistics,Data Science,University of Amsterdam,"Inferential statistics are concerned with making inferences based on relations found in the sample, to relations in the population. Inferential statistics help us decide, for example, whether the differences between groups that we see in our data are strong enough to provide support for our hypothesis that group differences exist in general, in the entire population.",
  -Python for Genomic Data Science,python-genomics,https://coursera.org/learn/python-genomics,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,This class provides an introduction to the Python programming language and the iPython notebook. This is the third course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.,
  -Framework for Data Collection and Analysis,data-collection-framework,https://coursera.org/learn/data-collection-framework,Data Science,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course will provide you with an overview over existing data products and a good understanding of the data collection landscape. With the help of various examples you will learn how to identify which data sources likely matches your research question, how to turn your research question into measurable pieces, and how to think about an analysis plan. Furthermore this course will provide you with a general framework that allows you to not only understand each step required for a successful data collection and analysis, but also help you to identify errors associated with different data sources.",
  -Data Visualization,datavisualization,https://coursera.org/learn/datavisualization,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Learn the general concepts of data mining along with basic methodologies and applications. Then dive into one subfield in data mining: pattern discovery. Learn in-depth concepts, methods, and applications of pattern discovery in data mining. We will also introduce methods for pattern-based classification and some interesting applications of pattern discovery. This course provides you the opportunity to learn skills and content to practice and engage in scalable pattern discovery methods on massive transactional data, discuss pattern evaluation measures, and study methods for mining diverse kinds of patterns, sequential patterns, and sub-graph patterns.",
  -Introduction to Probability and Data,probability-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/probability-intro,Data Science,Duke University,"This course introduces you to sampling and exploring data, as well as basic probability theory and Bayes' rule. You will examine various types of sampling methods, and discuss how such methods can impact the scope of inference. A variety of exploratory data analysis techniques will be covered, including numeric summary statistics and basic data visualization. You will be guided through installing and using R and RStudio (free statistical software), and will use this software for lab exercises and a final project.",
  -Process Mining: Data science in Action,process-mining,https://coursera.org/learn/process-mining,Data Science,Eindhoven University of Technology,"Process mining is the missing link between model-based process analysis and data-oriented analysis techniques. Through concrete data sets and easy to use software the course provides data science knowledge that can be applied directly to analyze and improve processes in a variety of domains. Data science is the profession of the future, because organizations that are unable to use (big) data in a smart way will not survive.",
  -Principles of fMRI 2,functional-mri-2,https://coursera.org/learn/functional-mri-2,Data Science,"Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado Boulder","This course covers the analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data. It is a continuation of the course “Principles of fMRI, Part 1”",
  -Inferential Statistics,inferential-statistics-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/inferential-statistics-intro,Data Science,Duke University,"This course covers commonly used statistical inference methods for numerical and categorical data. You will learn how to set up and perform hypothesis tests, interpret p-values, and report the results of your analysis in a way that is interpretable for clients or the public. Using numerous data examples, you will learn to report estimates of quantities in a way that expresses the uncertainty of the quantity of interest. You will be guided through installing and using R and RStudio (free statistical software), and will use this software for lab exercises and a final project.",
  -Advanced Linear Models for Data Science 1 : Linear Models,advanced-linear-models-data-science,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-linear-models-data-science,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"University of Maryland, College Park",
  -Text Retrieval and Search Engines,text-retrieval,https://coursera.org/learn/text-retrieval,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Recent years have seen a dramatic growth of natural language text data, including web pages, news articles, scientific literature, emails, enterprise documents, and social media such as blog articles, forum posts, product reviews, and tweets. Text data are unique in that they are usually generated directly by humans rather than a computer system or sensors, and are thus especially valuable for discovering knowledge about people’s opinions and preferences, in addition to many other kinds of knowledge that we encode in text. This course will cover search engine technologies, which play an important role in any data mining applications involving text data for two reasons.",
  -Linear Regression and Modeling ,linear-regression-model,https://coursera.org/learn/linear-regression-model,Data Science,Duke University,"This course introduces simple and multiple linear regression models. These models allow you to assess the relationship between variables in a data set and a continuous response variable. Is there a relationship between the physical attractiveness of a professor and their student evaluation scores? Can we predict the test score for a child based on certain characteristics of his or her mother? In this course, you will learn the fundamental theory behind linear regression and, through data examples, learn to fit, examine, and utilize regression models to examine relationships between multiple variables, using the free statistical software R and RStudio.",
  -"Statistical Reasoning for Public Health 1: Estimation, Inference, & Interpretation",statistical-reasoning-1,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-reasoning-1,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,A conceptual and interpretive public health approach to some of the most commonly used methods from basic statistics.,
  -(2016) Graph Analytics for Big Data,graph-analytics-clone,https://coursera.org/learn/graph-analytics-clone,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","Want to understand your data network structure and how it changes under different conditions? Curious to know how to identify closely interacting clusters within a graph? Have you heard of the fast-growing area of graph analytics and want to learn more? This course gives you a broad overview of the field of graph analytics so you can learn new ways to model, store, retrieve and analyze graph-structured data.",
  -(2016) Introduction to Big Data,intro-to-big-data-clone,https://coursera.org/learn/intro-to-big-data-clone,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conversant with the terminology and the core concepts behind big data problems, applications, and systems. It is for those who want to start thinking about how Big Data might be useful in their business or career. It provides an introduction to one of the most common frameworks, Hadoop, that has made big data analysis easier and more accessible -- increasing the potential for data to transform our world!",
  -(2016) Machine Learning With Big Data,machinelearningwithbigdata-clone,https://coursera.org/learn/machinelearningwithbigdata-clone,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","Want to make sense of the volumes of data you have collected? Need to incorporate data-driven decisions into your process? This course provides an overview of machine learning techniques to explore, analyze, and leverage data. You will be introduced to tools and algorithms you can use to create machine learning models that learn from data, and to scale those models up to big data problems",
  -Big Data Modeling and Management Systems,big-data-management,https://coursera.org/learn/big-data-management,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","Once you’ve identified a big data issue to analyze, how do you collect, store and organize your data using Big Data solutions? In this course, you will experience various data genres and management tools appropriate for each. You will be able to describe the reasons behind the evolving plethora of new big data platforms from the perspective of big data management systems and analytical tools. Through guided hands-on tutorials, you will become familiar with techniques using real-time and semi-structured data examples.",
  -Introduction to Neurohacking In R,neurohacking,https://coursera.org/learn/neurohacking,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Neurohacking describes how to use the R programming language (https://cran.r-project.org/) and its associated package to perform manipulation, processing, and analysis of neuroimaging data. We focus on publicly-available structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We discuss concepts such as inhomogeneity correction, image registration, and image visualization.",
  -Math behind Moneyball,mathematics-sport,https://coursera.org/learn/mathematics-sport,Data Science,University of Houston System,"Learn how probability, math, and statistics can be used to help baseball, football and basketball teams improve, player and lineup selection as well as in game strategy.",
  -Clustering & Retrieval,ml-clustering-and-retrieval,https://coursera.org/learn/ml-clustering-and-retrieval,Data Science,University of Washington,"A reader is interested in a specific news article and you want to find similar articles to recommend. What is the right notion of similarity? Moreover, what if there are millions of other documents? Each time you want to a retrieve a new document, do you need to search through all other documents? How do you group similar documents together? How do you discover new, emerging topics that the documents cover? In this third case study, finding similar documents, you will examine similarity-based algorithms for retrieval. In this course, you will also examine structured representations for describing the documents in the corpus, including clustering and mixed membership models, such as latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA).",
  -Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis,bayesian-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/bayesian-statistics,Data Science,"University of California, Santa Cruz","This course introduces the Bayesian approach to statistics, starting with the concept of probability and moving to the analysis of data. We will learn about the philosophy of the Bayesian approach as well as how to implement it for common types of data. We will compare the Bayesian approach to the more commonly-taught Frequentist approach, and see some of the benefits of the Bayesian approach. In particular, the Bayesian approach allows for better accounting of uncertainty, results that have more intuitive and interpretable meaning, and more explicit statements of assumptions. This course combines lecture videos, computer demonstrations, readings, exercises, and discussion boards to create an active learning experience.",
  -Bayesian Statistics,bayesian,https://coursera.org/learn/bayesian,Data Science,Duke University,"This course describes Bayesian statistics, in which one's inferences about parameters or hypotheses are updated as evidence accumulates. You will learn to use Bayes’ rule to transform prior probabilities into posterior probabilities, and be introduced to the underlying theory and perspective of the Bayesian paradigm. The course will apply Bayesian methods to several practical problems, to show end-to-end Bayesian analyses that move from framing the question to building models to eliciting prior probabilities to implementing in R (free statistical software) the final posterior distribution.",
  -Text Mining and Analytics,text-mining,https://coursera.org/learn/text-mining,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course will cover the major techniques for mining and analyzing text data to discover interesting patterns, extract useful knowledge, and support decision making, with an emphasis on statistical approaches that can be generally applied to arbitrary text data in any natural language with no or minimum human effort.",
  -Statistical Reasoning for Public Health 2: Regression Methods,statistical-reasoning-2,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-reasoning-2,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"A practical and example filled tour of simple and multiple regression techniques (linear, logistic, and Cox PH) for estimation, adjustment and prediction.",
  -Data-driven Decision Making,decision-making,https://coursera.org/learn/decision-making,Data Science,PwC,"Welcome to Data-driven Decision Making. In this course you'll get an introduction to Data Analytics and its role in business decisions. You'll learn why data is important and how it has evolved. You'll be introduced to “Big Data” and how it is used. You'll also be introduced to a framework for conducting Data Analysis and what tools and techniques are commonly used. Finally, you'll have a chance to put your knowledge to work in a simulated business setting.",
  -Dealing With Missing Data,missing-data,https://coursera.org/learn/missing-data,Data Science,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course will cover the steps used in weighting sample surveys, including methods for adjusting for nonresponse and using data external to the survey for calibration. Among the techniques discussed are adjustments using estimated response propensities, poststratification, raking, and general regression estimation. Alternative techniques for imputing values for missing items will be discussed. For both weighting and imputation, the capabilities of different statistical software packages will be covered, including R®, Stata®, and SAS®.",
  -Fundamentals of Visualization with Tableau,dataviz,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","In this first course of the specialization, you will discover just what data visualization is, and how we can use it to better see and understand data. Using Tableau, we’ll examine the fundamental concepts of data visualization and explore the Tableau interface, identifying and applying the various tools Tableau has to offer. By the end of the course you will be able to prepare and import data into Tableau and explain the relationship between data analytics and data visualization. This course is designed for the learner who has never used Tableau before, or who may need a refresher or want to explore Tableau in more depth",
  -Big Data Integration and Processing,big-data-integration-processing,https://coursera.org/learn/big-data-integration-processing,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","At the end of the course, you will be able to: *Retrieve data from example database and big data management systems *Describe the connections between data management operations and the big data processing patterns needed to utilize them in large-scale analytical applications",
  -Pattern Discovery in Data Mining,data-patterns,https://coursera.org/learn/data-patterns,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Learn the general concepts of data mining along with basic methodologies and applications. Then dive into one subfield in data mining: pattern discovery. Learn in-depth concepts, methods, and applications of pattern discovery in data mining. We will also introduce methods for data-driven phrase mining and some interesting applications of pattern discovery. This course provides you the opportunity to learn skills and content to practice and engage in scalable pattern discovery methods on massive transactional data, discuss pattern evaluation measures, and study methods for mining diverse kinds of patterns, sequential patterns, and sub-graph patterns.",
  -Maps and the Geospatial Revolution,geospatial,https://coursera.org/learn/geospatial,Data Science,The Pennsylvania State University,"Learn how advances in geospatial technology and analytical methods have changed how we do everything, and discover how to make maps and analyze geographic patterns using the latest tools. The past decade has seen an explosion of new mechanisms for understanding and using location information in widely-accessible technologies. This Geospatial Revolution has resulted in the development of consumer GPS tools, interactive web maps, and location-aware mobile devices.",
  -Introduction to Data Analytics for Business,data-analytics-business,https://coursera.org/learn/data-analytics-business,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course will expose you to the data analytics practices executed in the business. We will explore such key areas of data analytics as the analytical process, how data is created, stored, and accessed, and how the organization works with data and creates the environment in which analytics can flourish. What you learn in this course will give you a strong foundation in all the areas that support analytics and will help you to better position yourself for success within your organization.",
  -Introduction to Recommender Systems:  Non-Personalized and Content-Based,recommender-systems-introduction,https://coursera.org/learn/recommender-systems-introduction,Data Science,University of Minnesota,"This course, which is designed to serve as the first course in the Recommender Systems specialization, introduces the concept of recommender systems, reviews several examples in detail, and leads you through non-personalized recommendation using summary statistics and product associations, basic stereotype-based or demographic recommendations, and content-based filtering recommendations.",
  -The R Programming Environment,r-programming-environment,https://coursera.org/learn/r-programming-environment,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"This course provides a rigorous introduction to the R programming language, with a particular focus on using R for software development in a data science setting. Whether you are part of a data science team or working individually within a community of developers, this course will give you the knowledge of R needed to make useful contributions in those settings. As the first course in the Specialization, the course provides the essential foundation of R needed for the following courses. We cover basic R concepts and language fundamentals, key concepts like tidy data and related ""tidyverse"" tools, processing and manipulation of complex and large datasets, handling textual data, and basic data science tasks.",
  -Social Media Data Analytics,social-media-data-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/social-media-data-analytics,Data Science,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"Learner Outcomes: After taking this course, you will be able to: - Utilize various Application Programming Interface (API) services to collect data from different social media sources such as YouTube, Twitter, and Flickr. - Process the collected data - primarily structured - using methods involving correlation, regression, and classification to derive insights about the sources and people who generated that data. - Analyze unstructured data - primarily textual comments - for sentiments expressed in them. - Use different tools for collecting, analyzing, and exploring social media data for research and development purposes.",
  -Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel,excel-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/excel-data-analysis,Data Science,Rice University,The use of Excel is widespread in the industry. It is a very powerful data analysis tool and almost all big and small businesses use Excel in their day to day functioning. This course is designed to give you a working knowledge of Excel with the aim of getting to use it for more advance topics in Business Statistics. The course is designed keeping in mind two kinds of learners - those who have very little functional knowledge of Excel and those who use Excel regularly and wish to enhance their skills.,
  -Probabilistic Graphical Models,probabilistic-graphical-models,https://coursera.org/learn/probabilistic-graphical-models,Data Science,Stanford University,"Probabilistic graphical models (PGMs) are a rich framework for encoding probability distributions over complex domains: joint (multivariate) distributions over large numbers of random variables that interact with each other. These representations sit at the intersection of statistics and computer science, relying on concepts from probability theory, graph algorithms, machine learning, and more. They are the basis for the state-of-the-art methods in a wide variety of applications, such as medical diagnosis, image understanding, speech recognition, natural language processing, and many, many more. They are also a foundational tool in formulating many machine learning problems.",
  -Julia Scientific Programming,julia-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/julia-programming,Data Science,University of Cape Town,"This four-module course introduces users to Julia as a first language. Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language developed specifically for scientific computing. This language will be particularly useful for applications in physics, chemistry, astronomy, engineering, data science, bioinformatics and many more. As open source software, you will always have it available throughout your working life. It can also be used from the command line, program files or a new type of interface known as a Jupyter notebook (which is freely available as a service from JuliaBox.com).",
  -Hands-on Text Mining and Analytics,text-mining-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/text-mining-analytics,Data Science,Yonsei University,"This course provides an unique opportunity for you to learn key components of text mining and analytics aided by the real world datasets and the text mining toolkit written in Java. Hands-on experience in core text mining techniques including text preprocessing, sentiment analysis, and topic modeling help learners be trained to be a competent data scientists.",
  -Cluster Analysis in Data Mining,cluster-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/cluster-analysis,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Discover the basic concepts of cluster analysis, and then study a set of typical clustering methodologies, algorithms, and applications. This includes partitioning methods such as k-means, hierarchical methods such as BIRCH, and density-based methods such as DBSCAN/OPTICS. Moreover, learn methods for clustering validation and evaluation of clustering quality. Finally, see examples of cluster analysis in applications.",
  -Neural Networks for Machine Learning,neural-networks,https://coursera.org/learn/neural-networks,Data Science,University of Toronto,"Learn about artificial neural networks and how they're being used for machine learning, as applied to speech and object recognition, image segmentation, modeling language and human motion, etc. We'll emphasize both the basic algorithms and the practical tricks needed to get them to work well. This course contains the same content presented on Coursera beginning in 2013. It is not a continuation or update of the original course. It has been adapted for the new platform.",
  -Improving your statistical inferences,statistical-inferences,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-inferences,Data Science,Eindhoven University of Technology,"This course aims to help you to draw better statistical inferences from empirical research. First, we will discuss how to correctly interpret p-values, effect sizes, confidence intervals, Bayes Factors, and likelihood ratios, and how these statistics answer different questions you might be interested in. Then, you will learn how to design experiments where the false positive rate is controlled, and how to decide upon the sample size for your study, for example in order to achieve high statistical power. Subsequently, you will learn how to interpret evidence in the scientific literature given widespread publication bias, for example by learning about p-curve analysis.",
  -Deception Detox - How solid science can help you save the world ,deceptiondetox,https://coursera.org/learn/deceptiondetox,Data Science,Erasmus University Rotterdam,"This course will help you become scientifically literate so that you can make better choices for yourself and the world. Unlike other courses on statistics and scientific methods, we explore global challenges - such as poverty or climate change - and then discuss how key approaches of statistics and scientific methods can help tackle these challenges. We present these approaches in a non-mathematical and easily accessible way. You will leave the course being able to recognize which efforts to do good in this world actually work, and you will have used your science literacy to make some personal changes in your life.",
  -Predictive Modeling and Analytics ,predictive-modeling-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/predictive-modeling-analytics,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course will expose you to the data analytics practices executed in the business. We will explore such key areas of data analytics as the analytical process, how data is created, stored, and accessed, and how the organization works with data and creates the environment in which analytics can flourish. What you learn in this course will give you a strong foundation in all the areas that support analytics and will help you to better position yourself for success within your organization. You’ll develop skills and a perspective that will make you more productive faster and allow you to become a valuable asset to your organization.",
  -Advanced R Programming,advanced-r,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-r,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"This course covers advanced topics in R programming that are necessary for developing powerful, robust, and reusable data science tools. Topics covered include functional programming in R, robust error handling, object oriented programming, profiling and benchmarking, debugging, and proper design of functions. Upon completing this course you will be able to identify and abstract common data analysis tasks and to encapsulate them in user-facing functions. Because every data science environment encounters unique data challenges, there is always a need to develop custom software specific to your organization’s mission.",
  -Nearest Neighbor Collaborative Filtering,collaborative-filtering,https://coursera.org/learn/collaborative-filtering,Data Science,University of Minnesota,"In this course, you will learn the fundamental techniques for making personalized recommendations through nearest-neighbor techniques. First you will learn user-user collaborative filtering, an algorithm that identifies other people with similar tastes to a target user and combines their ratings to make recommendations for that user. You will explore and implement variations of the user-user algorithm, and will explore the benefits and drawbacks of the general approach.",
  -Problem Solving with Excel ,excel-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/excel-analysis,Data Science,PwC,"This course explores Excel as a tool for solving business problems. In this course you will learn the basic functions of excel through guided demonstration. Each week you will build on your excel skills and be provided an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned. Finally, you will have a chance to put your knowledge to work in a final project. Please note, the content in this course was developed using a Windows version of Excel 2013. This course was created by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with an address at 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10017.",
  -Introduction to Data Science in Python,python-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/python-data-analysis,Data Science,University of Michigan,"This course will introduce the learner to the basics of the python programming environment, including how to download and install python, expected fundamental python programming techniques, and how to find help with python programming questions. The course will also introduce data manipulation and cleaning techniques using the popular python pandas data science library and introduce the abstraction of the DataFrame as the central data structure for data analysis. The course will end with a statistics primer, showing how various statistical measures can be applied to pandas DataFrames. By the end of the course, students will be able to take tabular data, clean it, manipulate it, and run basic inferential statistical analyses.",
  -"Basic Data Descriptors, Statistical Distributions, and Application to Business Decisions",descriptive-statistics-statistical-distributions-business-application,https://coursera.org/learn/descriptive-statistics-statistical-distributions-business-application,Data Science,Rice University,"The ability to understand and apply Business Statistics is becoming increasingly important in the industry. A good understanding of Business Statistics is a requirement to make correct and relevant interpretations of data. Lack of knowledge could lead to erroneous decisions which could potentially have negative consequences for a firm. This course is designed to introduce you to Business Statistics. We begin with the notion of descriptive statistics, which is summarizing data using a few numbers. Different categories of descriptive measures are introduced and discussed along with the Excel functions to calculate them. The notion of probability or uncertainty is introduced along with the concept of a sample and population data using relevant business examples. This leads us to various statistical distributions along with their Excel functions which are then used to model or approximate business processes. You get to apply these descriptive measures of data and various statistical distributions using easy-to-follow Excel based examples which are demonstrated throughout the course.",
  -Essential Design Principals for Tableau,dataviz-design,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz-design,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","In this course, you will analyze and apply essential design principles to your Tableau visualizations. This course assumes you understand the tools within Tableau and have some knowledge of the fundamental concepts of data visualization. You will define and examine the similarities and differences of exploratory and explanatory analysis as well as begin to ask the right questions about what’s needed in a visualization. You will assess how data and design work together, including how to choose the appropriate visual representation for your data, and the difference between effective and ineffective visuals. You will apply effective best practice design principles to your data visualizations and be able to illustrate examples of strategic use of contrast to highlight important elements.",
  -Business Analytics for Decision Making,business-analytics-decision-making,https://coursera.org/learn/business-analytics-decision-making,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"In this course you will learn how to create models for decision making. We will start with cluster analysis, a technique for data reduction that is very useful in market segmentation. You will then learn the basics of Monte Carlo simulation that will help you model the uncertainty that is prevalent in many business decisions. A key element of decision making is to identify the best course of action. Since businesses problems often have too many alternative solutions, you will learn how optimization can help you identify the best option. What is really exciting about this course is that you won’t need to know a computer language or advanced statistics to learn about these predictive and prescriptive analytic models. The Analytic Solver Platform and basic knowledge of Excel is all you’ll need. Learners participating in assignments will be able to get free access to the Analytic Solver Platform.",
  -Advanced Linear Models for Data Science 2: Statistical Linear Models,linear-models-2,https://coursera.org/learn/linear-models-2,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,Welcome to the Advanced Linear Models for Data Science Class 2: Statistical Linear Models. This class is an introduction to least squares from a linear algebraic and mathematical perspective. Before beginning the class make sure that you have the following: - A basic understanding of linear algebra and multivariate calculus. - A basic understanding of statistics and regression models. - At least a little familiarity with proof based mathematics. - Basic knowledge of the R programming language.,
  -Building R Packages,r-packages,https://coursera.org/learn/r-packages,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Writing good code for data science is only part of the job. In order to maximizing the usefulness and reusability of data science software, code must be organized and distributed in a manner that adheres to community-based standards and provides a good user experience. This course covers the primary means by which R software is organized and distributed to others. We cover R package development, writing good documentation and vignettes, writing robust software, cross-platform development, continuous integration tools, and distributing packages via CRAN and GitHub. Learners will produce R packages that satisfy the criteria for submission to CRAN.",
  -Probabilistic Graphical Models 2: Inference,probabilistic-graphical-models-2-inference,https://coursera.org/learn/probabilistic-graphical-models-2-inference,Data Science,stanford University,"This course is the second in a sequence of three. Following the first course, which focused on representation, this course addresses the question of probabilistic inference: how a PGM can be used to answer questions. Even though a PGM generally describes a very high dimensional distribution, its structure is designed so as to allow questions to be answered efficiently. The course presents both exact and approximate algorithms for different types of inference tasks, and discusses where each could best be applied. The (highly recommended) honors track contains two hands-on programming assignments, in which key routines of the most commonly used exact and approximate algorithms are implemented and applied to a real-world problem.",
  -Communicating Business Analytics Results,communicating-business-analytics-results,https://coursera.org/learn/communicating-business-analytics-results,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"The analytical process does not end with models than can predict with accuracy or prescribe the best solution to business problems. Developing these models and gaining insights from data do not necessarily lead to successful implementations. This depends on the ability to communicate results to those who make decisions. Presenting findings to decision makers who are not familiar with the language of analytics presents a challenge. In this course you will learn how to communicate analytics results to stakeholders who do not understand the details of analytics but want evidence of analysis and data. You will be able to choose the right vehicles to present quantitative information, including those based on principles of data visualization. You will also learn how to develop and deliver data-analytics stories that provide context, insight, and interpretation.",
  -Building Data Visualization Tools,r-data-visualization,https://coursera.org/learn/r-data-visualization,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"The data science revolution has produced reams of new data from a wide variety of new sources. These new datasets are being used to answer new questions in way never before conceived. Visualization remains one of the most powerful ways draw conclusions from data, but the influx of new data types requires the development of new visualization techniques and building blocks. This course provides you with the skills for creating those new visualization building blocks. We focus on the ggplot2 framework and describe how to use and extend the system to suit the specific needs of your organization or team. Upon completing this course, learners will be able to build the tools needed to visualize a wide variety of data types and will have the fundamentals needed to address new data types as they come about.",
  -Explaining Your Data Using Tableau,dataviz-explain,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz-explain,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","In this third course of the specialization, we’ll drill deeper into the tools Tableau offers in the areas of charting, dates, table calculations and mapping. We’ll explore the best choices for charts, based on the type of data you are using. We’ll look at specific types of charts including scatter plots, Gantt charts, histograms, bullet charts and several others, and we’ll address charting guidelines. We’ll define discrete and continuous dates, and examine when to use each one to explain your data. You’ll learn how to create custom and quick table calculations and how to create parameters. We’ll also introduce mapping and explore how Tableau can use different types of geographic data, how to connect to multiple data sources and how to create custom maps.",
  -A developer's guide to Exploring and Visualizing IoT Data,exploring-visualizing-iot-data,https://coursera.org/learn/exploring-visualizing-iot-data,Data Science,IBM,"The value of IoT can be found within the analysis of data gathered from the system under observation, where insights gained can have direct impact on business and operational transformation. Through analysis data correlation, patterns, trends, and other insight are discovered. Insight leads to better communication between stakeholders, or actionable insights, which can be used to raise alerts or send commands, back to IoT devices. With a focus on the topic of Exploratory Data Analysis, the course provides an in-depth look at mathematical foundations of basic statistical measures, and how they can be used in conjunction with advanced charting libraries to make use of the world’s best pattern recognition system – the human brain. Learn how to work with the data, and depict it in ways that support visual inspections, and derive to inferences about the data. Identify interesting characteristics, patterns, trends, deviations or inconsistencies, and potential outliers.",
  -Business Applications of Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Interval Estimation ,hypothesis-testing-confidence-intervals,https://coursera.org/learn/hypothesis-testing-confidence-intervals,Data Science,Rice University,"Confidence intervals and Hypothesis tests are very important tools in the Business Statistics toolbox. A mastery over these topics will help enhance your business decision making and allow you to understand and measure the extent of ‘risk’ or ‘uncertainty’ in various business processes. This is the third course in the specialization ""Business Statistics and Analysis"" and the course advances your knowledge about Business Statistics by introducing you to Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing. We first conceptually understand these tools and their business application. We then introduce various calculations to constructing confidence intervals and to conduct different kinds of Hypothesis Tests. These are done by easy to understand applications. To successfully complete course assignments, students must have access to a Windows version of Microsoft Excel 2010 or later. Please note that earlier versions of Microsoft Excel (2007 and earlier) will not be compatible to some Excel functions covered in this course.",
  -Probabilistic Graphical Models 3: Learning,probabilistic-graphical-models-3-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/probabilistic-graphical-models-3-learning,Data Science,Stanford University,"This course is the third in a sequence of three. Following the first course, which focused on representation, and the second, which focused on inference, this course addresses the question of learning: how a PGM can be learned from a data set of examples. The course discusses the key problems of parameter estimation in both directed and undirected models, as well as the structure learning task for directed models. The (highly recommended) honors track contains two hands-on programming assignments, in which key routines of two commonly used learning algorithms are implemented and applied to a real-world problem.",
  -An Intuitive Introduction to Probability,introductiontoprobability,https://coursera.org/learn/introductiontoprobability,Data Science,University of Zurich,"This course will provide you with an intuitive and practical introduction into Probability Theory. You will be able to learn how to apply Probability Theory in different scenarios and you will earn a ""toolbox"" of methods to deal with uncertainty in your daily life. The course is split in 5 modules. In each module you will first have an easy introduction into the topic, which will serve as a basis to further develop your knowledge about the topic and acquire the ""tools"" to deal with uncertainty. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to complete 5 exercise sessions to reflect about the content learned in each module and start applying your earned knowledge right away.",
  -Introduction to Formal Concept Analysis,formal-concept-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/formal-concept-analysis,Data Science,Higher School of Economics,"This course is an introduction into formal concept analysis (FCA), a mathematical theory oriented at applications in knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition, data analysis and visualization. It provides tools for understanding the data by representing it as a hierarchy of concepts or, more exactly, a concept lattice. FCA can help in processing a wide class of data types providing a framework in which various data analysis and knowledge acquisition techniques can be formulated. In this course, we focus on some of these techniques, as well as cover the theoretical foundations and algorithmic issues of FCA.",
  -Data Visualization with Advanced Excel,advanced-excel,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-excel,Data Science,PwC,"In this course, you will get hands-on instruction of advanced Excel 2013 functions. You’ll learn to use PowerPivot to build databases and data models. We’ll show you how to perform different types of scenario and simulation analysis and you’ll have an opportunity to practice these skills by leveraging some of Excel's built in tools including, solver, data tables, scenario manager and goal seek. In the second half of the course, will cover how to visualize data, tell a story and explore data by reviewing core principles of data visualization and dashboarding. You’ll use Excel to build complex graphs and Power View reports and then start to combine them into dynamic dashboards.",
  -Data Analytics for Lean Six Sigma,data-analytics-for-lean-six-sigma,https://coursera.org/learn/data-analytics-for-lean-six-sigma,Data Science,University of Amsterdam,In this course you will learn data analytics techniques that are typically useful within Lean Six Sigma improvement projects. At the end of this course you are able to analyse and interpret data gathered within such a project. You will be able to use Minitab to analyse the data. I will also briefly explain what Lean Six Sigma is. I will emphasize on use of data analytics tools and the interpretation of the outcome. I will use many different examples from actual Lean Six Sigma projects to illustrate all tools. I will not discuss any mathematical background.,
  -Business Analytics and Digital Media,business-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/business-analytics,Data Science,Indian School of Business,"The explosion in digital media - web, social and now mobile - represents a departure from how things were like in the last century. This proliferation of digital media is both a threat and an opportunity for many businesses. Business Analytics can be leveraged to process data, sentiment, buzz, contacts, context and other aspects of business interest in real time, for business performance and impact. The course picks and uses use-cases from a variety of industries and geographies, to showcase the potential and impact that business analytics done properly (or not) can have on business performance.",
  -Recommender Systems:  Evaluation and Metrics,recommender-metrics,https://coursera.org/learn/recommender-metrics,Data Science,University of Minnesota,"In this course you will learn how to evaluate recommender systems. You will gain familiarity with several families of metrics, including ones to measure prediction accuracy, rank accuracy, decision-support, and other factors such as diversity, product coverage, and serendipity. You will learn how different metrics relate to different user goals and business goals. You will also learn how to rigorously conduct offline evaluations (i.e., how to prepare and sample data, and how to aggregate results). And you will learn about online (experimental) evaluation. At the completion of this course you will have the tools you need to compare different recommender system alternatives for a wide variety of uses",
  -Linear Regression for Business Statistics,linear-regression-business-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/linear-regression-business-statistics,Data Science,Rice University,"Regression Analysis is perhaps the single most important Business Statistics tool used in the industry. Regression is the engine behind a multitude of data analytics applications used for many forms of forecasting and prediction. This is the fourth course in the specialization, ""Business Statistics and Analysis"". The course introduces you to the very important tool known as Linear Regression. You will learn to apply various procedures such as dummy variable regressions, transforming variables, and interaction effects. All these are introduced and explained using easy to understand examples in Microsoft Excel. The focus of the course is on understanding and application, rather than detailed mathematical derivations.",
  -"Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 2",understanding-china-history-part-2,https://coursera.org/learn/understanding-china-history-part-2,Data Science,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that encourages learning about China in comparative perspective. Our course demonstrates how a new scholarship of discovery is redefining what is singular about modern China and modern Chinese history. Current understandings of human history and social theory are based largely on Western experience or on non-Western experience seen through a Western lens.",
  -"Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 1",understanding-china-history-part-1,https://coursera.org/learn/understanding-china-history-part-1,Data Science,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that encourages learning about China in comparative perspective. Our course demonstrates how a new scholarship of discovery is redefining what is singular about modern China and modern Chinese history.",
  -"Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python",python-plotting,https://coursera.org/learn/python-plotting,Data Science,University of Michigan,"This course will introduce the learner to information visualization basics, with a focus on reporting and charting using the matplotlib library. The course will start with a design and information literacy perspective, touching on what makes a good and bad visualization, and what statistical measures translate into in terms of visualizations. The second week will focus on the technology used to make visualizations in python, matplotlib, and introduce users to best practices when creating basic charts and how to realize design decisions in the framework.",
  -Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals,gcp-big-data-ml-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-big-data-ml-fundamentals,Data Science,Google Cloud,"This 1-week accelerated on-demand course introduces participants to the Big Data and Machine Learning capabilities of Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It provides a quick overview of the Google Cloud Platform and a deeper dive of the data processing capabilities. At the end of this course, participants will be able to: • Identify the purpose and value of the key Big Data and Machine Learning products in the Google Cloud Platform • Use CloudSQL and Cloud Dataproc to migrate existing MySQL and Hadoop/Pig/Spark/Hive workloads to Google Cloud Platform",
  -Creating Dashboards and Storytelling with Tableau,dataviz-dashboards,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz-dashboards,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","Leveraging the visualizations you created in the previous course, Visual Analytics with Tableau, you will create dashboards that help you identify the story within your data, and you will discover how to use Storypoints to create a powerful story to leave a lasting impression with your audience. You will balance the goals of your stakeholders with the needs of your end-users, and be able to structure and organize your story for maximum impact. Throughout the course you will apply more advanced functions within Tableau, such as hierarchies, actions and parameters to guide user interactions. For your final project, you will create a compelling narrative to be delivered in a meeting, as a static report, or in an interactive display online.",
  -Functional Programming in Scala Capstone,scala-capstone,https://coursera.org/learn/scala-capstone,Data Science,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"In the final capstone project you will apply the skills you learned by building a large data-intensive application using real-world data. You will implement a complete application processing several gigabytes of data. This application will show interactive visualizations of the evolution of temperatures over time all over the world. The development of such an application will involve: — transforming data provided by weather stations into meaningful information like, for instance, the average temperature of each point of the globe over the last ten years ; — then, making images from this information by using spatial and linear interpolation techniques ; — finally, implementing how the user interface will react to users’ actions.",
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  +Python Data Structures,python-data,https://coursera.org/learn/python-data,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course will introduce the core data structures of the Python programming language. We will move past the basics of procedural programming and explore how we can use the Python built-in data structures such as lists, dictionaries, and tuples to perform increasingly complex data analysis. This course will cover Chapters 6-10 of the textbook “Python for Informatics”. This course is equivalent to the second half of the 11-week ""Programming for Everybody (Python)"" course. This course covers Python 2."
  +User Experience: Research & Prototyping,user-research,https://coursera.org/learn/user-research,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","This course will teach you the core process of experience design and how to effectively evaluate your work with the people for whom you are designing. You'll learn fundamental methods of design research that will enable you to effectively understand people, the sequences of their actions, and the context in which they work. Through the assignments, you’ll learn practical techniques for making sense of what you see and transform your observations into meaningful actionable insights and unique opportunity areas for design. You’ll also explore how to generate ideas in response to the opportunities identified and learn methods for making your ideas tangible. By answering specific questions and refining your concepts, you’ll move closer to making your ideas real. We’ll use cases from a variety of industries including health, education, transportation, finance, and beyond to illustrate how these methods work across different domains."
  +Code Yourself! An Introduction to Programming,intro-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/intro-programming,Computer Sciences,"The University of Edinburgh, Universidad ORT Uruguay","This course will teach you how to program in Scratch, an easy to use visual programming language. More importantly, it will introduce you to the fundamental principles of computing and it will help you think like a software engineer."
  +Advanced Competitive Strategy,advanced-competitive-strategy,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-competitive-strategy,Computer Sciences,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU),"Advanced Competitive Strategy will introduce new topics and modules with even more real world examples and opportunities for student interaction than in the previous course Competitive Strategy (https://www.coursera.org/learn/competitivestrategy). In Advanced Competitive Strategy, we will look at how companies can build up and maintain their customer base by increasing switching costs and facilitating strategic customer lock-ins. We will find out how firms can increase their profits by pursuing suitable price discrimination and product differentiation strategies."
  +"Computational Investing, Part I",computational-investing,https://coursera.org/learn/computational-investing,Computer Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,"Why do the prices of some companies’ stocks seem to move up and down together while others move separately? What does portfolio “diversification” really mean and how important is it? What should the price of a stock be? How can we discover and exploit the relationships between equity prices automatically? We’ll examine these questions, and others, from a computational point of view. You will learn many of the principles and algorithms that hedge funds and investment professionals use to maximize return and reduce risk in equity portfolios."
  +"Responsive Website Basics: Code with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript ",website-coding,https://coursera.org/learn/website-coding,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course you will learn three key website programming and design languages: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You will create a web page using basic elements to control layout and style. Additionally, your web page will support interactivity."
  +Introduction to Software Product Management,introduction-to-software-product-management,https://coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-software-product-management,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course highlights the importance and role of software product management. It also provides an overview of the specialization, as well as its goals, structure, and expectations. The course explains the value of process, requirements, planning, and monitoring in producing better software."
  +Object Oriented Programming in Java,object-oriented-java,https://coursera.org/learn/object-oriented-java,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego",This is an intermediate Java course. We recommend this course to learners who have previous experience in software development or a background in computer science. Our goal is that by the end of this course each and every one of you feels empowered to create a Java program that’s more advanced than any you have created in the past and that is personally interesting to you.
  +Introduction to Game Design,game-design,https://coursera.org/learn/game-design,Computer Sciences,California Institute of the Arts,"This course is an introduction to the primary concepts of gaming, and an exploration of how these basic concepts affect the way gamers interact with our games. In this course you will understand what defines a “game” and the mechanics and rules behind different types of games. Through four linked assignments you'll learn ways to create and describe a game concept, and specifically what makes a compelling game."
  +"Big Data, Cloud Computing, & CDN Emerging Technologies",big-data-cloud-computing-cdn,https://coursera.org/learn/big-data-cloud-computing-cdn,Computer Sciences,Yonsei University,"You have most likely heard about Clouds and Big Data before, and already know how significantly important they are and will be in the future. Cloud Computing enables us to easily use software as well as processing platforms and computing infrastructure (that are not equipped on our computers and smartphones) from any location through Internet services."
  +"HTML, CSS and JavaScript",html-css-javascript,https://coursera.org/learn/html-css-javascript,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course will teach you the essential elements of web page development, covering HTML, CSS and JavaScript. No previous experience of these technologies is necessary, although it is helpful if you have some prior programming experience. First, HTML together with CSS are discussed and explored."
  +Input and Interaction,interaction-techniques,https://coursera.org/learn/interaction-techniques,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","In this course, you will learn relevant fundamentals of human motor performance, perception, and cognition that inform effective interaction design. You will use these models of how people work to design more effective input and interaction techniques. You’ll apply these to both traditional graphic and gestural interfaces."
  +Introduction To Swift Programming,swift-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/swift-programming,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,"Introduction to Swift Programming is the first course in a four part specialization series that will provide you with the tools and skills necessary to develop an iOS App from scratch. By the end of this first course you will be able to demonstrate intermediate application of programming in Swift, the powerful new programming language for iOS. Guided by best practices you will become proficient with syntax, object oriented principles, memory management, functional concepts and more in programming with Swift."
  +Programming and the Web for Beginners,duke-programming-web,https://coursera.org/learn/duke-programming-web,Computer Sciences,Duke University,"Learn foundational programming concepts (e.g., functions, for loops, conditional statements) and how to solve problems like a programmer. In addition, learn basic web development as you build web pages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript. By the end of the course, will create a web page where others can upload their images and apply image filters that you create."
  +Ruby on Rails: An Introduction,ruby-on-rails-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/ruby-on-rails-intro,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"In this course, we will explore how to build web applications with the Ruby on Rails web application framework, which is geared towards rapid prototyping. Yes, that means building quickly! At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to build a meaningful web application and deploy it to the “cloud” using a Heroku PaaS (Platform as a Service). Best of all, it will almost feel effortless… Really!"
  +Securing Digital Democracy,digital-democracy,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-democracy,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet voting. We'll take a look at the past, present, and future of election technologies and explore the various spaces intersected by voting, including computer security, human factors, public policy, and more."
  +Foundations of Objective-C App Development,objective-c,https://coursera.org/learn/objective-c,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine",An introduction to the Objective-C programming language. This will prepare you for more extensive iOS app development and build a foundation for advanced iOS development topics. Objective-C programming requires a Mac laptop or desktop computer.
  +Introduction to Game Development,game-development,https://coursera.org/learn/game-development,Computer Sciences,Michigan State University,"If you love games and want to learn how to make them, then this course will start you down that path. Making games is a creative and technical art form. In this course you will familiarize yourself with the tools and practices of game development. You will get started developing your own videogames using the industry standard game development tools, including the Unity3D game engine and C#. At the end of the course you will have completed three hands-on projects and will be able to leverage an array of game development techniques to create your own basic games."
  +Interactive Computer Graphics,interactive-computer-graphics,https://coursera.org/learn/interactive-computer-graphics,Computer Sciences,The University of Tokyo,"This course will introduce various interactive tools developed in computer graphics research field with their design rationales and algorithms. Examples include enhancements to graphical user interfaces, authoring tools for 2D drawings and 3D animations, and interactive computer-aided design systems. Rich live demonstrations and course assignments will give you insights and skills to design and implement such tools for your own problems."
  +Human-Centered Design: an Introduction,human-computer-interaction,https://coursera.org/learn/human-computer-interaction,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","In this course, you will learn how to design technologies that bring people joy, rather than frustration. You'll learn several techniques for rapidly prototyping and evaluating multiple interface alternatives -- and why rapid prototyping and comparative evaluation are essential to excellent interaction design. You'll learn how to conduct fieldwork with people to help you get design ideas. How to make paper prototypes and low-fidelity mock-ups that are interactive -- and how to use these designs to get feedback from other stakeholders like your teammates, clients, and users. Armed with these design-thinking strategies, you’ll be able to do more creative human-centered design in any domain."
  +Design Principles: an Introduction,design-principles,https://coursera.org/learn/design-principles,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","What makes an interface intuitive? How can I tell whether one design works better than another? This course will teach you fundamental principles of design and how to effectively evaluate your work with users. You'll learn fundamental principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present information with your interfaces. You'll learn principles of perception and cognition that inform effective interaction design. And you'll learn how to perform and analyze controlled experiments online. In many cases, we'll use Web design as the anchoring domain. A lot of the examples will come from the Web, and we'll talk just a bit about Web technologies in particular. When we do"
  +"Internet History, Technology, and Security",internet-history,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-history,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"The impact of technology and networks on our lives, culture, and society continues to increase. The very fact that you can take this course from anywhere in the world requires a technological infrastructure that was designed, engineered, and built over the past sixty years. To function in an information-centric world, we need to understand the workings of network technology. This course will open up the Internet and show you how it was created, who created it and how it works. Along the way we will meet many of the innovators who developed the Internet and Web technologies that we use today."
  +Introduction to HTML5,html,https://coursera.org/learn/html,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"Thanks to a growing number of software programs, it seems as if anyone can make a webpage. But what if you actually want to understand how the page was created? There are great textbooks and online resources for learning web design, but most of those resources require some background knowledge."
  +Internet Emerging Technologies,internet-technologies,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-technologies,Computer Sciences,Yonsei University,"Every information service is connected through the Internet. If your work is any bit related to information, there is no excuse, you have to know what the Internet is and how it works! The relation of information and the Internet is equivalent to the blood and blood vessels of our body, which we have been using and will be using every day of our lives."
  +Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python),python,https://coursera.org/learn/python,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course.
  +CODAPPS: Coding mobile apps for entrepreneurs,codapps,https://coursera.org/learn/codapps,Computer Sciences,emlyon business school,"This course will teach you how to create mobile apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. No prerequisite in coding knowledge is required. In progressive steps, we will first learn how to create a simple and useful app: your own curriculum vitae. We will discover how to test the app on phones, and how to distribute it on the Play Store, Apple's App Store and the Windows Store."
  +Database Management Essentials,database-management,https://coursera.org/learn/database-management,Computer Sciences,University of Colorado System,"Database Management Essentials provides the foundation you need for a career in database development, data warehousing, or business intelligence, as well as for the entire Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence specialization. In this course, you will create relational databases, write SQL statements to extract information to satisfy business reporting requests, create entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) to design databases, and analyze table designs for excessive redundancy."
  +Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems,iot,https://coursera.org/learn/iot,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","The explosive growth of the “Internet of Things” is changing our world and the rapid drop in price for typical IoT components is allowing people to innovate new designs and products at home. In this first class in the specialization you will learn the importance of IoT in society, the current components of typical IoT devices and trends for the future. IoT design considerations, constraints and interfacing between the physical world and your device will also be covered. You will also learn how to make design trade-offs between hardware and software."
  +Cybersecurity and Its Ten Domains,cyber-security-domain,https://coursera.org/learn/cyber-security-domain,Computer Sciences,University System of Georgia,"This course is designed to introduce students, working professionals and the community to the exciting field of cybersecurity. Throughout the MOOC, participants will engage in community discourse and online interaction. Participants will gain knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity and its domains."
  +Wireless Communication Emerging Technologies,wireless-communication-technologies,https://coursera.org/learn/wireless-communication-technologies,Computer Sciences,Yonsei University,"This course covers the services and specifications of the most popular wireless communication technologies used around the world. The most popular wireless communication technologies are mobile communication, WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network), and WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network), which are all included in smartphones. Among WLAN types Wi-Fi is most popular, and among WPAN types Bluetooth is most popular. Therefore, the lectures in this course cover Wi-Fi and Bluetooth specifications."
  +Principles of Game Design,gamedesign,https://coursera.org/learn/gamedesign,Computer Sciences,Michigan State University,"In this course you will practice moving from game concept through design documentation, prototyping and testing. Numerous elements go into the overall process of game design. These range from topics such as idea generation, story, character, and game world development, game mechanics and level design, and user experience design. You will explore the process for designing meaningful experiences for your players."
  +Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools,web-frameworks,https://coursera.org/learn/web-frameworks,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course will give you an overview of client-side web frameworks, in particular Bootstrap. You will learn about grids and responsive design, Bootstrap CSS and JavaScript components. You will learn about CSS preprocessors, Less and Sass. You will also learn the basics of Node.js and NPM and learn about Web tools like Bower."
  +Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software,java-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/java-programming,Computer Sciences,Duke University,"Learn to code in Java and improve your programming and problem-solving skills. You will learn to design algorithms as well as develop and debug programs. Using custom open-source classes, you will write programs that access and transform images, websites, and other types of data. At the end of the course you will build a program that determines the popularity of different baby names in the US over time by analyzing comma separated value (CSV) files."
  +Introduction to CSS3,introcss,https://coursera.org/learn/introcss,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"The web today is almost unrecognizable from the early days of white pages with lists of blue links. Now, sites are designed with complex layouts, unique fonts, and customized color schemes. This course will show you the basics of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3). The emphasis will be on learning how to write CSS rules, how to test code, and how to establish good programming habits."
  +Responsive Web Design,responsive-web-design,https://coursera.org/learn/responsive-web-design,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course you will learn how to apply concepts from interaction design and human computer interaction in order to design and build an interactive, professional looking website. You will learn how to make your web page designs adapt to different screen sizes using responsive grid layouts. You will learn how to add navigation and other design elements, and you will learn how to separate data and display using JavaScript objects and templates."
  +The Arduino Platform and C Programming,arduino-platform,https://coursera.org/learn/arduino-platform,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine",The Arduino is an open-source computer hardware/software platform for building digital devices and interactive objects that can sense and control the physical world around them. In this class you will learn how the Arduino platform works in terms of the physical board and libraries and the IDE (integrated development environment).
  +Story and Narrative Development for Video Games,video-game-story,https://coursera.org/learn/video-game-story,Computer Sciences,California Institute of the Arts,"In this course, you will examine how storytelling acts as a vital mechanism for driving video gameplay forward. Looking at several historical and contemporary games, you will be asked to evaluate and interpret different story styles with the goal of identifying themes and procedures for your own game ideas. We'll examine traditional narrative story processes, such as three-act structure, and how they fit into game story flows and the strategic elements of gameplay."
  +Rails with Active Record and Action Pack,rails-with-active-record,https://coursera.org/learn/rails-with-active-record,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"You already know how to build a basic web application with the Ruby on Rails framework. Perhaps, you have even taken Course 1, ""Ruby on Rails: An Introduction"" (we highly recommend it) where you relied on external web services to be your “data layer”. But in the back of your mind, you always knew that there would come a time when you would need to roll up your sleeves and learn SQL to be able to interact with your own relational database (RDBMS)."
  +Software Processes and Agile Practices,software-processes-and-agile-practices,https://coursera.org/learn/software-processes-and-agile-practices,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course delves into a variety of processes to structure software development. It also covers the foundations of core Agile practices, such as Extreme Programming and Scrum."
  +Data structures: Measuring and Optimizing Performance,data-structures-optimizing-performance,https://coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","How do Java programs deal with vast quantities of data? Many of the data structures and algorithms that work with introductory toy examples break when applications process real, large data sets. Efficiency is critical, but how do we achieve it, and how do we even measure it? This is an intermediate Java course. We recommend this course to learners who have previous experience in software development or a background in computer science, and in particular, we recommend that you have taken the first course in this specialization (which also requires some previous experience with Java)."
  +Using Python to Access Web Data,python-network-data,https://coursera.org/learn/python-network-data,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course will show how one can treat the Internet as a source of data. We will scrape, parse, and read web data as well as access data using web APIs. We will work with HTML, XML, and JSON data formats in Python. This course will cover Chapters 11-13 of the textbook “Python for Informatics”. To succeed in this course, you should be familiar with the material covered in Chapters 1-10 of the textbook and the first two courses in this specialization."
  +Networking and Security in iOS Applications,security,https://coursera.org/learn/security,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine",You will learn to extend your knowledge of making iOS apps so that they can securely interact with web services and receive push notifications. You'll learn how to store data securely on a device using Core Data. You’ll also learn to securely deploy apps to the App Store and beta users over-the-air. The format of the course is through a series of code tutorials. We will walk you through the creation of several apps that you can keep as a personal app toolbox.
  +Quantitative Formal Modeling and Worst-Case Performance Analysis,quantitative-formal-modeling-1,https://coursera.org/learn/quantitative-formal-modeling-1,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"Welcome to Quantitative Formal Modeling and Worst-Case Performance Analysis. In this course, you will learn about modeling and solving performance problems in a fashion popular in theoretical computer science, and generally train your abstract thinking skills."
  +iOS App Development Basics,iosappdevelopmentbasics,https://coursera.org/learn/iosappdevelopmentbasics,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,"iOS App Development Basics, the second course in the iOS App Development with Swift specialization, expands your programming skills and applies them to authentic app development projects. The topics covered in this course include Xcode basics, Core iOS and Cocoa Touch frameworks, simple user interface creation, MVC Architecture and much more. With a focus on using Apple’s components to access sensors like camera, microphone and GPS, by the end of this course you will be able to create a basic App according to specified parameters and guidelines."
  +Gamification,gamification,https://coursera.org/learn/gamification,Computer Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"Gamification is the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. This course will teach you the mechanisms of gamification, why it has such tremendous potential, and how to use it effectively. For additional information on the concepts described in the course, you can purchase Professor Werbach's book For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business in print or ebook format in several languages."
  +"Data Warehouse Concepts, Design, and Data Integration",dwdesign,https://coursera.org/learn/dwdesign,Computer Sciences,University of Colorado System,"This is the second course in the Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence specialization. Ideally, the courses should be taken in sequence. In this course, you will learn exciting concepts and skills for designing data warehouses and creating data integration workflows. These are fundamental skills for data warehouse developers and administrators. You will have hands-on experience for data warehouse design and use open source products for manipulating pivot tables and creating data integration workflows."
  +Internet of Things: Communication Technologies,internet-of-things-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-of-things-communication,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","Have you wondered how “Things” talk to each other and the cloud? Do you understand the alternatives for conveying latency-sensitive real time data versus reliable signaling data? Building on the skills from the Sensing and Actuation course, we will explore protocols to exchange information between processors."
  +App Design and Development for iOS,iosappdesigndevelopment,https://coursera.org/learn/iosappdesigndevelopment,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,"In App Design and Development for iOS, the third course of the iOS App Development with Swift specialization, you will be developing foundational programming skills to support graphical element presentation and data manipulation from basic functions through to advanced processing. You will continue to build your skill set to use and apply core graphics, touch handling and gestures, animations and transitions, alerts and actions as well as advanced algorithms, threading and more. By the end of this course you will be able to develop a more advanced, fully functioning app."
  +Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From NAND to Tetris (Project-Centered Course),build-a-computer,https://coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer,Computer Sciences,Hebrew University of Jerusalem,"In this project-centered course* you will build a modern computer system, from the ground up. We’ll divide this fascinating journey into six hands-on projects that will take you from constructing elementary logic gates all the way through creating a fully functioning general purpose computer. In the process, you will learn - in the most direct and constructive way - how computers work, and how they are designed."
  +How To Create a Website in a Weekend! (Project-Centered Course),how-to-create-a-website,https://coursera.org/learn/how-to-create-a-website,Computer Sciences,The State University of New York,"In this project-centered course*, you’ll design, build, and publish a basic website that incorporates text, sound, images, hyperlinks, plug-ins, and social media interactivity. We’ll provide you with step-by-step instructions, exercises, tips, and tools that enable you to set up a domain name, create an attractive layout for your pages, organize your content properly, ensure that your site functions well across different operating systems and on mobile devices, keep your site safe, and finally, let people know your site is online. We’ll even show you how to track your visitors. Throughout the course, you'll engage in collaboration and discussion with other learners through course forums and peer review."
