anchor.diff:  - why Lean is a key driver for sustainable competitive advantage
   - how different companies can leverage Lean to create value both in manufacturing and services
   - what it takes to drive a Lean transformation and build a culture of continuous improvement 
  -- how new technologies impact traditional lean practices"
  -Today’s Music Industry,music-industry,https://coursera.org/learn/music-industry,Business,West Virginia University,"This course provides an engaging and methodical insight into the past and present cultural and commercial music industry developments, directions, and trends. It will equip the students with the knowledge and skills necessary to appreciate, understand and more productively participate in today’s music industry field."
  -Trading Strategies - Strategies for emerging markets,trading-strategies,https://coursera.org/learn/trading-strategies,Business,Indian School of Business,"This course covers two of the seven trading strategies that work in emerging markets. The seven include strategies based on momentum, momentum crashes, price reversal, persistence of earnings, quality of earnings, underlying business growth, behavioral biases and textual analysis of business reports about the company. In the first part of the course, you will learn how to read an academic paper. What parts to pay attention to and what parts to skim through will be discussed here. For every strategy, first you will be introduced to the original research and then how to implement the strategy."
  -Trading Strategies – Back testing and performance management,back-testing-performance-measurement,https://coursera.org/learn/back-testing-performance-measurement,Business,Indian School of Business,This course will provide back test results for all the strategies in developed and emerging markets. The learner will also be taught scientific ways of back testing without succumbing to either look ahead (or) survival bias. You will learn various methods of building a robust back testing system for the strategies discussed in the previous course. You will be taught how to differentiate between mere data mining and results based on solid empirical or theoretical foundation.
  -"Two Speed IT: How Companies Can Surf the Digital Wave, a BCG Perspective",2-speed-it,https://coursera.org/learn/2-speed-it,Business,CentraleSupélec,"Transform or disappear, the Darwinism of IT: In order to adapt to a digital world, a two-speed IT is needed. Despite the importance of IT in today’s digital world, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) often struggle to get their voices heard by executive committees."
  -Types of Conflict,types-of-conflict,https://coursera.org/learn/types-of-conflict,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Conflict is everywhere and it is impossible to avoid conflicting viewpoints. However, not all conflict is bad, nor is it inherently negative. How conflict is handled makes all the difference. It is through proper identification and understanding of conflict that allows for effective resolutions, some of which may yield positive outcomes. In this course, we will examine the different types of conflict, how to understand and embrace the positive aspects of conflict, and how to successfully navigate conflict to positive resolution."
  -Understanding Financial Markets,understanding-financial-markets,https://coursera.org/learn/understanding-financial-markets,Business,University of Geneva,"In this course, you will learn what the main financial markets and their characteristics are as well as how they are linked to the economy. Our very diversified team of experts will start by teaching you how the price of stocks and bonds are computed and why they move while you will become increasingly aware of the notion of risk and why it matters when measuring an investment's performance."
  -Understanding Financial Statements: Company Performance,income-statement,https://coursera.org/learn/income-statement,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the income statement. Building on the foundation formed in the first course, you will learn about the third of our three measurement questions and how the income statement helps to answer this final measurement question. Returning to the real business people introduced in the first course, this second course describes the basic content of income statement in a simple yet relevant context."
  -Understanding Financial Statements: Company Position,financial-statements,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-statements,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the balance sheet. However, to understand accounting driven financial statements, it is important to recognize that accounting is less about counting and more about measuring. “What is it that is being measured?” Well, as the course unfolds, you will learn about the three measurement questions and how the balance sheet helps to answer the first two of these questions. By touring a real company and interviewing real business people, the course describes the basic content of financial statements in a simple yet relevant context. The goal of the course is to leave a lasting impression about what balance sheet consists of and what it reveals."
  -Unleashing the Impact of your Social Enterprise,social-impact-growth,https://coursera.org/learn/social-impact-growth,Business,Copenhagen Business School,In Course 3 of this Specialization you will first of all learn about Social Impact Assessment. Hence you will be able to develop a method to evaluate the social mission that you achieve while implementing your business plan. Next you will outline an appropriate communication strategy for your social enterprise and will demonstrate how to market your products and services to beneficiaries and other customers. Here you will employ an adaptable communication strategy as you move from early adopters to a broader market share.