  +Advanced Styling with Responsive Design,responsivedesign,https://coursera.org/learn/responsivedesign,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"It used to be the case that everyone viewed webpages on about the same size screen. But with the explosion of the use of smartphones to access the Internet, the landscape of design has completely changed. People viewing your site will now expect that it will perform regardless of the platform (smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer). This ability to respond to any platform is called responsive design."
  +Information Design,infodesign,https://coursera.org/learn/infodesign,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","A blank canvas is full of possibility. If you have an idea for a user experience, how do you turn it into a beautiful and effective user interface? This covers covers principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present information with your interfaces. You'll learn concrete strategies to create user interfaces, including key lessons in typography, information architecture, layout, color, and more. You’ll learn particular issues that arise in new device contexts, such as mobile and responsive interfaces."
  +Character Design for Video Games,video-game-character,https://coursera.org/learn/video-game-character,Computer Sciences,California Institute of the Arts,"In this course you will explore concepts and approaches involved in creating successful character designs that can be applied to video games. Following a first week delving into some foundational concepts for successful character design, each of the remaining three weeks are structured as a ""master class"" where you will observe three professional character designers at work in the studio: Andy Ristaino (Adventure Time), Jacky Ke Jiang (Journey), and Robertryan Cory (SpongeBob SquarePants). Each designer will take on two different design challenges on the fly and address the various issues in designing characters for games, such as movement, expression, and technical limitations."
  +Multiplatform Mobile App Development with Web Technologies,hybrid-mobile-development,https://coursera.org/learn/hybrid-mobile-development,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course focuses on developing multiplatform mobile applications using the Web skills (HTML5, CSS and Javascript) that you have already acquired so far in the previous courses of this specialization. In particular we make use of the Cordova hybrid application framework to develop and target multiple mobile platforms with a single codebase. We make use of the Ionic framework, one of fastest growing mobile application frameworks, that is built with mobile-optimized HTML5 and CSS based components and AngularJS. You will learn about UI development with Ionic and then using Cordova's modules to access the native mobile platform's capabilities from Javascript."
  +"Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes",friends-money-bytes,https://coursera.org/learn/friends-money-bytes,Computer Sciences,Princeton University,"You pick up your iPhone while waiting in line at a coffee shop. You google a not-so-famous actor, get linked to a Wikipedia entry listing his recent movies and popular YouTube clips of several of them. You check out user reviews on Amazon and pick one, download that movie on BitTorrent or stream that in Netflix. But suddenly the WiFi logo on your phone is gone and you're on 3G. Video quality starts to degrade, but you don't know if it's the server getting crowded or the Internet is congested somewhere. In any case, it costs you $10 per Gigabyte, and you decide to stop watching the movie, and instead multitask between sending tweets and calling your friend on Skype, while songs stream from iCloud to your phone."
  +"C++ For C Programmers, Part A",c-plus-plus-a,https://coursera.org/learn/c-plus-plus-a,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Santa Cruz",This course is for experienced C programmers who want to program in C++. The examples and exercises require a basic understanding of algorithms and object-oriented software.
  +Server-side Development with NodeJS,server-side-development,https://coursera.org/learn/server-side-development,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course deals with all things server-side. We base the entire course around the NodeJS platform. We start with a brief overview of the Web protocols: HTTP and HTTPS. We examine NodeJS and NodeJS modules: Express for building web servers. On the database side, we review basic CRUD operations, NoSQL databases, in particular MongoDB and Mongoose for accessing MongoDB from NodeJS. We examine the REST concepts and building a RESTful API. We touch upon authentication and security. Finally we review backend as a service (BaaS) approaches, including mobile BaaS, both open-source and commercial BaaS services."
  +Agile Planning for Software Products,agile-planning-for-software-products,https://coursera.org/learn/agile-planning-for-software-products,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course covers the techniques required to break down and map requirements into plans that will ultimately drive software production. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: - Create effective plans for software development - Map user requirements to developer tasks - Assess and plan for project risks"
  +International Cyber Conflicts,cyber-conflicts,https://coursera.org/learn/cyber-conflicts,Computer Sciences,The State University of New York,"By nature, cyber conflicts are an international issue that span across nation-state borders. By the end of the course, you will be able to apply the knowledge gained for analysis and management of international cyber incidents and conflicts including for activities such as development of policy related to cybercrime and cyberwarfare. Management of cyber incidents and conflicts requires an interdisciplinary perspective including an understanding of: 1) characteristics of the cyber threats and conflicts themselves, 2) international efforts to reduce and improve cyber security, and 3) psychological and sociopolitical factors."
  +Algorithmic Toolbox,algorithmic-toolbox,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithmic-toolbox,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","The course covers basic algorithmic techniques and ideas for computational problems arising frequently in practical applications: sorting and searching, divide and conquer, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming. We will learn a lot of theory: how to sort data and how it helps for searching; how to break a large problem into pieces and solve them recursively; when it makes sense to proceed greedily; how dynamic programming is used in genomic studies."
  +Best Practices for iOS User Interface Design,ui,https://coursera.org/learn/ui,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","You will learn to develop sophisticated user interfaces for iOS, with a focus on user interface design best practices, UI animations, and responsive design. You will learn about the key UI widgets, mapping interfaces and view restoration."
  +Usable Security,usable-security,https://coursera.org/learn/usable-security,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course focuses on how to design and build secure systems with a human-centric focus. We will look at basic principles of human-computer interaction, and apply these insights to the design of secure systems with the goal of developing security measures that respect human performance and their goals within a system."
  +Mastering the Software Engineering Interview,cs-tech-interview,https://coursera.org/learn/cs-tech-interview,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","You’ve hit a major milestone as a computer scientist and are becoming a capable programmer. You now know how to solve problems, write algorithms, and analyze solutions; and you have a wealth of tools (like data structures) at your disposal. You may now be ready for an internship or (possibly) an entry-level software engineering job. But can you land the internship/job? It depends in part on how well you can solve new technical problems and communicate during interviews. How can you get better at this? Practice!"
  +Control of Mobile Robots,mobile-robot,https://coursera.org/learn/mobile-robot,Computer Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,"Control of Mobile Robots is a course that focuses on the application of modern control theory to the problem of making robots move around in safe and effective ways. The structure of this class is somewhat unusual since it involves many moving parts - to do robotics right, one has to go from basic theory all the way to an actual robot moving around in the real world, which is the challenge we have set out to address through the different pieces in the course"
  +Approximation Algorithms Part I,approximation-algorithms-part-1,https://coursera.org/learn/approximation-algorithms-part-1,Computer Sciences,École normale supérieure,"How efficiently can you pack objects into a minimum number of boxes? How well can you cluster nodes so as to cheaply separate a network into components around a few centers? These are examples of NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. It is most likely impossible to solve such problems efficiently, so our aim is to give an approximate solution that can be computed in polynomial time and that at the same time has provable guarantees on its cost relative to the optimum."
  +"HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers",html-css-javascript-for-web-developers,https://coursera.org/learn/html-css-javascript-for-web-developers,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Do you realize that the only functionality of a web application that the user directly interacts with is through the web page? Implement it poorly and, to the user, the server-side becomes irrelevant! Today’s user expects a lot out of the web page: it has to load fast, expose the desired service, and be comfortable to view on all devices: from a desktop computers to tablets and mobile phones."
  +Using Databases with Python,python-databases,https://coursera.org/learn/python-databases,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course will introduce students to the basics of the Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as basic database design for storing data as part of a multi-step data gathering, analysis, and processing effort. The course will use SQLite3 as its database. We will also build web crawlers and multi-step data gathering and visualization processes. We will use the D3.js library to do basic data visualization. This course will cover Chapters 14-15 of the book “Python for Informatics”."
  +Web Application Development with Javascript and MongoDB,web-application-development,https://coursera.org/learn/web-application-development,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course, you will develop more advanced web application programming skills. You will learn how to control data read and write access using methods, publish and subscribe. You will learn how to access your database and server shells using command line tools. You will use the SimpleSchema system to validate data and generate input forms automatically. You will see a complete collaborative code editing environment, TextCircle, being built from scratch."
  +Front-End JavaScript Frameworks: AngularJS,angularjs,https://coursera.org/learn/angularjs,Computer Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course concentrates mainly on Javascript based front-end frameworks, and in particular, AngularJS, the most popular among them. We will review the model view controller (MVC) design-pattern in the context of AngularJS. You will be introduced to various aspects of AngularJS including two-way data binding and angular directives and filters. You will then be introduced to angular controllers and scopes. UI routing and templates will then be reviewed."
  +Interactivity with JavaScript,javascript,https://coursera.org/learn/javascript,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"If you want to take your website to the next level, the ability to incorporate interactivity is a must. But adding some of these types of capabilities requires a stronger programming language than HTML5 or CSS3, and JavaScript can provide just what you need. With just a basic understanding of the language, you can create a page that will react to common events such as page loads, mouse clicks &"
  +Client Needs and Software Requirements ,client-needs-and-software-requirements,https://coursera.org/learn/client-needs-and-software-requirements,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course covers practical techniques to elicit and express software requirements from client interactions. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: - Create clear requirements to drive effective software development - Visualize client needs using low-fidelity prototypes - Maximize the effectiveness of client interactions - Adapt to changing product requirements"
  +Getting Started: Agile Meets Design Thinking,getting-started-agile,https://coursera.org/learn/getting-started-agile,Computer Sciences,University of Virginia,"Despite everyone's good intentions, hard work and solid ideas, too many projects end up creating unneeded, unusable, and unsellable products. But it doesn't have to be this way. Agile and design thinking offer a different--and effective--approach to product development, one that results in valuable solutions to meaningful problems. In this course, you’ll learn how to determine what's valuable to a user early in the process--to frontload value--by focusing your team on testable narratives about the user and creating a strong shared perspective."
  +Cryptography I,crypto,https://coursera.org/learn/crypto,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,Cryptography is an indispensable tool for protecting information in computer systems. In this course you will learn the inner workings of cryptographic systems and how to correctly use them in real-world applications. The course begins with a detailed discussion of how two parties who have a shared secret key can communicate securely when a powerful adversary eavesdrops and tampers with traffic. We will examine many deployed protocols and analyze mistakes in existing systems. The second half of the course discusses public-key techniques that let two parties generate a shared secret key.
  +Game Development for Modern Platforms,gamedev-platforms,https://coursera.org/learn/gamedev-platforms,Computer Sciences,Michigan State University,"The device or ""platform"" that a game is developed for and played on has a massive impact on the game development process. In this hands-on course you will explore how to develop a game for a variety of modern platforms, including Web, Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android. While building a complete game, you will learn intermediate and advanced game development techniques in the Unity game engine. By the end of the course, you will understand how to develop, refine, package, and prepare your game for distribution on a variety of game platforms."
  +Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements,reviews-and-metrics-for-software-improvements,https://coursera.org/learn/reviews-and-metrics-for-software-improvements,Computer Sciences,University of Alberta,"This course covers techniques for monitoring your projects in order to align client needs, project plans, and software production. It focuses on metrics and reviews to track and improve project progress and software quality. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:"
  +An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1),interactive-python-1,https://coursera.org/learn/interactive-python-1,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy-to learn, high-level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser-based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple."
  +Ruby on Rails Web Services and Integration with MongoDB,ruby-on-rails-web-services-mongodb,https://coursera.org/learn/ruby-on-rails-web-services-mongodb,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"In this course, we will explore MongoDB, a very popular NoSQL database and Web Services concepts and integrate them both with Ruby on Rails. MongoDB is a used to handle documents with a pre-defined schema which will give the developers an ability to store, process and use data using it’s rich API. The modules will go in-depth from installation to CRUD operations, aggregation, indexing, GridFS and various other topics where we continuously integrate MongoDB with RailsRuby."
  +Java Programming: Principles of Software Design,java-programming-design-principles,https://coursera.org/learn/java-programming-design-principles,Computer Sciences,Duke University,"Solve real world problems with Java using multiple classes. Learn how to create programming solutions that scale using Java interfaces. Recognize that software engineering is more than writing code - it also involves logical thinking and design. By the end of this course you will have written a program that analyzes and sorts earthquake data, and developed a predictive text generator."
  +Approximation Algorithms Part II,approximation-algorithms-part-2,https://coursera.org/learn/approximation-algorithms-part-2,Computer Sciences,École normale supérieure,"This is the continuation of Approximation algorithms, Part 1. Here you will learn linear programming duality applied to the design of some approximation algorithms, and semidefinite programming applied to Maxcut. By taking the two parts of this course, you will be exposed to a range of problems at the foundations of theoretical computer science, and to powerful design and analysis techniques."
  +Introduction to Meteor.js Development  ,meteor-development,https://coursera.org/learn/meteor-development,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course, you will learn how to create a complete, multi-user web site using the Meteor.js framework and MongoDB. You will implement user authentication, security features, reactive templates and routing using iron router. You will carry out key database operations such as inserting, removing and updating data as well as sorting and filtering. You will see how a complete application can be built, line by line."
  +Cryptography,cryptography,https://coursera.org/learn/cryptography,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course will introduce you to the foundations of modern cryptography, with an eye toward practical applications."
  +The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming for the Raspberry Pi,raspberry-pi-platform,https://coursera.org/learn/raspberry-pi-platform,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","The Raspberry Pi is a small, affordable single-board computer that you will use to design and develop fun and practical IoT devices while learning programming and computer hardware. In addition, you will learn how to set up up the Raspberry Pi environment, get a Linux operating system running, and write and execute some basic Python code on the Raspberry Pi."
  +Build Your First Android App (Project-Centered Course),android-app,https://coursera.org/learn/android-app,Computer Sciences,CentraleSupélec,"In this project-centered course*, you’ll design, build, and distribute your own unique application for the Android mobile platform. We’ll provide you with a set of customizable building blocks that you can assemble to create many different types of apps, and that will help you become familiar with many important specificities of Android development. When you complete the project, in addition to having a personalized app that you can use and share, you’ll have the skills and background you need to move on to more advanced coursework in Android development."
  +Advanced Data Structures in Java,advanced-data-structures,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-data-structures,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","How does Google Maps plan the best route for getting around town given current traffic conditions? How does an internet router forward packets of network traffic to minimize delay? How does an aid group allocate resources to its affiliated local partners? To solve such problems, we first represent the key pieces of data in a complex data structure. In this course, you’ll learn about data structures, like graphs, that are fundamental for working with structured real world data."
  +"Designing, Running, and Analyzing Experiments",designexperiments,https://coursera.org/learn/designexperiments,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","You may never be sure whether you have an effective user experience until you have tested it with users. In this course, you’ll learn how to design user-centered experiments, how to run such experiments, and how to analyze data from these experiments in order to evaluate and validate user experiences. You will work through real-world examples of experiments from the fields of UX, IxD, and HCI, understanding issues in experiment design and analysis."
  +Responsive website tutorial and examples,responsive-website-examples,https://coursera.org/learn/responsive-website-examples,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","In this course, we will show you exciting examples of collaborative, interactive web applications that use various types of media including sound, images and big data. We will show you how to build sites that provide precisely this functionality, using Meteor. We will also provide fully working example application code that you can use for your own commercial web projects. The course also provides a range of advice and suggestions about how to develop bespoke web applications which match the requirements of clients, where clients are people who commission the product or people who use the product."
  +"Java Programming: Arrays, Lists and Structured Data",java-programming-arrays-lists-data,https://coursera.org/learn/java-programming-arrays-lists-data,Computer Sciences,Duke University,Build on the software engineering skills you learned in “Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software” by learning new data structures. Use these data structures to build more complex programs that use Java’s object-oriented features. At the end of the course you will write an encryption program and a program to break your encryption algorithm.
  +Toward the Future of iOS Development with Swift,iosswift,https://coursera.org/learn/iosswift,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine",An introduction to the Swift programming language. This will prepare you for more extensive iOS app development and build a foundation for advanced iOS development topics.
  +Beginning Game Programming with C#,game-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/game-programming,Computer Sciences,University of Colorado System,"The Beginning Game Programming with C# course is all about learning how to develop video games using the C# programming language. Why use C# instead of C++, Java, ActionScript, or some other programming language you may have heard of? First, using C# lets us use the open-source MonoGame framework, which help us quickly develop games for Windows, Android, iOS, Mac OS X, and others. Second, the Unity game engine is very popular with indie game developers, and C# is one of the programming languages you can use in the Unity environment."
  +Running Valuable Design Sprints,running-design-sprints,https://coursera.org/learn/running-design-sprints,Computer Sciences,University of Virginia,"Typically, clients and managers don't want to pay for design (or strategy) but want to rush toward results. Design sprints allow you to meet clients' desire for solutions--to develop sooner--and still adjust based on feedback. But not all sprints are alike. In this course, you’ll learn how to run situation-appropriate sprints, whether it's testing user motivation, interface usability, or solution fit, to avoid waste and deliver value."
  +Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems: Part 2,android-programming-2,https://coursera.org/learn/android-programming-2,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course introduces you to the design and implementation of Android applications for mobile devices. You will build upon concepts from the prior course, including handling notifications, using multimedia and graphics and incorporating touch and gestures into your apps."
  +Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems: Part 1,android-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/android-programming,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course introduces you to the design and implementation of Android applications for mobile devices. You will develop an app from scratch, assuming a basic knowledge of Java, and learn how to set up Android Studio, work with various Activities and create simple user interfaces to make your apps run smoothly."
  +"Games, Sensors and Media",games,https://coursera.org/learn/games,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","You will learn to make fluid digital interactive experiences that are suitable for gaming and use the advanced sensor hardware built into the iPhone and iPad. This includes drawing 2D graphics, playing sounds and music, integrating with Game Center, the iOS physics engine and detecting device orientation and location."
  +Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1),algorithmic-thinking-1,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithmic-thinking-1,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"Experienced Computer Scientists analyze and solve computational problems at a level of abstraction that is beyond that of any particular programming language. This two-part course builds on the principles that you learned in our Principles of Computing course and is designed to train students in the mathematical concepts and process of ""Algorithmic Thinking"", allowing them to build simpler, more efficient solutions to real-world computational problems."
  +An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2),interactive-python-2,https://coursera.org/learn/interactive-python-2,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"This two-part course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy-to learn, high-level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser-based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple."
  +Data Structures,data-structures,https://coursera.org/learn/data-structures,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","A good algorithm usually comes together with a set of good data structures that allow the algorithm to manipulate the data efficiently. In this course, we consider the common data structures that are used in various computational problems. You will learn how these data structures are implemented in different programming languages and will practice implementing them in our programming assignments. This will help you to understand what is going on inside a particular built-in implementation of a data structure and what to expect from it."
  +Principles of Computing (Part 1),principles-of-computing-1,https://coursera.org/learn/principles-of-computing-1,Computer Sciences,Rice University,This two-part course builds upon the programming skills that you learned in our Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python course. We will augment those skills with both important programming practices and critical mathematical problem solving skills. These skills underlie larger scale computational problem solving and programming. The main focus of the class will be programming weekly mini-projects in Python that build upon the mathematical and programming principles that are taught in the class.
  +Java for Android,java4android,https://coursera.org/learn/java4android,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This MOOC teaches you how to program core features and classes from the Java programming language that are used in Android, which is the dominant platform for developing and deploying mobile device apps. In particular, this MOOC covers key Java programming language features that control the flow of execution through an app (such as Java’s various looping constructs and conditional statements), enable access to structured data (such as Java's built-in arrays and common classes in the Java Collections Framework, such as ArrayList and HashMap), group related operations and data into classes and interfaces (such as Java's primitive and user-defined types, fields, methods, generic parameters, and exceptions), customize the behavior of existing classes via inheritance and polymorphism (such as subclassing and overriding virtual methods)."
  +Networks Illustrated: Principles without Calculus,networks-illustrated,https://coursera.org/learn/networks-illustrated,Computer Sciences,Princeton University,What makes WiFi faster at home than at a coffee shop? How does Google order its search results from the trillions of webpages on the Internet? Why does Verizon charge $15 for every GB of data we use? Is it really true that we are connected in six social steps or less? These are just a few of the many intriguing questions we can ask about the social and technical networks that form integral parts of our daily lives.
  +Development of Real-Time Systems,real-time-systems,https://coursera.org/learn/real-time-systems,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"The course centers around the problem of achieving timing correctness in embedded systems, which means to guarantee that the system reacts within the real-time requirements. Examples of such systems include airbags, emergency breaks, avionics, and also multi-media systems like video playback and QoS in web servers."
  +Introduction to Programming with MATLAB,matlab,https://coursera.org/learn/matlab,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile and very useful for engineers and other professionals. MATLAB is a special-purpose language that is an excellent choice for writing moderate-size programs that solve problems involving the manipulation of numbers. The design of the language makes it possible to write a powerful program in a few lines."
  +Web Application Development: Basic Concepts,webapps1,https://coursera.org/learn/webapps1,Computer Sciences,University of New Mexico,"This is the first course in a Coursera Specialization track involving Web Application Architectures. This course will give you the basic background, terminology and fundamental concepts that you need to understand in order to build modern full stack web applications. A full stack web developer is familiar with each ""layer"" of the software technologies involved in a web application, including data modeling and database technologies, the web server environment and middleware components, network protocols, the user interface and basic visual design and user interaction concepts."
  +Algorithmic Thinking (Part 2),algorithmic-thinking-2,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithmic-thinking-2,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"Experienced Computer Scientists analyze and solve computational problems at a level of abstraction that is beyond that of any particular programming language. This two-part class is designed to train students in the mathematical concepts and process of ""Algorithmic Thinking"", allowing them to build simpler, more efficient solutions to computational problems."
  +Software Security ,software-security,https://coursera.org/learn/software-security,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course we will explore the foundations of software security. We will consider important software vulnerabilities and attacks that exploit them -- such as buffer overflows, SQL injection, and session hijacking -- and we will consider defenses that prevent or mitigate these attacks, including advanced testing and program analysis techniques. Importantly, we take a ""build security in"" mentality, considering techniques at each phase of the development cycle that can be used to strengthen the security of software systems."
  +Principles of Computing (Part 2),principles-of-computing-2,https://coursera.org/learn/principles-of-computing-2,Computer Sciences,Rice University,"This two-part course introduces the basic mathematical and programming principles that underlie much of Computer Science. Understanding these principles is crucial to the process of creating efficient and well-structured solutions for computational problems. To get hands-on experience working with these concepts, we will use the Python programming language. The main focus of the class will be weekly mini-projects that build upon the mathematical and programming principles that are taught in the class."
  +A developer's guide to the Internet of Things (IoT),developer-iot,https://coursera.org/learn/developer-iot,Computer Sciences,IBM,"This course is an entry level introduction to developing and deploying solutions for the Internet of Things. It will focus on capturing data from a trusted device and sending the data to a cloud platform where it can be exploited by the many services available. You will explore all the steps required to create a basic IoT solution using a popular device, the Raspberry Pi, and a trial version of the cloud-based IBM Watson IoT Platform."
  +"Cloud Computing Concepts, Part 1",cloud-computing,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-computing,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Cloud computing systems today, whether open-source or used inside companies, are built using a common set of core techniques, algorithms, and design philosophies—all centered around distributed systems. Learn about such fundamental distributed computing ""concepts"" for cloud computing. Some of these concepts include: Clouds, MapReduce, key-value stores, Classical precursors, Widely-used algorithms, Classical algorithms, Scalability, Trending areas, And more!"
  +Parallel programming,parprog1,https://coursera.org/learn/parprog1,Computer Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"With every smartphone and computer now boasting multiple processors, the use of functional ideas to facilitate parallel programming is becoming increasingly widespread. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of parallel programming, from task parallelism to data parallelism. In particular, you'll see how many familiar ideas from functional programming map perfectly to to the data parallel paradigm. We'll start the nuts and bolts how to effectively parallelize familiar collections operations, and we'll build up to parallel collections, a production-ready data parallel collections library available in the Scala standard library."
  +Functional Programming Principles in Scala,progfun1,https://coursera.org/learn/progfun1,Computer Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Functional programming is becoming increasingly widespread in industry. This trend is driven by the adoption of Scala as the main programming language for many applications. Scala fuses functional and object-oriented programming in a practical package. It interoperates seamlessly with both Java and Javascript. Scala is the implementation language of many important frameworks, including Apache Spark, Kafka, and Akka. It provides the core infrastructure for sites such as Twitter, Tumblr and also Coursera."
  +Functional Program Design in Scala,progfun2,https://coursera.org/learn/progfun2,Computer Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"In this course you will learn how to apply the functional programming style in the design of larger applications. You'll get to know important new functional programming concepts, from lazy evaluation to structuring your libraries using monads. We'll work on larger and more involved examples, from state space exploration to random testing to discrete circuit simulators. You’ll also learn some best practices on how to write good Scala code in the real world."
  +Running Experiments with Agile,building--agile-culture,https://coursera.org/learn/building--agile-culture,Computer Sciences,University of Virginia,"To deliver agile outcomes, you have to do more than implement an agile process; you have to create a culture of experimentation. It's this commitment to experimenting that's at the heart of today’s most successful implementations of agile. This course shows you how to integrate the practice of experimentation across concept testing, usability testing, functional testing, and continuous deployment."
  +Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps,digitalmedia,https://coursera.org/learn/digitalmedia,Computer Sciences,"University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London","This course is for anyone who would like to apply their technical skills to creative work ranging from video games to art installations to interactive music, and also for artists who would like to use programming in their artistic practice. This course will teach you how to develop and apply programming skills to creative work. This is an important skill within the development of creative mobile applications, digital music and video games. It will teach the technical skills needed to write software that make use of images, audio and graphics, and will concentrate on the application of these skills to creative projects."
  +Algorithms on Graphs and Trees,algorithms-on-graphs-and-trees,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-on-graphs-and-trees,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","If you have ever used a navigation service to find optimal route and estimate time to destination, you've used algorithms on graphs. Graphs arise in various real-world situations as there are road networks, computer networks and, most recently, social networks! If you're looking for the fastest time to get to work, cheapest way to connect set of computers into a network or efficient algorithm to automatically find communities and opinion leaders in Facebook, you're going to work with graphs and algorithms on graphs. In this course, you will first learn what a graph is and what are some of the most important properties."
  +Software Architecture for the Internet of Things,iot-software-architecture,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-software-architecture,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"This course will teach you how to design futureproof systems that meet the requirements of IoT systems: systems that are secure, interoperable, modifiable and scalable. Moreover, you'll learn to apply best-in-class software architecture methods to help you design complex IoT and other applications. Lastly, you'll come to understand the business impact of the technical decisions that you make as an IoT system architect."
  +Introduction to User Experience Design ,user-experience-design,https://coursera.org/learn/user-experience-design,Computer Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,The focus of this course is to introduce the learner to User Experience (UX) Design User Experience design is design that is user centered. The goal is to design artifacts that allow the users to meet their needs in the most effective efficient and satisfying manner. The course introduces the novice to a cycle of discovery and evaluation and a set of techniques that meet the user's needs.
  +Cloud Computing Concepts: Part 2,cloud-computing-2,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-computing-2,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Cloud computing systems today, whether open-source or used inside companies, are built using a common set of core techniques, algorithms, and design philosophies—all centered around distributed systems. Learn about such fundamental distributed computing ""concepts"" for cloud computing. Some of these concepts include: Clouds, MapReduce, key-value stores, Classical precursors, Widely-used algorithms, Classical algorithms, Scalability, Trending areas, And more!"
  +Hardware Security,hardware-security,https://coursera.org/learn/hardware-security,Computer Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","In this course, we will study security and trust from the hardware perspective. Upon completing the course, students will understand the vulnerabilities in current digital system design flow and the physical attacks to these systems. They will learn that security starts from hardware design and be familiar with the tools and skills to build secure and trusted hardware."
  +Introduction to Natural Language Processing,nlpintro,https://coursera.org/learn/nlpintro,Computer Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course provides an introduction to the field of Natural Language Processing. It includes relevant background material in Linguistics, Mathematics, Probabilities, and Computer Science. Some of the topics covered in the class are Text Similarity, Part of Speech Tagging, Parsing, Semantics, Question Answering, Sentiment Analysis, and Text Summarization."
  +Cybersecurity and Mobility,cybersecurity-and-mobility,https://coursera.org/learn/cybersecurity-and-mobility,Computer Sciences,University System of Georgia,"This course is for you if you are interested in transitioning toward a managerial role in cybersecurity and mobility. Through interviews with industry experts in this area, you will be able to analyze innovations powering the rapid spread of information technology and how they present new challenges for protecting data."
  +Introduction to Architecting Smart IoT Devices,iot-devices,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-devices,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"Embedded Systems are so ubiquitous that some of us take them for granted: we find them in smartphones, GPS systems, airplanes and so on. But have you ever wondered how these devices actually work? If so, you're in the right place! In this course, you'll learn about the characteristics of embedded systems: the possibilities, dangers, complications and recipes for success."
  +"Programming Languages, Part A",programming-languages,https://coursera.org/learn/programming-languages,Computer Sciences,University of Washington,"This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming. The course uses the languages ML, Racket, and Ruby as vehicles for teaching the concepts, but the real intent is to teach enough about how any language “fits together” to make you more effective programming in any language -- and in learning new ones."
  +Algorithms on Strings,algorithms-on-strings,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-on-strings,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","World and internet is full of textual information. We search for information using textual queries, we read websites, books, e-mails. All those are strings from the point of view of computer science. To make sense of all that information and make search efficient, search engines use many string algorithms. Moreover, the emerging field of personalized medicine uses many search algorithms to find disease-causing mutations in the human genome."
  +Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things,cybersecurity-and-the-internet-of-things,https://coursera.org/learn/cybersecurity-and-the-internet-of-things,Computer Sciences,University System of Georgia,"Welcome! You may have heard about the Internet of Things (IoT). But you may also have wondered about what it is. Or for that matter, what does it mean to you or an organization. This course is for you if you are curious about the most recent trends and activities in the internet capabilities and concerns about programmed devices. There are complexities and areas of necessary awareness when the industrial sector becomes connected to your home. Security policies and practices have not yet caught up to the internet capabilities of some of our most common products."
  +Modeling Discrete Optimization,modelingoptimization,https://coursera.org/learn/modelingoptimization,Computer Sciences,The University of Melbourne,Learn a new way to approach problem solving by stating the problem and letting powerful constraint solving software do the rest. This class teaches you the art of encoding complex discrete optimization problems in the MiniZinc modeling language and then shows you how to effortlessly solve them by leveraging state-of-the-art open-source constraint solving software.
  +System Validation: Automata and behavioural equivalences,automata-system-validation,https://coursera.org/learn/automata-system-validation,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"Have you ever experienced software systems failing? Websites crash, calendar not synchronising, or even a power blackout. Of course you have! But did you know that many of these errors are the result of communication errors either within a system or between systems? Depending on the system, the impact of software failures can be huge, even resulting in massive economic damage or loss of lives. Software, and in particular the communication between software-intensive systems, is very complex and very difficult to get right."
  +Embedded Hardware and Operating Systems,embedded-operating-system,https://coursera.org/learn/embedded-operating-system,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"This course is intended for the Bachelor and Master's students, who like practical programming and making IoTs applications! In this course we will talk about two components of a cyber physical system, namely hardware and operating systems. After completing this course, you will have the knowledge of both hardware components and operating systems. You are able to plan and use embedded operating systems in resource-constraint devices for Internet-of-Things (cyber physical system) applications."
  +Architecting Smart IoT Devices,iot-architecture,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-architecture,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"This course will teach you how to develop an embedded systems device. In order to reduce the time to market, many pre-made hardware and software components are available today. You'll discover all the available hardware and software components, such as processor families, operating systems, boards and networks. You'll also learn how to actually use and integrate these components."
  +"C++ For C Programmers, Part B",c-plus-plus-b,https://coursera.org/learn/c-plus-plus-b,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Santa Cruz",This course is for experienced C programmers who want to program in C++. The examples and exercises require a basic understanding of algorithms and object-oriented software.
  +Cybersecurity and the X-Factor,cybersecurity-and-x-factor,https://coursera.org/learn/cybersecurity-and-x-factor,Computer Sciences,University System of Georgia,"What is the X-Factor? In Cybersecurity, the X-Factor related to unknown and unpredictable human behavior within and outside of your organization. “No one really knows why humans do what they do”, (David K. Reynolds), and because of this organizations can be unprepared for malicious, untrained, or even best intentioned behavior that can cause alarm and sometimes irreparable harm."
  +Advanced Algorithms and Complexity,advanced-algorithms-and-complexity,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-algorithms-and-complexity,Computer Sciences,"University of California, San Diego, Higher School of Economics","You've learned the basic algorithms now and are ready to step into the area of more complex problems and algorithms to solve them. Advanced algorithms build upon basic ones and use new ideas. We will start with networks flows which are used in more typical applications such as optimal matchings, finding disjoint paths and flight scheduling as well as more surprising ones like image segmentation in computer vision. We then proceed to linear programming with applications in optimizing budget allocation, portfolio optimization, finding the cheapest diet satisfying all requirements and many others."
  +"Algorithms, Part I",introduction-to-algorithms,https://coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-algorithms,Computer Sciences,Princeton University,"This course covers the essential information that every serious programmer needs to know about algorithms and data structures, with emphasis on applications and scientific performance analysis of Java implementations. Part I covers elementary data structures, sorting, and searching algorithms. Part II focuses on graph- and string-processing algorithms."
  +"Programming Languages, Part B",programming-languages-part-b,https://coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-b,Computer Sciences,University of Washington,"This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming. The course uses the languages ML, Racket, and Ruby as vehicles for teaching the concepts, but the real intent is to teach enough about how any language “fits together” to make you more effective programming in any language -- and in learning new ones."
  +Single Page Web Applications with AngularJS,single-page-web-apps-with-angularjs,https://coursera.org/learn/single-page-web-apps-with-angularjs,Computer Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Do you want to write powerful, maintainable, and testable front end applications faster and with less code? Then consider joining this course to gain skills in one of the most popular Single Page Application (SPA) frameworks today, AngularJS. Developed and backed by Google, AngularJS is a very marketable skill to acquire."
  +Python Programming: A Concise Introduction,python-programming-introduction,https://coursera.org/learn/python-programming-introduction,Computer Sciences,Wesleyan University,"The goal of the course is to introduce students to Python Version 3.x programming using hands on instruction. It will show how to install Python and use the Spyder IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for writing and debugging programs. The approach will be to present an example followed by a small exercise where the learner tries something similar to solidify a concept. At the end of each module there will be an exercise where the student is required to write simple programs and submit them for grading. It is intended for students with little or no programming background, although students with such a background should be able to move forward at their preferred pace. The course is four modules long and is designed to be completed in four weeks."
  +Introduction to UI Design,ui-design,https://coursera.org/learn/ui-design,Computer Sciences,University of Minnesota,"In this course, you will gain an understanding of the critical importance of user interface design. You will also learn industry-standard methods for how to approach the design of a user interface and key theories and frameworks that underlie the design of most interfaces you use today. Through a series of case studies on commercial systems - many of which you likely use on a regular basis - we will illustrate the benefits of good design. We will also demonstrate how the costs of bad design can often be severe (in user experience, money, and even human lives)."
  +Getting started with Augmented Reality,augmented-reality,https://coursera.org/learn/augmented-reality,Computer Sciences,Institut Mines-Télécom,"This course will teach you the basics of developing mobile applications using Mixed and Augmented Reality (MAR) technologies. Through hands-on projects, you’ll learn practical techniques to rapidly and easily prototype three different applications for Android smartphones and tablets – even with no previous coding experience. If you’re a creative entrepreneur, this is your ideal introduction to today’s trends in the products and technologies of the emerging augmented reality market."
  +Introduction to Web Development,web-development,https://coursera.org/learn/web-development,Computer Sciences,"University of California, Davis","This course is designed to start you on a path toward future studies in web development and design, no matter how little experience or technical knowledge you currently have. The web is a very big place, and if you are the typical internet user, you probably visit several websites every day, whether for business, entertainment or education. But have you ever wondered how these websites actually work? How are they built? How do browsers, computers, and mobile devices interact with the web?"
  +Audio Signal Processing for Music Applications,audio-signal-processing,https://coursera.org/learn/audio-signal-processing,Computer Sciences,"Universitat Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona, Stanford University","In this course you will learn about audio signal processing methodologies that are specific for music and of use in real applications. We focus on the spectral processing techniques of relevance for the description and transformation of sounds, developing the basic theoretical and practical knowledge with which to analyze, synthesize, transform and describe audio signals in the context of music applications. The course is based on open software and content. The demonstrations and programming exercises are done using Python under Ubuntu, and the references and materials for the course come from open online repositories."
  +Computational Neuroscience,computational-neurosciencecompneuro,https://coursera.org/learn/computational-neurosciencecompneuro,Computer Sciences,University of Washington,"This course provides an introduction to basic computational methods for understanding what nervous systems do and for determining how they function. We will explore the computational principles governing various aspects of vision, sensory-motor control, learning, and memory. Specific topics that will be covered include representation of information by spiking neurons, processing of information in neural networks, and algorithms for adaptation and learning."
  +Learn to Program: The Fundamentals,learn-to-program,https://coursera.org/learn/learn-to-program,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,": Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to write fun and useful programs using the Python language"
  +"Cloud Computing Applications, Part 2",cloud-applications-2,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-applications-2,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Welcome to the Cloud Computing Applications course, the second part of a two-course series designed to give you a comprehensive view on the world of Cloud Computing and Big Data! In this second course we continue Cloud Computing Applications by exploring how the Cloud opens up data analytics of huge volumes of data that are static or streamed at high velocity and represent an enormous variety of information. Cloud applications and data analytics represent a disruptive change in the ways that society is informed by, and uses information. We start the first week by introducing some major systems for data analysis including Spark and the major frameworks and distributions of analytics applications including Hortonworks, Cloudera, and MapR."
  +Android App Components and Data Persistence,androidapps,https://coursera.org/learn/androidapps,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This 4 week MOOC builds upon the overview of Java and Android covered in Course 1 by delving deeper into core Android app components, such as intents, activities, and broadcast receivers. You will learn by example how to program these core Android components together with Android concurrency frameworks and basic Java file I/O classes (such as File and InputStream) and Android storage mechanisms (such as Shared Preferences). You'll also learn how to use the Git source code management system. Throughout this MOOC you'll work incrementally on a project involving downloading, storing, and display images from remote websites. Each week you will add additional capabilities to the project, based on material covered in the lecture videos."
  +"Programming Languages, Part C",programming-languages-part-c,https://coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-c,Computer Sciences,University of Washington,"This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming. The course uses the languages ML, Racket, and Ruby as vehicles for teaching the concepts, but the real intent is to teach enough about how any language “fits together” to make you more effective programming in any language -- and in learning new ones."
  +Discrete Optimization,optimization,https://coursera.org/learn/optimization,Computer Sciences,The University of Melbourne,"Tired of solving Sudokus by hand? This class teaches you how to solve complex search problems with discrete optimization concepts and algorithms, including constraint programming, local search, and mixed-integer programming. Optimization technology is ubiquitous in our society. It schedules planes and their crews, coordinates the production of steel, and organizes the transportation of iron ore from the mines to the ports. Optimization clears the day-ahead and real-time markets to deliver electricity to millions of people."
  +"Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms",algorithms-divide-conquer,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-divide-conquer,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: asymptotic (""Big-oh"") notation, sorting and searching, divide and conquer (master method, integer and matrix multiplication, closest pair), and randomized algorithms (QuickSort, contraction algorithm for min cuts)."
  +User Research and Design,design-research,https://coursera.org/learn/design-research,Computer Sciences,University of Minnesota,"In this course you will learn and practice techniques of user research and early UI design exploration. First, you will learn and practice several techniques for user research, including in-person research and survey and log-analysis techniques. Then, you will learn to analyze and deliver user research in forms that support UI design, including personas, use cases, tasks, and scenarios. Finally, you will learn and practice ideation techniques that start from user research and broadly generate potential design ideas."
  +Web Connectivity and Security in Embedded Systems,iot-connectivity-security,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-connectivity-security,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"In this course, we will explore several technologies that bring modern devices together, facilitating a network of connected things and making devices internet enabled. We will discuss rules, protocols, and standards for these devices to communicate with each other in the network. We will also go through security and privacy issues and challenges in cyber physical systems (CPS). We will explore measures and techniques for securing systems from different perspectives. Possible attack models are introduced and solutions to tackle such attacks are discussed. Moreover, some basic concepts related to privacy in cyber physical systems are presented."
  +Cloud Networking,cloud-networking,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-networking,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course will allow us to explore in-depth the challenges for cloud networking—how do we build a network infrastructure that provides the agility to deploy virtual networks on a shared infrastructure, that enables both efficient transfer of big data and low latency communication, and that enables applications to be federated across countries and continents? Examining how these objectives are met will set the stage for the rest of the course."
  +System Validation (2): Model process behaviour,system-validation-behavior,https://coursera.org/learn/system-validation-behavior,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"System Validation is the field that studies the fundamentals of system communication and information processing. It is the next logical step in computer science and improving software development in general. It allows automated analysis based on behavioural models of a system to see if a system works correctly. We want to guarantee that the systems does exactly what it is supposed to do. The techniques put forward in system validation allow to prove the absence of errors. It allows to design embedded system behaviour that is structurally sound and as a side effect enforces you to make the behaviour simple and insightful. This means that the systems are not only behaving correctly, but are also much easier to maintain and adapt. ’Model process behaviour' is the follow up MOOC to 'Automata and behavioural equivalences'. This MOOC shows you how to model process behaviour, in particular protocols and distributed algorithms, dive deeper in the properties of system behaviour, and keep things simple to avoid a state space explosion. Reading material. J.F. Groote and M.R. Mousavi. Modeling and analysis of communicating systems."
  +"Graph Search, Shortest Paths, and Data Structures",algorithms-graphs-data-structures,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-graphs-data-structures,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: data structures (heaps, balanced search trees, hash tables, bloom filters), graph primitives (applications of breadth-first and depth-first search, connectivity, shortest paths), and their applications (ranging from deduplication to social network analysis)."
  +Quantitative Model Checking,quantitative-model-checking,https://coursera.org/learn/quantitative-model-checking,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"Model checking focuses on the qualitative evaluation of the model. As formal verification method, model checking analyzes the functionality of the system model. A property that needs to be analyzed has to be specified in a logic with consistent syntax and semantics. For every state of the model, it is then checked whether the property is valid or not. The main focus of this course is on quantitative model checking for Markov chains, for which we will discuss efficient computational algorithms. The learning objectives of this course are as follows: - Express dependability properties for different kinds of transition systems . - Compute the evolution over time for Markov chains. - Check whether single states satisfy a certain formula and compute the satisfaction set for properties."
  +Fundamentals of Computer Architecture,computer-architecture-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/computer-architecture-fundamentals,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"This course introduces several topics for the learners about the fundamentals of computer architecture. After completing this course, the students will have the basic knowledge of: • Computer Performance and Benchmarks • Summarizing Performance • Amdahl’s law • Introduction to Embedded Systems"
  +Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies,cryptocurrency,https://coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency,Computer Sciences,Princeton University,"To really understand what is special about Bitcoin, we need to understand how it works at a technical level. We’ll address the important questions about Bitcoin, such as: How does Bitcoin work? What makes Bitcoin different? How secure are your Bitcoins? How anonymous are Bitcoin users? What determines the price of Bitcoins? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? What might the future hold? After this course, you’ll know everything you need to be able to separate fact from fiction when reading claims about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You’ll have the conceptual foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the Bitcoin network. And you’ll be able to integrate ideas from Bitcoin in your own projects."
  +Data Processing Using Python,python-data-processing,https://coursera.org/learn/python-data-processing,Computer Sciences,Nanjing University,"This course (The English copy of ""用Python玩转数据"" <https://www.coursera.org/learn/hipython/home/welcome>) is mainly for non-computer majors. It starts with the basic syntax of Python, to how to acquire data in Python locally and from network, to how to present data, then to how to conduct basic and advanced statistic analysis and visualization of data, and finally to how to design a simple GUI to present and process data, advancing level by level. This course, as a whole, based on Yahoo Finance data and through establishment of popular cases one after another, enables learners to more vividly feel the simplicity, elegance and robustness of Python. Also, it discusses the fast, convenient and efficient data processing capacity of Python in humanities and social sciences fields like literature, sociology and journalism and science and engineering fields like mathematics and biology, in addition to business fields. Similarly, it may also be flexibly applied into other fields."
  +"Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Dynamic Programming",algorithms-greedy,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-greedy,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: greedy algorithms (scheduling, minimum spanning trees, clustering, Huffman codes) and dynamic programming (knapsack, sequence alignment, optimal search trees)."
  +Configuration Management on Google Cloud Platform,gcp-configuration-management,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-configuration-management,Computer Sciences,Google Cloud,"This course introduces configuration management on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Many of the concepts in this course rely on topics covered in earlier courses in the specialization, so if you haven’t yet worked through that material, you should go back and complete the first and second courses. The labs in this course also rely on work you should have completed in the labs in the previous course. If you haven’t completed the labs in the previous course you should go back and make sure you work through all the labs and have an image of the Guestbook container before moving on to the labs in this course."
  +"Computing, Storage and Security with Google Cloud Platform",gcp-security,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-security,Computer Sciences,Google Cloud,"This course covers the details of Computing, Storage and Security on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You should be familiar with the fundamentals of working with Google Cloud Platform before working through this course. If you’re new to cloud in general, or Google Cloud Platform in particular, you should first work through our introductory course, Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals. In this course, you learn how to manage both individual and groups of instances or virtual machines and their related resources like disks and IP addresses. You also learn about creating and configuring networks and firewall rules from scratch. You learn about securely managing access to your projects using Identity and Access Management or IAM. Finally, you learn about managing Google Cloud Storage resources in your projects."
  +Designing Highly Scalable Web Apps on Google Cloud Platform,gcp-scalable-web-apps,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-scalable-web-apps,Computer Sciences,Google Cloud,This course covers the details of designing highly available and scalable applications and services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). In this course you learn how to configure autoscaling with Compute Engine instance groups. You also configure a highly available architecture to serve web content across multiple fault-tolerant instance groups in different zones using a load balancer. This part of the course also includes an introductory lab on Google Cloud Deployment Manager to help you further automate the management and deployment of Google Cloud Platform resources.
  +Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals,gcp-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-fundamentals,Computer Sciences,Google Cloud,"This course covers the fundamentals of Google Cloud Platform. This course introduces you to important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You learn about, and compare, many of the computing and storage services available in Google Cloud Platform, including Google App Engine, Google Compute Engine, and Google Container Engine. Notes: • You'll need a Google/Gmail account and a credit card or bank account to sign up for the Google Cloud Platform free trial (Google is currently blocked in China). • There is a known issue with certain EU countries where individuals are not able to sign up, but you may sign up as ""business"" status and intend to see a potential economic benefit from the trial. More details at: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6090602"
  +"System Validation (4): Modelling Software, Protocols, and other behaviour",system-validation-software-protocols,https://coursera.org/learn/system-validation-software-protocols,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"System Validation is the field that studies the fundamentals of system communication and information processing. It allows automated analysis based on behavioural models of a system to see if a system works correctly. We want to guarantee that the systems does exactly what it is supposed to do. The techniques put forward in system validation allow to prove the absence of errors. It allows to design embedded system behaviour that is structurally sound and as a side effect enforces you to make the behaviour simple and insightful. This means that the systems are not only behaving correctly, but are also much easier to maintain and adapt. ’Modeling Software Protocols, and other behaviour' demonstrates the power of formal methods in software modelling, communication protocols, and other examples."
  +System Validation (3): Requirements by modal formulas,system-validation-modal-formulas,https://coursera.org/learn/system-validation-modal-formulas,Computer Sciences,EIT Digital,"System Validation is the field that studies the fundamentals of system communication and information processing. It allows automated analysis based on behavioural models of a system to see if a system works correctly. We want to guarantee that the systems does exactly what it is supposed to do. The techniques put forward in system validation allow to prove the absence of errors. It allows to design embedded system behaviour that is structurally sound and as a side effect enforces you to make the behaviour simple and insightful. This means that the systems are not only behaving correctly, but are also much easier to maintain and adapt. ’Requirements by modal formulas' is the third course that shows you how to specify requirements for the automata in order to establish the correct relation between the requirements and the behaviour of the system. Reading material. J.F. Groote and M.R. Mousavi. Modeling and analysis of communicating systems."
  +"Shortest Paths Revisited, NP-Complete Problems and What To Do About Them",algorithms-npcomplete,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithms-npcomplete,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: shortest paths (Bellman-Ford, Floyd-Warshall, Johnson), NP-completeness and what it means for the algorithm designer, and strategies for coping with computationally intractable problems (analysis of heuristics, local search)."
  +Building and Deploying Android App Projects,badaap,https://coursera.org/learn/badaap,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This 4 week MOOC builds upon the core Android app components and concurrency frameworks covered in Course 2 by focusing on started and bound services, local inter-process communication (IPC), and content providers. Case study apps will be examined from multiple perspectives to learn how to program these app components using Android's material design paradigm. Students will work incrementally on a hands-on project involving a material design-based RSS reader app. Each week you will add additional capabilities to the project, based on material covered in the lecture videos. You'll spend roughly 4 hours per week watching video lectures, taking quizzes, and programming assignments with Java and Android."
  +Prototyping and Design,prototyping-design,https://coursera.org/learn/prototyping-design,Computer Sciences,University of Minnesota,"In this course you will learn how to design and prototype user interfaces to address the users and tasks identified in user research. Through a series of lectures and exercises, you will learn and practice paper- and other low-fidelity prototyping techniques; you will learn and apply principles from graphic design, including design patterns; you will learn to write a design rationale; and you will learn how to design for specific populations and situations, including principles and practices of accessible design."
  +Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: Nand to Tetris Part II (project-centered course),nand2tetris2,https://coursera.org/learn/nand2tetris2,Computer Sciences,Hebrew University of Jerusalem,"In this project-centered course you will build a modern software hierarchy, designed to enable the translation and execution of object-based, high-level languages on a bare-bone computer hardware platform. In particular, you will implement a virtual machine and a compiler for a simple, Java-like programming language, and you will develop a basic operating system that closes gaps between the high-level language and the underlying hardware platform. In the process, you will gain a deep, hands-on understanding of numerous topics in applied computer science, e.g. stack processing, parsing, code generation, and classical algorithms and data structures for memory management, vector graphics, input-output handling, and various other topics that lie at the very core of every modern computer system."
  +Basic Modeling for Discrete Optimization,basic-modeling,https://coursera.org/learn/basic-modeling,Computer Sciences,"The University of Melbourne, The Chinese University of Hong Kong","Optimization is a common form of decision making, and is ubiquitous in our society. Its applications range from solving Sudoku puzzles to arranging seating in a wedding banquet. The same technology can schedule planes and their crews, coordinate the production of steel, and organize the transportation of iron ore from the mines to the ports. Good decisions in manpower and material resources management also allow corporations to improve profit by millions of dollars. Similar problems also underpin much of our daily lives and are part of determining daily delivery routes for packages, making school timetables, and delivering power to our homes."
  +Information Security: Context and Introduction,information-security-data,https://coursera.org/learn/information-security-data,Computer Sciences,University of London,"In this course you will explore information security through some introductory material and gain an appreciation of the scope and context around the subject. This includes a brief introduction to cryptography, security management and network and computer security that allows you to begin the journey into the study of information security and develop your appreciation of some key information security concepts. The course concludes with a discussion around a simple model of the information security industry and explores skills, knowledge and roles so that you can determine and analyse potential career opportunities in this developing profession and consider how you may need to develop personally to attain your career goals."
  +Master of Computer Science - Data Science Applicant Community,mcs-ds-applicant,https://coursera.org/learn/mcs-ds-applicant,Computer Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"With a full tuition under $20K, the University of Illinois Master of Computer Science - Data Science (MCS-DS) is the most affordable gateway to one of the most lucrative and fastest growing careers of the new millennium. The MCS-DS builds expertise in four core areas of computer science: data visualization, machine learning, data mining and cloud computing, in addition to building valuable skill sets in statistics and information science with courses taught in collaboration with the University’s Statistics Department and ISchool (ranked #1 among Library and Information Studies Schools.) The purpose of this community is to provide you with resources and support during the application process for the MCS-DS."
  +Advanced Modeling for Discrete Optimization,advancedmodeling,https://coursera.org/learn/advancedmodeling,Computer Sciences,"The University of Melbourne, The Chinese University of Hong Kong","Optimization is a common form of decision making, and is ubiquitous in our society. Its applications range from solving Sudoku puzzles to arranging seating in a wedding banquet. The same technology can schedule planes and their crews, coordinate the production of steel, and organize the transportation of iron ore from the mines to the ports. Good decisions in manpower and material resources management also allow corporations to improve profit by millions of dollars. Similar problems also underpin much of our daily lives and are part of determining daily delivery routes for packages, making school timetables, and delivering power to our homes."
  +Engineering Maintainable Android Apps,engineeringandroidapps,https://coursera.org/learn/engineeringandroidapps,Computer Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"Engineering Maintainable Android Apps, which is a 4 week MOOC that shows by example various methods for engineering maintainable Android apps, including test-driven development methods and how to develop/run unit tests using JUnit and Robotium (or equivalent automated testing frameworks for Android), as well as how to successfully apply common Java/Android software patterns to improve the extensibility and clarity of Android apps. Students will work on the appropriate automated unit quizzes, based on the material covered in the lecture videos. These lessons will demonstrate the benefits of good software engineering practices that are targeted at creating maintainable code for mobile apps."
  +Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code,program-code,https://coursera.org/learn/program-code,Computer Sciences,University of Toronto,"Not all programs are created equal. In this course, we'll focus on writing quality code that runs correctly and efficiently. We'll design, code and validate our programs and learn how to compare programs that are addressing the same task."
  +Introduction to Social Media Analytics,social-media-analytics-introduction,https://coursera.org/learn/social-media-analytics-introduction,Computer Sciences,Emory University,"Social media not only provides marketers with a means of communicating with their customers, but also a way to better understand their customers. Viewing consumers’ social media activity as the “voice of the consumer,” this session exposes learners to the analytic methods that can be used to convert social media data to marketing insights. In Introduction to Social Media Analytics, learners will be exposed to both the benefits and limitations of relying on social media data compared to traditional methods of marketing research. Partnering with a leading social media listening platform, this course provides learners with the foundational skills of social media listening including the creation of monitors and common social media metrics. Moving beyond social media listening, this course shows learners how social media data can be used to provide insights into market structure and consumers’ perceptions of the brand. Learners will have the opportunity to assess data and discern how to ""listen"" to the data by watching video lectures and completing activities, practice quizzes, discussion boards, and peer assessments."
  +Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark,big-data-analysys,https://coursera.org/learn/big-data-analysys,Computer Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Manipulating big data distributed over a cluster using functional concepts is rampant in industry, and is arguably one of the first widespread industrial uses of functional ideas. This is evidenced by the popularity of MapReduce and Hadoop, and most recently Apache Spark, a fast, in-memory distributed collections framework written in Scala. In this course, we'll see how the data parallel paradigm can be extended to the distributed case, using Spark throughout. We'll cover Spark's programming model in detail, being careful to understand how and when it differs from familiar programming models, like shared-memory parallel collections or sequential Scala collections"
  +Evaluating User Interfaces,ui-testing,https://coursera.org/learn/ui-testing,Computer Sciences,University of Minnesota,"In this course you will learn and practice several techniques for user interface evaluation. First we start with techniques that can be applied alone or in a design team, including action analysis, walkthroughs, and heuristic evaluation. Then we move on to user testing, including learning from a series of usability tests carried out in a real usability lab, and techniques to carry out your own tests even"
  +Machine Learning,machine-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/machine-learning,Data Science,Stanford University,"Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. In the past decade, machine learning has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human genome. Machine learning is so pervasive today that you probably use it dozens of times a day without knowing it. Many researchers also think it is the best way to make progress towards human-level AI. In this class, you will learn about the most effective machine learning techniques, and gain practice implementing them and getting them to work for yourself. More importantly, you'll learn about not only the theoretical underpinnings of learning, but also gain the practical know-how needed to quickly and powerfully apply these techniques to new problems. Finally, you'll learn about some of Silicon Valley's best practices in innovation as it pertains to machine learning and AI"
  +Data Management and Visualization,data-visualization,https://coursera.org/learn/data-visualization,Data Science,Wesleyan University,"In this course, you will discover what data is and think about what questions you have that can be answered by the data – even if you’ve never thought about data before. Based on existing data, you will learn to develop a research question, describe the variables and their relationships, calculate basic statistics, and present your results clearly. By the end of the course, you will be able to use powerful data analysis tools – either SAS or Python – to manage and visualize your data, including how to deal with missing data, variable groups, and graphs. Throughout the course, you will share your progress with others to gain valuable feedback, while also learning how your peers use data to answer their own questions."
  +Introduction to People Analytics,people-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/people-analytics,Data Science,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,"This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the role of data and technology in human capital management. Every topic in the course will be covered in the most practical way so that learners get hands-on experience. In the course we use the 4Ts principle: Task, Theory, Technique and Technology so that there is always a connection to organizational performance objectives, an overview of underlying theories and principles, and specific tools which help achieve business objectives."
  +Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms,data-manipulation,https://coursera.org/learn/data-manipulation,Data Science,University of Washington,"In this course, you will learn the landscape of relevant systems, the principles on which they rely, their tradeoffs, and how to evaluate their utility against your requirements. You will learn how practical systems were derived from the frontier of research in computer science and what systems are coming on the horizon. Cloud computing, SQL and NoSQL databases, MapReduce and the ecosystem it spawned, Spark and its contemporaries, and specialized systems for graphs and arrays will be covered."
  +Data Science in Real Life,real-life-data-science,https://coursera.org/learn/real-life-data-science,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Have you ever had the perfect data science experience? The data pull went perfectly. There were no merging errors or missing data. Hypotheses were clearly defined prior to analyses. Randomization was performed for the treatment of interest. The analytic plan was outlined prior to analysis and followed exactly. The conclusions were clear and actionable decisions were obvious. Has that every happened to you? Of course not. Data analysis in real life is messy. How does one manage a team facing real data analyses? In this one-week course, we contrast the ideal with what happens in real life."
  +Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics ,health-informatics-professional,https://coursera.org/learn/health-informatics-professional,Data Science,University of Minnesota,"Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics is a graduate-level, hands-on interactive exploration of real informatics tools and techniques offered by the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota's National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. We will be incorporating technology-enabled educational innovations to bring the subject matter to life. Over the 10 modules, we will create a vital online learning community and a working healthcare informatics network."
  +Building a Data Science Team,build-data-science-team,https://coursera.org/learn/build-data-science-team,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Data science is a team sport. As a data science executive it is your job to recruit, organize, and manage the team to success. In this one-week course, we will cover how you can find the right people to fill out your data science team, how to organize them to give them the best chance to feel empowered and successful, and how to manage your team as it grows."
  +A Crash Course in Data Science,data-science-course,https://coursera.org/learn/data-science-course,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"By now you have definitely heard about data science and big data. In this one-week class, we will provide a crash course in what these terms mean and how they play a role in successful organizations. This class is for anyone who wants to learn what all the data science action is about, including those who will eventually need to manage data scientists. The goal is to get you up to speed as quickly as possible on data science without all the fluff. We've designed this course to be as convenient as possible without sacrificing any of the essentials."
  +Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach,ml-foundations,https://coursera.org/learn/ml-foundations,Data Science,University of Washington,Do you have data and wonder what it can tell you? Do you need a deeper understanding of the core ways in which machine learning can improve your business? Do you want to be able to converse with specialists about anything from regression and classification to deep learning and recommender systems?
  +Customer Analytics,wharton-customer-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-customer-analytics,Data Science,University of Pennsylvania,"Data about our browsing and buying patterns are everywhere. From credit card transactions and online shopping carts, to customer loyalty programs and user-generated ratings/reviews, there is a staggering amount of data that can be used to describe our past buying behaviors, predict future ones, and prescribe new ways to influence future purchasing decisions. In this course, four of Wharton’s top marketing professors will provide an overview of key areas of customer analytics: descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, and their application to real-world business practices including Amazon, Google, and Starbucks to name a few."
  +Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies,analytics-business-metrics,https://coursera.org/learn/analytics-business-metrics,Data Science,Duke University,"In this course, you will learn best practices for how to use data analytics to make any company more competitive and more profitable. You will be able to recognize the most critical business metrics and distinguish them from mere data. You’ll get a clear picture of the vital but different roles business analysts, business data analysts, and data scientists each play in various types of companies. And you’ll know exactly what skills are required to be hired for, and succeed at, these high-demand jobs."
  +The Importance of Listening,importance-of-listening,https://coursera.org/learn/importance-of-listening,Data Science,Northwestern University,"In this second MOOC in the Social Marketing Specialization - ""The Importance of Listening"" - you will go deep into the Big Data of social and gain a more complete picture of what can be learned from interactions on social sites. You will be amazed at just how much information can be extracted from a single post, picture, or video. In this MOOC, guest speakers from Social Gist, BroadReader, Lexalytics, Semantria, Radian6, and IBM's Bluemix and Social Media Analytics Tools (SMA) will join Professor Hlavac to take you through the full range of analytics tools and options available to you and how to get the most from them."
  +Mastering Data Analysis in Excel,analytics-excel,https://coursera.org/learn/analytics-excel,Data Science,Duke University,"Important: The focus of this course is on math - specifically, data-analysis concepts and methods - not on Excel for its own sake. We use Excel to do our calculations, and all math formulas are given as Excel Spreadsheets, but we do not attempt to cover Excel Macros, Visual Basic, Pivot Tables, or other intermediate-to-advanced Excel functionality."
  +Hadoop Platform and Application Framework,hadoop,https://coursera.org/learn/hadoop,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","This course is for novice programmers or business people who would like to understand the core tools used to wrangle and analyze big data. With no prior experience, you will have the opportunity to walk through hands-on examples with Hadoop and Spark frameworks, two of the most common in the industry. You will be comfortable explaining the specific components and basic processes of the Hadoop architecture, software stack, and execution environment."
  +Data Analysis Tools,data-analysis-tools,https://coursera.org/learn/data-analysis-tools,Data Science,Wesleyan University,"In this course, you will develop and test hypotheses about your data. You will learn a variety of statistical tests, as well as strategies to know how to apply the appropriate one to your specific data and question. Using your choice of two powerful statistical software packages (SAS or Python), you will explore ANOVA, Chi-Square, and Pearson correlation analysis. This course will guide you through basic statistical principles to give you the tools to answer questions you have developed."
  +Practical Predictive Analytics: Models and Methods,datasci2,https://coursera.org/learn/datasci2,Data Science,University of Washington,"Statistical experiment design and analytics are at the heart of data science. In this course you will design statistical experiments and analyze the results using modern methods. You will also explore the common pitfalls in interpreting statistical arguments, especially those associated with big data. Collectively, this course will help you internalize a core set of practical and effective machine learning methods and concepts, and apply them to solve some real world problems."
  +Econometrics: Methods and Applications,erasmus-econometrics,https://coursera.org/learn/erasmus-econometrics,Data Science,Erasmus University Rotterdam,"Do you wish to know how to analyze and solve business and economic questions with data analysis tools? Then Econometrics by Erasmus University Rotterdam is the right course for you, as you learn how to translate data into models to make forecasts and to support decision making."
  +Bioconductor for Genomic Data Science,genbioconductor,https://coursera.org/learn/genbioconductor,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,Learn to use tools from the Bioconductor project to perform analysis of genomic data. This is the fifth course in the Genomic Big Data Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.
  +Regression Models,regression-models,https://coursera.org/learn/regression-models,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Linear models, as their name implies, relates an outcome to a set of predictors of interest using linear assumptions. Regression models, a subset of linear models, are the most important statistical analysis tool in a data scientist’s toolkit. This course covers regression analysis, least squares and inference using regression models. Special cases of the regression model, ANOVA and ANCOVA will be covered as well. Analysis of residuals and variability will be investigated. The course will cover modern thinking on model selection and novel uses of regression models including scatterplot smoothing."
  +Managing Big Data with MySQL,analytics-mysql,https://coursera.org/learn/analytics-mysql,Data Science,Duke University,"This course is an introduction to how to use relational databases in business analysis. You will learn how relational databases work, and how to use entity-relationship diagrams to display the structure of the data held within them. This knowledge will help you understand how data needs to be collected in business contexts, and help you identify features you want to consider if you are involved in implementing new data collection efforts. You will also learn how to execute the most useful query and table aggregation statements for business analysts, and practice using them with real databases."
  +Relational Database Support for Data Warehouses,dwrelational,https://coursera.org/learn/dwrelational,Data Science,University of Colorado System,"Relational Database Support for Data Warehouses is the third course in the Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence specialization. In this course, you'll use analytical elements of SQL for answering business intelligence questions. You'll learn features of relational database management systems for managing summary data commonly used in business intelligence reporting. Because of the importance and difficulty of managing implementations of data warehouses, we'll also delve into storage architectures, scalable parallel processing, data governance, and big data impacts."
  +Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 2,biostatistics-2,https://coursera.org/learn/biostatistics-2,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Learn fundamental concepts in data analysis and statistical inference, focusing on one and two independent samples."
  +Exploratory Data Analysis,exploratory-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/exploratory-data-analysis,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,This course covers the essential exploratory techniques for summarizing data. These techniques are typically applied before formal modeling commences and can help inform the development of more complex statistical models. Exploratory techniques are also important for eliminating or sharpening potential hypotheses about the world that can be addressed by the data. We will cover in detail the plotting systems in R as well as some of the basic principles of constructing data graphics. We will also cover some of the common multivariate statistical techniques used to visualize high-dimensional data.
  +Developing Data Products,data-products,https://coursera.org/learn/data-products,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"A data product is the production output from a statistical analysis. Data products automate complex analysis tasks or use technology to expand the utility of a data informed model, algorithm or inference. This course covers the basics of creating data products using Shiny, R packages, and interactive graphics. The course will focus on the statistical fundamentals of creating a data product that can be used to tell a story about data to a mass audience."
  +Classification,ml-classification,https://coursera.org/learn/ml-classification,Data Science,University of Washington,"In our case study on analyzing sentiment, you will create models that predict a class (positive/negative sentiment) from input features (text of the reviews, user profile information,...). In our second case study for this course, loan default prediction, you will tackle financial data, and predict when a loan is likely to be risky or safe for the bank. These tasks are an examples of classification, one of the most widely used areas of machine learning, with a broad array of applications, including ad targeting, spam detection, medical diagnosis and image classification."
  +Command Line Tools for Genomic Data Science,genomic-tools,https://coursera.org/learn/genomic-tools,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Introduces to the commands that you need to manage and analyze directories, files, and large sets of genomic data. This is the fourth course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University."
  +Algorithms for DNA Sequencing,dna-sequencing,https://coursera.org/learn/dna-sequencing,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"We will learn computational methods -- algorithms and data structures -- for analyzing DNA sequencing data. We will learn a little about DNA, genomics, and how DNA sequencing is used. We will use Python to implement key algorithms and data structures and to analyze real genomes and DNA sequencing datasets."
  +"Communicating Results: Visualization, Ethics, Reproducibility",datasci3,https://coursera.org/learn/datasci3,Data Science,University of Washington,"Important note: The second assignment in this course covers the topic of Graph Analysis in the Cloud, in which you will use Elastic MapReduce and the Pig language to perform graph analysis over a moderately large dataset, about 600GB. In order to complete this assignment, you will need to make use of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon has generously offered to provide up to $50 in free AWS credit to each learner in this course to allow you to complete the assignment. Further details regarding the process of receiving this credit are available in the welcome message for the course, as well as in the assignment itself."
  +Statistical Inference,statistical-inference,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-inference,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Statistical inference is the process of drawing conclusions about populations or scientific truths from data. There are many modes of performing inference including statistical modeling, data oriented strategies and explicit use of designs and randomization in analyses. Furthermore, there are broad theories (frequentists, Bayesian, likelihood, design based, …) and numerous complexities (missing data, observed and unobserved confounding, biases) for performing inference. A practitioner can often be left in a debilitating maze of techniques, philosophies and nuance."
  +Genomic Data Science with Galaxy,galaxy-project,https://coursera.org/learn/galaxy-project,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,Learn to use the tools that are available from the Galaxy Project. This is the second course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization.
  +"Business Intelligence Concepts, Tools, and Applications",dwbizintelligence,https://coursera.org/learn/dwbizintelligence,Data Science,University of Colorado System,"This is the fourth course in the Data Warehouse for Business Intelligence specialization. Ideally, the courses should be taken in sequence. In this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills for using data warehouses for business intelligence purposes and for working as a business intelligence developer. You’ll have the opportunity to work with large data sets in a data warehouse environment and will learn the use of MicroStrategy's Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and Visualization capabilities to create visualizations and dashboards."
  +Regression,ml-regression,https://coursera.org/learn/ml-regression,Data Science,University of Washington,"In our first case study, predicting house prices, you will create models that predict a continuous value (price) from input features (square footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms,...). This is just one of the many places where regression can be applied. Other applications range from predicting health outcomes in medicine, stock prices in finance, and power usage in high-performance computing, to analyzing which regulators are important for gene expression."
  +Practical Machine Learning,practical-machine-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/practical-machine-learning,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"One of the most common tasks performed by data scientists and data analysts are prediction and machine learning. This course will cover the basic components of building and applying prediction functions with an emphasis on practical applications. The course will provide basic grounding in concepts such as training and tests sets, overfitting, and error rates."
  +R Programming,r-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/r-programming,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"In this course you will learn how to program in R and how to use R for effective data analysis. You will learn how to install and configure software necessary for a statistical programming environment and describe generic programming language concepts as they are implemented in a high-level statistical language. The course covers practical issues in statistical computing which includes programming in R, reading data into R, accessing R packages, writing R functions, debugging, profiling R code, and organizing and commenting R code."
  +Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau,analytics-tableau,https://coursera.org/learn/analytics-tableau,Data Science,Duke University,"One of the skills that characterizes great business data analysts is the ability to communicate practical implications of quantitative analyses to any kind of audience member. Even the most sophisticated statistical analyses are not useful to a business if they do not lead to actionable advice, or if the answers to those business questions are not conveyed in a way that non-technical people can understand."
  +Reproducible Research,reproducible-research,https://coursera.org/learn/reproducible-research,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"This course focuses on the concepts and tools behind reporting modern data analyses in a reproducible manner. Reproducible research is the idea that data analyses, and more generally, scientific claims, are published with their data and software code so that others may verify the findings and build upon them. The need for reproducibility is increasing dramatically as data analyses become more complex, involving larger datasets and more sophisticated computations. Reproducibility allows for people to focus on the actual content of a data analysis, rather than on superficial details reported in a written summary. In addition, reproducibility makes an analysis more useful to others because the data and code that actually conducted the analysis are available."
  +Basic Statistics,basic-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/basic-statistics,Data Science,University of Amsterdam,"Understanding statistics is essential to understand research in the social and behavioral sciences. In this course you will learn the basics of statistics; not just how to calculate them, but also how to evaluate them. This course will also prepare you for the next course in the specialization - the course Inferential Statistics."
  +Principles of fMRI 1,functional-mri,https://coursera.org/learn/functional-mri,Data Science,"Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado Boulder","This course covers the design, acquisition, and analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data. A book related to the class can be found here: https://leanpub.com/principlesoffmri"
  +Case studies in business analytics with ACCENTURE,case-studies-business-analytics-accenture,https://coursera.org/learn/case-studies-business-analytics-accenture,Data Science,ESSEC Business School,"This course is RESTRICTED TO LEARNERS ENROLLED IN Strategic Business Analytics SPECIALIZATION as a preparation to the capstone project. During the first two MOOCs, we focused on specific techniques for specific applications. Instead, with this third MOOC, we provide you with different examples to open your mind to different applications from different industries and sectors."
  +The Data Scientist’s Toolbox,data-scientists-tools,https://coursera.org/learn/data-scientists-tools,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"In this course you will get an introduction to the main tools and ideas in the data scientist's toolbox. The course gives an overview of the data, questions, and tools that data analysts and data scientists work with. There are two components to this course. The first is a conceptual introduction to the ideas behind turning data into actionable knowledge. The second is a practical introduction to the tools"
  +Statistics for Genomic Data Science,statistical-genomics,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-genomics,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,An introduction to the statistics behind the most popular genomic data science projects. This is the sixth course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.
  +Research Data Management and Sharing,data-management,https://coursera.org/learn/data-management,Data Science,"The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The University of Edinburgh","This course will provide learners with an introduction to research data management and sharing. After completing this course, learners will understand the diversity of data and their management needs across the research data lifecycle, be able to identify the components of good data management plans, and be familiar with best practices for working with data including the organization, documentation, and storage and security of data. Learners will also understand the impetus and importance of archiving and sharing data as well as how to assess the trustworthiness of repositories."
  +Introduction to Genomic Technologies,introduction-genomics,https://coursera.org/learn/introduction-genomics,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"This course introduces you to the basic biology of modern genomics and the experimental tools that we use to measure it. We'll introduce the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology and cover how next-generation sequencing can be used to measure DNA, RNA, and epigenetic patterns. You'll also get an introduction to the key concepts in computing and data science that you'll need to understand how data from next-generation sequencing experiments are generated and analyzed."
  +Regression Modeling in Practice,regression-modeling-practice,https://coursera.org/learn/regression-modeling-practice,Data Science,Wesleyan University,"This course focuses on one of the most important tools in your data analysis arsenal: regression analysis. Using either SAS or Python, you will begin with linear regression and then learn how to adapt when two variables do not present a clear linear relationship. You will examine multiple predictors of your outcome and be able to identify confounding variables, which can tell a more compelling story about your results."
  +Getting and Cleaning Data,data-cleaning,https://coursera.org/learn/data-cleaning,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Before you can work with data you have to get some. This course will cover the basic ways that data can be obtained. The course will cover obtaining data from the web, from APIs, from databases and from colleagues in various formats. It will also cover the basics of data cleaning and how to make data “tidy”. Tidy data dramatically speed downstream data analysis tasks. The course will also cover the components of a complete data set including raw data, processing instructions, codebooks, and processed data."
  +Machine Learning for Data Analysis,machine-learning-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/machine-learning-data-analysis,Data Science,Wesleyan University,"Are you interested in predicting future outcomes using your data? This course helps you do just that! Machine learning is the process of developing, testing, and applying predictive algorithms to achieve this goal. Make sure to familiarize yourself with course 3 of this specialization before diving into these machine learning concepts. Building on Course 3, which introduces students to integral supervised machine learning concepts, this course will provide an overview of many additional concepts, techniques, and algorithms in machine learning, from basic classification to decision trees and clustering."
  +Inferential Statistics,inferential-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/inferential-statistics,Data Science,University of Amsterdam,"Inferential statistics are concerned with making inferences based on relations found in the sample, to relations in the population. Inferential statistics help us decide, for example, whether the differences between groups that we see in our data are strong enough to provide support for our hypothesis that group differences exist in general, in the entire population."
  +Python for Genomic Data Science,python-genomics,https://coursera.org/learn/python-genomics,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,This class provides an introduction to the Python programming language and the iPython notebook. This is the third course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.
  +Framework for Data Collection and Analysis,data-collection-framework,https://coursera.org/learn/data-collection-framework,Data Science,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course will provide you with an overview over existing data products and a good understanding of the data collection landscape. With the help of various examples you will learn how to identify which data sources likely matches your research question, how to turn your research question into measurable pieces, and how to think about an analysis plan. Furthermore this course will provide you with a general framework that allows you to not only understand each step required for a successful data collection and analysis, but also help you to identify errors associated with different data sources."
  +Data Visualization,datavisualization,https://coursera.org/learn/datavisualization,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Learn the general concepts of data mining along with basic methodologies and applications. Then dive into one subfield in data mining: pattern discovery. Learn in-depth concepts, methods, and applications of pattern discovery in data mining. We will also introduce methods for pattern-based classification and some interesting applications of pattern discovery. This course provides you the opportunity to learn skills and content to practice and engage in scalable pattern discovery methods on massive transactional data, discuss pattern evaluation measures, and study methods for mining diverse kinds of patterns, sequential patterns, and sub-graph patterns."
  +Introduction to Probability and Data,probability-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/probability-intro,Data Science,Duke University,"This course introduces you to sampling and exploring data, as well as basic probability theory and Bayes' rule. You will examine various types of sampling methods, and discuss how such methods can impact the scope of inference. A variety of exploratory data analysis techniques will be covered, including numeric summary statistics and basic data visualization. You will be guided through installing and using R and RStudio (free statistical software), and will use this software for lab exercises and a final project."
  +Process Mining: Data science in Action,process-mining,https://coursera.org/learn/process-mining,Data Science,Eindhoven University of Technology,"Process mining is the missing link between model-based process analysis and data-oriented analysis techniques. Through concrete data sets and easy to use software the course provides data science knowledge that can be applied directly to analyze and improve processes in a variety of domains. Data science is the profession of the future, because organizations that are unable to use (big) data in a smart way will not survive."
  +Principles of fMRI 2,functional-mri-2,https://coursera.org/learn/functional-mri-2,Data Science,"Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado Boulder","This course covers the analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data. It is a continuation of the course “Principles of fMRI, Part 1”"
  +Inferential Statistics,inferential-statistics-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/inferential-statistics-intro,Data Science,Duke University,"This course covers commonly used statistical inference methods for numerical and categorical data. You will learn how to set up and perform hypothesis tests, interpret p-values, and report the results of your analysis in a way that is interpretable for clients or the public. Using numerous data examples, you will learn to report estimates of quantities in a way that expresses the uncertainty of the quantity of interest. You will be guided through installing and using R and RStudio (free statistical software), and will use this software for lab exercises and a final project."
  +Advanced Linear Models for Data Science 1 : Linear Models,advanced-linear-models-data-science,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-linear-models-data-science,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"University of Maryland, College Park"
  +Text Retrieval and Search Engines,text-retrieval,https://coursera.org/learn/text-retrieval,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Recent years have seen a dramatic growth of natural language text data, including web pages, news articles, scientific literature, emails, enterprise documents, and social media such as blog articles, forum posts, product reviews, and tweets. Text data are unique in that they are usually generated directly by humans rather than a computer system or sensors, and are thus especially valuable for discovering knowledge about people’s opinions and preferences, in addition to many other kinds of knowledge that we encode in text. This course will cover search engine technologies, which play an important role in any data mining applications involving text data for two reasons."
  +Linear Regression and Modeling ,linear-regression-model,https://coursera.org/learn/linear-regression-model,Data Science,Duke University,"This course introduces simple and multiple linear regression models. These models allow you to assess the relationship between variables in a data set and a continuous response variable. Is there a relationship between the physical attractiveness of a professor and their student evaluation scores? Can we predict the test score for a child based on certain characteristics of his or her mother? In this course, you will learn the fundamental theory behind linear regression and, through data examples, learn to fit, examine, and utilize regression models to examine relationships between multiple variables, using the free statistical software R and RStudio."
  +"Statistical Reasoning for Public Health 1: Estimation, Inference, & Interpretation",statistical-reasoning-1,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-reasoning-1,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,A conceptual and interpretive public health approach to some of the most commonly used methods from basic statistics.
  +(2016) Graph Analytics for Big Data,graph-analytics-clone,https://coursera.org/learn/graph-analytics-clone,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","Want to understand your data network structure and how it changes under different conditions? Curious to know how to identify closely interacting clusters within a graph? Have you heard of the fast-growing area of graph analytics and want to learn more? This course gives you a broad overview of the field of graph analytics so you can learn new ways to model, store, retrieve and analyze graph-structured data."
  +(2016) Introduction to Big Data,intro-to-big-data-clone,https://coursera.org/learn/intro-to-big-data-clone,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conversant with the terminology and the core concepts behind big data problems, applications, and systems. It is for those who want to start thinking about how Big Data might be useful in their business or career. It provides an introduction to one of the most common frameworks, Hadoop, that has made big data analysis easier and more accessible -- increasing the potential for data to transform our world!"
  +(2016) Machine Learning With Big Data,machinelearningwithbigdata-clone,https://coursera.org/learn/machinelearningwithbigdata-clone,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","Want to make sense of the volumes of data you have collected? Need to incorporate data-driven decisions into your process? This course provides an overview of machine learning techniques to explore, analyze, and leverage data. You will be introduced to tools and algorithms you can use to create machine learning models that learn from data, and to scale those models up to big data problems"
  +Big Data Modeling and Management Systems,big-data-management,https://coursera.org/learn/big-data-management,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","Once you’ve identified a big data issue to analyze, how do you collect, store and organize your data using Big Data solutions? In this course, you will experience various data genres and management tools appropriate for each. You will be able to describe the reasons behind the evolving plethora of new big data platforms from the perspective of big data management systems and analytical tools. Through guided hands-on tutorials, you will become familiar with techniques using real-time and semi-structured data examples."
  +Introduction to Neurohacking In R,neurohacking,https://coursera.org/learn/neurohacking,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Neurohacking describes how to use the R programming language (https://cran.r-project.org/) and its associated package to perform manipulation, processing, and analysis of neuroimaging data. We focus on publicly-available structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We discuss concepts such as inhomogeneity correction, image registration, and image visualization."
  +Math behind Moneyball,mathematics-sport,https://coursera.org/learn/mathematics-sport,Data Science,University of Houston System,"Learn how probability, math, and statistics can be used to help baseball, football and basketball teams improve, player and lineup selection as well as in game strategy."
  +Clustering & Retrieval,ml-clustering-and-retrieval,https://coursera.org/learn/ml-clustering-and-retrieval,Data Science,University of Washington,"A reader is interested in a specific news article and you want to find similar articles to recommend. What is the right notion of similarity? Moreover, what if there are millions of other documents? Each time you want to a retrieve a new document, do you need to search through all other documents? How do you group similar documents together? How do you discover new, emerging topics that the documents cover? In this third case study, finding similar documents, you will examine similarity-based algorithms for retrieval. In this course, you will also examine structured representations for describing the documents in the corpus, including clustering and mixed membership models, such as latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA)."
  +Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis,bayesian-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/bayesian-statistics,Data Science,"University of California, Santa Cruz","This course introduces the Bayesian approach to statistics, starting with the concept of probability and moving to the analysis of data. We will learn about the philosophy of the Bayesian approach as well as how to implement it for common types of data. We will compare the Bayesian approach to the more commonly-taught Frequentist approach, and see some of the benefits of the Bayesian approach. In particular, the Bayesian approach allows for better accounting of uncertainty, results that have more intuitive and interpretable meaning, and more explicit statements of assumptions. This course combines lecture videos, computer demonstrations, readings, exercises, and discussion boards to create an active learning experience."
  +Bayesian Statistics,bayesian,https://coursera.org/learn/bayesian,Data Science,Duke University,"This course describes Bayesian statistics, in which one's inferences about parameters or hypotheses are updated as evidence accumulates. You will learn to use Bayes’ rule to transform prior probabilities into posterior probabilities, and be introduced to the underlying theory and perspective of the Bayesian paradigm. The course will apply Bayesian methods to several practical problems, to show end-to-end Bayesian analyses that move from framing the question to building models to eliciting prior probabilities to implementing in R (free statistical software) the final posterior distribution."
  +Text Mining and Analytics,text-mining,https://coursera.org/learn/text-mining,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course will cover the major techniques for mining and analyzing text data to discover interesting patterns, extract useful knowledge, and support decision making, with an emphasis on statistical approaches that can be generally applied to arbitrary text data in any natural language with no or minimum human effort."
  +Statistical Reasoning for Public Health 2: Regression Methods,statistical-reasoning-2,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-reasoning-2,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"A practical and example filled tour of simple and multiple regression techniques (linear, logistic, and Cox PH) for estimation, adjustment and prediction."
  +Data-driven Decision Making,decision-making,https://coursera.org/learn/decision-making,Data Science,PwC,"Welcome to Data-driven Decision Making. In this course you'll get an introduction to Data Analytics and its role in business decisions. You'll learn why data is important and how it has evolved. You'll be introduced to “Big Data” and how it is used. You'll also be introduced to a framework for conducting Data Analysis and what tools and techniques are commonly used. Finally, you'll have a chance to put your knowledge to work in a simulated business setting."
  +Dealing With Missing Data,missing-data,https://coursera.org/learn/missing-data,Data Science,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course will cover the steps used in weighting sample surveys, including methods for adjusting for nonresponse and using data external to the survey for calibration. Among the techniques discussed are adjustments using estimated response propensities, poststratification, raking, and general regression estimation. Alternative techniques for imputing values for missing items will be discussed. For both weighting and imputation, the capabilities of different statistical software packages will be covered, including R®, Stata®, and SAS®."
  +Fundamentals of Visualization with Tableau,dataviz,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","In this first course of the specialization, you will discover just what data visualization is, and how we can use it to better see and understand data. Using Tableau, we’ll examine the fundamental concepts of data visualization and explore the Tableau interface, identifying and applying the various tools Tableau has to offer. By the end of the course you will be able to prepare and import data into Tableau and explain the relationship between data analytics and data visualization. This course is designed for the learner who has never used Tableau before, or who may need a refresher or want to explore Tableau in more depth"
  +Big Data Integration and Processing,big-data-integration-processing,https://coursera.org/learn/big-data-integration-processing,Data Science,"University of California, San Diego","At the end of the course, you will be able to: *Retrieve data from example database and big data management systems *Describe the connections between data management operations and the big data processing patterns needed to utilize them in large-scale analytical applications"
  +Pattern Discovery in Data Mining,data-patterns,https://coursera.org/learn/data-patterns,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Learn the general concepts of data mining along with basic methodologies and applications. Then dive into one subfield in data mining: pattern discovery. Learn in-depth concepts, methods, and applications of pattern discovery in data mining. We will also introduce methods for data-driven phrase mining and some interesting applications of pattern discovery. This course provides you the opportunity to learn skills and content to practice and engage in scalable pattern discovery methods on massive transactional data, discuss pattern evaluation measures, and study methods for mining diverse kinds of patterns, sequential patterns, and sub-graph patterns."
  +Maps and the Geospatial Revolution,geospatial,https://coursera.org/learn/geospatial,Data Science,The Pennsylvania State University,"Learn how advances in geospatial technology and analytical methods have changed how we do everything, and discover how to make maps and analyze geographic patterns using the latest tools. The past decade has seen an explosion of new mechanisms for understanding and using location information in widely-accessible technologies. This Geospatial Revolution has resulted in the development of consumer GPS tools, interactive web maps, and location-aware mobile devices."
  +Introduction to Data Analytics for Business,data-analytics-business,https://coursera.org/learn/data-analytics-business,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course will expose you to the data analytics practices executed in the business. We will explore such key areas of data analytics as the analytical process, how data is created, stored, and accessed, and how the organization works with data and creates the environment in which analytics can flourish. What you learn in this course will give you a strong foundation in all the areas that support analytics and will help you to better position yourself for success within your organization."
  +Introduction to Recommender Systems:  Non-Personalized and Content-Based,recommender-systems-introduction,https://coursera.org/learn/recommender-systems-introduction,Data Science,University of Minnesota,"This course, which is designed to serve as the first course in the Recommender Systems specialization, introduces the concept of recommender systems, reviews several examples in detail, and leads you through non-personalized recommendation using summary statistics and product associations, basic stereotype-based or demographic recommendations, and content-based filtering recommendations."
  +The R Programming Environment,r-programming-environment,https://coursera.org/learn/r-programming-environment,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"This course provides a rigorous introduction to the R programming language, with a particular focus on using R for software development in a data science setting. Whether you are part of a data science team or working individually within a community of developers, this course will give you the knowledge of R needed to make useful contributions in those settings. As the first course in the Specialization, the course provides the essential foundation of R needed for the following courses. We cover basic R concepts and language fundamentals, key concepts like tidy data and related ""tidyverse"" tools, processing and manipulation of complex and large datasets, handling textual data, and basic data science tasks."
  +Social Media Data Analytics,social-media-data-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/social-media-data-analytics,Data Science,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"Learner Outcomes: After taking this course, you will be able to: - Utilize various Application Programming Interface (API) services to collect data from different social media sources such as YouTube, Twitter, and Flickr. - Process the collected data - primarily structured - using methods involving correlation, regression, and classification to derive insights about the sources and people who generated that data. - Analyze unstructured data - primarily textual comments - for sentiments expressed in them. - Use different tools for collecting, analyzing, and exploring social media data for research and development purposes."
  +Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel,excel-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/excel-data-analysis,Data Science,Rice University,The use of Excel is widespread in the industry. It is a very powerful data analysis tool and almost all big and small businesses use Excel in their day to day functioning. This course is designed to give you a working knowledge of Excel with the aim of getting to use it for more advance topics in Business Statistics. The course is designed keeping in mind two kinds of learners - those who have very little functional knowledge of Excel and those who use Excel regularly and wish to enhance their skills.
  +Probabilistic Graphical Models,probabilistic-graphical-models,https://coursera.org/learn/probabilistic-graphical-models,Data Science,Stanford University,"Probabilistic graphical models (PGMs) are a rich framework for encoding probability distributions over complex domains: joint (multivariate) distributions over large numbers of random variables that interact with each other. These representations sit at the intersection of statistics and computer science, relying on concepts from probability theory, graph algorithms, machine learning, and more. They are the basis for the state-of-the-art methods in a wide variety of applications, such as medical diagnosis, image understanding, speech recognition, natural language processing, and many, many more. They are also a foundational tool in formulating many machine learning problems."
  +Julia Scientific Programming,julia-programming,https://coursera.org/learn/julia-programming,Data Science,University of Cape Town,"This four-module course introduces users to Julia as a first language. Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language developed specifically for scientific computing. This language will be particularly useful for applications in physics, chemistry, astronomy, engineering, data science, bioinformatics and many more. As open source software, you will always have it available throughout your working life. It can also be used from the command line, program files or a new type of interface known as a Jupyter notebook (which is freely available as a service from JuliaBox.com)."
  +Hands-on Text Mining and Analytics,text-mining-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/text-mining-analytics,Data Science,Yonsei University,"This course provides an unique opportunity for you to learn key components of text mining and analytics aided by the real world datasets and the text mining toolkit written in Java. Hands-on experience in core text mining techniques including text preprocessing, sentiment analysis, and topic modeling help learners be trained to be a competent data scientists."
  +Cluster Analysis in Data Mining,cluster-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/cluster-analysis,Data Science,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Discover the basic concepts of cluster analysis, and then study a set of typical clustering methodologies, algorithms, and applications. This includes partitioning methods such as k-means, hierarchical methods such as BIRCH, and density-based methods such as DBSCAN/OPTICS. Moreover, learn methods for clustering validation and evaluation of clustering quality. Finally, see examples of cluster analysis in applications."
  +Neural Networks for Machine Learning,neural-networks,https://coursera.org/learn/neural-networks,Data Science,University of Toronto,"Learn about artificial neural networks and how they're being used for machine learning, as applied to speech and object recognition, image segmentation, modeling language and human motion, etc. We'll emphasize both the basic algorithms and the practical tricks needed to get them to work well. This course contains the same content presented on Coursera beginning in 2013. It is not a continuation or update of the original course. It has been adapted for the new platform."
  +Improving your statistical inferences,statistical-inferences,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-inferences,Data Science,Eindhoven University of Technology,"This course aims to help you to draw better statistical inferences from empirical research. First, we will discuss how to correctly interpret p-values, effect sizes, confidence intervals, Bayes Factors, and likelihood ratios, and how these statistics answer different questions you might be interested in. Then, you will learn how to design experiments where the false positive rate is controlled, and how to decide upon the sample size for your study, for example in order to achieve high statistical power. Subsequently, you will learn how to interpret evidence in the scientific literature given widespread publication bias, for example by learning about p-curve analysis."
  +Deception Detox - How solid science can help you save the world ,deceptiondetox,https://coursera.org/learn/deceptiondetox,Data Science,Erasmus University Rotterdam,"This course will help you become scientifically literate so that you can make better choices for yourself and the world. Unlike other courses on statistics and scientific methods, we explore global challenges - such as poverty or climate change - and then discuss how key approaches of statistics and scientific methods can help tackle these challenges. We present these approaches in a non-mathematical and easily accessible way. You will leave the course being able to recognize which efforts to do good in this world actually work, and you will have used your science literacy to make some personal changes in your life."
  +Predictive Modeling and Analytics ,predictive-modeling-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/predictive-modeling-analytics,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course will expose you to the data analytics practices executed in the business. We will explore such key areas of data analytics as the analytical process, how data is created, stored, and accessed, and how the organization works with data and creates the environment in which analytics can flourish. What you learn in this course will give you a strong foundation in all the areas that support analytics and will help you to better position yourself for success within your organization. You’ll develop skills and a perspective that will make you more productive faster and allow you to become a valuable asset to your organization."
  +Advanced R Programming,advanced-r,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-r,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"This course covers advanced topics in R programming that are necessary for developing powerful, robust, and reusable data science tools. Topics covered include functional programming in R, robust error handling, object oriented programming, profiling and benchmarking, debugging, and proper design of functions. Upon completing this course you will be able to identify and abstract common data analysis tasks and to encapsulate them in user-facing functions. Because every data science environment encounters unique data challenges, there is always a need to develop custom software specific to your organization’s mission."
  +Nearest Neighbor Collaborative Filtering,collaborative-filtering,https://coursera.org/learn/collaborative-filtering,Data Science,University of Minnesota,"In this course, you will learn the fundamental techniques for making personalized recommendations through nearest-neighbor techniques. First you will learn user-user collaborative filtering, an algorithm that identifies other people with similar tastes to a target user and combines their ratings to make recommendations for that user. You will explore and implement variations of the user-user algorithm, and will explore the benefits and drawbacks of the general approach."
  +Problem Solving with Excel ,excel-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/excel-analysis,Data Science,PwC,"This course explores Excel as a tool for solving business problems. In this course you will learn the basic functions of excel through guided demonstration. Each week you will build on your excel skills and be provided an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned. Finally, you will have a chance to put your knowledge to work in a final project. Please note, the content in this course was developed using a Windows version of Excel 2013. This course was created by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with an address at 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10017."
  +Introduction to Data Science in Python,python-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/python-data-analysis,Data Science,University of Michigan,"This course will introduce the learner to the basics of the python programming environment, including how to download and install python, expected fundamental python programming techniques, and how to find help with python programming questions. The course will also introduce data manipulation and cleaning techniques using the popular python pandas data science library and introduce the abstraction of the DataFrame as the central data structure for data analysis. The course will end with a statistics primer, showing how various statistical measures can be applied to pandas DataFrames. By the end of the course, students will be able to take tabular data, clean it, manipulate it, and run basic inferential statistical analyses."
  +"Basic Data Descriptors, Statistical Distributions, and Application to Business Decisions",descriptive-statistics-statistical-distributions-business-application,https://coursera.org/learn/descriptive-statistics-statistical-distributions-business-application,Data Science,Rice University,"The ability to understand and apply Business Statistics is becoming increasingly important in the industry. A good understanding of Business Statistics is a requirement to make correct and relevant interpretations of data. Lack of knowledge could lead to erroneous decisions which could potentially have negative consequences for a firm. This course is designed to introduce you to Business Statistics. We begin with the notion of descriptive statistics, which is summarizing data using a few numbers. Different categories of descriptive measures are introduced and discussed along with the Excel functions to calculate them. The notion of probability or uncertainty is introduced along with the concept of a sample and population data using relevant business examples. This leads us to various statistical distributions along with their Excel functions which are then used to model or approximate business processes. You get to apply these descriptive measures of data and various statistical distributions using easy-to-follow Excel based examples which are demonstrated throughout the course."
  +Essential Design Principals for Tableau,dataviz-design,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz-design,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","In this course, you will analyze and apply essential design principles to your Tableau visualizations. This course assumes you understand the tools within Tableau and have some knowledge of the fundamental concepts of data visualization. You will define and examine the similarities and differences of exploratory and explanatory analysis as well as begin to ask the right questions about what’s needed in a visualization. You will assess how data and design work together, including how to choose the appropriate visual representation for your data, and the difference between effective and ineffective visuals. You will apply effective best practice design principles to your data visualizations and be able to illustrate examples of strategic use of contrast to highlight important elements."
  +Business Analytics for Decision Making,business-analytics-decision-making,https://coursera.org/learn/business-analytics-decision-making,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"In this course you will learn how to create models for decision making. We will start with cluster analysis, a technique for data reduction that is very useful in market segmentation. You will then learn the basics of Monte Carlo simulation that will help you model the uncertainty that is prevalent in many business decisions. A key element of decision making is to identify the best course of action. Since businesses problems often have too many alternative solutions, you will learn how optimization can help you identify the best option. What is really exciting about this course is that you won’t need to know a computer language or advanced statistics to learn about these predictive and prescriptive analytic models. The Analytic Solver Platform and basic knowledge of Excel is all you’ll need. Learners participating in assignments will be able to get free access to the Analytic Solver Platform."
  +Advanced Linear Models for Data Science 2: Statistical Linear Models,linear-models-2,https://coursera.org/learn/linear-models-2,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,Welcome to the Advanced Linear Models for Data Science Class 2: Statistical Linear Models. This class is an introduction to least squares from a linear algebraic and mathematical perspective. Before beginning the class make sure that you have the following: - A basic understanding of linear algebra and multivariate calculus. - A basic understanding of statistics and regression models. - At least a little familiarity with proof based mathematics. - Basic knowledge of the R programming language.
  +Building R Packages,r-packages,https://coursera.org/learn/r-packages,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"Writing good code for data science is only part of the job. In order to maximizing the usefulness and reusability of data science software, code must be organized and distributed in a manner that adheres to community-based standards and provides a good user experience. This course covers the primary means by which R software is organized and distributed to others. We cover R package development, writing good documentation and vignettes, writing robust software, cross-platform development, continuous integration tools, and distributing packages via CRAN and GitHub. Learners will produce R packages that satisfy the criteria for submission to CRAN."
  +Probabilistic Graphical Models 2: Inference,probabilistic-graphical-models-2-inference,https://coursera.org/learn/probabilistic-graphical-models-2-inference,Data Science,stanford University,"This course is the second in a sequence of three. Following the first course, which focused on representation, this course addresses the question of probabilistic inference: how a PGM can be used to answer questions. Even though a PGM generally describes a very high dimensional distribution, its structure is designed so as to allow questions to be answered efficiently. The course presents both exact and approximate algorithms for different types of inference tasks, and discusses where each could best be applied. The (highly recommended) honors track contains two hands-on programming assignments, in which key routines of the most commonly used exact and approximate algorithms are implemented and applied to a real-world problem."
  +Communicating Business Analytics Results,communicating-business-analytics-results,https://coursera.org/learn/communicating-business-analytics-results,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"The analytical process does not end with models than can predict with accuracy or prescribe the best solution to business problems. Developing these models and gaining insights from data do not necessarily lead to successful implementations. This depends on the ability to communicate results to those who make decisions. Presenting findings to decision makers who are not familiar with the language of analytics presents a challenge. In this course you will learn how to communicate analytics results to stakeholders who do not understand the details of analytics but want evidence of analysis and data. You will be able to choose the right vehicles to present quantitative information, including those based on principles of data visualization. You will also learn how to develop and deliver data-analytics stories that provide context, insight, and interpretation."
  +Building Data Visualization Tools,r-data-visualization,https://coursera.org/learn/r-data-visualization,Data Science,Johns Hopkins University,"The data science revolution has produced reams of new data from a wide variety of new sources. These new datasets are being used to answer new questions in way never before conceived. Visualization remains one of the most powerful ways draw conclusions from data, but the influx of new data types requires the development of new visualization techniques and building blocks. This course provides you with the skills for creating those new visualization building blocks. We focus on the ggplot2 framework and describe how to use and extend the system to suit the specific needs of your organization or team. Upon completing this course, learners will be able to build the tools needed to visualize a wide variety of data types and will have the fundamentals needed to address new data types as they come about."
  +Explaining Your Data Using Tableau,dataviz-explain,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz-explain,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","In this third course of the specialization, we’ll drill deeper into the tools Tableau offers in the areas of charting, dates, table calculations and mapping. We’ll explore the best choices for charts, based on the type of data you are using. We’ll look at specific types of charts including scatter plots, Gantt charts, histograms, bullet charts and several others, and we’ll address charting guidelines. We’ll define discrete and continuous dates, and examine when to use each one to explain your data. You’ll learn how to create custom and quick table calculations and how to create parameters. We’ll also introduce mapping and explore how Tableau can use different types of geographic data, how to connect to multiple data sources and how to create custom maps."
  +A developer's guide to Exploring and Visualizing IoT Data,exploring-visualizing-iot-data,https://coursera.org/learn/exploring-visualizing-iot-data,Data Science,IBM,"The value of IoT can be found within the analysis of data gathered from the system under observation, where insights gained can have direct impact on business and operational transformation. Through analysis data correlation, patterns, trends, and other insight are discovered. Insight leads to better communication between stakeholders, or actionable insights, which can be used to raise alerts or send commands, back to IoT devices. With a focus on the topic of Exploratory Data Analysis, the course provides an in-depth look at mathematical foundations of basic statistical measures, and how they can be used in conjunction with advanced charting libraries to make use of the world’s best pattern recognition system – the human brain. Learn how to work with the data, and depict it in ways that support visual inspections, and derive to inferences about the data. Identify interesting characteristics, patterns, trends, deviations or inconsistencies, and potential outliers."
  +Business Applications of Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Interval Estimation ,hypothesis-testing-confidence-intervals,https://coursera.org/learn/hypothesis-testing-confidence-intervals,Data Science,Rice University,"Confidence intervals and Hypothesis tests are very important tools in the Business Statistics toolbox. A mastery over these topics will help enhance your business decision making and allow you to understand and measure the extent of ‘risk’ or ‘uncertainty’ in various business processes. This is the third course in the specialization ""Business Statistics and Analysis"" and the course advances your knowledge about Business Statistics by introducing you to Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing. We first conceptually understand these tools and their business application. We then introduce various calculations to constructing confidence intervals and to conduct different kinds of Hypothesis Tests. These are done by easy to understand applications. To successfully complete course assignments, students must have access to a Windows version of Microsoft Excel 2010 or later. Please note that earlier versions of Microsoft Excel (2007 and earlier) will not be compatible to some Excel functions covered in this course."
  +Probabilistic Graphical Models 3: Learning,probabilistic-graphical-models-3-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/probabilistic-graphical-models-3-learning,Data Science,Stanford University,"This course is the third in a sequence of three. Following the first course, which focused on representation, and the second, which focused on inference, this course addresses the question of learning: how a PGM can be learned from a data set of examples. The course discusses the key problems of parameter estimation in both directed and undirected models, as well as the structure learning task for directed models. The (highly recommended) honors track contains two hands-on programming assignments, in which key routines of two commonly used learning algorithms are implemented and applied to a real-world problem."
  +An Intuitive Introduction to Probability,introductiontoprobability,https://coursera.org/learn/introductiontoprobability,Data Science,University of Zurich,"This course will provide you with an intuitive and practical introduction into Probability Theory. You will be able to learn how to apply Probability Theory in different scenarios and you will earn a ""toolbox"" of methods to deal with uncertainty in your daily life. The course is split in 5 modules. In each module you will first have an easy introduction into the topic, which will serve as a basis to further develop your knowledge about the topic and acquire the ""tools"" to deal with uncertainty. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to complete 5 exercise sessions to reflect about the content learned in each module and start applying your earned knowledge right away."
  +Introduction to Formal Concept Analysis,formal-concept-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/formal-concept-analysis,Data Science,Higher School of Economics,"This course is an introduction into formal concept analysis (FCA), a mathematical theory oriented at applications in knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition, data analysis and visualization. It provides tools for understanding the data by representing it as a hierarchy of concepts or, more exactly, a concept lattice. FCA can help in processing a wide class of data types providing a framework in which various data analysis and knowledge acquisition techniques can be formulated. In this course, we focus on some of these techniques, as well as cover the theoretical foundations and algorithmic issues of FCA."
  +Data Visualization with Advanced Excel,advanced-excel,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-excel,Data Science,PwC,"In this course, you will get hands-on instruction of advanced Excel 2013 functions. You’ll learn to use PowerPivot to build databases and data models. We’ll show you how to perform different types of scenario and simulation analysis and you’ll have an opportunity to practice these skills by leveraging some of Excel's built in tools including, solver, data tables, scenario manager and goal seek. In the second half of the course, will cover how to visualize data, tell a story and explore data by reviewing core principles of data visualization and dashboarding. You’ll use Excel to build complex graphs and Power View reports and then start to combine them into dynamic dashboards."
  +Data Analytics for Lean Six Sigma,data-analytics-for-lean-six-sigma,https://coursera.org/learn/data-analytics-for-lean-six-sigma,Data Science,University of Amsterdam,In this course you will learn data analytics techniques that are typically useful within Lean Six Sigma improvement projects. At the end of this course you are able to analyse and interpret data gathered within such a project. You will be able to use Minitab to analyse the data. I will also briefly explain what Lean Six Sigma is. I will emphasize on use of data analytics tools and the interpretation of the outcome. I will use many different examples from actual Lean Six Sigma projects to illustrate all tools. I will not discuss any mathematical background.
  +Business Analytics and Digital Media,business-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/business-analytics,Data Science,Indian School of Business,"The explosion in digital media - web, social and now mobile - represents a departure from how things were like in the last century. This proliferation of digital media is both a threat and an opportunity for many businesses. Business Analytics can be leveraged to process data, sentiment, buzz, contacts, context and other aspects of business interest in real time, for business performance and impact. The course picks and uses use-cases from a variety of industries and geographies, to showcase the potential and impact that business analytics done properly (or not) can have on business performance."
  +Recommender Systems:  Evaluation and Metrics,recommender-metrics,https://coursera.org/learn/recommender-metrics,Data Science,University of Minnesota,"In this course you will learn how to evaluate recommender systems. You will gain familiarity with several families of metrics, including ones to measure prediction accuracy, rank accuracy, decision-support, and other factors such as diversity, product coverage, and serendipity. You will learn how different metrics relate to different user goals and business goals. You will also learn how to rigorously conduct offline evaluations (i.e., how to prepare and sample data, and how to aggregate results). And you will learn about online (experimental) evaluation. At the completion of this course you will have the tools you need to compare different recommender system alternatives for a wide variety of uses"
  +Linear Regression for Business Statistics,linear-regression-business-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/linear-regression-business-statistics,Data Science,Rice University,"Regression Analysis is perhaps the single most important Business Statistics tool used in the industry. Regression is the engine behind a multitude of data analytics applications used for many forms of forecasting and prediction. This is the fourth course in the specialization, ""Business Statistics and Analysis"". The course introduces you to the very important tool known as Linear Regression. You will learn to apply various procedures such as dummy variable regressions, transforming variables, and interaction effects. All these are introduced and explained using easy to understand examples in Microsoft Excel. The focus of the course is on understanding and application, rather than detailed mathematical derivations."
  +"Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 2",understanding-china-history-part-2,https://coursera.org/learn/understanding-china-history-part-2,Data Science,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that encourages learning about China in comparative perspective. Our course demonstrates how a new scholarship of discovery is redefining what is singular about modern China and modern Chinese history. Current understandings of human history and social theory are based largely on Western experience or on non-Western experience seen through a Western lens."
  +"Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 1",understanding-china-history-part-1,https://coursera.org/learn/understanding-china-history-part-1,Data Science,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that encourages learning about China in comparative perspective. Our course demonstrates how a new scholarship of discovery is redefining what is singular about modern China and modern Chinese history."
  +"Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python",python-plotting,https://coursera.org/learn/python-plotting,Data Science,University of Michigan,"This course will introduce the learner to information visualization basics, with a focus on reporting and charting using the matplotlib library. The course will start with a design and information literacy perspective, touching on what makes a good and bad visualization, and what statistical measures translate into in terms of visualizations. The second week will focus on the technology used to make visualizations in python, matplotlib, and introduce users to best practices when creating basic charts and how to realize design decisions in the framework."
  +Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals,gcp-big-data-ml-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/gcp-big-data-ml-fundamentals,Data Science,Google Cloud,"This 1-week accelerated on-demand course introduces participants to the Big Data and Machine Learning capabilities of Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It provides a quick overview of the Google Cloud Platform and a deeper dive of the data processing capabilities. At the end of this course, participants will be able to: • Identify the purpose and value of the key Big Data and Machine Learning products in the Google Cloud Platform • Use CloudSQL and Cloud Dataproc to migrate existing MySQL and Hadoop/Pig/Spark/Hive workloads to Google Cloud Platform"
  +Creating Dashboards and Storytelling with Tableau,dataviz-dashboards,https://coursera.org/learn/dataviz-dashboards,Data Science,"University of California, Davis","Leveraging the visualizations you created in the previous course, Visual Analytics with Tableau, you will create dashboards that help you identify the story within your data, and you will discover how to use Storypoints to create a powerful story to leave a lasting impression with your audience. You will balance the goals of your stakeholders with the needs of your end-users, and be able to structure and organize your story for maximum impact. Throughout the course you will apply more advanced functions within Tableau, such as hierarchies, actions and parameters to guide user interactions. For your final project, you will create a compelling narrative to be delivered in a meeting, as a static report, or in an interactive display online."
  +Functional Programming in Scala Capstone,scala-capstone,https://coursera.org/learn/scala-capstone,Data Science,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"In the final capstone project you will apply the skills you learned by building a large data-intensive application using real-world data. You will implement a complete application processing several gigabytes of data. This application will show interactive visualizations of the evolution of temperatures over time all over the world. The development of such an application will involve: — transforming data provided by weather stations into meaningful information like, for instance, the average temperature of each point of the globe over the last ten years ; — then, making images from this information by using spatial and linear interpolation techniques ; — finally, implementing how the user interface will react to users’ actions."
   Data Analytics for Business Capstone,data-analytics-business-capstone,https://coursera.org/learn/data-analytics-business-capstone,Data Science,University of Colorado Boulder,"The analytics process is a collection of interrelated activities that lead to better decisions and to a higher business performance. The capstone of this specialization is designed with the goal of allowing you to experience this process. The capstone project will take you from data to analysis and models, and ultimately to presentation of insights. 
   