  -Valuation for Startups Using Discounted Cash Flows Approach,discounted-cash-flow,https://coursera.org/learn/discounted-cash-flow,Business,Yonsei University,"Discounted cash flow method means that we can find firm value by discounting future cash flows of a firm. That is, firm value is present value of cash flows a firm generates in the future. In order to understand the meaning of present value, we are going to discuss time value of money, first. That is, the value of $100 today is different from the value of $100 a year later. Then, what should be the present value of $100 that you are going to receive in 1 year? How about the value of $100 dollars that you are going to receive every year for next 10 years? How about forever?"
  -Valuation for Startups Using Multiple Approach,valuation-multiples,https://coursera.org/learn/valuation-multiples,Business,Yonsei University,"In addition to discounted cash flow method, multiple method is one of the most popular methods of firm valuation. PER is often used among financial professionals to make a quick-and-dirty estimate of a firm value. In this course, you are going to learn the concept and usage of PER, PBR and PSR. In addition to these basic multiple ratios, you are going to learn how to make an estimate of enterprise value and founder’s ownership before and after additional funding. Startups require a number of financings before IPO. After taking this course, you are going to be able to answer questions such as What the price per share should be given the startup’s estimate of earnings in the future; How many shares the founder should give up to raise additional capital; and so on? In the discounted cash flow method and multiple method, you are always given earnings or cash flows to make estimate of firm value."
  -Valuation: Alternative Methods,valuation-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/valuation-methods,Business,University of Michigan,"This course is a rigorous introduction to alternative methods of valuation and will enable the learner to conduct analysis of most projects and companies. This course will also serve useful to anyone interested in, or required to, critically evaluating project and company analyses conducted by experts."
  -Valuing Projects and Companies,company-valuation,https://coursera.org/learn/company-valuation,Business,University of Michigan,"This course is a theoretically sound and practical exposure to valuation. As the final course of the Specialization, it will be useful to anyone in understanding, conducting or critically evaluating project and company analyses conducted by experts."
  -Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content,wharton-contagious-viral-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-contagious-viral-marketing,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Ever wondered why some things become popular, and other don't? Why some products becomes hits while others flop? Why some ideas take off while others languish? What are the key ideas behind viral marketing? This course explains how things catch on and helps you apply these ideas to be more effective at marketing your ideas, brands, or products. You'll learn how to make ideas stick, how to increase your influence, how to generate more word of mouth, and how to use the power of social networks to spread information and influence. Drawing on principles from his best-selling book, ""Contagious: Why Things Catch On,"" Professor Jonah Berger illustrates successful strategies for you to use buzz to create virality so that your campaigns become more shareable on social media and elsewhere."
  -What is Social?,what-is-social,https://coursera.org/learn/what-is-social,Business,Northwestern University,"This course has been designed to give you the tools, insights, knowledge, and skills to immediately impact your organization. In addition, we will help you network with thought leaders in social. After completing this course, you and your organization’s staff will be able to position, engage, and grow relationships with the consumers of highest value to you."
  -What’s Your Big Idea?,big-ideas,https://coursera.org/learn/big-ideas,Business,California Institute of the Arts,"Whether your interest lies in solving the world’s biggest problems, creating the next commercial success or addressing something closer to home, this course will give you a toolbox to vet your ideas and test them in the real world."
  -Women in Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change!,women-in-leadership,https://coursera.org/learn/women-in-leadership,Business,Case Western Reserve University,"This course aims to inspire and empower women and men across the world to engage in purposeful career development and take on leadership for important causes---to lead change with more conviction and confidence---and improve our workplaces and communities for all. By offering more complex understandings of issues related to professional women and work, the course will help you increase self-knowledge about your own values and vision, as well as enhance your capabilities as a leader, manager, and team contributor. We will examine the opportunities, challenges, trade-offs, and organizational dynamics experienced by women in work organizations, as well as reflect on and practice effective individual behaviors"
  -"Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity",work-smarter-not-harder,https://coursera.org/learn/work-smarter-not-harder,Business,"University of California, Irvine","You will be able to gain and apply your knowledge and understanding of personal and professional awareness, organization and commitment, and use the tools, methods and techniques that you have learned in goal setting, prioritization, scheduling, and delegation to overcome time management challenges and enhance productivity."
  -Writing Professional Email and Memos (Project-Centered Course),professional-emails,https://coursera.org/learn/professional-emails,Business,University System of Georgia,"Want your workplace writing to make a positive impression? At the end of this course, you will be a more confident writer, able to create higher quality professional documents more quickly. This course is at the introductory or beginner level and focuses on mastering the basics of email etiquette and communication. While this course will help learners become faster and more efficient writers by virtue of practice with common writing purposes, it does not cover marketing emails or job application materials."