   In this capstone project, you will analyze the data on financial loans to help with the investment decisions of an investment company. You will go through all typical steps of a data analytics project, including data understanding and cleanup, data analysis, and presentation of analytical results. 
  
positive.code: 
  Beginning in the third week, we turn our attention to prescriptive analytics, where you will provide some concrete suggestions on how to allocate investment funds using analytics tools, including clustering and simulation based optimization. You will see that allocating funds wisely is crucial for the financial return of the investment portfolio.
  
  In the last week, you are expected to present your analytics results to your clients. Since you will obtain many results in your project, it is important for you to judiciously choose what to include in your presentation. You are also expected to follow the principles we covered in the courses in preparing your presentation.",
  Bayesian Statistics: Techniques and Models,mcmc-bayesian-statistics,https://coursera.org/learn/mcmc-bayesian-statistics,Data Science,"University of California, Santa Cruz","This is the second of a two-course sequence introducing the fundamentals of Bayesian statistics. It builds on the course Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis, which introduces Bayesian methods through use of simple conjugate models. Real-world data often require more sophisticated models to reach realistic conclusions. This course aims to expand our “Bayesian toolbox” with more general models, and computational techniques to fit them. In particular, we will introduce Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, which allow sampling from posterior distributions that have no analytical solution. We will use the open-source, freely available software R (some experience is assumed, e.g., completing the previous course in R) and JAGS (no experience required). We will learn how to construct, fit, assess, and compare Bayesian statistical models to answer scientific questions involving continuous, binary, and count data. This course combines lecture videos, computer demonstrations, readings, exercises, and discussion boards to create an active learning experience. The lectures provide some of the basic mathematical development, explanations of the statistical modeling process, and a few basic modeling techniques commonly used by statisticians. Computer demonstrations provide concrete, practical walkthroughs. Completion of this course will give you access to a wide range of Bayesian analytical tools, customizable to your data.",
  Chinese for Beginners,learn-chinese,https://coursera.org/learn/learn-chinese,Language Learning,Peking University,"Nowadays, there is an increasing number of people who are interested in Chinese culture and language. And it is useful to know about the language when coming to China for travel or business. This is an ABC Chinese course for beginners, including introduction of phonetics and daily expressions. After taking this class, learners can have a basic understanding of Chinese Mandarin and make basic conversations of daily living such as exchanging personal information, talking about daily arrangements and food, asking about price, introducing the city and the weather, telling your hobbies etc.",
  Grammar and Punctuation,grammar-punctuation,https://coursera.org/learn/grammar-punctuation,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","The first course in this specialization is a refresher on some tools needed for good writing. It will help prepare you for the other courses. You will need about 10 hours to complete this first course. Writing is a skill and to learn a skill well, you need to practice. In this course, you will watch short video lectures and then practice and discuss what you have learned.",
  English for Teaching Purposes,teaching-english,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-english,Language Learning,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,"Thinking about teaching your university subject in English but it’s not the Language you normally use? Then, English for teaching purposes is the course for you. A course on English and teaching methodology that aims to help university lecturers do their teaching in English, in line with university internationalisation policies.",
  Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest,writing-for-children,https://coursera.org/learn/writing-for-children,Language Learning,Commonwealth Education Trust,"This course is for curious students and aspiring authors with a passion for writing for young readers. Participate in a dynamic online community of writers as you experiment with your own writing and develop your voice. This course will guide you with a combination of video lectures, online readings, peer reviews, and guest appearances from world-renowned children’s authors. As you work through the writing exercises, you will give and receive feedback from your peers and gain tools and techniques for improving your writing.",
  First Step Korean,learn-korean,https://coursera.org/learn/learn-korean,Language Learning,Yonsei University,"This is an elementary-level Korean language course, consisting of 5 lessons with 4 units, and covers 4 skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The main topics include basic expressions used in everyday life, such as greetings, introducing yourself, talking about your family and a daily life and so on. Each lesson covers dialogues, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, quizzes and role-plays.",
  English for Business Literacy,english-business-literacy,https://coursera.org/learn/english-business-literacy,Language Learning,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course aims to improve your Business English language skills by developing your vocabulary and reading skills and your understanding of tone, style and knowledge of communication methods. We'll also cover how these language skills can enhance audience analysis, business case analysis and basic business communication strategies. Skills learned in this course will often be referred to and needed to complete the speaking, writing and cross-cultural communications courses of this Specialization.",
  Advanced Writing,advanced-writing,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-writing,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the third course in the Academic English: Writing specialization. By raising your level of academic writing, this course helps prepare you for college-level work. After completing this course, you will be able to: - plan and write a more sophisticated argument essay - identify plagiarism and explain how to prevent it - read and analyze several articles to form your own opinion on a topic",
  Inglés Empresarial: Finanza y Economía,ingles-empresaria-finanza-economia,https://coursera.org/learn/ingles-empresaria-finanza-economia,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"Do you work in finance or interact with finance professionals? Is it necessary to speak, write or understand English in your career? Follow the authentic characters in this course as they work through common business situations in finance and economics. Learn from your successes and failure, and think critically about your own communication options. After taking this course, you will be able to read and create efficient e-mails, reports, and impactful presentations with words and phrases commonly used in finance and economics. Communicate clearly under pressure utilizing recently learned strategies, and obtain immediate feedback about the efficiency of your business communication skills in English from other finance professionals around the world! Gain the English communication skills that you desire and that global managers expect.",
  Inglés Empresarial: el márketing y ventas,ingles-empresarial-marketing-ventas,https://coursera.org/learn/ingles-empresarial-marketing-ventas,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"If you work in marketing, sales, or advertising, you already know that effective communication is a requirement. This can be even more difficult when expressing your ideas in a persuasive manner in English. In this course, you will learn to use English more efficiently while joining successful global professionals around the world. Develop your skills along with authentic characters that work in marketing and also work hard to improve their communication skills. Learn from your successes and failures, reflect on your own style, strengths, and improvement areas.",
  Scholarly Communication,scholarly-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/scholarly-communication,Language Learning,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,"Scholarly Communication is a concise but comprehensive course on how to write research papers in English. The course will help the candidates gain a better understanding of the rhetorical conventions of English and the common challenges the candidates may face as an academic writer. The course provides instruction, exercises, structure, and deadlines needed to create a publishable paper.",
  "Speak English Professionally: In Person, Online & On the Phone",speak-english-professionally,https://coursera.org/learn/speak-english-professionally,Language Learning,Georgia Institute of Technology,"Do you want to speak better English? This course will help you reach that goal. Speak English Professionally: In person, Online and On the Phone will boost your English speaking skills. In this 5 week course, you will learn how to identify and make a strong personal introduction. You will develop and demonstrate the speaking skills for group discussions: how to agree or disagree, how to clarify, restate and summarize. You will review and practice how to give information and respond to requests on the phone. You will study and role play effective interviewing. You will prepare and give a sales “pitch”, introducing a product or service.",
  Write Professional Emails in English,professional-emails-english,https://coursera.org/learn/professional-emails-english,Language Learning,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This is a course to help you write effective business emails in English. This course is unique because each module will provide tips on writing more professional emails as well as lessons to improve your overall English writing skills. Therefore, you will improve your grammar and vocabulary skills for email writing and also improve your cross cultural knowledge to make you more powerful and successful in your business communication. You will look at different email formats to analyze tone, formality levels, and various organizational styles.",
  Successful Interviewing,successful-interviewing,https://coursera.org/learn/successful-interviewing,Language Learning,"University of Maryland, College Park","The goal of hiring managers is not just to hire people who need a job. It’s to hire people who believe in their organization, its mission and the work that’s involved in the job position. Every hiring manager knows: Hire people to do a job and they’ll work for your money. Hire people who believe in the work and they’ll work for their passion.",
  Business English: Networking,business-english-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/business-english-intro,Language Learning,University of Washington,"This course begins with a welcome message and an overview of the Specialization. After this introduction, you will be asked to take a proficiency test to see if this course is right for you. During the course, you will begin learning vocabulary and customs related to socializing and networking in English. The goal is to enable you to interact with business contacts in person, on the phone and over email in a professional way.",
  More Chinese for Beginners,more-chinese-for-beginners,https://coursera.org/learn/more-chinese-for-beginners,Language Learning,Peking University,"Learners will expand vocabularies about personal information, daily life, food and drink, healthy, and expressions about greeting, suggestion, agreement, comparison, complaint, prohibition, experience, plan, recommendation, etc. Learners can improve their listening and speaking and know much more about Chinese social cultures. As the same as Chinese for beginners, the course doesn’t ask the learners to know Chinese characters.",
  English for Effective  Business Writing,english-for-business-writing,https://coursera.org/learn/english-for-business-writing,Language Learning,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course aims to improve your Business English writing skills by developing your use of vocabulary, grammar, understanding of different business writing genres, and your ability to write professional business documents. Skills learned in this course will be used in the cross-cultural communications course and help prepare you to produce the professional business documents in the Capstone project.",
  Business English: Meetings,business-english-meetings,https://coursera.org/learn/business-english-meetings,Language Learning,University of Washington,"This course will teach you vocabulary and skills related to participating in meetings. You will learn terms and phrases used both in email and in speaking to arrange, participate in, and conclude meetings. The goals of this course are to enable you to participate effectively in on-site meetings and teleconferences and to prepare you to write a proposal as an outcome of a meeting.",
  Build Your Professional ePortfolio in English,eportfolio-english,https://coursera.org/learn/eportfolio-english,Language Learning,Georgia Institute of Technology,"Roughly half of the world’s population is already online and so setting yourself apart from the crowd is more important than ever before. One of the best ways to do that is by creating your own ePortfolio. An ePortfolio is a site that showcases or shows your background, your resume, and samples of your work. In this course, you will learn step by step how to build the site and you’ll learn the grammar, vocabulary and writing skills needed to create it.",
  Advanced Interviewing Techniques,advanced-interviewing,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-interviewing,Language Learning,"University of Maryland, College Park","People interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday's strategies. Recruiting technology has become more sophisticated, and the best employers are constantly changing the way interviews are done. This course gives you detailed strategies for handling tough competency-based, or behavioral, interviews so that you can communicate the knowledge, skills, and abilities that you have and that employers demand.",
  English for Effective Business Speaking,english-for-business-speaking,https://coursera.org/learn/english-for-business-speaking,Language Learning,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course aims to improve your Business English speaking skills by developing your use of vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, spoken communication skills within a Business context, and your ability to deliver professional business speeches for specific purposes. Skills learned in this course will be used in the cross-cultural communications course and help prepare you to deliver the professional business presentation in the Capstone project.",
  Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics,human-language,https://coursera.org/learn/human-language,Language Learning,"Universiteit Leiden, Meertens instituut (KNAW)","Everywhere, every day, everybody uses language. There is no human society, no matter how small or how isolated, which does not employ a language that is rich and diverse. This course introduces you to linguistics, featuring interviews with well-known linguists and with speakers of many different languages. Join us to explore the miracles of human language! The Miracles of Human Language introduces you to the many-faceted study of languages, which has amazed humans since the beginning of history. Together with speakers of many other languages around the world, as well as with famous linguists such as Noam Chomsky and Adele Goldberg, you will learn to understand and analyse how your native tongue is at the same time similar and different from many other languages.",
  English for Business and Entrepreneurship,business,https://coursera.org/learn/business,Language Learning,University of Pennsylvania,"Welcome to English for Business and Entrepreneurship, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in learning more about the global business economy. In this course, you will learn about topics and language necessary to succeed in the international workplace. You will explore business English through authentic readings and video lectures, while learning about business vocabulary, concepts, and issues.",
  "Teach English Now! Second Language Reading, Writing, and Grammar ",tesol-writing,https://coursera.org/learn/tesol-writing,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"In this course, you will learn ideas for teaching reading and writing courses, and how to include grammar instruction within them. Learn how to help students with differing types of reading problems and how to implement both intensive and extensive reading strategies. Learn strategies to engage students in the stages of writing--pre-writing, writing, and post-writing. Find out about different writing problems that students may encounter. Incorporate grammar through the use of noticing and input enhancement.",
  Perfect Tenses and Modals,perfect-tenses-modals,https://coursera.org/learn/perfect-tenses-modals,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the first course in the Learn English: Intermediate Grammar specialization. In this course, you will learn about important intermediate verb tenses, including present perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect, and past perfect progressive. You will also learn about common modal verbs used in English",
  Business English: Negotiating ,business-english-negotiating,https://coursera.org/learn/business-english-negotiating,Language Learning,University of Washington,"In this course, the context is hosting an event and finding an appropriate venue for it. You will learn language and strategies for successful negotiations culminating in a written announcement for an event. Course Learning Objectives • Negotiate strategically in formal and informal settings • Identify and resolve customer issues after a negotiation has taken place",
  Business English for Cross-cultural Communication,business-english-for-cross-cultural-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/business-english-for-cross-cultural-communication,Language Learning,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course aims to prepare you for working in an cross-cultural Business setting. We'll learn about common cross-cultural theories and how they are relevant to everyday business practices in a globalised world. By combining all of your vocabulary, reading, speaking, and writing skills that you acquired in the previous three courses, you will learn how language plays an important role in cross-cultural communication.",
  Adjectives and Adjective Clauses,adjective-clauses,https://coursera.org/learn/adjective-clauses,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","Being able to adeptly use adjective clauses in speaking and writing is useful for upper level English learners. Adjectives and adjective clauses are very common in English, so students need to be able to understand them when they see them or hear them. Students often struggle to bring complexity to their speaking and writing and adjective clauses can be a great way to do this.",
  Business English: Making Presentations,business-english-presentations,https://coursera.org/learn/business-english-presentations,Language Learning,University of Washington,"This course teaches you language and techniques that will help you make effective presentations in English. The final task is to develop a well-organized, persuasive presentation using charts and graphs that sells your city as a venue.",
  Learn to Speak Korean 1,learn-speak-korean1,https://coursera.org/learn/learn-speak-korean1,Language Learning,Yonsei University,"This course is for beginner students who are familiar with the Korean alphabet, Hangeul. Through this course students will learn the skills essential for daily interactions with Koreans while living in Korea. This course consists of six modules, and each module is composed of five units. Each unit has vocabulary, grammar and expressions, conversation practice, video clips, quizzes, a workbook, and vocabulary lists. In order to assist students with their independent studies, Korean learning materials such as lecture notes, workbooks, and vocabulary lists detailing each day’s lecture are also provided.",
  "Teach English Now! Second Language Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation",tesol-speaking,https://coursera.org/learn/tesol-speaking,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"In this course, you will be introduced to some of the challenges of teaching and learning listening and speaking, such as paralinguistics, performance variables, reduced and regional forms, and differing types of oral discourse. Don't worry--you'll learn what those mean, too! Then you'll learn how to ease the acquisition of listening and speaking for your students. The course also highlights the powerful opportunity to include pronunciation in listening and speaking classes and offers strategies to incorporate pronunciation activities.",
  Tricky English Grammar,tricky-english-grammar,https://coursera.org/learn/tricky-english-grammar,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","English is a difficult language to learn because of its many obscure grammatical rules, which are fairly easy to mess up--even for native speakers. While it’s easy for non-native speakers to get overwhelmed by confusing grammar rules, in this course, we'll provide you with tips that will help you understand the rules more easily and give you lots of practice with the tricky grammar of everyday English.",
  English for Journalism,journalism,https://coursera.org/learn/journalism,Language Learning,University of Pennsylvania,"Welcome to English for Journalism, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in developing the skills needed for a career in modern journalism. In this course, you will explore print and digital media through authentic readings and video lectures, while expanding your vocabulary and increasing your ability to read, research, and develop local and global news stories.",
  Academic Listening and Note-Taking,listening-notetaking,https://coursera.org/learn/listening-notetaking,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This course will help non-native English speakers improve their listening and note-taking skills for the purpose of listening to academic lectures. You will learn techniques for improving your understanding and skills for taking more effective notes, and you will get lots of practice in using these. If you're planning to attend college classes in English, then this class is for you.",
  Teach English Now! Technology Enriched Teaching,tesol-technology,https://coursera.org/learn/tesol-technology,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"This course focuses on the key concepts you need in order to effectively integrate technology into your teaching, without letting it overshadow language learning. Discover current and future trends in educational technology, along with strategies for implementing these trends in the classroom and beyond. As technology is continually evolving, learn how to keep up on current technological applications through professional development networks and training opportunities.",
  Writing in English at University,writing-english-university,https://coursera.org/learn/writing-english-university,Language Learning,Lund University,"Acquiring good academic research and writing skills early on is essential for your success both at university and in your professional life. This course aims: - to give you an understanding of the conventions of academic writing in English and to teach you the components and benefits of what is called process writing. - to help you to put together your own “toolbox” of academic writing skills, as well as to give you a chance to test out these tools and to reflect on your own development as a writer. - to encourage reflection on discipline specific conventions; although the course deals with generic skills, you will be able to apply these generic skills to meet the particular needs of your own discipline.",
  Presentations: Speaking so that People Listen,presentations-speaking-so-that-people-listen,https://coursera.org/learn/presentations-speaking-so-that-people-listen,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","Do you have to give presentations in school or at your work? Is it nerve-racking? Then you've come to the right place. Everyone gets a little nervous when they think about having to stand in front of other people and speak intelligently. This course will give you helpful tips for making effective speeches and delivering them well in typical American settings. You'll learn how to organize a presentation, how to make it memorable, and how to communicate clearly. In the course, you'll have several opportunities to demonstrate the presentation skills that you learn.",
  Academic Literacy,academic-literacy,https://coursera.org/learn/academic-literacy,Language Learning,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,This is the first course of the English for Research Publication Purposes Specialization. The course is an introduction to what you need to know about academic discourse. You’ll gain important critical reading skills to help you develop as a self-critical scientific writer. You will learn practical tools and effective strategies for increasing your academic vocabulary and grammar so that you will write well-structured coherent academic texts.,
  Verb Tenses and Passives,verb-passives,https://coursera.org/learn/verb-passives,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the first course in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation specialty. In this course, you will review the verb tenses that you learned in beginning English classes and learn about a few tenses you may not know very well. In all, you'll cover all 12 of the English verb tenses and passive verb forms. Most importantly, you'll learn how to blend these tenses, which is what native speakers frequently do. This course is vital to your becoming a more fluent English speaker.",
  Chinese for HSK 1,hsk-1,https://coursera.org/learn/hsk-1,Language Learning,Peking University,"Nǐ hǎo! 你好！Welcome to Chinese for HSK Level 1 - a Chinese course for beginners. My name is YU Bin. I am very happy to meet you here! HSK stands for Hànyǔ (Chinese) Shuǐpíng (level) Kǎoshì (test), which is the most important Chinese proficiency test in use today. It assesses non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities in using Chinese in their daily, academic and professional lives.",
  Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for Beginners,mandarin-chinese-1,https://coursera.org/learn/mandarin-chinese-1,Language Learning,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,"Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for beginners is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and cultural tips to help learners build a fundamental capability of oral Chinese in real-life situations. At the end of the 5-week course, the learners will reach the following proficiency: ♦ 150 words ♦ 20 language points ♦ handling 5 real-life situations This is a beginners' course, therefore no prerequisite is required.",
  English for Career Development,careerdevelopment,https://coursera.org/learn/careerdevelopment,Language Learning,University of Pennsylvania,"Welcome to English for Career Development, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in advancing their careers in the global marketplace. In this course, you will learn about the job search, application, and interview process in the United States, while comparing and contrasting the same process in your home country. This course will also give you the opportunity to explore your global career path, while building your vocabulary and improving your language skills to achieve your professional goals. The first unit in this course will introduce the U.S. job application process and provide strategies for identifying the jobs that match your interests and skills.",
  Business English: Marketing and Sales,marketing-sales-english,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-sales-english,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"If you work in marketing, sales, or advertising, you already know that effective communication is a requirement. This can be even more difficult when expressing your ideas in a persuasive manner in English. In this course, you will learn to use English more efficiently while joining successful global professionals around the world. Develop your skills along with authentic characters that work in marketing and also work hard to improve their communication skills. Learn from your successes and failures, reflect on your own style, strengths, and improvement areas. After taking this course, you will be able to: · Express your ideas through efficient emails, reports and persuasive presentations · Learn words and phrases related to market research, branding, direct marketing, advertising costs, etc. · Get instant feedback about the efficiency of your business communication skills in English from sales and marketing professionals from around the world",
  Business English: Finance and Economics,finance-economics-english,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-economics-english,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"Do you work in finance or interact with finance professionals? Is it necessary to speak, write or understand English in your career? Follow the authentic characters in this course as they work through common business situations in finance and economics. Learn from your successes and failure, and think critically about your own communication options. After taking this course, you will be able to read and create efficient e-mails, reports, and impactful presentations with words and phrases commonly used in finance and economics. Communicate clearly under pressure utilizing recently learned strategies, and obtain immediate feedback about the efficiency of your business communication skills in English from other finance professionals around the world! Gain the English communication skills that you desire and that global managers expect.",
  Business English: Management and Leadership,management-leadership-english,https://coursera.org/learn/management-leadership-english,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"Are you a business executive or a manager who uses English in your career? Then you know that good business communication in English requires focus, vocabulary, and specific linguistic structures. In this course, you will follow along a recently promoted manager as she builds and leads her team to success. Together, you will practice the language and styles of communication needed in English for: • Recruiting and training a professional team to work together with integrity and respect • Managing and participating in well-organized meetings • Making telephone conferences more efficient",
  "Conjunctions, Connectives, and Adverb Clauses",conjunctions-connectives-adverb-clauses,https://coursera.org/learn/conjunctions-connectives-adverb-clauses,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the second course in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation specialty. In this course, you will learn about a lot of different ways to join ideas to make more complex and interesting sentences. You'll learn about two types of conjunctions, many other types of connectives, and adverb clauses. You'll also learn about how to punctuate all of these expressions and the types of sentences they create. All of this is grammar you must know to have a high fluency in English.",
  Academic Discussions in English,academic-discussion-english,https://coursera.org/learn/academic-discussion-english,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the third course in the Learn English: Advanced Speaking and Listening specialization. In this class you will learn about different types of conversations you will have in academic settings. You will also learn some strategies for helping you understand other people's meaning and for helping you express yourself effectively. Learners will record several videos of themselves participating in assigned group discussions with their own friends and upload the videos for peer feedback. While this might seem intimidating, it will be a great opportunity for you to practice and improve your discussion skills.",
  Strategies for Teaching Perfect Tenses and Modals,teaching-verb-tenses,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-verb-tenses,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the first course in the Teach English: Intermediate Grammar specialization. In this course, you will learn about teaching important intermediate verb tenses, including present perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect, and past perfect progressive. You will also learn about teaching common modal verbs used in English. Finally, you will have opportunities to practice the skills you learn by creating sample assignments and recording short videos of your teaching demonstrations. This course is designed for teachers or those wanting to become teachers who have a solid understanding of English grammar and want to improve their skills of teaching that grammar to others.",
  Mandarin Chinese 2: Chinese for Beginners,mandarin-chinese-2,https://coursera.org/learn/mandarin-chinese-2,Language Learning,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,"Mandarin Chinese 2: Chinese for beginners is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese in continuation of Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for beginners. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and cultural tips to help learners build a fundamental capability of oral Chinese in real-life situations. At the end of the 5-lesson course, the learners will reach the following proficiency: ♦ 300 words ♦ 40 language points ♦ handling 10 real-life situations Completing ""Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for beginners"" or having attended Chinese courses of any types for at least 15 hours is the prerequisite.",
  Noun Clauses and Conditionals,noun-clauses-conditionals,https://coursera.org/learn/noun-clauses-conditionals,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the third course in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation specialty. In this class, you will learn about the advanced grammar concepts of noun clauses and conditionals. You will learn about several different types of each and get lots of practice using them appropriately. This may seem like difficult grammar, but this course will make them easy to understand. These grammar points are essential for any learner trying to master fluency in the English language.",
  Techniques for Teaching Adjectives and Adjective Clauses,teaching-adjective-clauses,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-adjective-clauses,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the second course in the Teach English: Intermediate Grammar specialization. In this course, you will learn how to effectively teach adjectives, adjective phrases, and adjective clauses to your students. You will learn what makes this grammar difficult for students and how to make it easier for them. You will also learn a variety of activities and methods for teaching this content in a fun and interesting way. You will have opportunities to practice the skills you learn by creating sample assignments and recording short videos of your teaching demonstrations. This course is designed for teachers or those wanting to become teachers who have a solid understanding of English grammar and want to improve their skills of teaching that grammar to others.",
  Grant Proposal,grant-proposal,https://coursera.org/learn/grant-proposal,Language Learning,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,"The course provides guidance on developing a strong application that will allow reviewers to better evaluate the science and merit of your proposal. You will learn how to put your ideas into proper words, arrange a clear and concise paper and search grant market for potential funder. You will also learn how to react to negative feedback from reviewers and resubmit your proposal. The course focuses on useful project management tools and possible budget pitfalls.",
  Teaching Tips for Tricky English Grammar,teaching-common-grammar-mistakes,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-common-grammar-mistakes,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the third course in the Teach English: Intermediate Grammar specialization. It will be useful to ESL teachers or those interested in learning to teach English language, but it is not an introduction to teaching course. You will learn about some specific problems students have learning intermediate grammar. You will learn why students have trouble with this tricky grammar and find out new ways to help students conquer it. You will also learn a variety of activities for teaching this content in a fun and interesting way. Finally, you will have opportunities to practice the skills you learn by creating sample assignments and recording short videos of your teaching demonstrations using a video camera, webcam, or smartphone. Learners wanting a grade will be required to submit short videos of their teaching skills.",
  Spanish Vocabulary: Meeting People,spanish-vocabulary-meeting-people,https://coursera.org/learn/spanish-vocabulary-meeting-people,Language Learning,"University of California, Davis","¡Hola! ¿Como Estas? In this entry level course, you will take the first step toward exploring the foundations of Spanish grammar and pronunciation, and will begin to build a working vocabulary of common Spanish words and expressions. You will be able to talk about yourself, your family and friends in the present tense, and begin to explore the cultural context of the Spanish-speaking world through a series of videos and interactive activities, including speaking, reading and writing exercises. The adventure begins here, so ¡vamanos!",
  Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for Beginners,mandarin-chinese-3,https://coursera.org/learn/mandarin-chinese-3,Language Learning,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,"Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for beginners is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese in continuation of Mandarin Chinese 2: Chinese for beginners. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and cultural tips to help learners build a fundamental capability of oral Chinese in real-life situations. At the end of the 5-lesson course, the learners will reach the following proficiency: ♦ 500 words ♦ 60 language points ♦ handling 15 real-life situations. Completing ""Learn Mandarin Chinese 2: Chinese for beginners"" or having attended Chinese courses of any types for at least 30 hours is the prerequisite.",
  Chinese for HSK 3 PART I,hsk-3,https://coursera.org/learn/hsk-3,Language Learning,Peking University,"Hi, everyone, welcome to join our Chinese for HSK Level 3 course. This is CHEN Li and LU Yun, and we are very happy to meet you here! Chinese for HSK3 course is divided into two parts: Part I and Part II. Part I course takes 6 weeks, and you will be learning vocabularies and grammars mainly through the form of dialogues. Part II takes 4 weeks to complete, with the main focus on HSK 3 test practices and strategies. Chinese for HSK Level 3 is the third part of the 6 levels and assesses test takers’ abilities in the application of everyday Chinese. It is the counterpart of Level 3 of the Chinese Language Proficiency Scales for Speakers of Other Languages and the B1 Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.",
  Spanish Vocabulary: Discussing Sports and Politics,spanish-vocabulary-politics-sports,https://coursera.org/learn/spanish-vocabulary-politics-sports,Language Learning,"University of California, Davis","Ready for the big game? Building on the vocabulary and skills that you have already mastered, this third course of the specialization will introduce new vocabulary that will prepare you to discuss sports, pastimes and politics -- important cultural elements of the Spanish-speaking world. You’ll also add new vocabulary relating to travel and living arrangements. This course also introduces the progressive tense and past tense and you will add to your vocabulary of helping verbs.",
  English for Media Literacy,media,https://coursera.org/learn/media,Language Learning,University of Pennsylvania,"Welcome to English for Media Literacy! This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in learning more about U.S. media literacy. In this course, you will explore different types of mass media; such as, newspapers, magazines, television, and social media. This course will also give you the opportunity to develop a broader understanding of the role media plays in our lives, while building your vocabulary and giving you the language skills needed to analyze what you read and watch. The first unit in this course will provide an introduction to media literacy and give you an opportunity to evaluate your own media literacy level. In unit 2, you will learn how to identify facts versus opinions in the media.",
  Learn Mandarin Chinese: Capstone Project,learn-mandarin-project,https://coursera.org/learn/learn-mandarin-project,Language Learning,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,"Learn Mandarin Chinese: Capstone Project is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese in continuation of Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese for Beginners. In this course, learners are required to complete a few tasks of using Chinese languages in simulated real life situations. Some guidance on taking and passing HSK (Chinese proficiency test) will also be provided. By completing this course, the learners will finish the learning of the whole series and be standing at the threshold of intermediate Chinese proficiency.",
  Tricky American English Pronunciation,tricky-american-english-pronunciation,https://coursera.org/learn/tricky-american-english-pronunciation,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","In this course, you’ll practice the sounds of American English that might sometimes be confusing. You'll practice both consonant and vowel sounds. You’ll also learn about the things that give English its special “music,” such as how to stress the right syllable in a word, how to make your voice go up and down in a natural-sounding melody, and how to naturally connect sounds and words. Learning these things will help you speak more clearly and make sure that others can understand what you're saying. This course is useful for English language learners who want to improve pronunciation of American English for better communication.",
  Chinese for HSK 3 PART II,hsk-3-part2,https://coursera.org/learn/hsk-3-part2,Language Learning,Peking University,"Chinese for HSK3 course is divided into two parts: Part I and Part II. Part I course takes 6 weeks, and you will be learning vocabularies and grammars mainly through the form of dialogues. Part II takes 4 weeks to complete, with the main focus on HSK 3 test practices and strategies. The HSK (Level 3) test is made up of listening comprehension, reading comprehension and writing sections and contains a total of 80 items.The test will last for 90 minutes in total (including 5 minutes in which the test takers fill in personal information).",
  Spanish Vocabulary: Careers and Social Events,spanish-vocabulary-careers,https://coursera.org/learn/spanish-vocabulary-careers,Language Learning,"University of California, Davis","¡Hola! This fourth course will introduce new vocabularies in the areas of dining, fashion, professions and careers and will bring you ever closer to the 500 word threshold for beginning Spanish. The course will also introduce the subjunctive and the future tense so that you can begin to speak about future events, things they desire and pursuing professional goals. This is the final course before you will undertake a project that showcases your mastery of basic Spanish vocabulary and grammar.",
  Bioinformatic Methods I,bioinformatics-methods-1,https://coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics-methods-1,Life Sciences,University of Toronto,"Large-scale biology projects such as the sequencing of the human genome and gene expression surveys using RNA-seq, microarrays and other technologies have created a wealth of data for biologists. However, the challenge facing scientists is analyzing and even accessing these data to extract useful information pertaining to the system being studied. This course focuses on employing existing",
  Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health,epidemiology,https://coursera.org/learn/epidemiology,Life Sciences,California Institute of the Arts,"Often called “the cornerstone” of public health, epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of diseases, health conditions, or events among populations and the application of that study to control health problems. By applying the concepts learned in this course to current public health problems and issues, students will understand the practice of epidemiology as it relates to real life and makes for a better appreciation of public health programs and policies. This course explores public health issues like cardiovascular and infectious diseases – both locally and globally – through the lens of epidemiology.",
  Introductory Human Physiology,physiology,https://coursera.org/learn/physiology,Life Sciences,Duke University,"In this course, students learn to recognize and to apply the basic concepts that govern integrated body function (as an intact organism) in the body's nine organ systems.",
  Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome,microbiome,https://coursera.org/learn/microbiome,Life Sciences,"University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado System","Imagine if there were an organ in your body that weighed as much as your brain, that affected your health, your weight, and even your behavior. Wouldn’t you want to know more about it? There is such an organ — the collection of microbes in and on your body, your human microbiome.",
  Child Nutrition and Cooking,childnutrition,https://coursera.org/learn/childnutrition,Life Sciences,Stanford University,"This course examines contemporary child nutrition and the impact of the individual decisions made by each family. The health risks associated with obesity in childhood are also discussed. Participants will learn what constitutes a healthy diet for children and adults and how to prepare simple, delicious foods aimed at inspiring a lifelong celebration of easy home-cooked meals. This course will help prepare participants to be the leading health providers, teachers and parents of the present and future.",
  Dog Emotion and Cognition,dog-emotion-and-cognition,https://coursera.org/learn/dog-emotion-and-cognition,Life Sciences,Duke University,"Dog Emotion and Cognition will introduce you to the exciting new study of dog psychology, what the latest discoveries tell us about how dogs think and feel about us, and how we can use this new knowledge to further strengthen our relationship with our best friends.",
  Health for All Through Primary Health Care,health-for-all,https://coursera.org/learn/health-for-all,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,This course explores why primary health care is central for achieving Health for All. It provides examples of how primary health care has been instrumental in approaching this goal in selected populations and how the principles of primary health care can guide future policies and actions.,
  Ebola Virus Disease: An Evolving Epidemic,ebola-virus,https://coursera.org/learn/ebola-virus,Life Sciences,Emory University,"Learn about the evolving Ebola epidemic and its various aspects including disease prevention, management and treatment, response to the epidemic, ethical considerations, and the post-Ebola global health landscape.",
  Evolution: A Course for Educators,teaching-evolution,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-evolution,Life Sciences,American Museum of Natural History,"How are all of the species living on Earth today related? How does understanding evolutionary science contribute to our well-being? In this course, participants will learn about evolutionary relationships, population genetics, and natural and artificial selection. Participants will explore evolutionary science and learn how to integrate it into their classrooms.",
  EDIVET: Do you have what it takes to be a veterinarian?,becoming-a-veterinarian,https://coursera.org/learn/becoming-a-veterinarian,Life Sciences,The University of Edinburgh,"This course is for anyone interested in learning more about Veterinary Medicine, giving a “taster” of courses covered in the first year of a veterinary degree and an idea of what it is like to study Veterinary Medicine.",
  Diabetes - a Global Challenge,diabetes,https://coursera.org/learn/diabetes,Life Sciences,University of Copenhagen,"Diabetes and obesity are growing health problems in rich and poor countries alike. With this course you will get updated on cutting-edge diabetes and obesity research including biological, genetic and clinical aspects as well as prevention and epidemiology of diabetes and obesity. All lectures are provided by high-profile scientists from one the world's leading universities in diabetes research.",
  Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biotechnology),genes,https://coursera.org/learn/genes,Life Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","To acquire an understanding of the fundamental concepts of genomics and biotechnology, and their implications for human biology, evolution, medicine, social policy and individual life path choices in the 21st century.",
  AIDS: Fear and Hope,aids-fear-hope,https://coursera.org/learn/aids-fear-hope,Life Sciences,University of Michigan,"The basic biology of the virus, HIV, and the disease it causes, AIDS. The economic, social and political factors that determine who gets sick and who remains healthy, who lives and who dies. The progress of scientific research and medical treatments. The reasons for hope; the reasons for fear. (To get a glimpse of some of the materials that students have been posting on the course forums, go to @AIDSFAH or #AIDSFAH.)",
  Introduction to Reproduction,reproductive-health,https://coursera.org/learn/reproductive-health,Life Sciences,Northwestern University,"The objective of this course is to ensure you understand reproductive health and not confuse reproduction with sex (or having sex). This course was designed with you in mind, and is aimed at providing you with quality information that is meaningful to you and that may be hard to find otherwise. Reproductive health is an area of knowledge that needs to be demystified.",
  Fixing Healthcare Delivery,fixing-healthcare,https://coursera.org/learn/fixing-healthcare,Life Sciences,University of Florida,"Isn’t it time to end the loss of life from preventable medical errors? Each year 100,000 patients die from preventable errors in the U.S. How can you help to change this intractable problem? Knowledge is power, and this course will provide you with a deep understanding of the problems and the solutions. You can become part of the solution.",
  Bioinformatic Methods II,bioinformatics-methods-2,https://coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics-methods-2,Life Sciences,University of Toronto,"Large-scale biology projects such as the sequencing of the human genome and gene expression surveys using RNA-seq, microarrays and other technologies have created a wealth of data for biologists. However, the challenge facing scientists is analyzing and even accessing these data to extract useful information pertaining to the system being studied. This course focuses on employing existing bioinformatic resources – mainly web-based programs and databases – to access the wealth of data to answer questions relevant to the average biologist, and is highly hands-on.",
  The Addicted Brain,addiction-and-the-brain,https://coursera.org/learn/addiction-and-the-brain,Life Sciences,Emory University,This is a course about addiction to drugs and other behaviors. It will describe what happens in the brain and how this information helps us deal with and overcome addiction. It will also discuss other topics such as government policy and our vulnerability to take drugs.,
  To Screen or not to Screen? Methods and health policies through case studies ,screening,https://coursera.org/learn/screening,Life Sciences,University of Geneva,"Current and future public health is characterized by the increase of chronic and degenerative diseases, corresponding to the worldwide ageing of the population. The increasing prevalence of these conditions together with the long incubation period of the chronic diseases and the restless technological innovations, offer new opportunities to develop strategies for early diagnosis.",
  The Challenges of Global Health,global-health,https://coursera.org/learn/global-health,Life Sciences,Duke University,An introduction to key challenges and concepts important to understanding the current status and determinants of global health.,
  Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases,epidemics,https://coursera.org/learn/epidemics,Life Sciences,The Pennsylvania State University,"Not so long ago, it was almost guaranteed that you would die of an infectious disease. In fact, had you been born just 150 years ago, your chances of dying of an infectious disease before you've reached the tender age of 5 would have been extremely high.",
  Genetics and Society: A Course for Educators,genetics-society,https://coursera.org/learn/genetics-society,Life Sciences,American Museum of Natural History,"How have advances in genetics affected society? What do we need to know to make ethical decisions about genetic technologies? This course includes the study of cloning, genetic enhancement, and ownership of genetic information. Course participants will acquire the tools to explore the ethics of modern genetics and learn how to integrate these issues into their classrooms.",
  "Synapses, Neurons and Brains ",synapses,https://coursera.org/learn/synapses,Life Sciences,Hebrew University of Jerusalem,"These are very unique times for brain research. The aperitif for the course will thus highlight the present “brain-excitements” worldwide. You will then become intimately acquainted with the operational principles of neuronal “life-ware” (synapses, neurons and the networks that they form) and consequently, on how neurons behave as computational microchips and how they plastically and constantly change - a process that underlies learning and memory. Recent heroic attempts to realistically simulate large cortical networks in the computer will be highlighted (e.g., “the Blue Brain Project”) and processes related to perception, cognition and emotions in the brain will be discussed.",
  Getting started in cryo-EM,cryo-em,https://coursera.org/learn/cryo-em,Life Sciences,Caltech,"This class covers the fundamental principles underlying cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) starting with the basic anatomy of electron microscopes, an introduction to Fourier transforms, and the principles of image formation. Building upon that foundation, the class then covers the sample preparation issues, data collection strategies, and basic image processing workflows for all 3 basic modalities of modern cryo-EM: tomography, single particle analysis, and 2-D crystallography.",
  Introduction to Systems Biology,systems-biology,https://coursera.org/learn/systems-biology,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,"This course will introduce the student to contemporary Systems Biology focused on mammalian cells, their constituents and their functions. Biology is moving from molecular to modular. As our knowledge of our genome and gene expression deepens and we develop lists of molecules (proteins, lipids, ions) involved in cellular processes, we need to understand how these molecules interact with each other to form modules that act as discrete functional systems.",
  Health Informatics on FHIR,fhir,https://coursera.org/learn/fhir,Life Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,"Through this course even non-technical students can gain basic proficiency in health informatics: the application of computing to healthcare delivery, public health and community-based clinical research. The overall course paradigm is the Institute of Medicine's vision of a ""Learning Health System"" that uses data from actual patient care to gain new knowledge and feeds that knowledge back as care is delivered to achieve a safer, higher quality and more cost effective health delivery system. Module 1 covers the US healthcare delivery system's unique structural, economic and policy issues and the strategic role for health informatics.",
  The Changing Arctic,the-changing-arctic,https://coursera.org/learn/the-changing-arctic,Life Sciences,National Research Tomsk State University,"After taking this course you will have an understanding of Arctic landscapes, how they were formed and how they are changing. You will also learn how scientists from countries around the North are working together to understand how these changes will affect the People of the North and the global community. You will experience a range of scientific topics, up-to-date-methods for understanding our environment, and the current consensus views on the future of the Arctic environment.",
  Animal Behaviour and Welfare,animal-welfare,https://coursera.org/learn/animal-welfare,Life Sciences,The University of Edinburgh,"Animal welfare has been described as a complex, multi-faceted public policy issue which includes important scientific, ethical, and other dimensions. Improving our understanding of animal welfare, involves the fascinating study of animal behavior as well as the challenge of accessing the emotions of animals.",
  Experimental Methods in Systems Biology,experimental-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/experimental-methods,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,"Learn about the technologies underlying experimentation used in systems biology, with particular focus on RNA sequencing, mass spec-based proteomics, flow/mass cytometry and live-cell imaging. A key driver of the systems biology field is the technology allowing us to delve deeper and wider into how cells respond to experimental perturbations. This in turns allows us to build more detailed quantitative models of cellular function, which can give important insight into applications ranging from biotechnology to human disease. This course gives a broad overview of a variety of current experimental techniques used in modern systems biology, with focus on obtaining the quantitative data needed for computational modeling purposes in downstream analyses.",
  Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us,vital-signs,https://coursera.org/learn/vital-signs,Life Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"The vital signs – heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, respiration rate, and pain – communicate important information about the physiological status of the human body. In this six-part course we explore the anatomy and physiology underlying the vital signs so that you will develop a systematic, integrated understanding of how the body functions. Relevant body systems are reviewed including cardiovascular and respiratory, followed by explanations of how the function of these systems affects vital signs.",
  Clinical Kidney Transplantation   ,clinical-kidney-transplantation,https://coursera.org/learn/clinical-kidney-transplantation,Life Sciences,"Universiteit Leiden, Leiden University Medical Center","Kidney transplantation is a major advance of modern medicine which provides high-quality of life for patients with end-stage renal disease. What used to be an experimental, risky, and very limited treatment option more than 50 years ago is now routinely performed in many countries worldwide. The number of renal transplants is expected to rise sharply in the next decade since the proportion of patients with end stage renal disease is increasing.",
  Network Analysis in Systems Biology,network-biology,https://coursera.org/learn/network-biology,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,"An introduction to data integration and statistical methods used in contemporary Systems Biology, Bioinformatics and Systems Pharmacology research. The course covers methods to process raw data from genome-wide mRNA expression studies (microarrays and RNA-seq) including data normalization, differential expression, clustering, enrichment analysis and network construction. The course contains practical tutorials for using tools and setting up pipelines, but it also covers the mathematics behind the methods applied within the tools. The course is mostly appropriate for beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduates majoring in fields such as biology, math, physics, chemistry, computer science, biomedical and electrical engineering.",
  Autism Spectrum Disorder,autism-spectrum-disorder,https://coursera.org/learn/autism-spectrum-disorder,Life Sciences,"University of California, Davis","Understanding the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their implications for behavior, learning and the ability to process information is critical for anyone working or interacting with those on the spectrum -- educators, clinicians, counselors, therapists, medical staff, family and employers. This course will give you a fundamental understanding of what ASD is, how it is diagnosed, the primary areas of impairment, and why prevalence is increasing.",
  An Introduction to Global Health,globalhealthintro,https://coursera.org/learn/globalhealthintro,Life Sciences,University of Copenhagen,"This course will provide you with an overview of the most important health challenges facing the world today. You will gain insight into how challenges have changed over time, we will discuss the likely determinants of such changes and examine future projections. Successful international strategies and programs promoting human health will be highlighted and global health governance structures will be mapped and the role of the key actors explored.",
  Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds,theropods-birds,https://coursera.org/learn/theropods-birds,Life Sciences,University of Alberta,"Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds is a five-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the origins of birds. This course examines the anatomy, diversity, and evolution of theropod dinosaurs in relation to the origin of birds. Students explore various hypotheses for the origin of flight. Watch a preview of the course here: https://uofa.ualberta.ca/courses/paleontology-theropod-dinosaurs",
  Case Studies in Personalized Medicine,personalizedmed,https://coursera.org/learn/personalizedmed,Life Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"Learn how advances in biomedicine hold the potential to revolutionize drug development, drug treatments, and disease prevention: where are we now, and what does the future hold? This course will present short primers in genetics and mechanisms underlying variability in drug responses. A series of case studies will be used to illustrate principles of how genetics are being brought to bear on refining diagnoses and on personalizing treatment in rare and common diseases. The ethical and operational issues around how to implement large scale genomic sequencing in clinical practice will be addressed.",
  Integrated Analysis in Systems Biology,integrated-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/integrated-analysis,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,This course will focus on developing integrative skills through directed reading and analysis of the current primary literature to enable the student to develop the capstone project as the overall final exam for the specialization in systems biology.,
  Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials,clinical-trials,https://coursera.org/learn/clinical-trials,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Clinical trials are experiments designed to evaluate new interventions to prevent or treat disease in humans. The interventions evaluated can be drugs, devices (e.g., hearing aid), surgeries, behavioral interventions (e.g., smoking cessation program), community health programs (e.g. cancer screening programs) or health delivery systems (e.g., special care units for hospital admissions). We consider clinical trials experiments because the investigators rather than the patients or their doctors select the treatment the patients receive.",
  Systems Thinking In Public Health,systems-thinking,https://coursera.org/learn/systems-thinking,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"This course provides an introduction to systems thinking and systems models in public health. Problems in public health and health policy tend to be complex with many actors, institutions and risk factors involved. If an outcome depends on many interacting and adaptive parts and actors the outcome cannot be analyzed or predicted with traditional statistical methods. Systems thinking is a core skill in public health and helps health policymakers build programs and policies that are aware of and prepared for unintended consequences.",
  Music as Biology: What We Like to Hear and Why,music-as-biology,https://coursera.org/learn/music-as-biology,Life Sciences,Duke University,"The course will explore the tone combinations that humans consider consonant or dissonant, the scales we use, and the emotions music elicits, all of which provide a rich set of data for exploring music and auditory aesthetics in a biological framework. Analyses of speech and musical databases are consistent with the idea that the chromatic scale (the set of tones used by humans to create music), consonance and dissonance, worldwide preferences for a few dozen scales from the billions that are possible, and the emotions elicited by music in different cultures all stem from the relative similarity of musical tonalities and the characteristics of voiced (tonal) speech.",
  Foundations for Assisting in Home Care,home-care,https://coursera.org/learn/home-care,Life Sciences,The State University of New York,This course is intended as a self-study course for those interested in exploring a career as a Home Health Aide or Personal Care Aide.,
  Dairy Production and Management,dairy-production,https://coursera.org/learn/dairy-production,Life Sciences,The Pennsylvania State University,"With the world's first MOOOOO-C, you will gain a broad and comprehensive understanding of all aspects of dairy management such as genetics, nutrition, reproduction, animal health, farm economics, and sustainability of dairy production systems. There's something here for everyone whether you are just looking for the basics or have years of experience in the dairy industry.",
  Bioinformatics: Introduction and Methods 生物信息学: 导论与方法,bioinformatics-pku,https://coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics-pku,Life Sciences,Peking University,"A big welcome to “Bioinformatics: Introduction and Methods” from Peking University! In this MOOC you will become familiar with the concepts and computational methods in the exciting interdisciplinary field of bioinformatics and their applications in biology, the knowledge and skills in bioinformatics you acquired will help you in your future study and research.",
  Foundations for Global Health Responders,ghresponder,https://coursera.org/learn/ghresponder,Life Sciences,University of Colorado System,"Around the world, we are increasingly socially and economically interdependent. Health on one side of the globe affects people on the other. Global health, once merely an ethical consideration, now dominates discussions and policies of global security. A diverse team of experts in this emerging field has come together to help you contextualize your experiences as a new or seasoned global health responder.",