  -Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters,winning-resumes,https://coursera.org/learn/winning-resumes,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park",How can you bring your resume to the top of the pile? How can you present yourself to prospective employers using the language they already speak inside their organization? This course will give you answers to those questions. You will learn how to convert a boring resume into a dynamic asset statement that conveys your talents in the language that an employer understands.
  -Writing as Engineers,engineering-writing,https://coursera.org/learn/engineering-writing,Business,Rice University,"Engineering leaders must write extensively for their jobs, and their writing needs to be professional, reader-focused, and error-free. What leaders write in particular can affect productivity and the bottom line, so the written communication that leaders create must be clear and concise. In this course, you’ll learn essential writing skills that you can apply in your daily activities on the job as an engineering leader. You’ll learn key principles in • Approaching various engineering genres • Using the writing process to create quality documents • Making your writing structured • Making your writing clear and concise • Handling style, tone, and voice"
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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"
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -"Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1",algorithm-design-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithm-design-analysis,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"Algorithms are the heart of computer science, and the subject has countless practical applications as well as intellectual depth. This specialization is an introduction to algorithms for learners with at least a little programming experience. The specialization is rigorous but emphasizes the big picture and conceptual understanding over low-level implementation and mathematical details. After completing this specialization, you will be well-positioned to ace your technical interviews and speak fluently about algorithms with other programmers and computer scientists."
  -"Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 2",algorithm-design-analysis-2,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithm-design-analysis-2,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"Algorithms are the heart of computer science, and the subject has countless practical applications as well as intellectual depth. This specialization is an introduction to algorithms for learners with at least a little programming experience. The specialization is rigorous but emphasizes the big picture and conceptual understanding over low-level implementation and mathematical details. After completing this specialization, you will be well-positioned to ace your technical interviews and speak fluently about algorithms with other programmers and computer scientists."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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"
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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.
  -"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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -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"
  -"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."
  -"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!"
  -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!"
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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"
  -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."
  -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."
  -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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -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)."
  -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."
  -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"
  -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.
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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)."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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"
  -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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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"
  -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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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"
  -"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)."
  -"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)."
  -"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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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 &"
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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)."
  -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.
  -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?"
  -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."
  -"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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -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)."
  -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."
  -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"
  -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."
  -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!"
  -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.
  -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."
  -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.
  -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.
  -"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."
  -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.
  -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."
  -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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -"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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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 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."
  -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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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)."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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:"
  -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."
  -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!"
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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)."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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: 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."
  -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).
  -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."
  -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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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”."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -(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"
  -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."
  -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."
  -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"
  -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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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: 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."
  -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"
  -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."
  -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.
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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)."
  -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."
  -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."
  -"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."
  -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."
  -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."
  -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."
  +- how new technologies impact traditional lean practices"
  +Today’s Music Industry,music-industry,https://coursera.org/learn/music-industry,Business,West Virginia University,"This course provides an engaging and methodical insight into the past and present cultural and commercial music industry developments, directions, and trends. It will equip the students with the knowledge and skills necessary to appreciate, understand and more productively participate in today’s music industry field."
  +Trading Strategies - Strategies for emerging markets,trading-strategies,https://coursera.org/learn/trading-strategies,Business,Indian School of Business,"This course covers two of the seven trading strategies that work in emerging markets. The seven include strategies based on momentum, momentum crashes, price reversal, persistence of earnings, quality of earnings, underlying business growth, behavioral biases and textual analysis of business reports about the company. In the first part of the course, you will learn how to read an academic paper. What parts to pay attention to and what parts to skim through will be discussed here. For every strategy, first you will be introduced to the original research and then how to implement the strategy."
  +Trading Strategies – Back testing and performance management,back-testing-performance-measurement,https://coursera.org/learn/back-testing-performance-measurement,Business,Indian School of Business,This course will provide back test results for all the strategies in developed and emerging markets. The learner will also be taught scientific ways of back testing without succumbing to either look ahead (or) survival bias. You will learn various methods of building a robust back testing system for the strategies discussed in the previous course. You will be taught how to differentiate between mere data mining and results based on solid empirical or theoretical foundation.
  +"Two Speed IT: How Companies Can Surf the Digital Wave, a BCG Perspective",2-speed-it,https://coursera.org/learn/2-speed-it,Business,CentraleSupélec,"Transform or disappear, the Darwinism of IT: In order to adapt to a digital world, a two-speed IT is needed. Despite the importance of IT in today’s digital world, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) often struggle to get their voices heard by executive committees."
  +Types of Conflict,types-of-conflict,https://coursera.org/learn/types-of-conflict,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Conflict is everywhere and it is impossible to avoid conflicting viewpoints. However, not all conflict is bad, nor is it inherently negative. How conflict is handled makes all the difference. It is through proper identification and understanding of conflict that allows for effective resolutions, some of which may yield positive outcomes. In this course, we will examine the different types of conflict, how to understand and embrace the positive aspects of conflict, and how to successfully navigate conflict to positive resolution."
  +Understanding Financial Markets,understanding-financial-markets,https://coursera.org/learn/understanding-financial-markets,Business,University of Geneva,"In this course, you will learn what the main financial markets and their characteristics are as well as how they are linked to the economy. Our very diversified team of experts will start by teaching you how the price of stocks and bonds are computed and why they move while you will become increasingly aware of the notion of risk and why it matters when measuring an investment's performance."
  +Understanding Financial Statements: Company Performance,income-statement,https://coursera.org/learn/income-statement,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the income statement. Building on the foundation formed in the first course, you will learn about the third of our three measurement questions and how the income statement helps to answer this final measurement question. Returning to the real business people introduced in the first course, this second course describes the basic content of income statement in a simple yet relevant context."
  +Understanding Financial Statements: Company Position,financial-statements,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-statements,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the balance sheet. However, to understand accounting driven financial statements, it is important to recognize that accounting is less about counting and more about measuring. “What is it that is being measured?” Well, as the course unfolds, you will learn about the three measurement questions and how the balance sheet helps to answer the first two of these questions. By touring a real company and interviewing real business people, the course describes the basic content of financial statements in a simple yet relevant context. The goal of the course is to leave a lasting impression about what balance sheet consists of and what it reveals."
  +Unleashing the Impact of your Social Enterprise,social-impact-growth,https://coursera.org/learn/social-impact-growth,Business,Copenhagen Business School,In Course 3 of this Specialization you will first of all learn about Social Impact Assessment. Hence you will be able to develop a method to evaluate the social mission that you achieve while implementing your business plan. Next you will outline an appropriate communication strategy for your social enterprise and will demonstrate how to market your products and services to beneficiaries and other customers. Here you will employ an adaptable communication strategy as you move from early adopters to a broader market share.
  +Valuation for Startups Using Discounted Cash Flows Approach,discounted-cash-flow,https://coursera.org/learn/discounted-cash-flow,Business,Yonsei University,"Discounted cash flow method means that we can find firm value by discounting future cash flows of a firm. That is, firm value is present value of cash flows a firm generates in the future. In order to understand the meaning of present value, we are going to discuss time value of money, first. That is, the value of $100 today is different from the value of $100 a year later. Then, what should be the present value of $100 that you are going to receive in 1 year? How about the value of $100 dollars that you are going to receive every year for next 10 years? How about forever?"
  +Valuation for Startups Using Multiple Approach,valuation-multiples,https://coursera.org/learn/valuation-multiples,Business,Yonsei University,"In addition to discounted cash flow method, multiple method is one of the most popular methods of firm valuation. PER is often used among financial professionals to make a quick-and-dirty estimate of a firm value. In this course, you are going to learn the concept and usage of PER, PBR and PSR. In addition to these basic multiple ratios, you are going to learn how to make an estimate of enterprise value and founder’s ownership before and after additional funding. Startups require a number of financings before IPO. After taking this course, you are going to be able to answer questions such as What the price per share should be given the startup’s estimate of earnings in the future; How many shares the founder should give up to raise additional capital; and so on? In the discounted cash flow method and multiple method, you are always given earnings or cash flows to make estimate of firm value."
  +Valuation: Alternative Methods,valuation-methods,https://coursera.org/learn/valuation-methods,Business,University of Michigan,"This course is a rigorous introduction to alternative methods of valuation and will enable the learner to conduct analysis of most projects and companies. This course will also serve useful to anyone interested in, or required to, critically evaluating project and company analyses conducted by experts."
  +Valuing Projects and Companies,company-valuation,https://coursera.org/learn/company-valuation,Business,University of Michigan,"This course is a theoretically sound and practical exposure to valuation. As the final course of the Specialization, it will be useful to anyone in understanding, conducting or critically evaluating project and company analyses conducted by experts."