  Introduction to Genetics and Evolution,genetics-evolution,https://coursera.org/learn/genetics-evolution,Life Sciences,Duke University,"Introduction to Genetics and Evolution is a college-level class being offered simultaneously to new students at Duke University. The course gives interested people a very basic overview of some principles behind these very fundamental areas of biology. We often hear about new ""genome sequences,"" commercial kits that can tell you about your ancestry (including pre-human) from your DNA or disease predispositions, debates about the truth of evolution, why animals behave the way they do, and how people found ""genetic evidence for natural selection.""",
  Stanford Introduction to Food and Health,food-and-health,https://coursera.org/learn/food-and-health,Life Sciences,Stanford University,"Around the world, we find ourselves facing global epidemics of obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and other predominantly diet-related diseases. To address these public health crises, we urgently need to explore innovative strategies for promoting healthful eating. There is strong evidence that global increases in the consumption of heavily processed foods, coupled with cultural shifts away from the preparation of food in the home, have contributed to high rates of preventable, chronic disease. In this course, learners will be given the information and practical skills they need to begin optimizing the way they eat. This course will shift the focus away from reductionist discussions about nutrients and move, instead, towards practical discussions about real food and the environment in which we consume it.",
  Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview,global-health-overview,https://coursera.org/learn/global-health-overview,Life Sciences,University of Geneva,"This course proposes an overview of current global health challenges drawing on the insights of several academic disciplines including medicine, public health, law, economics, social sciences and humanities. This interdisciplinary approach will guide the student into seven critical topics in global health.",
  Dynamical Modeling Methods for Systems Biology,dynamical-modeling,https://coursera.org/learn/dynamical-modeling,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,An introduction to dynamical modeling techniques used in contemporary Systems Biology research. We take a case-based approach to teach contemporary mathematical modeling techniques. The course is appropriate for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. Lectures provide biological background and describe the development of both classical mathematical models and more recent representations of biological processes. The course will be useful for students who plan to use experimental techniques as their approach in the laboratory and employ computational modeling as a tool to draw deeper understanding of experiments.,
  The New Nordic Diet - from Gastronomy to Health ,newnordicdiet,https://coursera.org/learn/newnordicdiet,Life Sciences,University of Copenhagen,"The New Nordic Diet is a new food culture developed in 2009-13 with key emphasis on gastronomy, health, and environment. Major research in its effect on acceptability, behaviour and learning skills, and disease prevention have been conducted by the OPUS centre at the University of Copenhagen and the people behind the award-winning restaurant Noma in Copenhagen.",
  The Horse Course: Introduction to Basic Care and Management,horse-care,https://coursera.org/learn/horse-care,Life Sciences,University of Florida,"There are over 100 million horses, donkeys and mules in the world today and owners of these animals can be found on almost every continent and in almost every society. The Horse Course will cover many unique aspects of equine ownership and touch upon the science behind many of today’s management practices.",
  Acute and Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Comprehensive Review,icahn-school-of-medicine-at-mount-sinai-acute-and-chronic-rhinosinusitis,https://coursera.org/learn/icahn-school-of-medicine-at-mount-sinai-acute-and-chronic-rhinosinusitis,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,"This course, offered by the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is designed to inform primary care physicians and general otolaryngologists, as well as nurses, physician assistants and medical assistants, about the differences between acute and chronic rhinosinusitis and how to distinguish and treat them. It is also applicable to individuals who wish to broaden their knowledge and vernacular about this disease process, especially those who may suffer from this condition.",
  Bacteria and Chronic Infections,bacteria,https://coursera.org/learn/bacteria,Life Sciences,University of Copenhagen,"This course will give you an introduction to bacteria and chronic infections. Leading experts in the field will make you familiar with the fundamental concepts of microbiology and bacteriology such as single cell bacteria, biofilm formation, and acute and chronic infections.",
  Classical papers in molecular genetics,papers-molecular-genetics,https://coursera.org/learn/papers-molecular-genetics,Life Sciences,University of Geneva,"You have all heard about the DNA double helix and genes. Many of you know that mutations occur randomly, that the DNA sequence is read by successive groups of three bases (the codons), that many genes encode enzymes, and that gene expression can be regulated. These concepts were proposed on the basis of astute genetic experiments, as well as often on biochemical results. The original articles were these concepts appeared are however not frequently part of the normal curriculum of biologists, biochemists and medical students.",
  Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics,clinical-research,https://coursera.org/learn/clinical-research,Life Sciences,University of Cape Town,"If you’ve ever skipped over`the results section of a medical paper because terms like “confidence interval” or “p-value” go over your head, then you’re in the right place. You may be a clinical practitioner reading research articles to keep up-to-date with developments in your field or a medical student wondering how to approach your own research. Greater confidence in understanding statistical analysis and the results can benefit both working professionals and those undertaking research themselves.",
  Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes,infection-prevention,https://coursera.org/learn/infection-prevention,Life Sciences,The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Learn about the role of environment in disease transmission and how to implement standard and transmission-based precautions to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria and other infections in your facility.,
  Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles,ancient-marine-reptiles,https://coursera.org/learn/ancient-marine-reptiles,Life Sciences,University of Alberta,"Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles is a four-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the evolutionary changes that occur when air-breathing terrestrial animals return to water. This course examines the diversity, adaptations, convergence, and phylogenetic relationships of extinct marine reptiles. Students will explore three major groups of marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs.",
  Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics for Beginners,bioinformatics,https://coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","This course will cover algorithms for solving various biological problems along with a handful of programming challenges helping you implement these algorithms in Python. It offers a gently-paced introduction to our Bioinformatics Specialization (https://www.coursera.org/specializations/bioinformatics), preparing learners to take the first course in the Specialization, ""Finding Hidden Messages in DNA"" (https://www.coursera.org/learn/dna-analysis).",
  Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,systematic-review,https://coursera.org/learn/systematic-review,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"We will introduce methods to perform systematic reviews and meta-analysis of clinical trials. We will cover how to formulate an answerable research question, define inclusion and exclusion criteria, search for the evidence, extract data, assess the risk of bias in clinical trials, and perform a meta-analysis.",
  Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression,epigenetics,https://coursera.org/learn/epigenetics,Life Sciences,The University of Melbourne,"While the human genome sequence has transformed our understanding of human biology, it isn’t just the sequence of your DNA that matters, but also how you use it! How are some genes activated and others are silenced? How is this controlled? The answer is epigenetics.",
  The Science of Gastronomy,scigast,https://coursera.org/learn/scigast,Life Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course introduces a number of basic scientific principles underpinning the methodology of cooking, food preparation and the enjoyment of food. All topics covered have a strong basis in biology, chemistry, and physics application. Among others, they include the consumption of cooked food, the physiological and evolutionary implication of the senses, geographic and cultural influences on food, and the rationale behind food preparation.",
  Paleontology: Early Vertebrate Evolution,early-vertebrate-evolution,https://coursera.org/learn/early-vertebrate-evolution,Life Sciences,University of Alberta,"Paleontology: Early Vertebrate Evolution is a four-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the origin of vertebrates. Students will explore the diversity of Palaeozoic lineages within a phylogenetic and evolutionary framework. This course examines the evolution of major vertebrate novelties including the origin of fins, jaws, and tetrapod limbs. Students also explore key Canadian fossil localities, including the Burgess Shale (British Columbia), Miguasha (Quebec), and Man On The Hill (Northwest Territories).",
  Introduction to Breast Cancer,breast-cancer-causes-prevention,https://coursera.org/learn/breast-cancer-causes-prevention,Life Sciences,Yale University,"Welcome to an Introduction to Breast Cancer! In this course, we’ll learn a bit about the leading cause of cancer in women worldwide – from the basic biology of the disease, to risk factors and prevention, to treatment modalities to survivorship. We’ll talk to leading experts, explore some of the milestone studies that have pushed this field forward, and have interactive discussions on discussion boards and social media.",
  Clinical Epidemiology,clinicalepidemiology,https://coursera.org/learn/clinicalepidemiology,Life Sciences,Utrecht University,"Evidence forms the basis of modern medicine. Clinical research provides us with this evidence, guiding health professionals towards solutions to problems that they face in daily practice. Transferring existing problems in medical practice to a research setting is a challenging process that requires careful consideration. The practice of clinical epidemiology aims to address this through the application of established approaches for research in human populations, while at all times focussing on the problem at hand from a clinical perspective.",
  Career 911: Your Future Job in Medicine and Healthcare,healthcarejobs,https://coursera.org/learn/healthcarejobs,Life Sciences,Northwestern University,"This course aims to help high school students, recent graduates, and those considering career transitions explore health care career options and learn strategies for entry into the health care workforce and health related fields. There are lots of amazing job opportunities in medicine and healthcare! Join us, as we share the strategies and secrets for getting those jobs.",
  Anatomy of the Abdomen and Pelvis; a journey from basis to clinic.  ,anatomy,https://coursera.org/learn/anatomy,Life Sciences,"Universiteit Leiden, Leiden University Medical Center","In this anatomy course you will explore the organs involved in our food digestion and discover the common causes of abdominal and pelvic pain. The latest graphics and animations will help you to find new insights and understanding of this part of the body, that has been the focus of anatomical research for centuries and presently arouses renewed scientific interest.",
  Advanced Neurobiology I,advanced-neurobiolog1,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-neurobiolog1,Life Sciences,Peking University,"Neuroscience is a wonderful branch of science on how our brain perceives the external world, how our brain thinks, how our brain responds to the outside of the world, and how during disease or aging the neuronal connections deteriorate. We’re trying to understand the molecular, cellular nature and the circuitry arrangement of how nervous system works.",
  Introduction to the Biology of Cancer,cancer,https://coursera.org/learn/cancer,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Over 500,000 people in the United States and over 8 million people worldwide are dying every year from cancer. As people live longer, the incidence of cancer is rising worldwide and the disease is expected to strike over 20 million people annually by 2030. This open course is designed for people who would like to develop an understanding of cancer and how it is prevented, diagnosed, and treated.",
  Rethinking Ageing:  Are we prepared to live longer?,ageing,https://coursera.org/learn/ageing,Life Sciences,The University of Melbourne,"Population ageing is occurring in nearly every country around the world. This MOOC takes a multidisciplinary approach to explore the impact of living longer and takes into account the technological advancements, the built environment, economics and ethics to rethink what it means to 'age well' now and in the future.",
  Chicken Behaviour and Welfare,chickens,https://coursera.org/learn/chickens,Life Sciences,The University of Edinburgh,"This course explains the general principles of chicken behaviour and welfare, and the behavioural and physiological indicators that can be used to assess welfare in chickens kept in hobby flocks through to commercial farms. The focus is primarily on laying hens and meat chickens (broilers) although many of the principles are relevant to other types of poultry. The course is likely to be of interest to people who own chickens as pets or keep a small hobby flock, commercial egg and chicken meat producers, veterinarians and vet nurses.",
  Introduction to Dental Medicine,dental-medicine-penn,https://coursera.org/learn/dental-medicine-penn,Life Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"The mouth is the window into human health. This course provides an overview of dental medicine to engage, educate, excite and assist you in improving the oral health of your patients and members of your community. We will review topics in dental medicine including scope of the field, what to expect in function, and some of the many ways that dysfunction may present for different patients. This will include discussions of mouth, jaw, and tooth anatomy, pathology, and treatment. We will talk about differences between patients and the unique roles that different members of the dental field may play in treatment depending on the patient and condition.",
  Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach,bioelectricity,https://coursera.org/learn/bioelectricity,Life Sciences,Duke University,"Nerves, the heart, and the brain are electrical. How do these things work? This course presents fundamental principles, described quantitatively.",
  Data Management for Clinical Research,clinical-data-management,https://coursera.org/learn/clinical-data-management,Life Sciences,Vanderbilt University,"This course presents critical concepts and practical methods to support planning, collection, storage, and dissemination of data in clinical research. Understanding and implementing solid data management principles is critical for any scientific domain. Regardless of your current (or anticipated) role in the research enterprise, a strong working knowledge and skill set in data management principles and practice will increase your productivity and improve your science.",
  Chemicals and Health,chemicals-health,https://coursera.org/learn/chemicals-health,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"This course covers chemicals in our environment and in our bodies and how they impact our health. It addresses policies and practices related to chemicals, particularly related to how they get into our bodies (exposures), what they do when they get there (toxicology), how we measure them (biomonitoring) and their impact on our health.",
  The Brain and Space,human-brain,https://coursera.org/learn/human-brain,Life Sciences,Duke University,"This course is about how the brain creates our sense of spatial location from a variety of sensory and motor sources, and how this spatial sense in turn shapes our cognitive abilities. Knowing where things are is effortless. But “under the hood,” your brain must figure out even the simplest of details about the world around you and your position in it. Recognizing your mother, finding your phone, going to the grocery store, playing the banjo – these require careful sleuthing and coordination across different sensory and motor domains.",
  "Biological Diversity (Theories, Measures and Data sampling techniques)",biological-diversity,https://coursera.org/learn/biological-diversity,Life Sciences,National Research Tomsk State University,"The course presents an overview of the theory behind biological diversity evolution and dynamics and of methods for diversity calculation and estimation. We will become familiar with the major alpha, beta, and gamma diversity estimation techniques. Understanding how biodiversity evolved and is evolving on Earth and how to correctly use and interpret biodiversity data is important for all students interested in conservation biology and ecology, whether they pursue careers in academia or as policy makers and other professionals (students graduating from our programs do both).",
  Childbirth: A Global Perspective,pregnancychildbirth,https://coursera.org/learn/pregnancychildbirth,Life Sciences,Emory University,"This course will review challenges for maternal and newborn health in the developing world, where a great many women and babies are suffering from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and the days following birth. Themes covered include the epidemiology of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, relevant issues for the global health workforce, community-based",
  Introduction to Cataract Surgery,cataract-surgery,https://coursera.org/learn/cataract-surgery,Life Sciences,University of Michigan,This comprehensive course will give you the fundamental knowledge needed to begin performing cataract surgery by phacoemulsification and extracapsular removal. Each step from preoperative evaluation to postoperative care will be covered to help prepare you for the operating room.,
  Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education,instructmethodshpe,https://coursera.org/learn/instructmethodshpe,Life Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course provides those involved in educating members of the health professions an asynchronous, interdisciplinary, and interactive way to obtain, expand, and improve their teaching skills. These skills can then be applied within their own professional context, with a variety of learners, extending across many stages.",
  Molecular Evolution (Bioinformatics IV),molecular-evolution,https://coursera.org/learn/molecular-evolution,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","In the previous course in the Specialization, we learned how to compare genes, proteins, and genomes. One way we can use these methods is in order to construct a ""Tree of Life"" showing how a large collection of related organisms have evolved over time. In the first half of the course, we will discuss approaches for evolutionary tree construction that have been the subject of some of the most cited scientific papers of all time, and show how they can resolve quandaries from finding the origin of a deadly virus to locating the birthplace of modern humans.",
  Service Transformed: Lessons in U.S. Veteran Centered Care,va-health-care,https://coursera.org/learn/va-health-care,Life Sciences,University of Michigan,"Improving health care for veterans has become a matter of national attention and has gained increasing attention from the medical community. With the current surge of veterans reintegrating into civilian society it is critical to improve the training of the next cadre of providers who will provide care for our veterans. It is widely known that veterans receive care in all aspects of the health system, thus providers in veteran focused care facilities, military health serves and civilian locals must be aware of the unique needs of veterans. It is perhaps even more important to educate civilian providers who may be unfamiliar with the unique physical, mental and emotional needs related to military service.",
  Finding Mutations in DNA and Proteins (Bioinformatics VI),dna-mutations,https://coursera.org/learn/dna-mutations,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","In previous courses in the Specialization, we have discussed how to sequence and compare genomes. This course will cover advanced topics in finding mutations lurking within DNA and proteins. In the first half of the course, we would like to ask how an individual's genome differs from the ""reference genome"" of the species. Our goal is to take small fragments of DNA from the individual and ""map"" them to the reference genome. We will see that the combinatorial pattern matching algorithms solving this problem are elegant and extremely efficient, requiring a surprisingly small amount of runtime and memory.",
  Finding Hidden Messages in DNA (Bioinformatics I),dna-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/dna-analysis,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","This course begins a series of classes illustrating the power of computing in modern biology. Please join us on the frontier of bioinformatics to look for hidden messages in DNA without ever needing to put on a lab coat. In the first half of the course, we investigate DNA replication, and ask the question, where in the genome does DNA replication begin? We will see that we can answer this question for many bacteria using only some straightforward algorithms to look for hidden messages in the genome.",
  "Comparing Genes, Proteins, and Genomes (Bioinformatics III)",comparing-genomes,https://coursera.org/learn/comparing-genomes,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","Once we have sequenced genomes in the previous course, we would like to compare them to determine how species have evolved and what makes them different. In the first half of the course, we will compare two short biological sequences, such as genes (i.e., short sequences of DNA) or proteins. We will encounter a powerful algorithmic tool called dynamic programming that will help us determine the number of mutations that have separated the two genes/proteins.",
  Genome Sequencing (Bioinformatics II),genome-sequencing,https://coursera.org/learn/genome-sequencing,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","You may have heard a lot about genome sequencing and its potential to usher in an era of personalized medicine, but what does it mean to sequence a genome? Biologists still cannot read the nucleotides of an entire genome as you would read a book from beginning to end. However, they can read short pieces of DNA. In this course, we will see how graph theory can be used to assemble genomes from these short pieces. We will further learn about brute force algorithms and apply them to sequencing mini-proteins called antibiotics.",
  Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety,quality-healthcare,https://coursera.org/learn/quality-healthcare,Life Sciences,The George Washington University,"Ensuring patient safety and healthcare quality is critical and should be a key focus of everyone in healthcare practice. This course provides healthcare practitioners and others with an introduction to the knowledge and skills needed to lead patient safety and quality improvement initiatives at the micro and macro levels. Participants will explore the foundations of health care quality and the science underlying patient safety and quality improvement, design and select effective health care measures, analyze patient safety problems and processes using tools such as human factors analysis, apply systematic approaches including the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model to address quality improvement challenges, and learn strategies to lead a culture of change. The course takes a world view of patient safety and quality, linking participants to research and resources from the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Joint Commission and other international organizations.",
  Bioelectricity:  The Mechanism of Origin of Extracellular Potentials,extracellular-potentials,https://coursera.org/learn/extracellular-potentials,Life Sciences,Duke University,"Most people know that electrically active cells in nerves, in the heart and in the brain generate electrical currents, and that somehow these result in measurements we all have heard about, such as the electrocardiogram. But how? That is, what is it that happens within the electrically active tissue that leads to the creation of currents and voltages in their surroundings that reflect the excitation sequences timing, and condition of the underlying tissue. This course explores that topic. Rather than being a primer on how to interpret waveforms of any kind in terms of normality or disease, the goal here is to provide insight into how the mechanism of origin actually works, and to do so with simple examples that are readily pictured with simple sketches and one’s imagination, and then moving forward into comparison with experiments and finding outcomes quantitatively.",
  Visual Perception and the Brain,visual-perception,https://coursera.org/learn/visual-perception,Life Sciences,Duke University,"Learners will be introduced to the problems that vision faces, using perception as a guide. The course will consider how what we see is generated by the visual system, what the central problem for vision is, and what visual perception indicates about how the brain works. The evidence will be drawn from neuroscience, psychology, the history of vision science and what philosophy has contributed. Although the discussions will be informed by visual system anatomy and physiology, the focus is on perception. We see the physical world in a strange way, and goal is to understand why.",
  Medical Neuroscience,medical-neuroscience,https://coursera.org/learn/medical-neuroscience,Life Sciences,Duke University,"Medical Neuroscience explores the functional organization and neurophysiology of the human central nervous system, while providing a neurobiological framework for understanding human behavior. In this course, you will discover the organization of the neural systems in the brain and spinal cord that mediate sensation, motivate bodily action, and integrate sensorimotor signals with memory, emotion and related faculties of cognition. The overall goal of this course is to provide the foundation for understanding the impairments of sensation, action and cognition that accompany injury, disease or dysfunction in the central nervous system. The course will build upon knowledge acquired through prior studies of cell and molecular biology, general physiology and human anatomy, as we focus primarily on the central nervous system.",
  Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods,antimicrobial-resistance,https://coursera.org/learn/antimicrobial-resistance,Life Sciences,Technical University of Denmark (DTU),The course will cover the topics related to antimicrobial resistance with basic definitions and overview on antimicrobials their use and the emergence and spread of resistance. The course will guide you through the concepts and the importance of resistance spread and dissemination and how that happens. It will show you how bacteria become resistant and which mechanisms they might use for this. And as part of the course you will also receive some training in methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and detection of specific resistance in the microbiological laboratories with the basic methods available and with focus on the obtention of good quality results which can be interpreted and used for different purposes.,
  An Introduction to Population Health,population-health,https://coursera.org/learn/population-health,Life Sciences,University of Manchester,"This MOOC is aimed at anyone wishing to understand the basics of population health. It provides a general introduction to some of the key themes, topics and discussion relevant to population health across the world. Primarily aimed for the general public, the course will also help those already working in health and social care who wish to improve their knowledge and understanding on this topic.",
  Community Change in Public Health,community-change-public-health,https://coursera.org/learn/community-change-public-health,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"In bringing about behavior change in public health, we often focus on the individual mother, student, or farmer. We should not forget the community structure and norms constrain for encouraging individual health behaviors. This course examines the community context of the changes needed to promote the public’s health. We begin by examining the various definitions of ‘community’ and the processes by which we ‘diagnose’ or seek to understand the structure and characteristics of different types of communities.",
  Systems Science and Obesity,systems-science-obesity,https://coursera.org/learn/systems-science-obesity,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Systems science has been instrumental in breaking new scientific ground in diverse fields such as meteorology, engineering and decision analysis. However, it is just beginning to impact public health. This seminar is designed to introduce students to basic tools of theory building and data analysis in systems science and to apply those tools to better understand the obesity epidemic in human populations. There will also be a lab in which students will use a simple demonstration model of food acquisition behavior using agent-based modeling on standard (free) software (netlogo).",
  Global Adolescent Health,adolescenthealth,https://coursera.org/learn/adolescenthealth,Life Sciences,The University of Melbourne,"This course will explore the dynamic factors affecting the health and wellbeing of young people around the world, and how important it is for individuals, communities and nations that we improve the health and life chances of this important population group. With over 25% of the world’s population aged between 10 and 24 years, today’s generation of young people is the largest in human history.",
  Introduction to Forensic Science,forensic-science,https://coursera.org/learn/forensic-science,Life Sciences,"Nanyang Technological University, Singapore","We have all seen forensic scientists in TV shows, but how do they really work? What is the science behind their work? The course aims to explain the scientific principles and techniques behind the work of forensic scientists and will be illustrated with numerous case studies from Singapore and around the world.",
  Emergence of Life,origin-of-life,https://coursera.org/learn/origin-of-life,Life Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,How did life emerge on Earth? How have life and Earth co-evolved through geological time? Is life elsewhere in the universe? Take a look through the 4-billion-year history of life on Earth through the lens of the modern Tree of Life! This course will evaluate the entire history of life on Earth within the context of our cutting-edge understanding of the Tree of Life. This,
  Preventing Chronic Pain: A Human Systems Approach,chronic-pain,https://coursera.org/learn/chronic-pain,Life Sciences,University of Minnesota,"Chronic pain is at epidemic levels and has become the highest-cost condition in health care. This course uses evidence-based science with creative and experiential learning to better understand chronic pain conditions and how they can be prevented through self-management in our cognitive, behavioral, physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and environmental realms.",
  In the footsteps of Zika… approaching the unknown,zika,https://coursera.org/learn/zika,Life Sciences,University of Geneva,"This MOOC will cover a range of topics, such as epidemiology, historical and geographical dispersion of the virus and its vectors through globalization and climate change, its modes of transmission, but also the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. The different types of preventive measures will be also covered. A special module will focus on possible neurological adverse effects such as the risk for birth defects (microcephaly) in pregnant women, while another one will examine the peripheral nerve paralysis called the Guillain-Barré syndrome.",
  Health Literacy and Communication for Health Professionals,healthliteracy,https://coursera.org/learn/healthliteracy,Life Sciences,University of Nebraska,"In the United States, two-thirds of the population read at an eighth-grade level or below. When it comes to health information, most Americans have the ability to read and write at the fifth-grade level. This inter-professional course aims to give health professionals the tools needed to improve upon their health literacy and communication skills.",
  Big Data Science with the BD2K-LINCS Data Coordination and Integration Center,bd2k-lincs,https://coursera.org/learn/bd2k-lincs,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,"The Library of Integrative Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) is an NIH Common Fund program. The idea is to perturb different types of human cells with many different types of perturbations such as: drugs and other small molecules; genetic manipulations such as knockdown or overexpression of single genes; manipulation of the extracellular microenvironment conditions, for example, growing cells on different surfaces, and more. These perturbations are applied to various types of human cells including induced pluripotent stem cells from patients, differentiated into various lineages such as neurons or cardiomyocytes.",
  Sustainable Food Production Through Livestock Health Management,livestock-farming,https://coursera.org/learn/livestock-farming,Life Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Learn about the impact of infectious disease on sustainable animal-based food production by understanding the science of growth, immunity, and infection and by learning the problem-solving skills needed to advance animal health and food production through optimal management practices. There is a growing global need in agricultural production for a workforce that is capable of integrating knowledge of animal health and production with an understanding of consumer preferences in the context of economic reality, business efficiency, and ethical constraint.",
  Basics of Extracellular Vesicles,extracellular-vesicles,https://coursera.org/learn/extracellular-vesicles,Life Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","This course aims to provide the basic knowledge about extracellular vesicles (EV) a generic term including exosomes, microvesicles, microparticles, ectosomes, oncosomes, prostasomes, and many others. It covers areas such as EV history, nomenclature, biogenesis, EV cargo as well as the release and uptake mechanisms, collection and processing prior to isolation, different isolation methods, characterization and quantification techniques.",
  Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundementals of Plant Biology,plant-biology,https://coursera.org/learn/plant-biology,Life Sciences,Tel Aviv University,"This class is aimed at people interested in understanding the basic science of plant biology. In this four lecture series, we'll first learn about the structure-function of plants and of plant cells. Then we'll try to understand how plants grow and develop, making such complex structures as flowers. Once we know how plants grow and develop, we'll then delve into understanding photosynthesis - how plants take carbon dioxide from the air and water from soil, and turn this into oxygen for us to breathe and sugars for us to eat.",
  Understanding Plants - Part I: What a Plant Knows?,plantknows,https://coursera.org/learn/plantknows,Life Sciences,Tel Aviv University,"For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwin’s early fascination with stems and flowers to Seymour Krelborn’s distorted doting in Little Shop of Horrors. This course intends to present an intriguing and scientifically valid look at how plants themselves experience the world—from the colors they see to the sensations they feel. Highlighting the latest research in genetics and more, we will delve into the inner lives of plants and draw parallels with the human senses to reveal that we have much more in common with sunflowers and oak trees than we may realize.",
  Thoracic Oncology,thoracic-oncology,https://coursera.org/learn/thoracic-oncology,Life Sciences,University of Michigan,"Thoracic malignancies are major, global health problems. Lung cancer is the mostcommon cancer and cause of cancer death in the world, with more than 1.5 million deaths per year. MoreAmericans will die from lungcancer each year (approximately 159,480) than from colon,breast,pancreatic,and prostate cancer combined (approximately 158,630), the next most common causes of cancer death. Esophageal cancer is the 6th most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and the 4th most common cause in developing nations. This course will provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to state of the art approaches in the care of patients with thoracic malignancies, including various types of lung cancers and esophageal cancers.",
  eHealth: More than just an electronic record,ehealth,https://coursera.org/learn/ehealth,Life Sciences,The University of Sydney,"The MOOC, ""eHealth: More than just an electronic record!"", is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to equip the global audience of health clinicians, students, managers, administrators, and researchers to reflect on the overall impact of eHealth on the integration of care. It explores the breadth of technology application, current and emerging trends, and showcases both local and international eHealth practice and research.",
  Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology,dino101,https://coursera.org/learn/dino101,Life Sciences,University of Alberta,"Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology is a 12-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of non-avian dinosaurs. Topics covered: anatomy, eating, locomotion, growth, environmental and behavioral adaptations, origins and extinction. Lessons are delivered from museums, fossil-preparation labs and dig sites. Estimated workload: 3-5 hrs/week.",
  Teaching and Assessing Clinical Skills,clinical-skills,https://coursera.org/learn/clinical-skills,Life Sciences,University of Michigan,"The purpose of this course is to improve feedback, clinical teaching, and assessment of clinical skills.",
  Evolution Today ,evolution-today,https://coursera.org/learn/evolution-today,Life Sciences,"Universiteit Leiden, Naturalis Biodiversity Center","In this course you will learn how evolution works. You will develop an understanding of evolutionary processes and their formative power. You will see how evolution has shaped biodiversity, and continuously influences our daily life. Evolution impacts human endeavors as varied as medicine, agriculture, psychology, economy, and culture. It is the major unifying principle for biology and a fundamental natural law. In five weeks we will make evolution accessible for you and help you to recognize evolutionary processes around you, in nature as well as in society. We make use of the unique collection of Naturalis, the natural history museum in Leiden, but also take you to the field.",
  "Big Data, Genes, and Medicine",data-genes-medicine,https://coursera.org/learn/data-genes-medicine,Life Sciences,The State University of New York,"This course distills for you expert knowledge and skills mastered by professionals in Health Big Data Science and Bioinformatics. You will learn exciting facts about the human body biology and chemistry, genetics, and medicine that will be intertwined with the science of Big Data and skills to harness the avalanche of data openly available at your fingertips and which we are just starting to make sense of. We’ll investigate the different steps required to master Big Data analytics on real datasets, including Next Generation Sequencing data, in a healthcare and biological context, from preparing data for analysis to completing the analysis, interpreting the results, visualizing them, and sharing the results.",
  Osteoarchaeology: The Truth in Our Bones,truthinourbones-osteoarchaeology-archaeology,https://coursera.org/learn/truthinourbones-osteoarchaeology-archaeology,Life Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"This course is about what we can learn from examining the human skeleton, and how we can use this knowledge to reconstruct the lives of people who lived in the past. In archaeology and anthropology, human skeletal remains can provide unique insights into the past and the present; insights that cannot be gained otherwise. These insights are explored in five main themes spread out over five weeks of learning. First, it is shown how age-at-death, sex and stature can be estimated by the close examination of (archaeological) skeletal remains. In subsequent modules it is shown how human bones can provide information about the diseases and injuries that people suffered from and what they ate. Also, it is shown how the human skeleton provides information about the kinds of activities that people engaged in and about how they migrated and moved around their landscapes.",
  Protected Areas Management in Africa,protected-areas,https://coursera.org/learn/protected-areas,Life Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"This course is about areas dedicated nature conservation, ""protected areas"": how they work and why they are so important in maintaining the health of the environment in a fast developing world, and in particular in Africa. It will help you understand the challenges of conservation in Africa and how protected areas can help to deal with it, from the local to the international level.",
  Essentials of Global Health,essentials-global-health,https://coursera.org/learn/essentials-global-health,Life Sciences,Yale University,"Essentials of Global Health is a comprehensive introduction to global health. It is meant to introduce you to this topic in well-structured, clear and easy to understand ways. Much of the course will focus on five questions: What do people get sick, disabled and die from; Why do they suffer from these conditions? Which people are most affected? Why should we care about such concerns? What can be done to address key health issues, hopefully at least cost, as fast as possible, and in sustainable ways? The course will be global in coverage but with a focus on low- and middle-income countries, the health of the poor, and health disparities.",
  Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life,neurobiology,https://coursera.org/learn/neurobiology,Life Sciences,The University of Chicago,"Learn how the nervous system produces behavior, how we use our brain every day, and how neuroscience can explain the common problems afflicting people today. We will study functional human neuroanatomy and neuronal communication, and then use this information to understand how we perceive the outside world, move our bodies voluntarily, stay alive, and play well with others.",
  Clinical Terminology for International and U.S. Students,clinical-terminology,https://coursera.org/learn/clinical-terminology,Life Sciences,University of Pittsburgh,"Understanding the clinical terms and abbreviations commonly used in U.S. hospitals is challenging. Adaptation to clinical language can be difficult for U.S. students entering the clinical area and even more so for international students whose primary language is not English. This course is designed to help both groups of students understand the terms and abbreviations commonly encountered during the first three months of clinical work on a U.S. hospital unit. Don’t forget that financial aid is available for this course. To find out more, click ""Learn more and apply"" next to the information about Financial Aid. (Use a computer, not a mobile device, for this step.)",
  Advanced Neurobiology II,advancedneurobiologyii,https://coursera.org/learn/advancedneurobiologyii,Life Sciences,Peking University,"Neuroscience is a wonderful branch of science on how our brain perceives the external world, how our brain thinks, how our brain responds to the outside of the world, and how during disease or aging the neuronal connections deteriorate. We’re trying to understand the molecular, cellular nature and the circuitry arrangement of how nervous system works. Through this course, you'll have a comprehensive understanding of basic neuroanatomy, electral signal transduction, movement and several diseases in the nervous system.",
  Drug Discovery ,drug-discovery,https://coursera.org/learn/drug-discovery,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","The University of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Drug Discovery course brings you lectures from both faculty and industry experts. With this course, recorded on campus at UCSD, we seek to share our access to top people in the field who bring an unprecedented range of expertise on drug discovery. In this course you will learn the drug discovery process up to the filing of an Initial New Drug Application or IND. Each week you will learn the steps that a pharmaceutical or biotech company goes through to discover a new therapeutic drug.",
  "Tropical Parasitology: Protozoans, Worms, Vectors and Human Diseases",parasitology,https://coursera.org/learn/parasitology,Life Sciences,"Duke University, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College","This course provides students an understanding of important human parasitic diseases, including their life cycles, vectors of transmission, distribution and epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical manifestations, treatment, and prevention and control. Tropical Parasitology is taught by faculty from an area highly impacted by tropical parasites- the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Moshi, Tanzania. The faculty include Drs. Frank Mosha and Mramba Nyindo (and two lecturers, Drs. Johnson Matowo and Jovin Kitau). Dr. John Bartlett, Professor of Medicine, Global Health and Nursing at Duke University, joins his faculty colleagues in this effort.",
  Ebola and Beyond: High Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities,biocontainment,https://coursera.org/learn/biocontainment,Life Sciences,University of Nebraska,"The goal of this 4-week course is to equip learners to safely care for a patient infected with a pathogen requiring high-level biocontainment. This can be accomplished in any healthcare facility given the correct approach and protocols. Please copy and paste the following link into a new tab/browser to view the video overview of our course. http://bit.ly/2bPZ6Cz In this course, we will: 1. Discuss the essentials of intake screening. 2. Investigate pathogen transmission characteristics and the chain of infection. 3. Examine patient placement in a facility, as well as the engineering/ administrative controls.",
  Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies,health-che,https://coursera.org/learn/health-che,Life Sciences,Emory University,"The Center for Humanitarian Emergencies is a partnership between CDC's Emergency Response and Recovery Branch and the Rollins School of Public Health that drives global collaboration, research and evidence based training to improve the lives and well-being of populations impacted by humanitarian emergencies. - Center for Humanitarian Emergencies: http://www.che.emory.edu/ - CDC's Emergency Response and Recovery Branch: http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/errb/index.html This course covers the technical and management principles that are the basis of planning, implementing, and evaluating health programs for acutely displaced populations in developing countries.",
  Implant Dentistry,implant-dentistry,https://coursera.org/learn/implant-dentistry,Life Sciences,The University of Hong Kong,"Implant Dentistry is one of the most dynamic and rapidly developing areas within oral health care. In spite of increasing popularity of implantology, it is a relatively new discipline within dental education and remains limited to post-graduate courses offered by dental schools in many parts of the world today. With the vision to help dental practitioners gain clinical understanding of implantology and an opportunity to provide implant treatments to their patients, the Faculty of Dentistry of HKU (ranked No. 1 dental school in the World in 2016) developed this MOOC to provide a world-class quality, unbiased, evidence-based and clinically-oriented course in this discipline.",
  "HI-FIVE: Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment (Clinical Perspective)",hi-five-clinical,https://coursera.org/learn/hi-five-clinical,Life Sciences,Columbia University,"HI-FIVE (Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment) Training is a 12-hour online course designed by Columbia University in 2016, with sponsorship from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The training is role-based and uses case scenarios. Also, it has additional, optional modules on other topics of interest or relevance. Although we suggest to complete the course within a month's timeframe, the course is self-paced and so you can start and finish the course at anytime during a month's time period. No additional hardware or software are required for this course.",
  Major Depression in the Population: A Public Health Approach,public-health-depression,https://coursera.org/learn/public-health-depression,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Public Mental Health is the application of the principles of medicine and social science to prevent the occurrence of mental and behavioral disorders and to promote mental health of the population. This course illustrates the principles of public health applied to depressive disorder, including principles of epidemiology, transcultural psychiatry, health services research, and prevention. It is predicted that by 2020 depressive disorder will be the most important cause of disease burden in the entire world! Every human being suffers from feeling depressed at some point or other, but only about one fifth of the population will experience an episode of depressive disorder over the course of their lives. This course illuminates the public health approach to disease, and the particular complexities of applying this approach to mental disorders, using depression as the exemplar.",
  Drug Development,drug-development,https://coursera.org/learn/drug-development,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","The University of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Drug Development course brings you lectures from both faculty and industry experts. With this course, recorded on campus at UCSD, we seek to share our access to top people in the field who bring an unprecedented range of expertise on drug development. In this course you will learn the different stages of clinical development as well as the regulatory including but not limited to, an Investigational New Drug Application (IND), New Drug Application (NDA), and product labeling. Additionally you will learn how to Incorporate study design methods for consideration in the design of clinical protocols to assess safety, tolerability, and efficacy in multiple therapeutic areas.",
  Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship,healthcare-innovation,https://coursera.org/learn/healthcare-innovation,Life Sciences,Duke University,"This interdisciplinary course focuses on sustainable innovation, introducing entrepreneurial students to the realities of problem identification and solution design within the complex world of healthcare.",
  HPV-Associated Oral and Throat Cancer: What You Need to Know,hpv-oral-throat-cancer,https://coursera.org/learn/hpv-oral-throat-cancer,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,"This course, offered by the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is designed to inform primary care physicians and otolaryngologists (general and head and neck surgeons), as well as medical students, residents, nurses, physician assistants, medical assistants, about HPV-associated oral and throat cancers. It is also applicable to individuals who wish to broaden their knowledge and vernacular about this disease process, especially those who may have been diagnosed with HPV and/or HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers. The course has been divided into four modules, each of which is followed by multiple choice questions to help attendees further understand this condition:",
  Training and Learning Programs for Volunteer Community Health Workers,commhealthworkers,https://coursera.org/learn/commhealthworkers,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are a major strategy for increasing access to and coverage of basic health interventions. Our village health worker training course reviews the process of training and continuing education of CHWs as an important component of involving communities in their own health service delivery. Participants will be guided through the steps of planning training and continuing education activities for village volunteers. The course draws on real-life examples from community-directed onchocerciasis control, village health worker programs, community case management efforts, peer educators programs and patent medicine vendor training programs, to name a few.",
  Understanding Cancer Metastasis,cancer-metastasis,https://coursera.org/learn/cancer-metastasis,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Over 500,000 people in the United States and over 8 million people worldwide are dying from cancer every year. As people live longer, the incidence of cancer is rising worldwide, and the disease is expected to strike over 20 million people annually by 2030. Everyone has been, or will be touched by cancer in some way during their lifetime. Thanks to years of dedication and commitment to research we’ve made enormous advances in the prevention and treatment of cancer, But there is still a lot of work to be done. In this course, physicians and scientists at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine explain how cancer spreads or metastasizes. We’ll describe the major theories of metastasis and then describe the biology behind the steps in metastasis. The course also describes the major organs targeted by metastasis and describes how metastases harm the patient.",
  Health Care IT: Challenges and Opportunities,healthcare-it,https://coursera.org/learn/healthcare-it,Life Sciences,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,"A strong argument can be made that the health care field is one of the most information-intensive sectors in the U.S. economy and avoidance of the rapid advances in information technology is no longer an option. Consequently, the study of health care information technology and systems has become central to health care delivery effectiveness. This course covers the modern application of information technology that is critical to supporting the vision and operational knowledge of the health care leaders in managing the health care organization. Heath care decision-makers have to meet head-on the dynamic challenges of health care delivery quality, cost, access, and regulatory control.",
  "Living with Dementia: Impact on Individuals, Caregivers, Communities and Societies",dementia-care,https://coursera.org/learn/dementia-care,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Health professionals and students, family caregivers, friends of and affected individuals, and others interested in learning about dementia and quality care will benefit from completing the course. Led by Drs. Nancy Hodgson and Laura Gitlin, participants will acquire foundational knowledge in the care of persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurocognitive disorders.",
  Drug Commercialization ,drug-commercialization,https://coursera.org/learn/drug-commercialization,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Diego","The University of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Drug Commercialization course brings you lectures from both faculty and industry experts. With this course, recorded on campus at UCSD, we seek to share our access to top people in the field who bring an unprecedented range of expertise on drug commercialization. This course will cover pharmacoeconomic, marketing strategy, intellectual property strategy, portfolio management, managed markets and strategic alliances. It will also have a lecture case study from startup to success.",
  Global Health Policy,global-health-policy,https://coursera.org/learn/global-health-policy,Life Sciences,The University of Tokyo,"In this course, learners will become familiar with principles and theories of global health problems, and major challenges and controversies in improving global population health as well as practical applications of quantitative methods to analyze and interpret issues and challenges for policy. Topics will include health and foreign policy, health governance, acute disease surveillance, non-communicable diseases, burden of disease, universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, health financing, and human resources for health and ageing.",
  Diabetes – the Essential Facts,diabetes-essential-facts,https://coursera.org/learn/diabetes-essential-facts,Life Sciences,University of Copenhagen,"Across the world more than 420 million people are living with diabetes. Two thirds of these have not yet been diagnosed. When discovered late or managed incorrectly, diabetes can damage your heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves, leading to disability and premature death. In fact, more people are dying of diabetes related diseases than of diseases as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. This course will provide you with an introduction to the most recent research in the field of prevention and treatment of diabetes as well as a broader understanding of the situation in different communities, rich and poor, across the world, where diabetes threatens public health.",
  Mountains 101,mountains-101,https://coursera.org/learn/mountains-101,Life Sciences,University of Alberta,"Mountains 101­­ is a broad and integrated overview of the mountain world. This 12-lesson course covers an interdisciplinary field of study focusing on the physical, biological, and human dimensions of mountain places in Alberta, Canada, and around the world. Specifically, we'll study the geological origins of mountains, how they’re built-up and worn-down over time; we’ll learn about their importance for biodiversity and water cycles, globally and locally; we’ll explore their cultural significance to societies around the globe, and how that relationship has evolved over time; and we’ll learn how mountains are used, how they’re protected, and how today they’re experiencing rapid change in a warming climate.",
  Understanding Obesity,understanding-obesity,https://coursera.org/learn/understanding-obesity,Life Sciences,The University of Edinburgh,"This course focuses on a range of management techniques. You’ll discover the main skills and competencies of effective leaders, and how to distinguish between management and leadership. The course will cover team dynamics, how to build effective relationships, key motivation theories, and how to use communication to best effect.",
  Understanding Prostate Cancer,prostate-cancer,https://coursera.org/learn/prostate-cancer,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Welcome to Understanding Prostate Cancer. My name is Ken Pienta, Professor of Urology and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. I have been studying prostate cancer and treating patients with prostate cancer for over 25 years. Over 1,000,000 men worldwide and 230,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. Three hundred thousand men worldwide and 30,000 men in the US are dying from prostate cancer every year. As people live longer, the incidence of prostate cancer is rising worldwide and prostate cancer continues to be a major health problem.",
  "HI-FIVE: Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment (Administrative/IT Perspective)",hi-five-admin-it,https://coursera.org/learn/hi-five-admin-it,Life Sciences,Columbia University,"HI-FIVE (Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment) Training is an approximately 10-hour online course designed by Columbia University in 2016, with sponsorship from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The training is role-based and uses case scenarios. Our nation’s healthcare system is changing at a rapid pace. Transformative health care delivery programs depend heavily on health information technology to improve and coordinate care, maintain patient registries, support patient engagement, develop and sustain data infrastructure necessary for multi-payer value-based payment, and enable analytical capacities to inform decision making and streamline reporting.",
  "HI-FIVE: Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment (Social/Peer Perspective)",hi-five-social-peer,https://coursera.org/learn/hi-five-social-peer,Life Sciences,Columbia University,"HI-FIVE (Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment) Training is an approximately 10-hour online course designed by Columbia University in 2016, with sponsorship from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The training is role-based and uses case scenarios. Our nation’s healthcare system is changing at a rapid pace. Transformative health care delivery programs depend heavily on health information technology to improve and coordinate care, maintain patient registries, support patient engagement, develop and sustain data infrastructure necessary for multi-payer value-based payment, and enable analytical capacities to inform decision making and streamline reporting.",
  "Engineering Life: Synbio, Bioethics & Public Policy",synbioethics,https://coursera.org/learn/synbioethics,Life Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Synbio is a diverse field with diverse applications, and the different contexts (e.g., gain-of-function research, biofuels) raise different ethical and governance challenges. The objective of this course is to increase learners’ awareness and understanding of ethical and policy/governance issues that arise in the design, conduct and application of synthetic biology. The course will begin with a short history of recombinant DNA technology and how governance of that science developed and evolved, and progress through a series of areas of application of synbio.",
  Biodiversity and Global Change: Science & Action,biodiversity,https://coursera.org/learn/biodiversity,Life Sciences,University of Zurich,"In this course, featuring many researchers at the University of Zurich, you will learn about the amazing diversity of biological organisms in the world around us. You will discover the field of ""biodiversity science"", experience the countless forms that biodiversity takes, look at the values and importance of this diversity, understand the processes that create and maintain diversity, and hear about how biodiversity is distributed across the Earth. You will also experience how biodiversity is threatened, and what conservation, management, and individual actions can do for its protection. Having been equipped with such knowledge through the course, we encourage you to take action, however small, to positively influence the future of biodiversity, and thereby become a Biodiversity Ambassador.",
  Genomics: Decoding the Universal Language of Life,genomics-research,https://coursera.org/learn/genomics-research,Life Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"What is a genome? A genome contains all of the information that a cell needs to develop, function, and reproduce itself, and all the information needed for those cells to come together to form a person, plant, or animal. Genomes contain an organism’s complete set of genes, and also the even tinier genetic structures that help regulate when and how those genes are used. The ability to regrow a torn ligament, the clues that might predict the onset of mental illness, the nutritional potential of crops, and even the history of life itself, are all encoded in genomes.",
  Genomic and Precision Medicine,genomic-precision-medicine,https://coursera.org/learn/genomic-precision-medicine,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Francisco","The course is geared toward practicing health care providers, although it should be accessible to anyone with a background in the biological sciences and a basic understanding of genetics. It is designed to be succinct and clinically-focused, offering both conceptual and practical information about real-world applications of genomics. Two lessons offer a basic primer on molecular genomics relevant to the individual patient as well as to patient populations. The remaining five lessons focus on five applications of genomics and present the material as case studies, highlighting the strengths, limitations, and issues that arise in the use of each test.",
  Nutrition and Lifestyle in Pregnancy,nutrition-pregnancy,https://coursera.org/learn/nutrition-pregnancy,Life Sciences,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU),Nutrition and Lifestyle in Pregnancy offers an overview of the latest research findings and international recommendations on a variety of nutrition-related aspects and outcomes of pregnancy. Ensuring a healthy nutritional status and lifestyle prior to and during pregnancy is one of the best ways to help support the healthy growth and development of the unborn child. We will look at how a healthy diet and lifestyle should ideally be achieved prior to conception and provide recommendations for pre-conception counselling of women.,
  Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface,global-health-human-animal-ecosystem,https://coursera.org/learn/global-health-human-animal-ecosystem,Life Sciences,University of Geneva,"This MOOC proposes you a dynamic, international and interdisciplinary programme based on the One Heath approach (human-animal-environmental dimensions) and involving more than 30 top experts from more than 20 academic and research institutions and international organisations based in Geneva, Paris, Montreal and the world. Policy makers from the World Health Organisation, clinicians from the University Hospitals of Geneva, epidemiologists from Institut Pasteur etc. will share with you their knowledge and experiences all along this MOOC. Video-lectures have been filmed in different parts of the world and settings (from the field to the lab and office) and will be combined with the latest open readings and interactive activities in the discussion forum, video-conferences etc.",
  Ebola: Essential Knowledge for Health Professionals,ebola-essentials-for-health-professionals,https://coursera.org/learn/ebola-essentials-for-health-professionals,Life Sciences,"University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University","March 2014 marked the starting point of the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history. Although the disease seems to be on a decrease, we are not there yet and new outbreaks will surely emerge. New efforts to combat the outbreak are necessary. This is why we developed this online course about Ebola, targeted at health professionals across the world.
  