  +Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content,wharton-contagious-viral-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-contagious-viral-marketing,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Ever wondered why some things become popular, and other don't? Why some products becomes hits while others flop? Why some ideas take off while others languish? What are the key ideas behind viral marketing? This course explains how things catch on and helps you apply these ideas to be more effective at marketing your ideas, brands, or products. You'll learn how to make ideas stick, how to increase your influence, how to generate more word of mouth, and how to use the power of social networks to spread information and influence. Drawing on principles from his best-selling book, ""Contagious: Why Things Catch On,"" Professor Jonah Berger illustrates successful strategies for you to use buzz to create virality so that your campaigns become more shareable on social media and elsewhere."
  +What is Social?,what-is-social,https://coursera.org/learn/what-is-social,Business,Northwestern University,"This course has been designed to give you the tools, insights, knowledge, and skills to immediately impact your organization. In addition, we will help you network with thought leaders in social. After completing this course, you and your organization’s staff will be able to position, engage, and grow relationships with the consumers of highest value to you."
  +What’s Your Big Idea?,big-ideas,https://coursera.org/learn/big-ideas,Business,California Institute of the Arts,"Whether your interest lies in solving the world’s biggest problems, creating the next commercial success or addressing something closer to home, this course will give you a toolbox to vet your ideas and test them in the real world."
  +Women in Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change!,women-in-leadership,https://coursera.org/learn/women-in-leadership,Business,Case Western Reserve University,"This course aims to inspire and empower women and men across the world to engage in purposeful career development and take on leadership for important causes---to lead change with more conviction and confidence---and improve our workplaces and communities for all. By offering more complex understandings of issues related to professional women and work, the course will help you increase self-knowledge about your own values and vision, as well as enhance your capabilities as a leader, manager, and team contributor. We will examine the opportunities, challenges, trade-offs, and organizational dynamics experienced by women in work organizations, as well as reflect on and practice effective individual behaviors"
  +"Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity",work-smarter-not-harder,https://coursera.org/learn/work-smarter-not-harder,Business,"University of California, Irvine","You will be able to gain and apply your knowledge and understanding of personal and professional awareness, organization and commitment, and use the tools, methods and techniques that you have learned in goal setting, prioritization, scheduling, and delegation to overcome time management challenges and enhance productivity."
  +Writing Professional Email and Memos (Project-Centered Course),professional-emails,https://coursera.org/learn/professional-emails,Business,University System of Georgia,"Want your workplace writing to make a positive impression? At the end of this course, you will be a more confident writer, able to create higher quality professional documents more quickly. This course is at the introductory or beginner level and focuses on mastering the basics of email etiquette and communication. While this course will help learners become faster and more efficient writers by virtue of practice with common writing purposes, it does not cover marketing emails or job application materials."
  +Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters,winning-resumes,https://coursera.org/learn/winning-resumes,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park",How can you bring your resume to the top of the pile? How can you present yourself to prospective employers using the language they already speak inside their organization? This course will give you answers to those questions. You will learn how to convert a boring resume into a dynamic asset statement that conveys your talents in the language that an employer understands.
  +Writing as Engineers,engineering-writing,https://coursera.org/learn/engineering-writing,Business,Rice University,"Engineering leaders must write extensively for their jobs, and their writing needs to be professional, reader-focused, and error-free. What leaders write in particular can affect productivity and the bottom line, so the written communication that leaders create must be clear and concise. In this course, you’ll learn essential writing skills that you can apply in your daily activities on the job as an engineering leader. You’ll learn key principles in • Approaching various engineering genres • Using the writing process to create quality documents • Making your writing structured • Making your writing clear and concise • Handling style, tone, and voice"
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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"
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +"Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1",algorithm-design-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithm-design-analysis,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"Algorithms are the heart of computer science, and the subject has countless practical applications as well as intellectual depth. This specialization is an introduction to algorithms for learners with at least a little programming experience. The specialization is rigorous but emphasizes the big picture and conceptual understanding over low-level implementation and mathematical details. After completing this specialization, you will be well-positioned to ace your technical interviews and speak fluently about algorithms with other programmers and computer scientists."
  +"Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 2",algorithm-design-analysis-2,https://coursera.org/learn/algorithm-design-analysis-2,Computer Sciences,Stanford University,"Algorithms are the heart of computer science, and the subject has countless practical applications as well as intellectual depth. This specialization is an introduction to algorithms for learners with at least a little programming experience. The specialization is rigorous but emphasizes the big picture and conceptual understanding over low-level implementation and mathematical details. After completing this specialization, you will be well-positioned to ace your technical interviews and speak fluently about algorithms with other programmers and computer scientists."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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"
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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.