  In this course you will cover the fundamental knowledge any health professional should have with expected or confirmed cases or a general interest in the Ebola disease. You will discuss the epidemiology of the disease, its  pathophysiology and transmission, the clinical presentation including differential diagnosis and confirmation of disease. You will also discuss the general therapeutic approach to the care of Ebola suspected or confirmed patients and discuss the novel vaccine and drug developments.
  
  As the Ebola crisis continues to rage through the affected areas, we need health professionals like yourself to be informed and involved.
  
  This course is developed in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Amsterdam, the University Medical Center Utrecht (Julius Center/Julius Global Health), Elevate Health, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Lion Heart Foundation.",
  Health Across the Gender Spectrum,health-gender-spectrum,https://coursera.org/learn/health-gender-spectrum,Life Sciences,Stanford University,"This course offers an intimate, story-based introduction to the experiences of six transgender children and their families. Through illustrated stories and short teaching videos, learners will gain a better understanding of gender identity and the gender spectrum. Stanford physicians, K-12 educators, and transgender faculty members offer practical tips for parents, teachers, healthcare providers and anyone who wants to help create a more gender-expansive environment - one in which all people can live authentically. As a global community of unique individuals, we can begin to build a world that is ready to nurture and love each and every child. 
  
  Due to the sensitive nature of the story-based course content, we have chosen not to offer course certificates for this course. Simply put, we feel that the thoughts, ideas and sentiments of these remarkable children and their families... are priceless. We are confident that, like us, you will end up learning more from them than you could ever imagine. Together, we can lay a stronger foundation for all children. Join us as we explore health, across the gender spectrum.
  
  Additional note: When submitting answers to quizzes, you may be asked to enter your ""full legal name"". This feature is primarily for verification purposes for courses that offer a certificate on Coursera, so it does not really apply to this course. We recognize that, for some individuals the name they use does not match the one on their legal documents. Please feel free to enter the name you normally use in these boxes.",
  Introduction to Clinical Neurology,clinical-neurology,https://coursera.org/learn/clinical-neurology,Life Sciences,"University of California, San Francisco","An overview of the relevant aspects of the epidemiology, clinical presentation, basic disease mechanisms, diagnostic approaches and treatment options of the most common neurological diseases.",
  Stories of Infection,stories-of-infection,https://coursera.org/learn/stories-of-infection,Life Sciences,Stanford University,"This course introduces learners to a variety of infectious diseases using a patient-centered, story-based approach. Through illustrated, short videos, learners will follow the course of each patient’s illness, from initial presentation to resolution. Integrating the relevant microbiology, pathophysiology and immunology, this course aims to engage and entice the learner towards future studies in microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases. 
  
  The patient-centered videos included in this course were created as part of the Re-imagining Medical Education initiative, led by Charles Prober MD, Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education at the Stanford School of Medicine. This initiative was the first of its kind to explore the collaborative creation of foundational medical education online content by inter-institutional teams of faculty. The content presented in this course was created by faculty from Stanford University School of Medicine, in collaboration with The University of Washington School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, and The University of Michigan Medical School. Support for this initiative was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Burke Family Foundation.
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  Feeding the World,feedingtheworld,https://coursera.org/learn/feedingtheworld,Life Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"This course will explore the concepts driving current food production science (population growth, urbanization, emerging affluence, resource constraints, and underlying biological limits) with the main focus on livestock production. Each of the major food animal species (dairy, swine, beef, and poultry) will be covered in terms of their universal life cycles, constraints to production and emerging societal issues. 
  
  Throughout the course, we will tackle some difficult and important questions:
  
negative.code: In this course you will hear from a range of experts and you will have an opportunity to explore and reflect on your own online tracks and traces, to understand why your digital footprint is important. We will introduce you to some of the tools and approaches to effectively manage your online presence (or digital footprint).  
  
  The course will focus on the different dimensions of a digital footprint, including developing an effective online presence, managing your privacy, creating opportunities for networking, balancing and managing professional and personal presences (eprofessionalism). By the end of this course (MOOC) you should be equipped to ensure that your digital footprint works for you, whether you want to be more private online, or are looking to create a more effective and impactful presence.  
  "
  Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential,mindshift,https://coursera.org/learn/mindshift,Personal Development,McMaster University,"Mindshift is designed to help boost your career and life in today’s fast-paced learning environment. Whatever your age or stage, Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.  We’ll provide practical insights from science about how to learn and change effectively even in maturity, and we’ll build on what you already know to take your life’s learning in fantastic new directions.  This course is designed to show you how to look at what you’re learning, and your place in what’s unfolding in the society around you, so you can be what you want to be, given the real world constraints that life puts on us all. You’ll see that by using certain mental tools and insights, you can learn and do more—far more—than you might have ever dreamed!
  
  This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or subsequent to, its companion course, Learning How to Learn.  (Mindshift is more career focused, and Learning How to Learn is more learning focused.)"
  The Evolving Universe,evolvinguniverse,https://coursera.org/learn/evolvinguniverse,Physical Science and Engineering,Caltech,"This is an introductory astronomy survey class that covers our understanding of the physical universe and its major constituents, including planetary systems, stars, galaxies, black holes, quasars, larger structures, and the universe as a whole."
  Our Energy Future,future-of-energy,https://coursera.org/learn/future-of-energy,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, San Diego","This course is designed to introduce students to the issues of energy in the 21st century – including food and fuels – which are inseparably linked – and will discuss energy production and utilization from the biology, engineering, economics, climate science, and social science perspectives."
  Applications in Engineering Mechanics,engineering-mechanics-statics-2,https://coursera.org/learn/engineering-mechanics-statics-2,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,This course applies principles learned in my course “Introduction to Engineering Mechanics” to analyze real world engineering structures. You will need to have mastered the engineering fundamentals from that class in order to be successful in this course offering. This course addresses the modeling and analysis of static equilibrium problems with an emphasis on real world engineering systems and problem solving.
  Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Review,fe-exam,https://coursera.org/learn/fe-exam,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"The purpose of this course is to review the material covered in the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam to enable the student to pass it. It will be presented in modules corresponding to the FE topics, particularly those in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Each module will review main concepts, illustrate them with examples, and provide extensive practice problems."
  "Creativity, Innovation, and Change",creativity-innovation,https://coursera.org/learn/creativity-innovation,Physical Science and Engineering,The Pennsylvania State University,"Let’s keep making history together - over and over! In 2013 and 2014, over 200,000 people from more than 190 countries came together in this MOOC to explore creativity, innovation, and change. What did we DO? We discovered creative uniqueness through Creative Diversity. We used Intelligent Fast Failure to build innovative skills. We applied CENTER principles to drive personal change. And we implemented value creation skills to initiate lasting change."
  Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia,greening-the-economy,https://coursera.org/learn/greening-the-economy,Physical Science and Engineering,Lund University,"This course will explore greening the economy on four levels – individual, business, city, and nation. We will look at the relationships between these levels and give many practical examples of the complexities and solutions across the levels. Scandinavia, a pioneering place advancing sustainability and combating climate change, is a unique starting point for learning about greening the economy. We will learn from many initiatives attempted in Scandinavia since the 1970s, which are all potentially helpful and useful for other countries and contexts."
  Our Earth's Future,earth-climate-change,https://coursera.org/learn/earth-climate-change,Physical Science and Engineering,American Museum of Natural History,"Our Earth’s Future is about the science of climate change and how to talk about it. You will learn from scientists in the fields of climatology, oceanography, Earth science, and anthropology who study how climate change is affecting people, populations, and ways of life. Explore the multiple lines of evidence for the human-induced climate change that is happening today, and consider what that means for the future of our planet. At the end of this course you will be able to understand key scientific principles, identify and address misconceptions, and contribute confidently to conversations about climate change."
  The Age of Sustainable Development,sustainable-development,https://coursera.org/learn/sustainable-development,Physical Science and Engineering,Columbia University,"The Age of Sustainable Development"" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable."
  From the Big Bang to Dark Energy,big-bang,https://coursera.org/learn/big-bang,Physical Science and Engineering,The University of Tokyo,"We have learned a lot recently about how the Universe evolved in 13.7 billion years since the Big Bang. More than 80% of matter in the Universe is mysterious Dark Matter, which made stars and galaxies to form. The newly discovered Higgs-boson became frozen into the Universe a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang and brought order to the Universe. Yet we still do not know how ordinary matter (atoms) survived against total annihilation by Anti-Matter. The expansion of the Universe started acceleration about 7 billion years ago and the Universe is being ripped apart. The culprit is Dark Energy, a mysterious energy multiplying in vacuum. I will present evidence behind these startling discoveries and discuss what we may learn in the near future."
  Introduction to Engineering Mechanics,engineering-mechanics-statics,https://coursera.org/learn/engineering-mechanics-statics,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,This course is an introduction to learning and applying the principles required to solve engineering mechanics problems. Concepts will be applied in this course from previous courses you have taken in basic math and physics. The course addresses the modeling and analysis of static equilibrium problems with an emphasis on real world engineering applications and problem solving
  "Mechanics: Motion, Forces, Energy and Gravity, from Particles to Planets",mechanics-particles-planets,https://coursera.org/learn/mechanics-particles-planets,Physical Science and Engineering,UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales),"The course uses rich multimedia tutorials to present the material: film clips of key experiments, animations and worked example problems, all with a friendly narrator. You'll do a range of interesting practice problems, and in an optional component, you will use your ingenuity to complete at-home experiments using simple, everyday materials."
  Fundamentals of Global Energy Business,energy-business,https://coursera.org/learn/energy-business,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Colorado System,"Learn about diverse and integrated markets for primary energy, and the essential considerations driving business leaders and policy makers in development of global energy resources."
  Introduction to Physical Chemistry,physical-chemistry,https://coursera.org/learn/physical-chemistry,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Manchester,"The course covers the key concepts of three of the principal topics in first-year undergraduate physical chemistry: thermodynamics, kinetics and quantum mechanics. These three topics cover whether or not reactions occur, how fast they go and what is actually going on at the sub-atomic scale."
  Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics,audio-engineering,https://coursera.org/learn/audio-engineering,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Rochester,"In this course students learn the basic concepts of acoustics and electronics and how they can applied to understand musical sound and make music with electronic instruments. Topics include: sound waves, musical sound, basic electronics, and applications of these basic principles in amplifiers and speaker design."
  Internet of Things: How did we get here?,internet-of-things-history,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-of-things-history,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, San Diego","It is hard to imagine life without your Smartphone – you have come to rely on it so much – for your work; to stay in touch with family and friends; to capture and share those special moments; to find your way around in a new neighborhood. Did you ever wonder how and when all this happened? Or how and when GPS sensors came to be in your cell phone? In this course, we will explore the convergence of multiple disciplines leading to todays’ Smartphones. You will learn about the birth and evolution of Telephony Networks, Broadcast Networks (TV and Radio) and Consumer Electronics. We will discuss the impact of Internet, (multimedia) content, smartphones and apps on everyday lives."
  Advanced Engineering Systems in Motion: Dynamics of Three Dimensional (3D) Motion,motion-and-kinetics,https://coursera.org/learn/motion-and-kinetics,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course is an advanced study of bodies in motion as applied to engineering systems and structures. We will study the dynamics of rigid bodies in 3D motion. This will consist of both the kinematics and kinetics of motion. Kinematics deals with the geometrical aspects of motion describing position, velocity, and acceleration, all as a function of time. Kinetics is the study of forces acting on these bodies and how it affects their motion."
  Smartphone Emerging Technologies,smartphone-emerging-technologies,https://coursera.org/learn/smartphone-emerging-technologies,Physical Science and Engineering,Yonsei University,"Smartphones are one of the most influential devices that we use in our everyday lives. Smartphones consist of the most advanced hardware and software technologies that exist in the world, all combined together into a miraculous single easy-to-use portable system. These lectures focus on the specifications, hardware modules, and OS (Operating System) iOS & Android that enable smartphones to perform various features and functionalities. Since there are so many smartphone types, in the lectures, three smartphones were selected and compared. The lecture covers the specifications of the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, LG G4, and the iPhone 6 plus, which are among the most popular recently released smartphones in the world!"
  Experimentation for Improvement,experimentation,https://coursera.org/learn/experimentation,Physical Science and Engineering,McMaster University,"We are always using experiments to improve our lives, our community, and our work. Are you doing it efficiently? Or are you (incorrectly) changing one thing at a time and hoping for the best? In this course, you will learn how to plan efficient experiments - testing with many variables. Our goal is to find the best results using only a few experiments. A key part of the course is how to optimize a system."
  Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space,astro,https://coursera.org/learn/astro,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Arizona,This course is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about modern astronomy. We will help you get up to date on the most recent astronomical discoveries while also providing support at an introductory level for those who have no background in science.
  Advanced Chemistry,advanced-chemistry,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-chemistry,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Kentucky,"A chemistry course to cover selected topics covered in advanced high school chemistry courses, correlating to the standard topics as established by the American Chemical Society."
  MOS Transistors,mosfet,https://coursera.org/learn/mosfet,Physical Science and Engineering,Columbia University,"PLEASE NOTE: This version of the course has been formed from an earlier version, which was actively run by the instructor and his teaching assistants. Some of what is mentioned in the video lectures and the accompanying material regarding logistics, book availability and method of grading may no longer be relevant to the present version. Neither the instructor nor the original teaching assistants are running this version of the course. There will be no certificate offered for this course."
  Introduction to Sustainability,sustainability,https://coursera.org/learn/sustainability,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, water, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history."
  Organic Solar Cells - Theory and Practice,solar-cell,https://coursera.org/learn/solar-cell,Physical Science and Engineering,Technical University of Denmark (DTU),"The goal of the course is to give students awareness of the largest alternative form of energy and how organic / polymer solar cells can harvest this energy. The course provides an insight into the theory behind organic solar cells and describes the three main research areas within the field i.e. materials, stability and processing."
  Understanding Research Methods,research-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/research-methods,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of London, SOAS University of London","This MOOC is about demystifying research and research methods. It will outline the fundamentals of doing research, aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at the postgraduate level. It places the student experience at the centre of our endeavours by engaging learners in a range of robust and challenging discussions and exercises befitting SOAS, University of London's status as a research-intensive university and its rich research heritage."
  General Chemistry: Concept Development and Application,general-chemistry,https://coursera.org/learn/general-chemistry,Physical Science and Engineering,Rice University,"This course will cover the topics of a full year, two semester General Chemistry course. We will use a free on-line textbook, Concept Development Studies in Chemistry, available via Rice’s Connexions project."
  Imagining Other Earths,life-on-other-planets,https://coursera.org/learn/life-on-other-planets,Physical Science and Engineering,Princeton University,"Are we alone? This course introduces core concepts in astronomy, biology, and planetary science that enable the student to speculate scientifically about this profound question and invent their own solar systems."
  Engineering Systems in Motion: Dynamics of Particles and Bodies in 2D Motion,dynamics,https://coursera.org/learn/dynamics,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course is an introduction to the study of bodies in motion as applied to engineering systems and structures. We will study the dynamics of particle motion and bodies in rigid planar (2D) motion. This will consist of both the kinematics and kinetics of motion. Kinematics deals with the geometrical aspects of motion describing position, velocity, and acceleration, all as a function of time. Kinetics is the study of forces acting on these bodies and how it affects their motion."
  Disaster Preparedness,disaster-preparedness,https://coursera.org/learn/disaster-preparedness,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Pittsburgh,"Have you ever viewed a news report depicting the aftermath of a devastating natural disaster? The damage to human life and property are both staggering and heartbreaking. All parts of the world face the possibility of floods, hurricanes, tornados, fires, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural phenomena. Are you prepared if disaster would strike you? This course will help you prepare!"
  Energy 101: The Big Picture,energy-101,https://coursera.org/learn/energy-101,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"As a society and individually, we use energy every moment of our lives to improve our quality of life. Energy 101 will develop the big picture and connect the details of our energy use, technology, infrastructure, impact, and future."
  Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life,astrobiology,https://coursera.org/learn/astrobiology,Physical Science and Engineering,The University of Edinburgh,Learn about the origin and evolution of life and the search for life beyond the Earth.
  Quantitative Methods,quantitative-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/quantitative-methods,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Amsterdam,"Discover the principles of solid scientific methods in the behavioral and social sciences. Join us and learn to separate sloppy science from solid research! This course will cover the fundamental principles of science, some history and philosophy of science, research designs, measurement, sampling and ethics. The course is comparable to a university level introductory course on quantitative research methods in the social sciences, but has a strong focus on research integrity."
  How Things Work,how-things-work,https://coursera.org/learn/how-things-work,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Virginia,An introduction to physics in the context of everyday objects.
  Statistical Molecular Thermodynamics,statistical-thermodynamics,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-thermodynamics,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Minnesota,This introductory physical chemistry course examines the connections between molecular properties and the behavior of macroscopic chemical systems.
  Internet of Things & Augmented Reality Emerging Technologies,iot-augmented-reality-technologies,https://coursera.org/learn/iot-augmented-reality-technologies,Physical Science and Engineering,Yonsei University,"What is the Internet of Things? What is augmented reality? This course deals with the new emerging technologies of IoT (Internet of Things) and AR (Augmented Reality). IoT is a new emerging technology domain which will be used to connect all objects through the Internet for remote sensing and control. IoT uses a combination of WSN (Wireless Sensor Network), M2M (Machine to Machine), robotics, wireless networking, Internet technologies, and Smart Devices."
  "Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life",origins-universe-solarsystem,https://coursera.org/learn/origins-universe-solarsystem,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Copenhagen,The Origins course tracks the origin of all things – from the Big Bang to the origin of the Solar System and the Earth. The course follows the evolution of life on our planet through deep geological time to present life forms.
  Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions,neuroeconomics,https://coursera.org/learn/neuroeconomics,Physical Science and Engineering,Higher School of Economics,"Economics, psychology, and neuroscience are converging today into a unified discipline of Neuroeconomics with the ultimate aim of creating a single, general theory of human decision-making. Neuroeconomics provides biologists, economists, psychologists and social scientists with a deeper understanding of how they make their own decisions and how others decide. Neuroscience, when allied with psychology and economics, creates powerful new models to explain why we make decisions."
  Internet of Things: Setting Up Your DragonBoard™ Development Platform,internet-of-things-dragonboard,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-of-things-dragonboard,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, San Diego",Do you want to develop skills to prototype mobile-enabled products using state-of-the-art technologies? In this course you will build a hardware and software development environment to guide your journey through the Internet of Things specialization courses. We will use the DragonBoard™ 410c single board computer (SBC). This is the first in a series of courses where you will learn both the theory and get the hands-on development practice needed to prototype Internet of Things products.
  Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities,gte-sustainable-cities,https://coursera.org/learn/gte-sustainable-cities,Physical Science and Engineering,Lund University,How can we shape urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures? This course will explore sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. Sustainable urban transformation refers to structural transformation processes – multi-dimensional and radical change – that can effectively direct urban development towards ambitious sustainability and climate goals.
  Introduction to Power Electronics,power-electronics,https://coursera.org/learn/power-electronics,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course introduces the basic concepts of switched-mode converter circuits for controlling and converting electrical power with high efficiency. Principles of converter circuit analysis are introduced, and are developed for finding the steady state voltages, current, and efficiency of power converters. Assignments include simulation of a dc-dc converter, analysis of an inverting dc-dc converter, and modeling and efficiency analysis of an electric vehicle system and of a USB power regulator."
  Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries,mswm,https://coursera.org/learn/mswm,Physical Science and Engineering,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Have you come across large piles of garbage in neighborhoods and streets, or smelly waste disposal sites polluting the environment of low and middle income countries? Are you also convinced that improvements are necessary and do you want to know what kind of sustainable solutions are appropriate to better manage waste and enhance recycling and recovery? If yes, this course is for you! This course provides an overview of the municipal solid waste management situation in developing countries covering key elements of the waste management system, with its technical, environmental, social, financial and institutional aspects."
  "Nanotechnology and Nanosensors, Part 2",nanotechnology2,https://coursera.org/learn/nanotechnology2,Physical Science and Engineering,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,"Learn about novel sensing tools that make use of nanotechnology to screen, detect and monitor various events in personal or professional life. Together, we will lay the groundwork for infinite innovative applications, starting from diagnosis and treatments of diseases, continuing with quality control of goods and environmental aspects, and ending with monitoring security issues."
  Internet of Things: Sensing and Actuation From Devices,internet-of-things-sensing-actuation,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-of-things-sensing-actuation,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, San Diego","Have you wondered how information from physical devices in the real world gets communicated to Smartphone processors? Do you want to make informed design decisions about sampling frequencies and bit-width requirements for various kinds of sensors? Do you want to gain expertise to affect the real world with actuators such as stepper motors, LEDs and generate notifications?"
  Wind Energy,wind-energy,https://coursera.org/learn/wind-energy,Physical Science and Engineering,Technical University of Denmark (DTU),"How tall is a modern wind turbine and how can it possibly generate power from the wind? This course gives an overview of key aspects in wind energy engineering. Whether you are looking for general insight in this green technology or your ambition is to pursue a career in wind energy engineering, 'Wind Energy' is an excellent starting point. Experts located in the wind pioneering country of Denmark will take you on a tour through the most fundamental disciplines of wind energy research such as wind measurements and resource assessment, aerodynamics, wind turbine technology, structural mechanics, materials, financial and electrical systems."
  Converter Control,converter-control,https://coursera.org/learn/converter-control,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course teaches how to design a feedback system to control a switching converter. The equivalent circuit models derived in the previous courses are extended to model small-signal ac variations. These models are then solved, to find the important transfer functions of the converter and its regulator system. Finally, the feedback loop is modeled, analyzed, and designed to meet requirements such as output regulation, bandwidth and transient response, and rejection of disturbances."
  Robotics: Mobility,robotics-mobility,https://coursera.org/learn/robotics-mobility,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Pennsylvania,"How can robots use their motors and sensors to move around in an unstructured environment? You will understand how to design robot bodies and behaviors that recruit limbs and more general appendages to apply physical forces that confer reliable mobility in a complex and dynamic world. We develop an approach to composing simple dynamical abstractions that partially automate the generation of complicated sensorimotor programs. Specific topics that will be covered include: mobility in animals and robots, kinematics and dynamics of legged machines, and design of dynamical behavior via energy landscapes."
  Materials Science: 10 Things Every Engineer Should Know,materials-science,https://coursera.org/learn/materials-science,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, Davis",We explore “10 things” that range from the menu of materials available to engineers in their profession to the many mechanical and electrical properties of materials important to their use in various engineering fields. We also discuss the principles behind the manufacturing of those materials.
  Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change,global-warming,https://coursera.org/learn/global-warming,Physical Science and Engineering,The University of Chicago,"This class describes the science of global warming and the forecast for humans’ impact on Earth’s climate. Intended for an audience without much scientific background but a healthy sense of curiosity, the class brings together insights and perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, earth and atmospheric sciences, and even some economics—all based on a foundation of simple mathematics (algebra)."
  Fundamentals of Digital Image and Video Processing,digital,https://coursera.org/learn/digital,Physical Science and Engineering,Northwestern University,"In this class you will learn the basic principles and tools used to process images and videos, and how to apply them in solving practical problems of commercial and scientific interests. Digital images and videos are everywhere these days – in thousands of scientific (e.g., astronomical, bio-medical), consumer, industrial, and artistic applications. Moreover they come in a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum - from visible light and infrared to gamma rays and beyond. The ability to process image and video signals is therefore an incredibly important skill to master for engineering/science students, software developers, and practicing scientists."
  Internet of Things: Multimedia Technologies,internet-of-things-multimedia,https://coursera.org/learn/internet-of-things-multimedia,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, San Diego","Content is an eminent example of the features that contributed to the success of wireless Internet. Mobile platforms such as the Snapdragon™ processor have special hardware and software capabilities to make acquisition, processing and rendering of multimedia content efficient and cost-effective. In this course, you will learn the principles of video and audio codecs used for media content in iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, Netflix, etc."
  Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress & Strain and Axial Loading,mechanics-1,https://coursera.org/learn/mechanics-1,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course explores the topic of solid objects subjected to stress and strain. The methods taught in the course are used to predict the response of engineering structures to various types of loading, and to analyze the vulnerability of these structures to various failure modes. Axial loading with be the focus in this course."
  Robotics: Aerial Robotics,robotics-flight,https://coursera.org/learn/robotics-flight,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Pennsylvania,"How can we create agile micro aerial vehicles that are able to operate autonomously in cluttered indoor and outdoor environments? You will gain an introduction to the mechanics of flight and the design of quadrotor flying robots and will be able to develop dynamic models, derive controllers, and synthesize planners for operating in three dimensional environments. You will be exposed to the challenges of using noisy sensors for localization and maneuvering in complex, three-dimensional environments. Finally, you will gain insights through seeing real world examples of the possible applications and challenges for the rapidly-growing drone industry."
  Fundamentals of GIS,gis,https://coursera.org/learn/gis,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, Davis","Explore the world of spatial analysis and cartography with geographic information systems (GIS). In this class you will learn the basics of the industry’s leading software tool, ArcGIS, during four week-long modules"
  Interfacing with the Raspberry Pi,raspberry-pi-interface,https://coursera.org/learn/raspberry-pi-interface,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, Irvine","The Raspberry Pi uses a variety of input/output devices based on protocols such as HDMI, USB, and Ethernet to communicate with the outside world. In this class you will learn how to use these protocols with other external devices (sensors, motors, GPS, orientation, LCD screens etc.) to get your IoT device to interact with the real world. Most physical devices use analog signals; however computer hardware is digital so in this class you will learn how these signals are converted back-and-forth and how this must be considered as you program your device."
  Introduction to the Arctic: Climate,arctic-introduction-climate,https://coursera.org/learn/arctic-introduction-climate,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Alberta,"The University of Alberta, the University of Tromso and the University of the Arctic invite you to explore this four week course that examines the environment and climate of the circumpolar North. This course is the result of an international collaboration and provides you with an insight into our planet's North. Following an overview of regional geography, we will focus on the cryosphere (ice), as well as the atmosphere and ocean of the region. We will learn why the Arctic is cold and ice covered, and how that impacts its climate and ecosystems."
  Emergent Phenomena in Science and Everyday Life,emergent-phenomena,https://coursera.org/learn/emergent-phenomena,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, Irvine","Before the advent of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, most scientists believed that it should be possible to predict the behavior of any object in the universe simply by understanding the behavior of its constituent parts. For instance, if one could write down the equations of motion for every atom in a system, it should be possible to solve those equations (with the aid of a sufficiently large computing device) and make accurate predictions about that system’s future."
  Oil & Gas Industry Operations and Markets ,oilandgas,https://coursera.org/learn/oilandgas,Physical Science and Engineering,Duke University,"The oil and gas industry has an enormous impact on all aspects of daily life. Individuals, corporations, and national governments make financial and policy decisions based on the cost, use, and availability of these two natural resources. This two-week course looks at the two most fundamental aspects of the oil and gas industry, its operations and markets, each of which is addressed as a separate module in the course. In the operations module, the course provides an overview of the production of oil and gas, from initial exploration to final transport."
  Preparing for the AP Physics 1 Exam,ap-physics-1,https://coursera.org/learn/ap-physics-1,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Houston System,"This course is designed for high school students preparing to take the AP* Physics 1 Exam. * AP Physics 1 is a registered trademark of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product."
  "Nanotechnology and Nanosensors, Part1",nanotechnology1,https://coursera.org/learn/nanotechnology1,Physical Science and Engineering,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,"Nanotechnology and nanosensors are broad, interdisciplinary areas that encompass (bio)chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, electrical engineering and more. The present course will provide a survey on some of the fundamental principles behind nanotechnology and nanomaterials and their vital role in novel sensing properties and applications. The course will discuss interesting interdisciplinary scientific and engineering knowledge at the nanoscale to understand fundamental physical differences at the nanosensors."
  Mechanics of Materials II: Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels and Torsion,mechanics2,https://coursera.org/learn/mechanics2,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,This course explores the analysis and design of thin-walled pressure vessels and engineering structures subjected to torsion.
  Introduction to Systems Engineering,systems-engineering,https://coursera.org/learn/systems-engineering,Physical Science and Engineering,UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales),"""Introduction to Systems Engineering"" uses a structured yet flexible approach to provide a holistic, solid foundation to the successful development of complicated systems. The course takes you step by step through the system life cycle, from design to development, production and management. You will learn how the different components of a system interrelate, and how each contributes to a project’s goals and success."
  Converter Circuits,converter-circuits,https://coursera.org/learn/converter-circuits,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course introduces more advanced concepts of switched-mode converter circuits. Realization of the power semiconductors in inverters or in converters having bidirectional power flow is explained. Power diodes, power MOSFETs, and IGBTs are explained, along with the origins of their switching times. Equivalent circuit models are refined to include the effects of switching loss. The discontinuous conduction mode is described and analyzed."
  Interfacing with the Arduino,interface-with-arduino,https://coursera.org/learn/interface-with-arduino,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, Irvine","Arduino senses the environment by receiving inputs from add-on devices such as sensors, and can control the world around it by adjusting lights, motors, and other actuators. In this class you will learn how and when to use the different types of sensors and how to connect them to the Arduino. Since the external world uses continuous or analog signals and the hardware is digital you will learn how these signals are converted back-and-forth and how this must be considered as you program your device. You'll also learn about the use of Arduino-specific shields and the shields software libraries to interface with the real world. Please note that this course does not include discussion forums."
  Robotics: Computational Motion Planning,robotics-motion-planning,https://coursera.org/learn/robotics-motion-planning,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Pennsylvania,"Robotic systems typically include three components: a mechanism which is capable of exerting forces and torques on the environment, a perception system for sensing the world and a decision and control system which modulates the robot's behavior to achieve the desired ends. In this course we will consider the problem of how a robot decides what to do to achieve its goals. This problem is often referred to as Motion Planning and it has been formulated in various ways to model different situations. You will learn some of the most common approaches to addressing this problem including graph-based methods, randomized planners and artificial potential fields. Throughout the course, we will discuss the aspects of the problem that make planning challenging."
  The Dynamic Earth: A Course for Educators,earth-amnh,https://coursera.org/learn/earth-amnh,Physical Science and Engineering,American Museum of Natural History,"The AMNH course The Dynamic Earth: A Course for Educators provides students with an overview of the origin and evolution of the Earth. Informed by the recently released Next Generation Science Standards, this course examines geological time scales, radiometric dating, and how scientists “read the rocks.” We will explore dramatic changes in the Earth over the last 4 billion years, including how the evolution of life on Earth has affected its atmosphere."
  Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries,climate-change-mitigation,https://coursera.org/learn/climate-change-mitigation,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Cape Town,This course challenges you to consider how one might lift societies out of poverty while also mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. We explore the inherent complexity of developing country governments wanting to grow their economies in a climate friendly way. You will be introduced to an approach with which to address this challenge. The approach consists of a facilitated process whereby academic researchers and high-level influential actors within society co-produce knowledge.
  Chemistry,chemistry-1,https://coursera.org/learn/chemistry-1,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Kentucky,"This course is designed to cover subjects in advanced high school chemistry courses, correlating to the standard topics as established by the American Chemical Society. This course is a precursor to the Advanced Chemistry Coursera course. Areas that are covered include atomic structure, periodic trends, compounds, reactions and stoichiometry, bonding, and thermochemistry."
  Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations,statistical-mechanics,https://coursera.org/learn/statistical-mechanics,Physical Science and Engineering,École normale supérieure,"In this course you will learn a whole lot of modern physics (classical and quantum) from basic computer programs that you will download, generalize, or write from scratch, discuss, and then hand in. Join in if you are curious (but not necessarily knowledgeable) about algorithms, and about the deep insights into science that you can obtain by the algorithmic approach."
  Material Behavior,material-behavior,https://coursera.org/learn/material-behavior,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This is the first of three Coursera courses that mirror the Introduction to Materials Science class that is taken by most engineering undergrads at Georgia Tech. The aim of the course is to help students better understand the engineering materials that are used in the world around them. This first section covers the fundamentals of materials science including atomic structure and bonding, crystal structure, atomic and microscopic defects, and noncrystalline materials such as glasses, rubbers, and polymers."
  Global Warming II: Create Your Own Models in Python,global-warming-model,https://coursera.org/learn/global-warming-model,Physical Science and Engineering,The University of Chicago,"This class provides a series of Python programming exercises intended to explore the use of numerical modeling in the Earth system and climate sciences. The scientific background for these models is presented in a companion class, Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change. This class assumes that you are new to Python programming (and this is indeed a great way to learn Python!), but that you will be able to pick up an elementary knowledge of Python syntax from another class or from on-line tutorials."
  Exploring Light: Hands-on Activities and Strategies for Teachers,explorelight,https://coursera.org/learn/explorelight,Physical Science and Engineering,Exploratorium,"This is an Exploratorium teacher professional development course taught by Teacher Institute staff, open to any science teacher (particularly middle or high school level) and science enthusiast. This is a hands-on workshop that explores topics and strategies teachers can use to help their students become active investigators of light."
  The Science of the Solar System,solarsystem,https://coursera.org/learn/solarsystem,Physical Science and Engineering,Caltech,"Learn about the science behind the current exploration of the solar system in this free class. Use principles from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology to understand the latest from Mars, comprehend the outer solar system, ponder planets outside our solar system, and search for habitability in our neighborhood and beyond. This course is generally taught at an advanced level assuming a prior knowledge of undergraduate math and physics, but the majority of the concepts and lectures can be understood without these prerequisites."
  Mastering bitumen for better roads and innovative applications,mastering-bitumen,https://coursera.org/learn/mastering-bitumen,Physical Science and Engineering,École des Ponts ParisTech,"During the four coming weeks, best experts in bitumen will bring you their knowledge and experience to build a strong understanding of today’s realities and new perspectives on the future of bitumen. Total is the European leader on bitumen markets. Innovation has always been the key to sustainability and durability in the products they develop."
  "GIS Data Formats, Design and Quality",gis-data-design,https://coursera.org/learn/gis-data-design,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, Davis","In this course, the second in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization, you will go in-depth with common data types (such as raster and vector data), structures, quality and storage during four week-long modules:"
  Mechanics of Materials III: Beam Bending,beam-bending,https://coursera.org/learn/beam-bending,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,This course explores the analysis and design of beam bending problems. Prerequisite Knowledge: You will need to have successfully completed my earlier course “Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress and Strain and Axial Loading” in order to be successful in this course
  Robotics: Perception,robotics-perception,https://coursera.org/learn/robotics-perception,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Pennsylvania,"How can robots perceive the world and their own movements so that they accomplish navigation and manipulation tasks? In this module, we will study how images and videos acquired by cameras mounted on robots are transformed into representations like features and optical flow. Such 2D representations allow us then to extract 3D information about where the camera is and in which direction the robot moves. You will come to understand how grasping objects is facilitated by the computation of 3D posing of objects and navigation can be accomplished by visual odometry and landmark-based localization."
  Advanced Converter Control Techniques,advanced-converter-control,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-converter-control,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course covers advanced converter control techniques, including averaged-switch modeling and Spice simulations, modeling and design of peak current mode and average current mode controlled converters, as well as an introduction to control of single-phase ac grid tied rectifiers and inverters. Design and simulation examples include wide bandwidth point-of-load voltage regulators, low-harmonic power-factor-correction rectifiers, and grid-tied inverters for solar photovoltaic power systems."
  Managing an Agile Team,managing-team-agile,https://coursera.org/learn/managing-team-agile,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Virginia,"Traditional development processes often lead to team frustration and poor results. Agile offers a different approach to managing the complexity of software development. This course focuses on the day-to-day jobs of running a software development program and how leading agile methodologies (Scrum, XP, kanban) can help you do them better."
  "Mechanics of Materials IV: Deflections, Buckling, Combined Loading & Failure Theories",materials-structures,https://coursera.org/learn/materials-structures,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course explores the analysis and design of engineering structures considering factors of deflection, buckling, combined loading, & failure theories"
  Statistical Thermodynamics: Molecules to Machines,stathermo,https://coursera.org/learn/stathermo,Physical Science and Engineering,Carnegie Mellon University,"Modern engineering research focuses on designing new materials and processes at the molecular level. Statistical thermodynamics provides the formalism for understanding how molecular interactions lead to the observed collective behavior at the macroscale. This course will develop a molecular-level understanding of key thermodynamic quantities like heat, work, free energy and entropy. These concepts will be applied in understanding several important engineering and biological applications."
  Material Processing,material-science-engineering,https://coursera.org/learn/material-science-engineering,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This is the second of three Coursera courses that mirror the Introduction to Materials Science class that is taken by most engineering undergrads at Georgia Tech. The aim of the course is to help students better understand the engineering materials that are used in the world around them. This first section covers the fundamentals of materials science including atomic structure and bonding, crystal structure, atomic and microscopic defects, and noncrystalline materials such as glasses, rubbers, and polymers."
  Robotics: Estimation and Learning,robotics-estimation-and-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/robotics-estimation-and-learning,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Pennsylvania,"How can robots determine their state and properties of the surrounding environment from noisy sensor measurements in time? In this module you will learn how to get robots to incorporate uncertainty into estimating and learning from a dynamic and changing world. Specific topics that will be covered include probabilistic generative models, Bayesian filtering for localization and mapping."
  Introduction to Thermodynamics: Transferring Energy from Here to There,thermodynamics-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/thermodynamics-intro,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Michigan,"This course provides an introduction to the most powerful engineering principles you will ever learn - Thermodynamics: the science of transferring energy from one place or form to another place or form. We will introduce the tools you need to analyze energy systems from solar panels, to engines, to insulated coffee mugs. More specifically, we will cover the topics of mass and energy conservation principles; first law analysis of control mass and control volume systems; properties and behavior of pure substances; and applications to thermodynamic systems operating at steady state conditions."
  Fundamentals of Fluid Power,fluid-power,https://coursera.org/learn/fluid-power,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Minnesota,"Fluid power has the highest power density of all conventional power-transmission technologies. Learn the benefits and limitations of fluid power, how to analyze fluid power components and circuits, and how to design and simulate fluid power circuits for applications. In this course, you will be introduced to the fundamental principles and analytical modeling of fluid power components, circuits, and systems."
  Introduction to Electronics,electronics,https://coursera.org/learn/electronics,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course introduces students to the basic components of electronics: diodes, transistors, and op amps. It covers the basic operation and some common applications."
  Introduction to Satellite Communications,satellitecommunications,https://coursera.org/learn/satellitecommunications,Physical Science and Engineering,Institut Mines-Télécom,How is a satellite built? How do they fly? How do they communicate and how does the network operate? You will get all the answers in this course from teachers and researchers from three schools associated with Institut Mines-Télécom.
  Magnetics for Power Electronic Converters,magnetics-power-electronic-converters,https://coursera.org/learn/magnetics-power-electronic-converters,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Colorado Boulder,"This course covers the analysis and design of magnetic components, including inductors and transformers, used in power electronic converters. The course starts with an introduction to physical principles behind inductors and transformers, including the concepts of inductance, core material saturation, airgap and energy storage in inductors, reluctance and magnetic circuit modeling, transformer equivalent circuits, magnetizing and leakage inductance. Multi-winding transformer models are also developed, including inductance matrix representation, for series and parallel structures. Modeling of losses in magnetic components covers core and winding losses, including skin and proximity effects."
  Geospatial and Environmental Analysis,geo-enviro-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/geo-enviro-analysis,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, Davis","Apply your GIS knowledge in this course on geospatial analysis, focusing on analysis tools, 3D data, working with rasters, projections, and environment variables. Through all four weeks of this course, we'll work through a project together - something unique to this course - from project conception, through data retrieval, initial data management and processing, and finally to our analysis products."
  Materials Data Sciences and Informatics,material-informatics,https://coursera.org/learn/material-informatics,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course aims to provide a succinct overview of the emerging discipline of Materials Informatics at the intersection of materials science, computational science, and information science. Attention is drawn to specific opportunities afforded by this new field in accelerating materials development and deployment efforts. A particular emphasis is placed on materials exhibiting hierarchical internal structures spanning multiple length/structure scales and the impediments involved in establishing invertible process-structure-property (PSP) linkages for these materials."
  Introduction to High-Throughput Materials Development,high-throughput,https://coursera.org/learn/high-throughput,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course is an introduction to high-throughput experimental methods that accelerate the discovery and development of new materials. It is well recognized that the discovery of new materials is the key to solving many technological problems faced by industry and society. These problems include energy production and utilization, carbon capture, tissue engineering, and sustainable materials production, among many others."
  Computer Architecture,comparch,https://coursera.org/learn/comparch,Physical Science and Engineering,Princeton University,"In this course, you will learn to design the computer architecture of complex modern microprocessors."
  "The Effect of Fires on People, Property and the Environment",fire-effect,https://coursera.org/learn/fire-effect,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of Maryland, College Park","Fires impact people, property and the environment in all countries around the world. In some cases, the resulting losses are extraordinary, causing hundreds of deaths, widespread damage to property and contents and significant impacts on the environment. More often, fires may cause a single casualty or affect a single home, though the effects are still highly significant to those affected and collectively are substantial. This course will provide an overview of the challenges posed by fire as well as the fire safety solutions that are available to meet those challenges."
  "Global Postharvest Loss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Actors",postharvest,https://coursera.org/learn/postharvest,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course provides an overview of the issue of postharvest loss of grains by exploring essential physical, technical, and social dimensions of postharvest supply chains and loss prevention methods globally. Each year, estimates suggest that 1/3 of all food produced is lost or wasted, making postharvest loss a critical global food security and sustainability issue of today."
  Sustainable Agricultural Land Management,sustainable-agriculture,https://coursera.org/learn/sustainable-agriculture,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Florida,"This course will cover the agricultural and urban water quality issues in Florida, their bases, land and nutrient management strategies, and the science and policy behind the best management practices (BMPs). Students will learn to evaluate BMP research and analyze its role in determining practices and policies that protect water quality."
  "Imagery, Modeling and Applications",gis-imgagery-model-apply,https://coursera.org/learn/gis-imgagery-model-apply,Physical Science and Engineering,"University of California, Davis","Welcome to the last course of the specialization (unless your continuing on to the capstone project, of course!). Using the knowledge you’ve learned about ArcGIS, complete technical tasks such raster calculations and suitability analysis. In this class you will become comfortable with spatial analysis and applications within GIS during four week-long modules:"
  Introduction to Chemistry:  Reactions and Ratios,intro-chemistry,https://coursera.org/learn/intro-chemistry,Physical Science and Engineering,Duke University,"This is an introductory course for students with limited background in chemistry; basic concepts involved in chemical reactions, stoichiometry, the periodic table, periodic trends, nomenclature, and chemical problem solving will be emphasized with the goal of preparing students for further study in chemistry as needed for many science, health, and policy professions.."
  "Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes",our-earth,https://coursera.org/learn/our-earth,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Manchester,"Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years."
  "Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Contaminants: New Paradigms, Technologies, and Applications",natural-attenuation-of-groundwater-contaminants,https://coursera.org/learn/natural-attenuation-of-groundwater-contaminants,Physical Science and Engineering,Rice University,"Cleaning up the large number of groundwater contamination sites is a significant and complex environmental challenge. The environmental industry is continuously looking for remediation methods that are both effective and cost-efficient. Over the past 10 years there have been amazing, important developments in our understanding of key attenuation processes and technologies for evaluating natural attenuation processes, and a changing institutional perspective on when and where Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) may be applied."
  Introduction to Chemistry:  Structures and Solutions,basic-chemistry,https://coursera.org/learn/basic-chemistry,Physical Science and Engineering,Duke University,"This is an introductory course for students with limited background in chemistry; basic concepts such as atomic and molecular structure, solutions, phases of matter, and quantitative problem solving will be emphasized with the goal of preparing students for further study in chemistry."
  Introduction into General Theory of Relativity,relativity-theory,https://coursera.org/learn/relativity-theory,Physical Science and Engineering,Higher School of Economics,"General Theory of Relativity or the theory of relativistic gravitation is the one which describes black holes, gravitational waves and expanding Universe. The goal of the course is to introduce you into this theory. The introduction is based on the consideration of many practical generic examples in various scopes of the General Relativity. After the completion of the course you will be able to solve basic standard problems of this theory. We assume that you are familiar with the Special Theory of Relativity and Classical Electrodynamics."
  Global Environmental Management,global-environmental-management,https://coursera.org/learn/global-environmental-management,Physical Science and Engineering,Technical University of Denmark (DTU),"Learn about the best environmental technologies for a sustainable development and how they are managed in various settings around the world. This course gives you an opportunity to learn about global trends that influence our environment and the living conditions and how different management systems and approaches that are used around the world to manage the environment. This includes current environmental technologies built for the environment and technologies for sustainable soil management, groundwater protection methods and integrated Water resources management."
  Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity,einstein-relativity,https://coursera.org/learn/einstein-relativity,Physical Science and Engineering,Stanford University,"In this course we will seek to “understand Einstein,” especially focusing on the special theory of relativity that Albert Einstein, as a twenty-six year old patent clerk, introduced in his “miracle year” of 1905. Our goal will be to go behind the myth-making and beyond the popularized presentations of relativity in order to gain a deeper understanding of both Einstein the person and the concepts, predictions, and strange paradoxes of his theory. Some of the questions we will address include: How did Einstein come up with his ideas?"
  The Meat We Eat,meat-we-eat,https://coursera.org/learn/meat-we-eat,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Florida,"The Meat We Eat is a course designed to create a more informed consumer about the quality, safety, healthfulness and sustainability of muscle foods and address current issues in animal agriculture in developed and developing countries."
  Fundamentals of Fluid-Solid Interactions,fluid-solid-interaction,https://coursera.org/learn/fluid-solid-interaction,Physical Science and Engineering,École Polytechnique,"What is fluid-solid interactions ? It is what happens when the motions of a fluid and of a solid are somehow coupled. This happens all the time, around you when leaves flutter in the wind, inside you when your heart beats, above you when wings of a plane vibrate, under the sea... The idea behind this MOOC is to give you the basic tools to be able to predict and eventually mitigate things called flutter, galloping, sloshing, vortex-induced vibrations, added mass, to cite a few."
  Journey Conversations: Weaving Knowledge and Action,journey-knowledge-action,https://coursera.org/learn/journey-knowledge-action,Physical Science and Engineering,Yale University,"Journey of the Universe weaves together the discoveries of the evolutionary sciences together with humanities such as history, philosophy, art, and religion. This course draws on the Journey of the Universe Conversations, a series of 20 interviews with scientists and environmentalists. The first 10 interviews are with scientists and historians who deepen our understanding of the evolutionary process of universe, Earth, and humans. The second 10 interviews are with environmentalists, teachers, and artists who explore the connections between the universe story and the practices for a flourishing Earth community."
  Digital Systems: From Logic Gates to Processors,digital-systems,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-systems,Physical Science and Engineering,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,"This course gives you a complete insight into the modern design of digital systems fundamentals from an eminently practical point of view. Unlike other more ""classic"" digital circuits courses, our interest focuses more on the system than on the electronics that support it. This approach will allow us to lay the foundation for the design of complex digital systems."
  Digital Signal Processing,dsp,https://coursera.org/learn/dsp,Physical Science and Engineering,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Digital Signal Processing is the branch of engineering that, in the space of just a few decades, has enabled unprecedented levels of interpersonal communication and of on-demand entertainment. By reworking the principles of electronics, telecommunication and computer science into a unifying paradigm, DSP is a the heart of the digital revolution that brought us CDs, DVDs, MP3 players, mobile phones and countless other devices."
  Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies,sanitation,https://coursera.org/learn/sanitation,Physical Science and Engineering,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Do you want to learn how to plan affordable and context-specific sanitation solutions? Do you want to be updated on the newest developments in urban sanitation planning and programming? Do you want to get insights about best practices examples of urban sanitation systems in low- and middle-income countries? If yes, this course is for you! The course starts with an introduction about integrated sanitation planning, dealing with citywide planning as well as with planning for specific contexts such as informal settlements."
  Machine Design Part I,machine-design1,https://coursera.org/learn/machine-design1,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"“Machine Design Part I” is the first course in an in-depth three course series of “Machine Design.” The “Machine Design” Coursera series covers fundamental mechanical design topics, such as static and fatigue failure theories, the analysis of shafts, fasteners, and gears, and the design of mechanical systems such as gearboxes. Throughout this series of courses we will examine a number of exciting design case studies, including the material selection of a total hip implant, the design and testing of the wing on the 777 aircraft, and the impact of dynamic loads on the design of an bolted pressure vessel."
  AstroTech: The Science and Technology behind Astronomical Discovery,astronomy-technology,https://coursera.org/learn/astronomy-technology,Physical Science and Engineering,The University of Edinburgh,"Modern astronomy has made some astonishing discoveries - how stars burn and how black holes form; galaxies from the edge of the universe and killer rocks right next door; where the elements come from and how the expanding universe is accelerating. But how do we know all that? The truth is that astronomy would be impossible without technology, and every advance in astronomy is really an advance in technology. But the technology by itself is not enough. We have to apply it critically with a knowledge of physics to unlock the secrets of the Universe."
  Wireless Communications for Everybody,wireless-communications,https://coursera.org/learn/wireless-communications,Physical Science and Engineering,Yonsei University,"This course will provide an introduction and history of cellular communication systems that have changed our lives during the recent four decades and will become an essential and inseparable part of human life. The principles of wireless communication theory are covered with emphasis on the essential concept delivery to non-major learners in the easiest way. Then, it will be covered how such principles are realized and how multimedia services can be delivered in practical LTE cellular systems by which learners are connected and enjoys together in their lives."
  Big History - From the Big Bang until Today,bighistory,https://coursera.org/learn/bighistory,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Amsterdam,"Welcome to this Big History course! In this course, renowned scientists and scholars from the University of Amsterdam and beyond will take you on a journey from the Big Bang until today while addressing key questions in their fields. After completing this journey you will have developed a better understanding of how you and everything around you became the way they are today. You will also have gained an understanding of the underlying mechanisms that have helped shape the history of everything and how they wil help shape the future. Last but not least, you will have developed the skill to use this knowledge to put smaller subjects into a bigger perspective with the aid of the little big history approach, which can help you develop some new ideas on these smaller subjects."
  The Finite Element Method for Problems in Physics,finite-element-method,https://coursera.org/learn/finite-element-method,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Michigan,"This course is an introduction to the finite element method as applicable to a range of problems in physics and engineering sciences. The treatment is mathematical, but only for the purpose of clarifying the formulation. The emphasis is on coding up the formulations in a modern, open-source environment that can be expanded to other applications, subsequently. The course includes about 45 hours of lectures covering the material I normally teach in an introductory graduate class at University of Michigan. The treatment is mathematical, which is natural for a topic whose roots lie deep in functional analysis and variational calculus. It is not formal, however, because the main goal of these lectures is to turn the viewer into a competent developer of finite element code. We do spend time in rudimentary functional analysis, and variational calculus, but this is only to highlight the mathematical basis for the methods, which in turn explains why they work so well."
  Building Arduino robots and devices,arduino,https://coursera.org/learn/arduino,Physical Science and Engineering,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,"For many years now, people have been improving their tools, studying the forces of nature and bringing them under control, using the energy of the nature to operate their machines. Last century is noted for the creation of machines which can operate other machines. Nowadays the creation of devices that interact with the physical world is available to anyone. Our course consists of a series of practical problems on making things that work independently: they make their own decisions, act, move, communicate with each other and people around, and control other devices. We will demonstrate how to assemble such devices and programme them using the Arduino platform as a basis."
  Geodesign: Change Your World,geodesign,https://coursera.org/learn/geodesign,Physical Science and Engineering,The Pennsylvania State University,"This course includes well-illustrated lectures by the instructor, but also guest lectures each week to ensure you are hearing a variety of viewpoints. Each week you will also be able to examine what geodesign is through interactive mapping that showcases real-word Case Study examples of geodesign from around the globe. As you move along in the course, you will discover the interrelationships of both the physical and human aspects that contribute to how geodesign strategies are composed. The course concludes with you outlining your own Geodesign Challenge, and receiving feedback about that from your peers."
  Archaeoastronomy,archaeoastronomy,https://coursera.org/learn/archaeoastronomy,Physical Science and Engineering,Politecnico di Milano,"Archaeoastronomy is the “science of stars and stones”: it studies the relationships between the ancient monuments and the sky, in order to gain a better understanding of the ideas of the architects of the past and of their religious and symbolic world. The course provides the first complete, easy introduction to this fascinating discipline. During the course, many spectacular ancient sites – such as Stonehenge in England, Giza and Karnak in Egypt, Chichen Itzá in the Yucatan, Macchu Picchu in Peru and the Pantheon in Rome – will be visited and the fascinating events occurring there in special days of the year (such as solstices, equinoxes, or the day of the foundation of Rome) will be shown and explained. The course also provides the necessary background on Astronomy with the naked eye and a general introduction to the role of Astronomy in religion and in the management of power among ancient cultures."
  Digital Thread: Implementation,digital-thread-implementation,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-thread-implementation,Physical Science and Engineering,"University at Buffalo, The State University of New York","There are opportunities throughout the design process of any product to make significant changes, and ultimately impact the future of manufacturing, by embracing the digital thread. In this course, you will dig into the transformation taking place in how products are designed and manufactured throughout the world. It is the second of two courses that focuses on the ""digital thread"" – the stream that starts at the creation of a product concept and continues to accumulate information and data throughout the product life cycle."
  Digital Thread: Components,digital-thread-components,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-thread-components,Physical Science and Engineering,"University at Buffalo, The State University of New York","This course will help you recognize how the ""digital thread"" is the backbone of the digital manufacturing and design (DM&D) transformation, turning manufacturing processes from paper-based to digital-based. You will have a working understanding of the digital thread – the stream that starts at product concept and continues to accumulate information and data throughout the product’s life cycle – and identify opportunities to leverage it."
  Ecosystem Services: a Method for Sustainable Development,ecosystem-services,https://coursera.org/learn/ecosystem-services,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Geneva,"Ecosystem services are a way of thinking about – and evaluating – the goods and services provided by nature that contribute to the well-being of humans. This MOOC will cover scientific (technical), economic, and socio-political dimensions of the concept through a mix of theory, case-studies, interviews with specialists and a serious-game."
  Digital Manufacturing & Design,digital-manufacturing-design,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-manufacturing-design,Physical Science and Engineering,"University at Buffalo, The State University of New York","This course will expose you to the transformation taking place, throughout the world, in the way that products are being designed and manufactured. The transformation is happening through digital manufacturing and design (DM&D) – a shift from paper-based processes to digital processes in the manufacturing industry. By the end of this course, you’ll understand what DMD is and how it is impacting careers, practices and processes in companies both large and small."
  Analyzing the Universe,analyze,https://coursera.org/learn/analyze,Physical Science and Engineering,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"Using publicly available data from NASA of actual satellite observations of astronomical x-ray sources, we explore some of the mysteries of the cosmos, including neutron stars, black holes, quasars and supernovae. We will analyze energy spectra and time series data to understand how these incredible objects work. We utilize an imaging tool called DS9 to explore the amazing diversity of astronomical observations that have made x-ray astronomy one of the most active and exciting fields of scientific investigation in the past 50 years. Each week we will explore a different facet of x-ray astronomy. Beginning with an introduction to the nature of image formation, we then move on to examples of how our imaging program, DS9, can aid our understanding of real satellite data."
  The Sun and the Total Eclipse of August 2017,eclipse,https://coursera.org/learn/eclipse,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Colorado Boulder,"A total eclipse is one of the most spectacular sights you can ever see! It looks like the end of the world may be at hand. There is a black hole in the sky where the sun should be. Pink flames of solar prominences and long silver streamers of the sun's corona stretch across the sky. It gets cold, and animals do strange things. People scream and shout and cheer, and remember the experience their whole life. But total eclipses are important scientifically as well. They let us see parts of the sun’s atmosphere that are otherwise invisible. A total eclipse presented the first chance to test Einstein’s prediction that matter can bend space – like near a black hole. The best total eclipse in the US in 40 years happens Aug. 21, 2017. This course will prepare you to see it, to help people watch safely and even make money by leading a “neighborhood watch” of the eclipse, and to learn about the sun: how astronomers study it, how it formed, and how we know what’s inside it where the energy that supports life on earth is generated."
  Wood Science: Beyond Building,wood-science,https://coursera.org/learn/wood-science,Physical Science and Engineering,West Virginia University,"The central question of this course: “why study wood?” If “why study wood” is the question, one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in human life span terms. Wood is as important to society today as it ever was, despite the development of many man-made substitute materials, changing resource availability, and the changing needs of society. Some items on the list of wood products stay the same (lumber, plywood and veneer for building construction, furniture, shipping pallets & crates and other containers & packaging materials, railroad ties, utility poles, chemical feed stocks, etc), but the list also keeps changing to meet new needs and challenges as the resource changes."
  Sustainability through Soccer: Systems-Thinking in Action,sustainability-through-soccer,https://coursera.org/learn/sustainability-through-soccer,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Virginia,"This course takes learners on a journey through a progression of systems-thinking and sustainability concepts. Using the beautiful game of soccer as an analogy, we'll work together to illuminate real-world interdependencies (such as between climate change and human rights), building the chain of concepts in a fun, accessible way. Soccer nerds and newbies alike will be entertained and, ultimately, rewarded with the epiphanies that come from seeing in systems more clearly. Those who complete the course will: create examples of systems parts, boundaries, and behaviors related to sustainability (and soccer); practice evaluating the sustainability of systems they care about using several complementary methods; generate ideas to improve the sustainability of a system they care about; and explain a mindset shift that would enhance the sustainability of a system they care about."
  Advanced Manufacturing Process Analysis,advanced-manufacturing-process-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-manufacturing-process-analysis,Physical Science and Engineering,"University at Buffalo, The State University of New York","Variability is a fact of life in manufacturing environments, impacting product quality and yield. Through this course, students will learn why performing advanced analysis of manufacturing processes is integral for diagnosing and correcting operational flaws in order to improve yields and reduce costs. Gain insights into the best ways to collect, prepare and analyze data, as well as computational platforms that can be leveraged to collect and process data over sustained periods of time. Become better prepared to participate as a member of an advanced analysis team and share valuable inputs on effective implementation."
  Linear Circuits 1: DC Analysis,linear-circuits-dcanalysis,https://coursera.org/learn/linear-circuits-dcanalysis,Physical Science and Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course explains how to analyze circuits that have direct current (DC) current or voltage sources. A DC source is one that is constant. Circuits with resistors, capacitors, and inductors are covered, both analytically and experimentally. Some practical applications in sensors are demonstrated."
  Quantum Optics 1 : Single Photons,quantum-optics-single-photon,https://coursera.org/learn/quantum-optics-single-photon,Physical Science and Engineering,École Polytechnique,"This course gives you access to basic tools and concepts to understand research articles and books on modern quantum optics. You will learn about quantization of light, formalism to describe quantum states of light without any classical analogue, and observables allowing one to demonstrate typical quantum properties of these states. These tools will be applied to the emblematic case of a one-photon wave packet, which behaves both as a particle and a wave. Wave-particle duality is a great quantum mystery in the words of Richard Feynman. You will be able to fully appreciate real experiments demonstrating wave-particle duality for a single photon, and applications to quantum technologies based on single photon sources, which are now commercially available."
  Particle Physics: an Introduction,particle-physics,https://coursera.org/learn/particle-physics,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Geneva,"This course introduces you to subatomic physics, i.e. the physics of nuclei and particles. More specifically, the following questions are addressed: - What are the concepts of particle physics and how are they implemented? - What are the properties of atomic nuclei and how can one use them? - How does one accelerate and detect particles and measure their properties? - What does one learn from particle reactions at high energies and particle decays? - How do electromagnetic interactions work and how can one use them? - How do strong interactions work and why are they difficult to understand? - How do weak interactions work and why are they so special?"
  Data Driven Astronomy,data-driven-astronomy,https://coursera.org/learn/data-driven-astronomy,Physical Science and Engineering,The University of Sydney,"Science is undergoing a data explosion, and astronomy is leading the way. Modern telescopes produce terabytes of data per observation, and the simulations required to model our observable Universe push supercomputers to their limits. To analyse this data scientists need to be able to think computationally to solve problems. In this course you will investigate the challenges of working with large datasets: how to implement algorithms that work; how to use databases to manage your data; and how to learn from your data with machine learning tools. The focus is on practical skills - all the activities will be done in Python 3, a modern programming language used throughout astronomy."
  Intelligent Machining,intelligent-machining,https://coursera.org/learn/intelligent-machining,Physical Science and Engineering,"University at Buffalo, The State University of New York","Manufacturers are increasingly utilizing machine tools that are self-aware – they perceive their own states and the state of the surrounding environment – and are able to make decisions related to machine activity processes. This is called intelligent machining, and through this course students will receive a primer on its background, tools and related terminology. Learn how the integration of smart sensors and controls are helping to improve productivity. You’ll be exposed to various sensors and sensing techniques, process control strategies, and open architecture systems that can be leveraged to enable intelligent machining."
  Electric Utilities Fundamentals and Future,electric-utilities,https://coursera.org/learn/electric-utilities,Physical Science and Engineering,University of Colorado System,"THIS COURSE GIVES YOU THE INSIDE TRACK TO A COMPLICATED INDUSTRY. The approach of this course is truly unique in how it approaches and engages learners. It looks at the electric utility industry, which has remained critical to our quality of life, health and comfort from the eyes of numerous industry experts through on-location interviews, compelling visuals, and animation. You will benefit from having the inside track because you see some behind-the-scenes information not covered in news stories, social media or even if we are in the business ourselves. 
  