  +"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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +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"
  +"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."
  +"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!"
  +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!"
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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"
  +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."
  +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."
  +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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +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)."
  +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."
  +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"
  +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.
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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)."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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"
  +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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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"
  +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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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"
  +"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)."
  +"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)."
  +"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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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 &"
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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)."
  +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.
  +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?"
  +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."
  +"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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +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)."
  +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."
  +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"
  +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."
  +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!"
  +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.
  +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."
  +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.
  +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.
  +"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."
  +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.
  +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."
  +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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +"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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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 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."
  +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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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)."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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:"
  +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."
  +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!"
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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)."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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: 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."
  +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).
  +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."
  +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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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”."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +(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"
  +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."
  +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."
  +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"
  +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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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: 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."
  +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"
  +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."
  +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.
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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)."
  +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."
  +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."
  +"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."
  +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."
  +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."
  +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."
   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: •	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."
  Leadership in 21st Century Organizations,leadership-21st-century,https://coursera.org/learn/leadership-21st-century,Business,Copenhagen Business School,"The course is based on a book, Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a 21st Century Leader, by Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell, published by Harvard Business Review Press. Purchase of the book is optional. If you want more information about the book or wish to buy it, see https://hbr.org/product/harder-than-i-thought-adventures-of-a-twenty-first/an/10332-HBK-ENG or http://www.amazon.com/Harder-Than-Thought-Adventures-Twenty-First/dp/1422162591"
  Leadership through Design Innovation,leadership-designinnovation,https://coursera.org/learn/leadership-designinnovation,Business,Northwestern University,University of Geneva
  Leadership through Marketing,leadership-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/leadership-marketing,Business,Northwestern University,"The success of every organization depends on attracting and retaining customers. Although the marketing concepts for doing so are well established, digital technology has empowered customers, while producing massive amounts of data, revolutionizing the processes through which organizations attract and retain customers. In this course, students will learn how to identify new opportunities to create value for empowered consumers, develop strategies that yield an advantage over rivals, and develop the data science skills to lead more effectively, allocate resources, and to confront this very challenging environment with confidence."
  Leadership through Social Influence,leadership-socialinfluence,https://coursera.org/learn/leadership-socialinfluence,Business,Northwestern University,"This course will provide learners with a systematic general framework for analyzing persuasive influence situations. Learners will be able to identify different challenges faced by persuaders and to fashion appropriate strategies for addressing those challenges. The broad goal is to provide learners with not only an extensive persuasion tool kit, but also with an understanding of how different tools are useful in different situations."
  Leading Innovation in Arts and Culture,arts-culture-innovation,https://coursera.org/learn/arts-culture-innovation,Business,"Vanderbilt University, National Arts Strategies","Developed by David Owens at Vanderbilt University and customized for the cultural sector with National Arts Strategies, this course is designed to help arts and culture leaders create an environment where new ideas are constantly created, shared, evaluated and the best ones are successfully put to work. One of the toughest challenges for any leader is getting traction for new ideas. Winning support can be a struggle."
  Leading Organizations,leading-organizations,https://coursera.org/learn/leading-organizations,Business,HEC Paris,"This course is the last course of the a Specialization on Leadership called “Inspirational Leadership: Leading with Sense”, so you may want to take the courses “Building Your Leadership Skills” and “Giving Sense to your Leadership Experience” prior of taking this course. In this course you’ll get the opportunity to apply the skills learned in the first two courses of the “Inspirational Leadership: Leading with Sense” as an individual to a group setting."
  Leading Positive Change through Appreciative Inquiry,appreciative-inquiry,https://coursera.org/learn/appreciative-inquiry,Business,Case Western Reserve University,"Appreciative Inquiry is a collaborative and constructive inquiry process that searches for everything that gives life to organizations, communities, and larger human systems when they are most alive, effective, creative and healthy in their interconnected ecology of relationships. To appreciate, quite simply, means to value and to recognize that which has value—it is a way of knowing and valuing the best in life."
  Leading Teams,leading-teams,https://coursera.org/learn/leading-teams,Business,University of Michigan,"In this course, you will learn how to build your team, improve teamwork and collaboration, and sustain team performance through continuous learning and improvement. Specifically, you will learn best practices for composing a team and aligning individual and team goals. You will also learn how to establish roles, build structures, and manage decision making so that your team excels. This course will also help you manage critical team processes such as conflict resolution and building trust that have a profound impact on your team’s performance."