  EACH WEEK YOU NOT ONLY LEARN WHAT IS CHANGING, BUT WHY. As this industry continues to unfold at an unprecedented pace, you will be armed with knowledge and insights to form informed opinions supporting decisions you will increasingly make for your energy-dependent homes and businesses.
  
  This course kicks off with animated crash course on industry history, highlighting aspects of the structure, governance, and technology that remain today, despite the passage of time. Then, throughout the modules, you will build some basics about how electricity gets to you, who watches over decisions, including setting rates. This information establishes a knowledge foundation so that when we explore some of the most critical topics, like renewable energy, smart grid, battery storage, and you can think about it from a much more analytical and critical viewpoint. 
  
  YOU WILL DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING SENSE OF THIS INDUSTRY THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU BEYOND THIS COURSE. This industry can get pretty complicated, and this course will help you make more sense of it. Electric Utilities Fundamentals and Future is the course for you whether you’re just curious about the industry or an industry veteran looking to grow – or, thinking about joining the industry. (Hint: now is a good time. You'll learn why in this course.)  No prior education or experience required. You just need a healthy curiosity and an open mind to learn about an industry that I think a lot of us, including myself sometimes, take for granted."
  First Year Teaching (Elementary Grades) - Success from the Start,teaching-elementary,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-elementary,Social Sciences,New Teacher Center,"Developing mastery in establishing and maintaining a rich learning environment is one of the great joys of being a teacher. This course will provide high leverage strategies, resources, and support for professional growth so that you can provide students with the engaging, safe environment essential for student learning. This course is aligned to the needs of Elementary Grade teachers (self-contained K-6, or teaching the same set of students usually under 12 years old)."
  Foundations of Teaching for Learning 8: Developing Relationships,teacher-relationships,https://coursera.org/learn/teacher-relationships,Social Sciences,Commonwealth Education Trust,One focus of the course is to help you develop strong relationships with families to enable them to support children’s learning. Positive relationships with your students enable you not only to teach them but also to get to know them as individuals. Positive relationships with colleagues and school leaders are necessary to help the school improve.
  Paradoxes of War,war,https://coursera.org/learn/war,Social Sciences,Princeton University,"The Paradoxes of War teaches us to understand that war is not only a normal part of human existence, but is arguably one of the most important factors in making us who we are. Through this course, I hope that you will come to appreciate that war is both a natural expression of common human emotions and interactions and a constitutive part of how we cohere as groups. That is, war is paradoxically an expression of our basest animal nature and the exemplar of our most vaunted and valued civilized virtues. You will learn some basic military history and sociology in this course as a lens for the more important purpose of seeing the broader social themes and issues related to war. I want you to both learn about war, but more importantly, use it as way of understanding your everyday social world. So, for example, the discussion of war and gender will serve to start you thinking about how expectations of masculinity are created and our discussion of nationalism will make clear how easy “us-them” dichotomies can be established and (ab)used. I will suggest some readings for you to complement the class and assign some activities through which you will be able to apply the theoretical insights from the course to your observations of everyday life. At the end of the course, you will start to see war everywhere and come to appreciate how much it defines our life."
  Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice,terrorism,https://coursera.org/learn/terrorism,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"These are just a handful of questions that will be addressed in this course that consists of three parts. First it focuses on the essence of terrorism as an instrument to achieve certain goals, in addition to an exploration of this phenomenon and the difficulties in defining it. The second part provides an overview of the state of the art in (counter) terrorism studies. Since ‘9/11’ terrorism studies have grown exponentially, reflecting the rise in perceived threats."
  Foundations of Teaching for Learning 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning,teaching-plan,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-plan,Social Sciences,Commonwealth Education Trust,"This course will help you consider how to develop appropriate learning goals for individual and groups of students. You will learn how to plan learning activities to engage your students in ways that will achieve these goals. Announcement for US based teachers: Coursera and its partners are proud to offer eligible teachers in the US free Course Certificates for this course and other high-quality teacher professional development courses, through the Connected effort announced by President Obama"
  "Epidemics, Pandemics and Outbreaks",epidemic-pandemic-outbreak,https://coursera.org/learn/epidemic-pandemic-outbreak,Social Sciences,University of Pittsburgh,"In this course, you’ll learn the facts about infectious diseases and medical responses. We'll focus on the public health laws and policies that provide the framework for effective prevention, like quarantine laws, drug development policies, and bioterrorism and biodefense."
  Foundations of Teaching for Learning 6: Introduction to Student Assessment,learning-assessment,https://coursera.org/learn/learning-assessment,Social Sciences,Commonwealth Education Trust,This course is part of the Foundations of Teaching for Learning program which is designed to assist people who are currently teaching but have had no formal teacher education improve their understanding of their role and work as a teacher. This set of courses will enhance your knowledge and understanding about learning and teaching and what makes a teacher a professional.
  "Espace mondial, a French vision of Global studies",global-studies,https://coursera.org/learn/global-studies,Social Sciences,Sciences Po,"To explain how globalization rebuilt public policy and social behavior, we study the different political, economic, and social actors - public or private, individual or collective - and the exchanges and interactions between them that are remaking international relations. This course is inspired by a French sociological and historical approach to international relations."
  A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment,happiness,https://coursera.org/learn/happiness,Social Sciences,Indian School of Business,"This course, based on the award-winning class offered both at the Indian School of Business and at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, developed by Prof. Raj Raghunathan (aka ""Dr. Happy-smarts"") draws content from a variety of fields, including psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral decision theory to offer a tested and practical recipe for leading a life of happiness and fulfillment."
  Foundations of Teaching for Learning 2: Being a Teacher,being-a-teacher,https://coursera.org/learn/being-a-teacher,Social Sciences,Commonwealth Education Trust,How we teach has its foundation in how we were taught and how we learned. This course provides an opportunity for you to reflect on your personal and professional development as a teacher. Through reflection and portfolio development you will enhance your knowledge and understanding of how to promote learning.
  Get Organized: How to be a Together Teacher,together-teacher,https://coursera.org/learn/together-teacher,Social Sciences,Relay Graduate School of Education,"This course is designed for classroom teachers who juggle time-sensitive tasks and often-exhausting teaching schedules. With an eye toward long-term sustainability, The Together Teacher examines the purpose for planning ahead, provides tools for tracking time commitments, deadlines and tasks, and helps teachers develop a personal organization system that interacts with their day-by-day practices."
  Positive Psychology ,positive-psychology,https://coursera.org/learn/positive-psychology,Social Sciences,The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,"This course discusses research findings in the field of positive psychology, conducted by Barbara Fredrickson and her colleagues. It also features practical applications of this science that you can put to use immediately to help you live a full and meaningful life."
  Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences - Unit 3: How Does It All End?,soulbeliefs3,https://coursera.org/learn/soulbeliefs3,Social Sciences,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"The course consists mainly of 70 to 80 minute lectures, typically broken up into 3 segments, recorded from a course offered by Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences. These videos include slides and some embedded video clips. Most lectures are accompanied by slides used during the lecture, also including recommended reading assignment which may provide additional opportunities to reflect on your studies."
  Jewish Diaspora in Modern China,jews-in-china,https://coursera.org/learn/jews-in-china,Social Sciences,Nanjing University,"Jewish Diaspora in China is a unique experience for world Jewry, as China is the only country in Far East that has had Jews living in its society for over 1,000 years. Documentary evidence shows that Jews started to live in China no later than the Tang Dynasty (618–907). The famous Kaifeng Jewish community, which was established in Kaifeng, the Chinese capital of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), is but a best-known example. However, the largest Jewish Diaspora in China appeared in modern times."
  "Revolutionary Ideas:  An Introduction to Legal and Political Philosophy, Part 1",political-philosophy,https://coursera.org/learn/political-philosophy,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"What is the purpose of government? Why should we have a State? What kind of State should we have? Even within a political community, there may be sharp disagreements about the role and purpose of government. Some want an active, involved government, seeing legal and political institutions as the means to solve our most pressing problems, and to help bring about peace, equality, justice, happiness, and to protect individual liberty."
  Model Thinking,model-thinking,https://coursera.org/learn/model-thinking,Social Sciences,University of Michigan,"We live in a complex world with diverse people, firms, and governments whose behaviors aggregate to produce novel, unexpected phenomena. We see political uprisings, market crashes, and a never ending array of social trends. How do we make sense of it? Models. Evidence shows that people who think with models consistently outperform those who don't. And, moreover people who think with lots of models outperform people who use only one. Why do models make us better thinkers? Models help us to better organize information - to make sense of that fire hose or hairball of data (choose your metaphor) available on the Internet."
  Supporting children with difficulties in reading and writing,dyslexia-difficulties,https://coursera.org/learn/dyslexia-difficulties,Social Sciences,"University of London, UCL Institute of Education, Dyslexia International","This course is for teachers to learn why some children have so much difficulty with reading and writing, often called 'dyslexia', and to learn more about best practice in teaching literacy to all in light of recent scientific discoveries."
  Foundations of Teaching for Learning 4: Curriculum,teacher-curriculum,https://coursera.org/learn/teacher-curriculum,Social Sciences,Commonwealth Education Trust,"Foundations of Teaching for Learning is a program of study primarily for people who are currently teaching but have had no formal teacher education. This course is an introductory one that considers the three domains of being a teacher: Professional Knowledge and Understanding; Professional Practice; and Professional Values, Relationships and Engagement."
  Foundations of Teaching for Learning 1: Introduction,teaching,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching,Social Sciences,Commonwealth Education Trust,"Curriculum is a framework for guiding teaching and learning. This course provides an opportunity for you to consider the relationship between the teacher, the learner and the curriculum."
  Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences - Unit 1: Historical Foundations,soulbeliefs,https://coursera.org/learn/soulbeliefs,Social Sciences,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a “soul.” While the question of whether the soul exists cannot be answered by science, what we can study are the causes and consequences of various beliefs about the soul and its prospects of surviving the death of the body."
  Foundations of Teaching for Learning 7: Being a Professional,professional-teacher,https://coursera.org/learn/professional-teacher,Social Sciences,Commonwealth Education Trust,"This course will emphasise what you can do to act professionally. This includes developing your own philosophy of teaching and making sure that you continue to improve your knowledge and skills. It also considers what it means to be part of a community of professionals, working with others to improve what happens in your school, community and profession."
  Copyright for Educators & Librarians,copyright-for-education,https://coursera.org/learn/copyright-for-education,Social Sciences,"Duke University, Emory University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",Fear and uncertainty about copyright law often plagues educators and sometimes prevents creative teaching. This course is a professional development opportunity designed to provide a basic introduction to US copyright law and to empower teachers and librarians at all grade levels. Course participants will discover that the law is designed to help educators and librarians.
  Arts and Culture Strategy,arts-culture-strategy,https://coursera.org/learn/arts-culture-strategy,Social Sciences,"University of Pennsylvania, National Arts Strategies","Arts and culture leaders have a tough but rewarding task: creating and leading sustainable organizations that deliver real social value. There is a lot of competition out there. Being an effective leader means constantly adapting, cleverly using the best tools to reach as many people as possible. This course is designed to help leaders at any level do just that."
  Teaching Character and Creating Positive Classrooms ,teaching-character,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-character,Social Sciences,Relay Graduate School of Education,"Positive psychology meets K-12 pedagogy. This course explores key ideas of positive psychology and shows how great teachers apply those lessons to maximize student engagement and accomplishment. Through lectures, discussions, interviews and footage of great educators in action, you’ll learn how to integrate character-based objectives into your own teaching."
  Disability Awareness and Support,disability-awareness,https://coursera.org/learn/disability-awareness,Social Sciences,University of Pittsburgh,"The goal of this course is to promote equal opportunity and the full participation of students with disabilities in higher education by helping participants advance their awareness of the meaning of accessibility in education. Participants will gain competence and confidence in working with students by focusing on legislation, universal design, and assistive technologies."
  Property and Liability: An Introduction to Law and Economics,property-law-and-economics,https://coursera.org/learn/property-law-and-economics,Social Sciences,Wesleyan University,"Think about the oldest and most familiar principles of American law, property and proportional liability, in a new and surprising way, and learn to apply economic reasoning to an especially important and interesting aspect of life."
  An Introduction to American Law,american-law,https://coursera.org/learn/american-law,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"This course will give you a glimpse into six different areas of American law: Tort Law, Contract Law, Property, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Civil Procedure. You will gain insight into the complexities and dilemmas that arise from the application of law in different settings, and what is distinctive about American approaches"
  Coaching Teachers: Promoting Changes that Stick ,coaching-teachers,https://coursera.org/learn/coaching-teachers,Social Sciences,Match Teacher Residency,"Learn and practice strategies for coaching teachers to make meaningful, long-lasting improvements in their instruction."
  Lesson Planning with the ELL in Mind,ell-lesson,https://coursera.org/learn/ell-lesson,Social Sciences,Arizona State University,In this course you will learn how to design lesson plans around the needs of your ELL students and their language level through the analysis of content language and cognitive demands. You will learn how to align language objectives to the adopted standards of your school and content area. You will learn how to modify existing course materials as well as develop graphic organizers and languages frames to support ELLs’ access to content. Analysis of second language acquisition theories will be applied to lesson planning.
  America's Unwritten Constitution,unwritten-constitution,https://coursera.org/learn/unwritten-constitution,Social Sciences,Yale University,An introduction to basic techniques of constitutional interpretation.
  Psychology of Popularity,popularity,https://coursera.org/learn/popularity,Social Sciences,The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,"The level of popularity you experienced in childhood and adolescence is still affecting you today in ways that you may not even realize. Learn about how psychologists study popularity and how these same concepts can be used in adulthood to be more successful at work, become better parents, and have a happier life."
  Foundations of Teaching for Learning 3: Learners and Learning,teaching-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-learning,Social Sciences,Commonwealth Education Trust,"The teacher’s work becomes meaningful when it is informed by research and theories of learning, and their relationship to actual practice. This course provides an opportunity for you to identify and understand students’ expectations and prior learning."
  Understanding economic policymaking,economic-policy,https://coursera.org/learn/economic-policy,Social Sciences,IE Business School,"This course will employ a non-technical approach to analyze how governments use policy to influence a country's economy. Upon completing the course you should be able to discuss national debts and deficits, examine fiscal and monetary policy and their appropriateness to the situation of an economy, and anticipate the results of fiscal and monetary policies and structural reform on a country. These concepts will give you the tools to develop your own position in many current economic debates, such as fiscal stimulus vs. austerity, the merits of quantitative easing, the need for higher interest rates or the future growth path of many modern economies."
  Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy,environmental-law,https://coursera.org/learn/environmental-law,Social Sciences,The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,"Environmental law may be the one institution standing between us and planetary exhaustion. It is also an institution that needs to be reconciled with human liberty and economic aspirations. This course considers these issues and provides a tour though existing legal regimes governing pollution, water law, endangered species, toxic substances, environmental impact analyses, and environmental risk."
  Social Computing,social-computing,https://coursera.org/learn/social-computing,Social Sciences,"University of California, San Diego",People are social creatures and the modern Internet reflects that. Technology has made collaboration at a distance possible in new ways that present their own set of challenges. This course will introduce you to the major challenges and opportunities for creating online communities. What does the future hold? Learn how social computing can create collaboration experiences that go beyond what’s possible face to face.
  Surviving Your Rookie Year of Teaching: 3 Key Ideas & High Leverage Techniques,rookie-teaching,https://coursera.org/learn/rookie-teaching,Social Sciences,Match Teacher Residency,Learn 3 high leverage ideas and techniques to thrive in your first (or fifteenth) year of teaching.
  Classical Sociological Theory ,classical-sociological-theory,https://coursera.org/learn/classical-sociological-theory,Social Sciences,University of Amsterdam,"This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will offer the participants an introduction into the most important classical sociological readings between the 18th and 20th century. Highly influential social science scholars, such as Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim, will be discussed during 8 sessions. Combined with small tests, based on the video’s and recommended readings, the"
  Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms,internetgiants,https://coursera.org/learn/internetgiants,Social Sciences,The University of Chicago,"This seven-week course will explore the relationship between law and technology with a strong focus on the law of the United States with some comparisons to laws around the world, especially in Europe. Tech progress is an important source of economic growth and raises broader questions about the human condition, including how culture evolves and who controls that evolution. Technology also matters in countless other ways as it often establishes the framework in which governments interact with their citizens, both in allowing speech and blocking it and in establishing exactly what the boundaries are between private life and the government. And technology itself is powerfully shaped by the laws that apply in areas as diverse as copyright, antitrust, patents, privacy, speech law and the regulation of networks."
  Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century,public-policy,https://coursera.org/learn/public-policy,Social Sciences,University of Virginia,"This course introduces class participants to the political significance and societal consequences of challenges facing U.S. and international policymakers. It is designed to help participants develop skills to analyze policy proposals and advocate for their preferred options for issues on the public policy agenda ahead. The class assumes basic knowledge about governing institutions and democratic processes, while recommending supplemental materials for further study to complement reading links provided. The course focuses on future policy challenges, while examining the broad historical context in which policies are adopted and implemented."
  Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys,questionnaire-design,https://coursera.org/learn/questionnaire-design,Social Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course will cover the basic elements of designing and evaluating questionnaires. We will review the process of responding to questions, challenges and options for asking questions about behavioral frequencies, practical techniques for evaluating questions, mode specific questionnaire characteristics, and review methods of standardized and conversational interviewing."
  How To Teach Us,how-to-teach-us,https://coursera.org/learn/how-to-teach-us,Social Sciences,High Tech High Graduate School of Education,Join High Tech High in this groundbreaking new course that follows the educational experiences of various students in our schools. We will will listen to them as they tell us How To Teach Us.
  Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom ,artinquiry,https://coursera.org/learn/artinquiry,Social Sciences,The Museum of Modern Art,Explore how to integrate works of art into your classroom with inquiry-based teaching methods originally developed for in-gallery museum education.
  "Time to Reorganize! Understand Organizations, Act, and Build a Meaningful World.",orgology,https://coursera.org/learn/orgology,Social Sciences,HEC Paris,"We are in constant relationship with many organizations. Our world is submitted to regular changes as organizations evolve, come and go. Understanding your memberships and attachments to organizations will help you act on your world. You'll learn how to evaluate the influence of organizations around you and how to transform your relationships to reach a stronger coherence."
  Introduction to Communication Science,communication,https://coursera.org/learn/communication,Social Sciences,University of Amsterdam,"Since Antiquity, scholars have appreciated the importance of communication: as social beings, we cannot exist without communication. We need to interact with people around us, to make sense of the world and to position ourselves in a wider social and cultural reality. In this course, we look at how and why communication evolved as a science and reflect on today’s dominant paradigms. The course also extends beyond the boundaries of communication science itself, exploring dimensions of history, sociology and psychology. Join our class, together with people all over the world."
  Buddhism and Modern Psychology ,science-of-meditation,https://coursera.org/learn/science-of-meditation,Social Sciences,Princeton University,"The Dalai Lama has said that Buddhism and science are deeply compatible and has encouraged Western scholars to critically examine both the meditative practice and Buddhist ideas about the human mind. A number of scientists and philosophers have taken up this challenge. There have been brain scans of meditators and philosophical examinations of Buddhist doctrines. There have even been discussions of Darwin and the Buddha: Do early Buddhist descriptions of the mind, and of the human condition, make particular sense in light of evolutionary psychology?"
  Blended Learning: Personalizing Education for Students,blended-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/blended-learning,Social Sciences,"New Teacher Center, Silicon Schools Fund, Clayton Christensen Institute","Plenty of buzz exists about blended learning and its transformational potential. But what does blended learning really mean? In this course we will explore the different models of blended learning and dive into key issues that impact students, teachers, and schools. Specifically, we will look at these issues through the lens of three high-performing schools that each use a different type of blended learning."
  Teach English Now! Foundational Principles,english-principles,https://coursera.org/learn/english-principles,Social Sciences,Arizona State University,"Through a series of engaging metaphors and stories, prospective and current EFL/ESL teachers will identify, summarize, and evaluate 7 basic language learning paradigms. Learners will be presented information on such foundational principles as motivation, risk taking, two different modes of learning, and balancing the teacher profession. Learners are also given an understanding of basic techniques founded on those principles, such as teacher talk, looking “ridiculous” in order to lower the affective filter, and networking."
  The Power of Macroeconomics: Economic Principles in the Real World,principles-of-macroeconomics,https://coursera.org/learn/principles-of-macroeconomics,Social Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","In this course, you will learn all of the major principles of macroeconomics normally taught in a quarter or semester course to college undergraduates or MBA students. Perhaps more importantly, you will also learn how to apply these principles to a wide variety of situations in both your personal and professional lives. In this way, the Power of Macroeconomics will help you prosper in an increasingly competitive and globalized environment."
  Federalism & Decentralization: Evaluating Africa's Track Record,decentralization-africa,https://coursera.org/learn/decentralization-africa,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"In this political science course you will learn about the twin concepts of federalism and decentralization. You will develop an understanding of the core ideas that federalism and decentralization rest on, and study the building blocks that make them both work. Following a general overview of both federalism and decentralization, we will examine a number of case-studies from Africa where federalism and decentralization have been changing the continent’s political landscape in the last twenty years, coinciding with unprecedented levels of economic growth."
  Learning Mindsets & Skills,learning-skills,https://coursera.org/learn/learning-skills,Social Sciences,High Tech High Graduate School of Education,"The Learning Mindsets & Skills MOOC is designed to explore underlying concepts behind Learning Mindsets & Skills as well as the the practical applications of those concepts in various educational environments. Course Participants will hypothesize a learning mindset-related change to be implemented within their educational environment, test their theory, and present their findings to a wider"
  Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World,muslim-world,https://coursera.org/learn/muslim-world,Social Sciences,University of Copenhagen,"Learn what motivates the restive Muslim youth from Tunis to Tehran, what political positions Islamists from Mali to Chechnya are fighting for, where the seeming obsession with Islamic law comes from, where the secularists have vanished to, and whether it makes sense to speak of an Islamic state."
  America's Written Constitution,written-constitution,https://coursera.org/learn/written-constitution,Social Sciences,Yale University,"An introduction to the main themes of the American Constitution—popular sovereignty, separation of powers, federalism, and rights."
  First Year Teaching (Secondary Grades) - Success from the Start,teaching-secondary,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-secondary,Social Sciences,New Teacher Center,"Success with your students starts on Day 1. Learn from NTC's 25 years developing key skills and strategies to create positive, productive classroom environments where students thrive. Build relationships with Secondary Grade (6-12) students, establish and maintain behavioral expectations, implement classroom procedures and routines, and use instructional time effectively."
  Understanding Europe: Why It Matters and What It Can Offer You,europe,https://coursera.org/learn/europe,Social Sciences,HEC Paris,"Regardless of where you live, the European Union not only affects your life, but may also transform it. By learning how Europe works, a new world will open up to you and discover new jobs you never heard of. The European Union has a large, yet often unnoticed, impact on many aspects of everybody’s life. We will analyze what the EU is doing for YOU regardless of where you live. We will also look at what YOU can do for and in Europe."
  Moral Foundations of Politics ,moral-politics,https://coursera.org/learn/moral-politics,Social Sciences,Yale University,"This course explores the main answers that have been given to this question in the modern West. We start with a survey of the major political theories of the Enlightenment: Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the social contract tradition. In each case we begin with a look of classical formulations, locating them in historical context, but then shift to the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today."
  The Power of Microeconomics: Economic Principles in the Real World,principles-of-microeconomics,https://coursera.org/learn/principles-of-microeconomics,Social Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","In this course, you will learn all of the major principles of microeconomics normally taught in a quarter or semester course to college undergraduates or MBA students. Perhaps more importantly, you will also learn how to apply these principles to a wide variety of real world situations in both your personal and professional lives. In this way, the Power of Microeconomics will help you prosper in an increasingly competitive environment."
  Introduction to International Criminal Law,international-criminal-law,https://coursera.org/learn/international-criminal-law,Social Sciences,Case Western Reserve University,"From the Nuremberg trial to the case against Saddam Hussein, from the prosecution of Al-Qaeda terrorists to the trial of Somali pirates – no area of law is as important to world peace and security as international criminal law. Taught by one of the world’s leading experts in the field, this course will educate students about the fundamentals of international criminal law and policy. We will explore the contours of international crimes such as genocide, war crimes, terrorism, and piracy."
  What future for education?,future-education,https://coursera.org/learn/future-education,Social Sciences,"University of London, UCL Institute of Education","Through this course you will start to critically examine your own ideas about education, teaching and learning. The critique will be developed through engagement with theories and ideas developed through educational research. You will be encouraged to use these ideas to challenge or support your own ideas about education."
  Qualitative Research Methods,qualitative-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/qualitative-methods,Social Sciences,University of Amsterdam,"In this course you will be introduced to the basic ideas behind the qualitative research in social science. You will learn about data collection, description, analysis and interpretation in qualitative research. Qualitative research often involves an iterative process. We will focus on the ingredients required for this process: data collection and analysis. You won't learn how to use qualitative methods by just watching video's, so we put much stress on collecting data through observation and interviewing and on analysing and interpreting the collected data in other assignments."
  From Freedom Rides to Ferguson: Narratives of Nonviolence in the American Civil Rights Movement,nonviolence,https://coursera.org/learn/nonviolence,Social Sciences,Emory University,"The Modern Civil Rights Movement is a significant landmark in United States history. This movement was a struggle for human rights directly challenging the nation to extend its democratic principles to African Americans and all peoples. This course sheds light on the often overlooked strategic planning that supported the direction of the events and is told by a voice intimately involved in the organization of movement—Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. Topics include the history of the campaigns, the different coalitions and groups, philosophy and methods of nonviolent direct action, and the contemporary application of nonviolent conflict transformation."
  The Global Financial Crisis,global-financial-crisis,https://coursera.org/learn/global-financial-crisis,Social Sciences,Yale University,"Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner and Professor Andrew Metrick survey the causes, events, policy responses, and aftermath of the recent global financial crisis."
  A Law Student's Toolkit,alawstudentstoolkit,https://coursera.org/learn/alawstudentstoolkit,Social Sciences,Yale University,"Whether you are an advanced law student looking to review the basics, or an aspiring law student looking for head start, this course will help you build the foundation you will need to succeed in law school and beyond. This course will introduce you to terminology, concepts, and tools lawyers and legal academics use to make their arguments. It will help you follow these arguments—and make arguments of your own."
  U101: Understanding College and College Life,college-life,https://coursera.org/learn/college-life,Social Sciences,University of Washington,"College can be confusing and intimidating, but U101 can help. If you were just admitted to college and are nervous about what the next step in life might look like, this course is for you. If you are the parent of a newly admitted college student and curious about what college life is like, this course is also for you. While your specific college will, no doubt, provide additional orientation material, we wanted to give some basic information about what life might be like at a large American University."
  iMOOC102: Mastering American e-Learning,e-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/e-learning,Social Sciences,The State University of New York,"This competency-based, skill-building course will help non-U.S. students, first generation immigrants and foreign-born professionals better understand and master American e-Learning, as well as other U.S. virtual environments, for college and career success. To excel in American online learning and work environments, international students and foreign-born professionals need to know how American universities and companies use the Internet to organize study and work, develop and execute projects, communicate ideas, collaborate, and solve organizational and technical problems."
  Economic Growth and Distributive Justice - Maximize Social Wellbeing,economic-growth-part-2,https://coursera.org/learn/economic-growth-part-2,Social Sciences,Tel Aviv University,"If you really care about the big questions in the economies and societies of the 21st century, such as distributive justice - namely, inequality of income or wealth, and its correlation with economic growth - this course is meant for you. The knowledge you will gain can truly change your outlook on our world. ""Economic Growth and Distributive Justice - Maximizing Social Wellbeing"" is the second part of a two part course"
  Rethinking International Tax Law,international-taxation,https://coursera.org/learn/international-taxation,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"In recent years, the international tax planning strategies of multinationals have become a source of – often heated – debate. This course provides learners with the tools to become fully informed participants in the debate by explaining the foundations and practice of international tax law as well as addressing current developments and the ethical aspects of tax planning."
  International Law in Action: A Guide to the International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague,international-law-in-action,https://coursera.org/learn/international-law-in-action,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"International Law in Action explains the functions of each international court and tribunal present in The Hague, and it looks at how these institutions address contemporary problems. On the basis of selected cases, and through interviews with judges and lawyers, you will explore the role of these courts and tribunals and their potential to contribute to global justice."
  Assessing Achievement with the ELL in Mind,ell-assessment,https://coursera.org/learn/ell-assessment,Social Sciences,Arizona State University,"In this course, you will learn how to design assessments around the needs of your ELL students and their language level. You will learn how to incorporate language and content requirements for both formative and summative assessment types. You will learn to assess your ELL students through the use of project and task-based assignments. You will learn to use and modify rubrics to align to and measure student achievement of your language and content learning objectives. The course will also briefly cover strategies for supporting ELL students during standardized testing."
  Advanced Instructional Strategies in the Virtual Classroom,teaching-strategies,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-strategies,Social Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","This course will help you ‘up’ your game and develop the advanced level skills and techniques that elude even some of the most experienced virtual teachers. We will examine the pitfalls beginning teachers run into and learn how to overcome them by focusing on the fundamentals that have the greatest impact on student learning in a blended or online environment. Throughout the course, you will be challenged to assess your own skills and apply what you are learning by creating a guide, assignment, or resource that you will be able to use in a class that you teach or hope to teach someday soon."
  Measuring Causal Effects in the Social Sciences,causaleffects,https://coursera.org/learn/causaleffects,Social Sciences,University of Copenhegan,"How can we know if the differences in wages between men and women are caused by discrimination or differences in background characteristics? In this PhD-level course we look at causal effects as opposed to spurious relationships. We will discuss how they can be identified in the social sciences using quantitative data, and describe how this can help us understand social mechanisms."
  "Doping : Sports, Organizations and Sciences",doping,https://coursera.org/learn/doping,Social Sciences,University of Lausanne,"The objective of this course is to encourage a critical understanding of doping. To achieve this goal, this course will rely on a multidisciplinary approach that allow you to see how different disciplines get into a single object, in different perspectives and in often complementary ways. This approach will also allow us to appreciate the complexity of a subject like doping."
  Teach English Now! Theories of Second Language Acquisition,language-theories,https://coursera.org/learn/language-theories,Social Sciences,Arizona State University,"In this course learners are introduced to second or foreign language theories and practices for teaching and assessing listening, speaking, and pronunciation. Learners will also be introduced to basic studies in second language acquisition and their pedagogical implications. Teachers will be invited to recognize the importance of grounding their own teaching philosophy through an examination of purpose, content, and technique"
  Sports and Society,sports-society,https://coursera.org/learn/sports-society,Social Sciences,Duke University,"Sports play a giant role in contemporary society worldwide. But few of us pause to think about the larger questions of money, politics, race, sex, culture, and commercialization that surround sports everywhere. This course draws on the tools of anthropology, sociology, history, and other disciplines to give you new perspectives on the games we watch and play. It's the new and improved version of Professor Orin Starn's original ""Sports and Society"" for Coursera, which drew more than 40,000 students. We will focus on both popular sports like soccer (or “football,” as anyone outside America calls it), basketball, and baseball, and also lesser-known ones like mountain-climbing and fishing. You will never watch or think about sports in the same way again."
  Welcome to Game Theory,game-theory-introduction,https://coursera.org/learn/game-theory-introduction,Social Sciences,The University of Tokyo,"This course provides a brief introduction to game theory. Our main goal is to understand the basic ideas behind the key concepts in game theory, such as equilibrium, rationality, and cooperation. The course uses very little mathematics, and it is ideal for those who are looking for a conceptual introduction to game theory."
  Global Diplomacy – Diplomacy in the Modern World,global-diplomacy,https://coursera.org/learn/global-diplomacy,Social Sciences,"University of London, SOAS University of London","The Global Diplomacy course is a unique offering to the MOOC environment. Bringing together cutting edge research in the broad fields of Diplomatic and International Studies, award winning distance learning delivery and the instructors previous experience of delivering a successful MOOC. Please see the volume Global Diplomacy: Theories, Types and Models authored with Dr Alison Holmes, (Westview, 2016), and the Understanding Research Methods MOOC from Coursera."
  Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom,performance-assessment,https://coursera.org/learn/performance-assessment,Social Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","Effective measures of performance and assessment are a crucial component of any virtual program. Teachers and administrators must understand both the myths and challenges of assessing performance virtually, administering standardized testing with geographical challenges, and complying with state and local requirements to make sure students are meeting requirements. This course will discuss student performance in a virtual classroom, formats of virtual assessments, assessing special populations, including at-risk, gifted, and special needs students, data analysis of virtual course gradebooks, and learning management systems as related to performance and assessment."
  Chinese Politics Part 1 – China and Political Science,chinesepolitics1,https://coursera.org/learn/chinesepolitics1,Social Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that highlights the intersection of politics and economics. It shows that rather than develop into a full blown market economy, state and party officials at all levels of the political system maintain significant influence in economic development. Such a “political” economy has had both positive and negative outcomes, which we will assess in detail. We also look at the origins, views, backgrounds and relations among leaders, and how those leaders make decisions about public policy and try to get those decisions implemented down through the system. China has few formal institutions through which citizens can participate in politics, but we will study the strategies Chinese people use to try to influence their leaders’ decisions."
  Social Media in Public Relations,socmedpr,https://coursera.org/learn/socmedpr,Social Sciences,National University of Singapore,"Have you ever wondered why some videos go viral while others flop or how some companies have successfully leveraged Facebook and Twitter to reach out to their customers and clients? How are some companies able to effectively navigate the world of social media and build thriving online communities while others flounder, crash and burn? These questions along with many others concerning"
  Water Resources Management and Policy,water-management,https://coursera.org/learn/water-management,Social Sciences,University of Geneva,"Water management today is faced with new challenges such as climate change or the effects of human activity. Public and private stakeholders who are active in this field must develop new ways to better manage the water cycle ""as a whole""."
  Economic Growth and Distributive Justice Part I -The Role of the State,economic-growth-part-1,https://coursera.org/learn/economic-growth-part-1,Social Sciences,Tel Aviv University,"If you really care about the big questions in the economies and societies of the 21st century, such as distributive justice - namely, inequality of income or wealth, and its correlation with economic growth - this course is meant for you. The knowledge you will gain can truly change your outlook on our world. ""Economic Growth and Distributive Justice - the Role of the State"" is the first part of a two part course"
  Be Persuasive: Write a Convincing Position Paper or Policy Advice (Project-Centered Course),persuasive-writing,https://coursera.org/learn/persuasive-writing,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"In this project-centered course, you will learn everything you need to research and present an effective and persuasive position paper or policy advice. We recommend you sign up for a certificate as this course is on premium grading and you will only enjoy the full benefit of the project if you can join in with the assignments. In addition this course contains the exciting opportunity to research and analyze historical decisionmaking, international relations, business cases and battles in an effort to truly understand constructing a convincing argument."
  Engaging ELLs and Their Families in the School and Community,ell-families,https://coursera.org/learn/ell-families,Social Sciences,Arizona State University,"In this course, you will learn how to better and more successfully engage your ELL(s) and their families in the school and community. You will learn how to engage your ELL student in the classroom setting as well as in various aspects of the school including extracurricular activities and the inner workings of the school and education system. You will also be introduced to strategies for engaging the families of your ELL students in the school community and the wider community of your city and state."
  Foundations of Virtual Instruction ,virtual-school,https://coursera.org/learn/virtual-school,Social Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","This course provides teachers with the foundation for understanding the movement towards virtual instruction. It introduces fundamental knowledge needed by teachers to succeed in a technology-dependent, instructional environment. You will explore the history of online learning and understand how a variety of delivery models are evolving in the K-12"
  Emerging Trends & Technologies in the Virtual K-12 Classroom,k-12-education,https://coursera.org/learn/k-12-education,Social Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","Emerging technologies are quickly gaining momentum in the field of virtual K-12 instruction. In this course, we will explore how the latest trends in the use of technology affect student learning and engagement. What innovative learning spaces and tools are available to instructors? How can instructors best utilize free and open resources to more deeply engage students in their learning? What impact can the use of emerging technologies have on student retention and performance?"
  Memory and Movies: Explaining the Psychology of Memory Through Films,memory-and-movies,https://coursera.org/learn/memory-and-movies,Social Sciences,Wesleyan University,"Welcome to Understanding Memory: Explaining the Psychology of Memory through Movies. Someone once said that memory is fascinating because sometimes we forget what we want to remember, sometimes we remember what we want to forget, and sometimes we remember events that never happened or never happened the way we remember them. I want to show you how memory works, why it sometimes fails, and what we can do to enhance memory function, especially as we get older."
  Microeconomics: The Power of Markets,microeconomics-part1,https://coursera.org/learn/microeconomics-part1,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"We make economics decisions every day: what to buy, whether to work or play, what to study. We respond to markets all the time: prices influence our decisions, markets signal where to put effort, they direct firms to produce certain goods over others. Economics is all around us. This course is an introduction to the microeconomic theory of markets: why we have them, how they work, what they accomplish. We will start with the concept of scarcity and how specialization according to comparative advantage helps us achieve more than we could alone."
  How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Project-Centered Course),how-to-write-a-scientific-paper,https://coursera.org/learn/how-to-write-a-scientific-paper,Social Sciences,École Polytechnique,"In this project-based course, you will outline a complete scientific paper, choose an appropriate journal to which you'll submit the finished paper for publication, and prepare a checklist that will allow you to independently judge whether your paper is ready to submit."
  Critical Issues in Urban Education,urban-education,https://coursera.org/learn/urban-education,Social Sciences,The University of Chicago,"Urban school reform in the United States is characterized by contentious, politicized debate. This course explores a set of critical issues in the education and educational reform space, with a focus on aspects of the field that have sparked controversy and polarized views. We will dig into these debates, situating them within the larger history of public education and school reform, and considering the viewpoints, the evidence, and translation of issues into educational policy."
  Psychological First Aid,psychological-first-aid,https://coursera.org/learn/psychological-first-aid,Social Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition. Utilizing the RAPID model (Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition), this specialized course provides perspectives on injuries and trauma that are beyond those physical in nature."
  Understanding Violence,violence,https://coursera.org/learn/violence,Social Sciences,Emory University,"We are so pleased to have you join us as we investigate this crucial topic. Violence is a leading cause of death, disability and health care use worldwide. Violence is a complex problem and can only be understood and reduced though a multidisciplinary approach. The course will cover patterns of violence including sexual violence; biological, psychological, and social causes (e.g., economic deprivation, religious factors); specific types of violence; how media and the arts portray violence; the economic impact of violence; physical and mental consequences; and ways to control and prevent violence in our communities."
  Teaching EFL/ESL Reading: A Task Based Approach,teaching-efl-esl-reading,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-efl-esl-reading,Social Sciences,"University of London, UCL Institute of Education",This course explores ways of teaching reading skills in English as Second and Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) using a task-based approach. You will be introduced to the concept of task and the key principles of task-based language teaching (TBLT) and learning. TBLT uses communicative tasks as the key unit for creating language learning activities. You will also examine the role of reading in real-life and in second and foreign language teaching and current thinking about the interface between TBLT and second language reading.
  K-12 Blended & Online Learning,k-12-online-education,https://coursera.org/learn/k-12-online-education,Social Sciences,University System of Georgia,This course introduces teachers and interested adults to K12 blended and online learning. Participants will design a blended or online unit and develop one module to use with K12 students.
  Serious Gaming,erasmus-seriousgaming,https://coursera.org/learn/erasmus-seriousgaming,Social Sciences,Erasmus University Rotterdam,"In this MOOC you will learn the ins and outs of games that are designed with exactly those purposes in mind: serious games. We will define serious games and discuss the different types that have been developed. We will explain why people like to play them and what impact they may have. State of the art theories from game studies, philosophy and media psychology will be used to help you understand how serious games work and how they appeal to players. The potential impact of gaming is addressed in detail by discussing persuasive games, which aim at changing the player's attitude."
  Chinese Politics Part 2 – China and the World,chinesepolitics2,https://coursera.org/learn/chinesepolitics2,Social Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"One of the most significant changes in the world in the past 30 years is the opening of China to the outside world and its engagement with that world. In the initial years of the opening, external forces influenced China’s economy, regional balances, bureaucracy, as well as the political authority of local leaders in the coastal areas. More recently, the world is feeling the effects of a rising China which seeks resources and talent from all around the globe and uses its financial wealth to strengthen its position in the world. This course tracks the opening of China up from 1978 until it joins the WTO, focusing on how the world affected China’s internal development."
  ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students,adhd-everyday-strategies,https://coursera.org/learn/adhd-everyday-strategies,Social Sciences,"The State University of New York, The University at Buffalo","This course will provide an overview of ADHD diagnosis and treatment. Course participants can expect to learn about ADHD as a developmental disorder that begins early in childhood, and participants will also learn about evidence-based approaches for diagnosing ADHD. Following that, two evidence-based treatment approaches (the Daily Report Card and Parenting Strategies) will be introduced. (Note these course activities are informational and are not intended to replace working with a licensed/trained professional)."
  Psychology at Work,work-psychology,https://coursera.org/learn/work-psychology,Social Sciences,University of Western Australia,"We can spend up to a third of our time at work. It is fair to say work is a highly significant part of our lives. How do we find a job that suits us? How do we carry out our work in a productive way? How do we keep ourselves motivated and engaged at work? How can we effectively design work for other people? If you have been thinking about at least some of these questions, then this course is for you. In this course, you will learn how to use psychology to understand and improve the work life of yourself and those around you."
  Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases,constitution,https://coursera.org/learn/constitution,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"This course offers an introduction to the U.S. Constitution and landmark Supreme Court cases interpreting it. It explores the Constitution’s origins, its amendment over the years, and methods of constitutional interpretation. Topics include the nature and structure of the federal government, the powers of the federal government, and individual rights."
  Politics and Economics of International Energy,global-energy,https://coursera.org/learn/global-energy,Social Sciences,Sciences Po,"Energy issues have always been important in international relations, but in recent years may have become even more important than in the past due to the widespread awareness of existing limits to energy sources and negative climate impacts. The course discusses global trends in energy consumption and production, various available scenarios for potential developments in the coming decades, the availability of oil reserves and the evolution of the oil industry. It then discusses natural gas and highlights the differences between oil and gas."
  Turn Down the Heat: From Climate Science to Action,climate-science,https://coursera.org/learn/climate-science,Social Sciences,The World Bank Group,This action-oriented MOOC gives you the opportunity to learn about regional climate change impacts and sector-specific strategies to increase resilience and move towards a low-carbon future. You will have the opportunity to explore these issues in depth and tailor your learning experience for one or more of the following regions:
  English Common Law: Structure and Principles,common-law,https://coursera.org/learn/common-law,Social Sciences,University of London,"The Common Law of England and Wales is one of the major global legal traditions. In order to understand the common law, we need to deal with its history, and the development of its characteristic institutions like the jury, judge made law, parliamentary sovereignty and due process. We also need to ask some critical questions. What role does democracy play in the development of the common law? To what extent are human rights central to the modern common law? How does the common law of England and Wales relate to the law of the European Union? Answering these questions will give us insights into the current challenges the law faces and its possible futures."
  The Korean Economic Development,korean-economy,https://coursera.org/learn/korean-economy,Social Sciences,Yonsei University,"You will review the evolution of the Korean economy decade by decade since Korea’s independence from Japan in 1945. Major policies of each decade will be explained and their effect on the Korean economy will be analyzed. Also, the backgrounds and limitations of important policies will be scrutinized. By doing so, you will be able to compare the Korea experience with the other developing countries’."
  Contemporary India ,india,https://coursera.org/learn/india,Social Sciences,The University of Melbourne,"This course presents some important vignettes of a complex, highly diverse India that is also witnessing unprecedented changes since its formal independence in 1947 from Great Britain. The lectures revolve around social dimensions of change, the continuing influence of ancient texts on contemporary India, political democracy, economic transition from the state to the market, gender relations, India's economic globalisation and changing world view."
  e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age,elearning,https://coursera.org/learn/elearning,Social Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"For three decades and longer we have heard educators and technologists making a case for the transformative power of technology in learning. However, despite the rhetoric, in many ways and at most institutional sites, education is still relatively untouched by technology. Even when technologies are introduced, the changes sometimes seem insignificant and the results seem disappointing. If the print textbook is replaced by an e-book, do the social relations of knowledge and learning necessarily change at all or for the better? If the pen-and-paper test is mechanized, does this change the nature of our assessment systems? Technology, in other words, need not necessarily bring significant change."
  Understanding Russian Economy. Problems of Transition,economy-russia-transition,https://coursera.org/learn/economy-russia-transition,Social Sciences,Higher School of Economics,The purpose of the course is to bring the basic knowledge on the specific aspects of Russian economy that had significant impact on the latest development trends in Russia. This course will provide you with knowledge on: 1) the basics of economy; 2) understanding the role of market reforms in developing the key features of modern Russian economy; 3) understanding specific aspects of Russian economy; 4) cause-effect relationship of the most significant trends in Russia’s economic development; 5) instruments for analysis of Russian economy;
  Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat,understandingterror,https://coursera.org/learn/understandingterror,Social Sciences,"University of Maryland, College Park","The course will begin with a unit looking at widely held myths about terrorism and utilizing empirical data to discuss the realities of broad trends and patterns in terrorist attacks over time. The course will then review the psychological factors at play in individual radicalization and recruitment into terrorism, followed by an analysis of terrorist group dynamics. The course will next look at terrorist group operations, including their attacks and some of the supporting behaviors that allow them to carry out attacks, including use of media, financing, recruitment, and training."
  Microeconomics Principles,microeconomics,https://coursera.org/learn/microeconomics,Social Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course offers an introduction to the functions of individual decision-makers—both consumers and producers—within the larger economic system. Emphasis is on the nature and functions of product markets, the theory of the firm under varying conditions of competition and monopoly, and the role of government in promoting efficiency in the economy. Most people make the incorrect assumption that economics is ONLY the study of money. My primary goal in this course is to shatter this belief."
  Microeconomics: When Markets Fail,microeconomics-part2,https://coursera.org/learn/microeconomics-part2,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"Perfect markets achieve efficiency: maximizing total surplus generated. But real markets are imperfect. In this course we will explore a set of market imperfections to understand why they fail and to explore possible remedies including as antitrust policy, regulation, government intervention. Examples are taken from everyday life, from goods and services that we all purchase and use. We will apply the theory to current events and policy debates through weekly exercises. These will empower you to be an educated, critical thinker who can understand, analyze and evaluate market outcomes."
  The Importance of India,passport-to-india,https://coursera.org/learn/passport-to-india,Social Sciences,The Ohio State University,"Join us as we explore India - the fastest growing economy in the world and one of the most diverse places on earth. India is an important player in the human story and is making a rapid return to centre stage. Learning about India has never been more relevant to our lives and possibly our careers. This course, developed through a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Passport to India initiative, is designed to introduce people of all backgrounds and ages to India and its potential as a destination for study, research, work and entrepreneurship."
  "Agriculture, Economics and Nature",agriculture-economics-nature,https://coursera.org/learn/agriculture-economics-nature,Social Sciences,University of Western Australia,"Sound economic thinking is crucial for farmers because they depend on good economic decision making to survive. Governments depend on economic information to make good policy decisions on behalf of the community. This course will help you to contribute to better decision making by farmers, or by agencies servicing agriculture, and it will help you to understand why farmers respond to policies and economic opportunities in the ways they do."
  "Data Collection: Online, Telephone and Face-to-face",data-collection-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/data-collection-methods,Social Sciences,University of Michigan,"This course presents research conducted to increase our understanding of how data collection decisions affect survey errors. This is not a “how–to-do-it” course on data collection, but instead reviews the literature on survey design decisions and data quality in order to sensitize learners to how alternative survey designs might impact the data obtained from those surveys."
  "Social Norms, Social Change",norms,https://coursera.org/learn/norms,Social Sciences,"University of Pennsylvania, Unicef","This is a course on social norms, the rules that glue societies together. It teaches how to diagnose social norms, and how to distinguish them from other social constructs, like customs or conventions. These distinctions are crucial for effective policy interventions aimed to create new, beneficial norms or eliminate harmful ones. The course teaches how to measure social norms and the expectations that support them, and how to decide whether they cause specific behaviors. The course is a joint Penn-UNICEF project, and it includes many examples of norms that sustain behaviors like child marriage, gender violence and sanitation practices."
  Social and Economic Networks:  Models and Analysis,networksonline,https://coursera.org/learn/networksonline,Social Sciences,Stanford University,"Learn how to model social and economic networks and their impact on human behavior. How do networks form, why do they exhibit certain patterns, and how does their structure impact diffusion, learning, and other behaviors? We will bring together models and techniques from economics, sociology, math, physics, statistics and computer science to answer these questions."
  Moralities of Everyday Life,moralities,https://coursera.org/learn/moralities,Social Sciences,Yale University,How can we explain kindness and cruelty? Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? Why do people so often disagree about moral issues? This course explores the psychological foundations of our moral lives.
  Teach English Now! Course Design and Classroom Management,course-design,https://coursera.org/learn/course-design,Social Sciences,Arizona State University,"Learners will be introduced to designing lesson plans based on principles and knowledge of learning objectives, assessment plans, methods, materials, and learning activities. Learners will find and prepare appropriate teaching materials through careful analysis, adaptation and creation of professional resources."
  Economics of Transition and Emerging Markets,economics-transition-emerging-markets,https://coursera.org/learn/economics-transition-emerging-markets,Social Sciences,Higher School of Economics,"The course analyzes challenges faced by transition and emerging-market economies, i.e., those middle- and low-income countries, which have conducted market-oriented economic reforms and become integrated into the global economy since 1990s. It starts from a brief history of communist economic system based on central planning in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe, its evolution and collapse at the end of 1980s/ early 1990s and subsequent transition to a market system in 1990s and 2000s."
  Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling,digital-storytelling,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-storytelling,Social Sciences,University of Houston System,"Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling introduces educators to digital storytelling and explores ways to use digital stories to enhance students’ learning experiences. The course is designed to be comprehensive yet fundamental. By comprehensive we mean that the course provides a solid foundation for all of the components of a digital story and illustrates these components with tutorials, example stories, and links to additional readings. The course also provides a hands-on opportunity for learners to create their own digital stories. The course is fundamental because it covers the basic process of creating a digital story starting with just a simple script and as little as one image."
  Cities are back in town : urban sociology for a globalizing urban world ,urban-development,https://coursera.org/learn/urban-development,Social Sciences,Sciences Po,Urbanization is reaching a new peak in the contemporary world with the rise of mega cities. Researchers try to make sense of these large urban areas using a variety of concepts. The class will review debates and present social science models of cities to analyse and compare contemporary developments.
  Confronting Gender Based Violence: Global Lessons with Case Studies from India,gbv,https://coursera.org/learn/gbv,Social Sciences,Johns Hopkins University,"This course introduces participants from the healthcare sector to gender based violence (GBV), including global epidemiology of GBV; health outcomes; seminal research; and clinical best practices for GBV prevention, support, and management. A core curriculum is supplemented by lectures that contextualize the content with specific examples and programs from around the world. The core curriculum introduces learners to a global perspective on gender based violence (GBV), and includes a review with Dr. Claudia Garcia-Moreno of the new WHO guidelines on responding to violence."
  Information & Digital Literacy for University Success,digital-literacy,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-literacy,Social Sciences,The University of Sydney,"This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In this course, you will learn how to develop your Information & Digital Literacy Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies."
  Cities are back in town : urban sociology for a globalizing urban world (Spanish),desarrollo-urbano,https://coursera.org/learn/desarrollo-urbano,Social Sciences,Sciences Po,"Los procesos de globalización y europeización respaldan el rápido desarrollo de las ciudades en distintas partes del mundo. En el mundo contemporáneo, el proceso de urbanización está alcanzando un nuevo pico con el incremento de las megalópolis (más de 15 millones de habitantes) como Calcuta, Los Ángeles, Daca, El Cairo, Tokio, Nueva York, Shanghái, Ciudad de México. o Seúl. Más allá de las metrópolis modernas, los investigadores intentan entender estas grandes zonas urbanas con el uso de distintos conceptos, tales como ""posmetrópolis"", ""ciudades globales"" y ""ciudades-regiones globales"". La clase estudiará debates y modelos de ciencias sociales de ciudades y metrópolis, para así analizar y comparar los desarrollos actuales. ¿Cómo podemos estudiar dichas ciudades cuando se convierten en megalópolis? ¿El tamaño importa, y para qué? ¿Acaso vemos la creación de un mundo urbano extenso o, en cambio, vemos más allá de la convergencia aparente de procesos complejos de globalización comprendidos en relación con el capitalismo globalizado? ¿"
  "Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies",literacy-teaching-learning,https://coursera.org/learn/literacy-teaching-learning,Social Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course opens with an exploration of the social context and aims of literacy teaching and learning. It goes on to describe a range of historical and contemporary approaches to literacy pedagogy, including didactic, authentic, functional, and critical approaches. The course takes has a 'Multiliteracies' perspective, which aims to expand the definition of literacy to encompass today's multimodal communications, and the diversity of literacies across different social and culltural contexts."
  Unethical Decision Making in Organizations,unethical-decision-making,https://coursera.org/learn/unethical-decision-making,Social Sciences,University of Lausanne,This course 'Unethical decision making in organizations : A seminar on the dark side of the force' will teach you how strong organizational contexts push good people towards unethical decisions. You will also learn how to protect yourself and your organization against such forces lurking in the dark.
  Global Health Diplomacy,global-health-diplomacy,https://coursera.org/learn/global-health-diplomacy,Social Sciences,The State University of New York,"Having completed this course, learners will be able to: Describe and analyze the opportunities, challenges and limits of Global Health Diplomacy. Examine the diplomatic, financial, and geopolitical context that underlies global health decision-making. Explain the role of the many players in the space, including governments, philanthropists, and multilateral institutions ."
  Game Theory II: Advanced Applications,game-theory-2,https://coursera.org/learn/game-theory-2,Social Sciences,"Stanford University, The University of British Columbia","Popularized by movies such as ""A Beautiful Mind"", game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Over four weeks of lectures, this advanced course considers how to design interactions between agents in order to achieve good social outcomes. Three main topics are covered: social choice theory (i.e., collective decision making and voting systems), mechanism design, and auctions."
  Game Theory,game-theory-1,https://coursera.org/learn/game-theory-1,Social Sciences,"Stanford University, The University of British Columbia","Popularized by movies such as ""A Beautiful Mind,"" game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Beyond what we call `games' in common language, such as chess, poker, soccer, etc., it includes the modeling of conflict among nations, political campaigns, competition among firms, and trading behavior in markets such as the NYSE. How could you begin to model keyword auctions, and peer to peer file-sharing networks, without accounting for the incentives of the people using them?"
  "Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives",resilience-in-children,https://coursera.org/learn/resilience-in-children,Social Sciences,University of Minnesota,"How do children overcome hazardous experiences to succeed in life? What can be done to protect young people at risk from trauma, war, disasters, and other adversities? Learn about the importance of fostering resilience in children at risk. During this course, participants will: learn how trauma can affect children and the systems they depend on, gain insight into core concepts, research methods and lessons learned in last 50 years of resilience research, learn how research is being applied in the real world through interventions that promote resilience, and engage in discussions with others who are working with children at risk around the world"
  Humanitarian communication : Addressing key challenges,humanitarian-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/humanitarian-communication,Social Sciences,University of Geneva,Learn how to address the main challenges of communication in humanitarian settings and how to implement a communication plan in the midst of humanitarian action.
  Multimodal Literacies: Communication and Learning in the Era of Digital Media ,multimodal-literacies,https://coursera.org/learn/multimodal-literacies,Social Sciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course introduces innovative approaches to learning and teaching, with a focus on the use of e-learning and social web technologies."
  Corruption,wharton-corruption,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-corruption,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"You can't understand the world today if you don't understand corruption. Every day, we see high-level government officials resigning, governments changing, hundreds of thousands of people standing in squares, holding up signs, and often risking their lives to protest the corruption in the world. It's critically important to the health of our societies to understand what people are protesting against. We want to understand corruption. This course is designed to teach you about what corruption is, what causes corruption, the effects of corruption, and how to control corruption. We'll be talking about this from a global perspective using examples from all over the world."
  Understanding Korean Politics,understanding-korean-politics,https://coursera.org/learn/understanding-korean-politics,Social Sciences,Yonsei University,"This course will select six most outstanding issues in contemporary Korean politics and will engage in an in-depth, interactive inquiry of those issue. They include Korean politics in history, institutional setting of Korean politics, and dynamics of political culture in Korea, profiles of political leadership, myth and reality of the developmental state and the Korean economic miracle, and debates on Korean unification. The course will expose students to contending theories and empirical reality at first hand."
  Learning to Teach Online,teach-online,https://coursera.org/learn/teach-online,Social Sciences,UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales),Are you an educator? Have you ever wanted to understand more about how to design your class to make better use of educational technology – whether fully online or in blended contexts? Would you like to learn from those who have extensive practical experience with online technologies? The Learning to Teach Online (LTTO) MOOC will help you develop a working understanding of successful online teaching strategies that you can apply in your own practice. The course is based upon the multi award winning open educational resource developed by Dr Simon McIntyre and Karin Watson.
  Economics of Money and Banking,money-banking,https://coursera.org/learn/money-banking,Social Sciences,Columbia University,"The last three or four decades have seen a remarkable evolution in the institutions that comprise the modern monetary system. The financial crisis of 2007-2009 is a wakeup call that we need a similar evolution in the analytical apparatus and theories that we use to understand that system. Produced and sponsored by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, this course is an attempt to begin the process of new economic thinking by reviving and updating some forgotten traditions in monetary thought that have become newly relevant."
  Public Economics,public-economics,https://coursera.org/learn/public-economics,Social Sciences,Higher School of Economics,"This course offers an introduction into the public economics theory. It does not aspire to cover theories of taxation, public expenditures, regulation etc. at length and in-depth. Rather, our ambition is to give a bird's-eye view of central themes of public economics and related disciplines, and teach concepts, logic, and ideas, rather than methods of analysis, which would require an entirely different course format. Our choice of topics covered by the course reflects a trade-off between salience and centrality, on the one hand, and suitability for a brief online introductory course, on the other."
  Problem Solving Skills for University Success,problem-solving-skills,https://coursera.org/learn/problem-solving-skills,Social Sciences,The University of Sydney,"In this course, you will learn how to develop your Problem Solving and Creativity Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Recognise the importance and function of problem solving and creative thought within academic study and the role of critical thought in creative ideation. 2. Develop a toolkit to be able to identify real problems and goals within ill-defined problems 3. Recognize and apply analytical problem solving techniques 4. Recognise and apply creative problem solving techniques 5. Identify the use of creativity within and types of problems most common to your field 6. Apply learnt problem solving and creative ideation skills to a real-life context and reflect on personal learning processes"
  Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens,citizenjournalism,https://coursera.org/learn/citizenjournalism,Social Sciences,The University of Melbourne,"This is a course in basic journalism skills, designed for the many people who are now taking advantage of new media to publish news, views and information. For five hundred years, the privilege of being able to publish was enjoyed by very few people – those who had access to a printing press or a radio microphone or a television camera. Now, almost anyone can publish to the world within minutes of being able to do so. But is it journalism?"
  "Configuring the World, part 1: Comparative Political Economy",comparative-political-economy,https://coursera.org/learn/comparative-political-economy,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"In today’s world, politics and economics are inextricably interconnected, but what is the nature of this connectivity? What are the power relationships that shape the world economy today and create new challenges for international institutions facing globalization? What makes some countries wealthier than others? Do we face cultural diversity or fragmentation? Does the type of governance effect economic development and social change or is it the other way around? How do we measure it and how trustworthy is the data? These issues and many more will be examined in this course along with up-to-date sources and biting criticism."
  Ethical Social Media ,ethical-social-media,https://coursera.org/learn/ethical-social-media,Social Sciences,The University of Sydney,"Social media connects us across space and time, allowing us to find like-minded communities and participate creatively in public life as never before. We may often use social media without thinking much about the possible consequences. But there is a shadow side associated with social media use, which takes the form of hate speech, increased surveillance, lack of anonymity and questionable use of our data. What do we need to know to use social media spaces effectively, in a way that is safe and productive for all? This course will guide you into a deeper exploration of online identity, social media communities and their users."
  Geopolitics of Europe,geopolitics-europe,https://coursera.org/learn/geopolitics-europe,Social Sciences,Sciences Po,"""Geopolitics of Europe"" offers a dynamic program on both tensions and issues within the European Union, as well as its interactions with the rest of the world. Through maps, iconography, videos, computer graphics and role playing, the Mooc renders the main geopolitical issues appropriate to Europe while focusing on its representations around the world. Definitely multi-disciplinary, this Mooc offers the learners a real tool box built up through a combination of History, Geopolitics, Economics, Political science, Geography and Law."
  International Law In Action: Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes,international-law-in-action-2,https://coursera.org/learn/international-law-in-action-2,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,‘Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes’ is the second course in Leiden University’s new series on International Law in Action. The first course covered international courts and tribunals in The Hague in general. This second course provides an insider perspective into the work of international criminal courts and tribunals. You will learn about the investigation and prosecution of international crimes in The Hague. Atrocities produce unspeakable forms of violence. We will explore whether and how international criminal justice contribute to what UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon called the ‘age of accountability’.
  Becoming a Sports Agent,sports-agent,https://coursera.org/learn/sports-agent,Social Sciences,Case Western Reserve University,"An immersive experience in the world of sports that will take students through the four stages of a professional athlete's career. Utilizing lectures, guest speakers, reading assignments and hypothetical walkthroughs, students will learn how the best sports agents manage clients at each of these four stages. This course will provide each student with the skills necessary to guide an athlete through the difficult decisions that can make or lose the athlete millions of dollars, as well as affect their public image and career. Walking through the four stages of an athlete's career, we will provide a broad scope of the landscape of amateur and professional sports so that you can avoid the pitfalls and traps that so many have fallen into in the past; not to mention, bringing you updates throughout the course regarding the rapidly changing sports world that we live in today."
  The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness,mental-health,https://coursera.org/learn/mental-health,Social Sciences,University of Toronto,"This course explores how our understanding of mental health and illness has been influenced by social attitudes and social developments in North America and around the world. The course begins by situating our contemporary mental health practices in historical context, then looks at different aspects of mental health, mental illness and mental health services and their connections to what’s going on in our social environment."
  Israel State and Society ,israel,https://coursera.org/learn/israel,Social Sciences,Hebrew University of Jerusalem,"Israel is a country that draws a lot of public attention around the globe. Nevertheless, both those who support Israel and those who are critical of its geopolitical standing and policies, usually have a very limited knowledge about the Israeli society and its political system. This course presents Israel from multiple perspectives - political, social, economic and cultural - in an attempt to expose the learners to a cutting edge academic research on the country."
  Advertising and Society,role-of-advertising,https://coursera.org/learn/role-of-advertising,Social Sciences,Duke University,"The course covers a wide range of topics, including the origins of advertising, the creation of ads, the interpretation of ads, the depiction of race, class, gender, and sexuality in advertising, sex and selling, adverting and ethics, and the future of advertising. The lectures will discuss theoretical frameworks and apply them to specific advertisements."
  Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication,intercultural-communication-russians,https://coursera.org/learn/intercultural-communication-russians,Social Sciences,Higher School of Economics,"In the course “Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communications"": we will: 1) Build skills in the analysis of the intercultural communication process using Russian-Western communication as an example. 2) Apply the knowledge of interrelations between different contexts of communication (cultural, institutional, professional, social, interpersonal, etc.) to the cultural history and national psychology of Russians."
  Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills,atc21s,https://coursera.org/learn/atc21s,Social Sciences,The University of Melbourne,"This MOOC is designed principally for practicing teachers who are wondering exactly how they can incorporate teaching and assessment of 21st century skills into their classrooms, labs or workshops. It will also be useful to trainee teachers, school leaders, teacher educators and curriculum and assessment specialists, providing them with an understanding of the challenges associated with teaching and assessment of 21st century skills. This course explains the social and cognitive skills that are known as 21st century skills. It reviews how they can be represented in the curriculum, in terms of developmental progressions."
  Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Web 2.0 Tools,teaching-learning-tools,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-learning-tools,Social Sciences,University of Houston System,"In this course you will learn about a wide variety of Web 2.0 tools to use in your teaching and learning. Web 2.0 tools provide innovative ways to communicate, present content, and collaborate with others in creative ways. Web 2.0 tools are easy to learn, use, and implement, and many are free. This course will not only introduce you to popular Web 2.0 tools like Edmodo, Twitter, Voicethread, and Skype in K-16 instruction, but you will also learn how to effectively integrate these technologies into your classroom practices and create engaging student activities."
  Introduction to Psychology,introduction-psych,https://coursera.org/learn/introduction-psych,Social Sciences,University of Toronto,"This course will highlight the most interesting experiments within the field of psychology, discussing the implications of those studies for our understanding of the human mind and human behavior. We will explore the brain and some of the cognitive abilities it supports like memory, learning, attention, perception and consciousness. We will examine human development - both in terms of growing up and growing old - and will discuss the manner in which the behavior of others affect our own thoughts and behavior. Finally we will discuss various forms of mental illness and the treatments that are used to help those who suffer from them."
  The Bilingual Brain,bilingual,https://coursera.org/learn/bilingual,Social Sciences,University of Houston System,"This course explores the brain bases of bilingualism by discussing literature relevant to differences in age of initial learning, proficiency, and control in the nonverbal, single language and dual-language literature. Participants will learn about the latest research related to how humans learn one or two languages and other cognitive skills."
  Chemerinsky on Constitutional Law - The Structure of Government,chemerinsky-on-constitutional-law-structure-of-government,https://coursera.org/learn/chemerinsky-on-constitutional-law-structure-of-government,Social Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","This course will highlight the construction and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution through the centuries. You'll learn the history behind the Constitution, cases that formed important precedent, and how changes in interpretation have been dependent on shifts in cultural and political climate as well as the composition of the Supreme Court. We'll start with an overview of the Constitution where we'll consider questions such as ""Why the Constitution?"" and ""What function does the Constitution serve?"" Next we'll examine how the Constitution and its subsequent interpretation established the powers of the federal, legislative, and judicial branches of government and allocated powers to the states."
  "Social Norms, Social Change II",change,https://coursera.org/learn/change,Social Sciences,"University of Pennsylvania, Unicef","This course covers scripts and schemas, the cognitive structures in which social expectations are embedded, and their relationship with social norms. The course then examines the essentials of norm abandonment, including the relations between personal beliefs and social expectations. We will also evaluate existing intervention strategies, including legal reforms, information campaigns, economic incentives, and group deliberations. Finally, we look at a variety of tools policy makers may use to effect change, highlight the role of trendsetters in social change, and explore the conditions under which they can be successful. The course is a joint Penn-UNICEF project."""
  Communication Skills for University Success,communication-skills,https://coursera.org/learn/communication-skills,Social Sciences,The University of Sydney,"This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In this course, you will learn how to develop your Communication Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Recognise the importance of communication in communities of practice at university 2. Understand contexts of communication at university and associated expectations 3. Communicate clearly across a variety of different contexts and to a wide range of audiences by adapting communicative styles appropriately"
  ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children's learning across the curriculum,ict-primary-education,https://coursera.org/learn/ict-primary-education,Social Sciences,university of London,"Why and how are teachers integrating ICT (Information and Communication Technology) into primary education? In this course we analyse examples from schools in different parts of the world, and bring professional teachers, headteachers and policymakers together to share their best ideas and inspiring stories. The materials in the course are based on studies carried out for the UNESCO Institute of IT in Education, Moscow. Learning Outcomes: to be aware of the range of reasons for using ICT to critique the strategies for developing ICT over time to analyse the strengths and weakness of different decision-making mechanisms"
  Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics,behavioralgenetics,https://coursera.org/learn/behavioralgenetics,Social Sciences,University of Minnesota,Behavioral genetic methodologies from twin and adoption studies through DNA analysis will be described and applied to address longstanding questions about the origins of individual differences in behavioral traits.
  Human Rights for Open Societies,humanrights,https://coursera.org/learn/humanrights,Social Sciences,Utrecht University,"Human rights are under pressure in many places across the globe. Peaceful protests are violently quashed. Voting is tampered with. And minorities are often excluded from decision-making. All of this threatens the ideal of an open society in which each of us can be free and participate equally. A solid protection of human rights is needed for an open society to exist and to flourish. But it is often an uphill battle to work towards that ideal. Equip yourself and learn more about what human rights are and how they work. In this course, we will introduce you to one of the world’s most intricate human rights systems: the European Convention on Human Rights. You will see when and how people can turn to the European Court of Human Rights to complain about human rights violations."
  Children's Human Rights - An Interdisciplinary Introduction,childrens-rights,https://coursera.org/learn/childrens-rights,Social Sciences,University of Geneva,"Drawing on the contributions of several academic disciplines including law, psychology, sociology, history, educational and health sciences, economy and anthropology, an interdisciplinary approach guides the student into a selection of critical issues concerning children’s rights. Participants will gain insight relative to the development of this specific human rights category, as well as to the evolution of the challenges faced by children over time and society’s efforts to respond. Successful international strategies and programs promoting children’s rights will be highlighted, as well as the role of key actors involved in international organizations working in this field. This open online course provides an overview of the most important features of children’s human rights."
  The Changing Global Order,changing-global-order,https://coursera.org/learn/changing-global-order,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"How are international power relations changing and how can global peace and stability be maintained? This course familiarizes you with some main theories of international relations, shows how the global order is gradually changing and discusses how selected international and regional organizations contribute to the maintenance of global peace and security. You learn what research findings tell us in terms of the capacity of international organizations and actors to help prevent or stop violent conflict, what tools are used to negotiate agreements and how foundations for sustainable peace are best created. We will also focus on the role of the European Union in terms of diplomacy and efforts to prevent conflict, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the contribution of organizations such as the African Union to the prevention of conflict and war. We will study the United Nations Security Council and see in which ways its membership could be adapted to more accurately reflect the power relations of the current global order."
  Chemerinsky on Constitutional Law – Individual Rights and Liberties,chemerinsky-individual-rights,https://coursera.org/learn/chemerinsky-individual-rights,Social Sciences,"University of California, Irvine","In this course we will investigate the protection of individual rights and liberties and take a look at what rights are and are not protected and investigate several important shifts in jurisprudence. We'll begin by examining the structure of the Constitution's protection of individual rights. We'll then examine the circumstances under which, various rights and liberties can be regulated by the federal, state, and local government. We'll examine when the government can permissibly treat people unequally and when it can't. In our final two lectures, we'll take a close look at what is probably the most famous amendment to the Constitution, the First Amendment."
  Economics from a pluralist perspective,economicsfromapluralistperspective,https://coursera.org/learn/economicsfromapluralistperspective,Social Sciences,Erasmus University Rotterdam,"This is the first online course that teaches economics from a pluralist perspective. Economic pluralism means that a plurality of theoretical and methodological viewpoints is regarded as valuable in itself and is simply the best way in which economics can make progress in understanding the world. This MOOC will illustrate economic pluralism not only in substance but also in form. You will see not only me, a Professor of Economics, but also a pop-up Prof of our business school, who illustrates the actor perspective of firms, government and civil society. And you will meet an online student, based in Greece, who will help you through the tutorial videos in which I will explain key concepts, tools and techniques."
  Orchestrating Whole Classroom Discussion,classdiscussion,https://coursera.org/learn/classdiscussion,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"This course offers strategies that can lead to richer, more productive, whole-class discussions in their classrooms. Focusing on how to prepare for discussion, this course is for anyone who leads, wants to lead, or is interested in how teachers lead discussion. Across the 4 sessions in this course, we’ll learn more about what teachers and students need to do to prepare for rich discussions, including understanding: 1. What is (and isn't) discussion, and why discussion is important 2. How teachers set goals for discussion, and establish explicit norms that support these objectives 3. How teachers select texts and prepare text-based questions to guide the conversation 4. How teachers – based on these goals, norms, texts, and questions – then prepare students for the whole-class discussion"
  Critical Thinking Skills for University Success,critical-thinking-skills,https://coursera.org/learn/critical-thinking-skills,Social Sciences,The University of Sydney,"In this course, you will learn how to develop your Critical Thinking Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Use critical thinking and argumentation in university contexts to improve academic results 2. Understand the importance and function of critical thinking in academic culture 3. Use a variety of thinking tools to improve critical thinking 4. Identify types of argument, and bias within arguments, in order to better evaluate the strength of arguments 5. Use evidence to support claims in arguments 6. Apply critical thinking and argumentation to real world problems and issues"
  Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens,news-literacy,https://coursera.org/learn/news-literacy,Social Sciences,"The University of Hong Kong, The State University of New York","Never before has the need for News Literacy been more urgent. As news consumers are bombarded with a constant stream of fake news, propaganda, hoaxes, rumors, satire, and advertising — that often masquerade as credible journalism — it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish fact from fiction. While the public’s faith in the news media erodes, purveyors of misinformation have helped give rise to troubling cultural trends and alarming political movements. This six-week course will help learners develop their critical thinking skills to enable them to better identify reliable information in news reports and to become better informed about the world in which we live. The course will discuss the key elements of journalism from the viewpoint of the news audience."
  EU policy and implementation: making Europe work! ,eu-making-europe-work,https://coursera.org/learn/eu-making-europe-work,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"People have become more critical of European policy and often seem to prefer local policy solutions in response to globalisation problems. How do you experience EU policy? Does it help? And if not, how can we change this? In this course, we learn how EU policy is made, and how policy is transferred to member states and implemented by various authorities, including regional and local governments. We discuss the challenges of the European multi-level governance structure. We also focus on the main causes of policy failure or success. On this journey, we focus on actual policy and present the views of various experts: how easy is it to establish yourself in another EU-country? How do governments make sure that the air you breathe is clean? And who is responsible?"
  Security & Safety Challenges in a Globalized World,security-safety-globalized-world,https://coursera.org/learn/security-safety-globalized-world,Social Sciences,Universiteit Leiden,"Security and safety challenges rank among the most pressing issues of modern times. Challenges such as, cyber-crime, terrorism, and environmental disasters impact the lives of millions across the globe. These issues also rank high on the agenda of politicians, international organizations and businesses. They also feature prominently in the public conscience and in governmental policies."
  Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2: Developing Effective Interventions,water-part-2,https://coursera.org/learn/water-part-2,Social Sciences,University of Manchester,"Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2 is our second MOOC in a two-part sequence, and looks at ‘Developing Effective Interventions’. Here we invite you to develop analytical skills and deep understanding about a complex, controversial policy problem – one with no simple, easy answers. About half a billion people on our planet still lack access to improved water supplies and about two billion do not have improved sanitation services, leading to an unknown but very large number of avoidable deaths each year from water-related diseases. Millions of dollars are spent on avoidable health care expenditures, and people – mostly women – spend many billions of hours carrying water from sources outside the home. Reducing these costs is a major global challenge for us all in the 21st century."
  Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 1: Understanding Complex Problems,water,https://coursera.org/learn/water,Social Sciences,University of Manchester,"Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not have improved sanitation. We look forward to you joining us. We want to help you develop the skills you need to address this major global challenge of the 21st century. Our course has informative video lectures and guest interviews with leading water policy scholars and practitioners. We will provide you with discussion forum topic prompts, which will invite you to engage with other learners from around the globe."
  世界空间、法国视角下的国际研究,espace-mondial-cn,https://coursera.org/learn/espace-mondial-cn,Social Sciences,Sciences Po,为了解释全球化是如何重构公共政策和再塑社会行为，我们将研究不同的政治、经济行为体、研究各类——公共或私人，个体或集体——社会行为体，并着眼关注到它们之间的交流和互动作用，这些行为
  Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures,smart-cities,https://coursera.org/learn/smart-cities,Social Sciences,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Learn about Smart Cities within the context of management of urban infrastructures. The introduction of Smart urban technologies into legacy infrastructures has resulted in numerous challenges and opportunities for contemporary cities and will continue to do so. This course will help you to understand how to make the best of these smart technologies in your cities’ legacy infrastructures. Over the past few years, advances in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have significantly challenged the traditionally stable land scape of urban infrastructure service provision. This has resulted in increasing interest from both technology vendors and public authorities in the transition of cities towards so-called “Smart Cities”. Although such “Smart technologies” can provide immense opportunities for citizens and service providers alike, the ICTs often act as disruptive innovators of urban infrastructure service provision."
  Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age ,mindware,https://coursera.org/learn/mindware,Social Sciences,University of Michigan,"Most professions these days require more than general intelligence. They require in addition the ability to collect, analyze and think about data. Personal life is enriched when these same skills are applied to problems in everyday life involving judgment and choice. This course presents basic concepts from statistics, probability, scientific methodology, cognitive psychology and cost-benefit theory and shows how they can be applied to everything from picking one product over another to critiquing media accounts of scientific research. Concepts are defined briefly and breezily and then applied to many examples drawn from business, the media and everyday life."
  Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society Part 1,soscapproachchina1,https://coursera.org/learn/soscapproachchina1,Social Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course seeks to turn learners into informed consumers of social science research. It introduces concepts, standards, and principles of social science research to the interested non-expert. Learners who complete the course will be able to assess evidence and critically evaluate claims about important social phenomena. It reviews the origins and development of social science, describes the process of discovery in contemporary social science research, and explains how contemporary social science differs from apparently related fields. It describes the goals, basic paradigms, and methodologies of the major social science disciplines. It offers an overview of the major questions that are the focus of much contemporary social science research, overall and for China."
  Introduction to the Orbital Perspective,orbitalperspective,https://coursera.org/learn/orbitalperspective,Social Sciences,"University of Arizona, University of Florida, Drexel University","The goals of this course are to develop the student’s critical thinking skills, global awareness, and ability to work as an integral part of a team in an increasingly complex global job market. The course provides a foundation in such skills as team building, collaboration, and elevated empathy using real-world scenarios from some of world’s most effective collaborative projects including the Earthrise-2068 Project. Living on the International Space Station was a powerful, transformative experience—one that could hold the key to solving our problems here on Earth. On space walks and through windows, course instructor Ron Garan was struck by the stunning beauty of the Earth from space but sobered by knowing how much needed to be done to help this troubled planet."
  "Sampling People, Networks and Records",sampling-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/sampling-methods,Social Sciences,University of Michigan,"Good data collection is built on good samples. But the samples can be chosen in many ways. Samples can be haphazard or convenient selections of persons, or records, or networks, or other units, but one questions the quality of such samples, especially what these selection methods mean for drawing good conclusions about a population after data collection and analysis is done. Samples can be more carefully selected based on a researcher’s judgment, but one then questions whether that judgment can be biased by personal factors. Samples can also be draw in statistically rigorous and careful ways, using random selection and control methods to provide sound representation and cost control. It is these last kinds of samples that will be discussed in this course."
  Aboriginal Worldviews and Education,aboriginal-education,https://coursera.org/learn/aboriginal-education,Social Sciences,University of Toronto,"Intended for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners, this course will explore indigenous ways of knowing and how they can benefit all students. Topics include historical, social, and political issues in Aboriginal education; terminology; cultural, spiritual and philosophical themes in Aboriginal worldviews; and how Aboriginal worldviews can inform professional programs and practices, including but not limited to the field of education."
  "Gender, Family, and Social Change in Contemporary South Korea",social-change-korea,https://coursera.org/learn/social-change-korea,Social Sciences,Yonsei University,"This course examines the transformation of Korean society beginning around the turn of the 20th century to contemporary times. In particular, it explores how shifting categories of masculinity, and by contrast, femininity have impacted upon, and in turn been influenced by social, cultural, and political change. Using multiple disciplinary lenses, we will critically examine how gender intersects with political, social, and economic developments starting with the Confucianization of Korean society during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) up to the contemporary moment of globalization and neoliberal reform. The class will draw on a variety of topics such as traditional views of women, religion, race, class, education, patriarchy, sexuality, imperialism, modernity, war, globalization, the diaspora, among others. Special attention will be placed on the historical, transnational and transdisciplinary connections."
  "Positive Psychology: Character, Grit and Research Methods",positive-psychology-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/positive-psychology-methods,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"Through the study of Angela Duckworth's and Claire Robertson-Kraft's article ""True Grit"" along with viewing interviews with researchers and practitioners, students will learn how apply research methods to their study of Positive Psychology. Students will learn how to develop a research hypothesis and how to understand the difference between internal and external validity. Students will begin to understand and apply the strengths and weaknesses associated with different types of measurements and evaluation designs and interpret the results in an empirical study."
  Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman’s Visionary Science,positive-psychology-visionary-science,https://coursera.org/learn/positive-psychology-visionary-science,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"This course explores the past, present, and future of Positive Psychology as a journey through the key scientific leaps led by Dr. Seligman and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania."
  Positive Psychology: Applications and Interventions,positive-psychology-applications,https://coursera.org/learn/positive-psychology-applications,Social Sciences,University of Pennsylvania,"Positive interventions are one of the building blocks for the application of positive psychology in our day-to-day lives. Some existing positive interventions have emerged directly through research, while others emerged from the world of practice and are researched later. In this course we will explore positive interventions through theory, research and practice."
  China’s Economic Transformation Part 1: Economic Reform and Growth in China,econtransform1,https://coursera.org/learn/econtransform1,Social Sciences,The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,"This course will examine in detail the reforms that have contributed to China’s economic development and the current challenges facing the Chinese economy. After completing this course, you will be able to: - describe the origin and consequences of China’s key economic reforms since 1978; - explain how features of China’s fiscal and financial systems have impacted development outcomes; - assess the extent to which China has integrated itself into the global economy and the consequences of such integration for China and other countries; - explain the importance of different sources of economic growth during different periods since 1978; and - critically assess the economic and policy challenges facing China going forward."
  Children Acquiring Literacy Naturally,children-literacy,https://coursera.org/learn/children-literacy,Social Sciences,"University of California, Santa Cruz","In this short course you will explore the possibility that children might acquire written language in a way that is similar to how they acquire spoken language—without instruction. You will encounter various aspects of behavioral science and technology that are relevant to this proposition. You will have the opportunity to learn the the perceptual, cognitive, and neurological capacities of children during their first years of life. You will advance your understanding of children and how they learn language. You will also be more attuned to current advances in the technology of human machine interactions, and what these phenomena imply for learning to read at an early age."
  Protection of Intellectual Property: an International Prospective,intellectual-property-protection,https://coursera.org/learn/intellectual-property-protection,Social Sciences,Higher School of Economics,"Learn about legal framework of trademark registration, protection and enforcement in Russia. You can also compare Russian approach with international standards enshrined in relevant treaties and discover problematic arears of trademark protection in the Russia.
  
  This course is on legal regulation of trademark protection in Russia. It explains the process of acquiring trademark in Russia, alternatives to trademark protection (such as firm names, trade names, names of origins), requirements for trademark validity, conditions under which trademarks are protected in Russia, scope of excusive trademark rights protection, peculiarities of assignment and licensing practice in Russia. The course also focuses on issues of trademark infringement, criteria applied by the Russian courts and relevant practice of the Russian Intellectual Property Court. It describes different remedies available to the trademark holders, including calculation of statutory damages under the Russian law for trademark infringement. 
  
  Russian trademark legislation and case law do not have long historical roots. This is the reason why this area of the Russian law may be characterized as very dynamic. Examples will be given to illustrate successful legal solutions (for example, trademark protection in domain names, exhaustion of trademark rights) and ongoing search for proper and balanced regulation (for example, regulation of parallel imports, antitrust regulation in trademark law, application of fair use doctrine o trademarks)."
  Introduction to Big Data,intro-to-big-data,https://coursera.org/learn/intro-to-big-data,Unavailable,,
  "Beauty, Form & Function: An Exploration of Symmetry",symmetry,https://coursera.org/learn/symmetry,Unavailable,,
  Developing Your Musicianship,musicianship,https://coursera.org/learn/musicianship,Unavailable,,
  Managerial Accounting: Tools for Facilitating and Guiding Business Decisions,managerial-accounting-tools,https://coursera.org/learn/managerial-accounting-tools,Unavailable,,
  Financial Evaluation and Strategy: Corporate Finance,corporate-finance,https://coursera.org/learn/corporate-finance,Unavailable,,
  "Managerial Accounting: Cost Behaviors, Systems, and Analysis",managerial-accounting,https://coursera.org/learn/managerial-accounting,Unavailable,,
  Introduction to Sustainable Development,sustainabledevelopment1,https://coursera.org/learn/sustainabledevelopment1,Unavailable,,
  Songwriting,songwriting,https://coursera.org/learn/songwriting,Unavailable,,
  Financial Evaluation and Strategy: Investments,investments,https://coursera.org/learn/investments,Unavailable,,
  Superhero Entertainments,superhero,https://coursera.org/learn/superhero,Unavailable,,
  Introduction to Music Production,music-production,https://coursera.org/learn/music-production,Unavailable,,
  Introduction to Recommender Systems,recommender-systems,https://coursera.org/learn/recommender-systems,Unavailable,,
  Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management,project-management,https://coursera.org/learn/project-management,Unavailable,,
  LearnToMod For Educators,learntomod,https://coursera.org/learn/learntomod,Unavailable,,
  Creating Site-Specific Dance and Performance Works,sitedance,https://coursera.org/learn/sitedance,Unavailable,,
  Introduction to Big Data Analytics,bigdata-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/bigdata-analytics,Unavailable,,
  Machine Learning With Big Data,machinelearningwithbigdata,https://coursera.org/learn/machinelearningwithbigdata,Unavailable,,
  Introduction to Graph Analytics,graph-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/graph-analytics,Unavailable,,
  Relatività e Meccanica Quantistica: concetti e idee,relativita-meccanica-quantistica,https://coursera.org/learn/relativita-meccanica-quantistica,Unavailable,,
  Fast Track Finance #1,fast-track-finance-1,https://coursera.org/learn/fast-track-finance-1,Unavailable,,
  "Cloud Computing Applications, Part 1",cloud-applications,https://coursera.org/learn/cloud-applications,Unavailable,,
  Integrating Technology in the K-12 Classroom,technology-k12,https://coursera.org/learn/technology-k12,Unavailable,,
  Teaching Math Through Problem-Solving K-12,math-through-problem-solving,https://coursera.org/learn/math-through-problem-solving,Unavailable,,
  Communicating in Math in the K-12 Classroom,communication-k12-math,https://coursera.org/learn/communication-k12-math,Unavailable,,
  Integrating CCRS and Literacy K-12,literacy-k12,https://coursera.org/learn/literacy-k12,Unavailable,,
  Advanced Java Concurrency,advanced-java-concurrency,https://coursera.org/learn/advanced-java-concurrency,Unavailable,,
  GT-Linear Circuits 2: AC Analysis,gt-circuits-2,https://coursera.org/learn/gt-circuits-2,Unavailable,,
  Media Platforms,media-platforms,https://coursera.org/learn/media-platforms,Unavailable,,
  Innovate on Demand,innovate-on-demand,https://coursera.org/learn/innovate-on-demand,Unavailable,,
  Selenium Prod Private Group Sessions testing 1,selenium-prod-private-group-sessions-1,https://coursera.org/learn/selenium-prod-private-group-sessions-1,Unavailable,,
  Selenium Prod Authoring Left Hand Nav Pages Tests,selenium-prod-test-left-hand-nav-pages,https://coursera.org/learn/selenium-prod-test-left-hand-nav-pages,Unavailable,,