  Leading the Life You Want,leading-the-life-you-want,https://coursera.org/learn/leading-the-life-you-want,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Pursue a meaningful life and improve your performance as a leader. Taught by acclaimed Wharton professor, best-selling author, and former Ford Motor Company executive and head of its Leadership Development Center, Stew Friedman, Leading the Life You Want provides you with the skills you need to lead in all four domains of your life: at work, at home, in the community, and in your private self (mind, body, and spirit). You'll explore the core principles of leadership and learn the skills you need to bring them to life. You learn how to find a greater sense of purpose, see how to convey values with stories, learn how to mange attention, feel less stressed, lead through serving others, and more. You'll see these skills illustrated in the inspiring yet imperfect lives of six remarkable leaders: Tom Tierney (former CEO of Bain), Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook), Michelle Obama (former First Lady), Eric Greitens (Republican Governor of Missouri), Julie Foudy (world champion soccer star and three-time Olympic medalist), and Bruce Springsteen (world-famous rock musician). You'll have the opportunity to assess your own leadership skills, and learn simple, proven exercises to practice them."
  Management Skills for International Business,management-skills-international-business,https://coursera.org/learn/management-skills-international-business,Business,University of London,"The United States has always been a source of fascination — both attraction and repulsion — for the people of France, Mexico, China, and African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Sudan. ""America Through Foreign Eyes"" is a rich, interdisciplinary, international course that features Rice University faculty from a variety of disciplines and area studies. Focused on perceptions of America abroad, the course is a cross between World Cultures and American Studies. The course features four modules, each covering the perceptions and interactions of particular regions with America, Americans and Americanization."
  Management of Fashion and Luxury Companies,mafash,https://coursera.org/learn/mafash,Business,Università Bocconi,"Learn how fashion and luxury companies work and understand their brands, products, retail, and communication strategies. Travel through business models, international development, and product categories with industry influent experts."
  Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1,m-infra-1,https://coursera.org/learn/m-infra-1,Business,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Sustainability, Resilience and Efficiency are fundamental considerations for city managers in managing urban infrastructures. Today, more than 3.9 billion people, making up more than 54% of the global population, live in cities. Urbanization is expected to continue in the coming years, raising the urban population to 6.0 billion by 2045. This dramatic increase in urban populations will inevitably"
  "Managerial Accounting: Cost Behaviors, Systems, and Analysis",managerial-accounting-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/managerial-accounting-analysis,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will learn how to use accounting to facilitate and align decisions made by owners, managers, and employees. You will learn how accountants create, organize, interpret, and communicate information that improves internal processes, and allows organizations to identify and leverage opportunities to create value within the supply chain and with customers."
  Managerial Accounting: Tools for Facilitating and Guiding Business Decisions,managerial-accounting-tool,https://coursera.org/learn/managerial-accounting-tool,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will explore how to use accounting to allocate resources and incentivize manager and employee behaviors in using these resources. You will also learn how financial and non-financial accounting information facilitates strategic performance measurement and how to integrate this information to continuously improve strategy."
  Managing Data Analysis,managing-data-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/managing-data-analysis,Business,Johns Hopkins University,This is a focused course designed to rapidly get you up to speed on the process of data analysis and how it can be managed. Our goal was to make this as convenient as possible for you without sacrificing any essential content. We've left the technical information aside so that you can focus on managing your team and moving it forward.
  Managing Employee Compensation,managing-employee-compensation,https://coursera.org/learn/managing-employee-compensation,Business,University of Minnesota,"This course covers how to pay employees. We begin by asking: ""What kind of a person do I need to attract, retain, and motivate for my business to succeed?"" From here, we'll explain how to translate that pay strategy into the pay mix: the salary structure, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, and benefits that are aligned to your business objectives."
  Managing Employee Performance,managing-employee-performance,https://coursera.org/learn/managing-employee-performance,Business,University of Minnesota,"Once you have hired good employees, the next step that successful people managers take is to develop the full potential of their employees. Performance management is a process that helps managers achieve the goal of getting the best from their employees. In this third course in the Human Resources for People Managers specialization, we will discuss the skills and key processes you will need to develop your employees to attain department and organizational goals. These skills will include setting clear expectations, providing positive and corrective feedback, and delivering an effective performance appraisal."
  Managing Project Risks and Changes,project-risk-management,https://coursera.org/learn/project-risk-management,Business,"University of California, Irvine","This course will help you manage project risk effectively by identifying, analyzing, and communicating inevitable changes to project scope and objectives. You will understand and practice the elements needed to measure and report on project scope, schedule, and cost performance. You will be equipped with the tools to manage change in the least disruptive way possible for your team and other project stakeholders."
  "Managing Responsibly: Practicing Sustainability, Responsibility and Ethics",responsiblemanagement,https://coursera.org/learn/responsiblemanagement,Business,University of Manchester,"Managers are increasingly confronted with issues of sustainability, responsibility and ethics. Managing responsibly is an integrative approach to sustainability, responsibility and ethics, which allows you as a manager to deal competently with such challenges. This course will facilitate your learning process to engage in changing practices to make them more sustainable, responsible, and ethically informed."
  Managing Social and Human Capital,wharton-managing-human-capital,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-managing-human-capital,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"People are the most valuable asset of any business, but they are also the most unpredictable, and the most difficult asset to manage. And although managing people well is critical to the health of any organization, most managers don't get the training they need to make good management decisions. Now, award-wining authors and renowned management Professors Mike Useem and Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School have designed this course to introduce you to the key elements of managing people. Based on their popular course at Wharton, this course will teach you how to motivate individual performance and design reward systems, how to design jobs and organize work for high performance, how to make good and timely management decisions, and how to design and change your organization’s architecture."
  Managing Talent,managing-talent,https://coursera.org/learn/managing-talent,Business,University of Michigan,"In this course, you will learn best practices for selecting, recruiting, and onboarding talent. You will also learn about the key approaches to measuring performance and evaluating your employees. In addition, you will learn how to develop and coach your talent so that they can realize their full potential at work. Altogether, you will gain a thorough understanding of the complete cycle of managing talent and creating a robust talent pipeline for your team and organization."
  Managing Uncertainty in Marketing Analytics,uncertainty-marketing-decisions,https://coursera.org/learn/uncertainty-marketing-decisions,Business,Emory University,"Marketers must make the best decisions based on the information presented to them. Rarely will they have all the information necessary to predict what consumers will do with complete certainty. By incorporating uncertainty into the decisions that they make, they can anticipate a wide range of possible outcomes and recognize the extent of uncertainty on the decisions that they make. In Incorporating Uncertainty into Marketing Decisions, learners will become familiar with different methods to recognize sources of uncertainty that may affect the marketing decisions they ultimately make. We eschew specialized software and provide learners with the foundational knowledge they need to develop sophisticated marketing models in a basic spreadsheet environment. Topics include the development and application of Monte Carlo simulations, and the use of probability distributions to characterize uncertainty."
  Managing Your Money: MBA Insights for Undergraduates,managingmoney,https://coursera.org/learn/managingmoney,Business,"University of California, Irvine",This course will use as its foundation the principles of managerial economics and draw in a multidisciplinary way upon other disciplines in business education.The goal of the course is to introduce college students in a very practical and useful way to the concepts of time and money management along with career and life planning.
  Managing as a Coach,managing-as-a-coach,https://coursera.org/learn/managing-as-a-coach,Business,"University of California, Davis","Do you (or do you want to) manage employees? Have you ever wondered how to get better performance out of those you manage? Are you unsure if you are communicating effectively with your employees? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this course – and its associated specialization – is for you! Leadership and management responsibilities have changed dramatically, particularly in the last decade."
  Managing the Company of the Future,company-future-management,https://coursera.org/learn/company-future-management,Business,"University of London, London Business School",The aim of the course is to provide you with a comprehensive framework for understanding both the traditional principles of management inside companies today as well as the alternative principles that are becoming increasingly important. It provides both theoretical and practical perspectives on the nature of management in today’s organisations.
  Managing the Organization: From Organizational Design to Execution,managing-organization,https://coursera.org/learn/managing-organization,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,In this course you will build a practical framework to understand the critical linkages between organization design and the creation of economic value through execution. We will focus on four critical linkages: 1. How organizational growth and life cycle require design changes to improve execution 2. How managerial decision making can be improved through better organization design 3. How the design of human resource practices shape the culture of the organization 4. How innovation and change can be facilitated through organization design
  Market Research and Consumer Behavior,market-research,https://coursera.org/learn/market-research,Business,IE Business School,"Your marketing quest begins here! The first course in this specialization lays the neccessary groundwork for an overall successful marketing strategy. It is separated into two sections: Market Research and Consumer Behavior. Gain the tools and techniques to translate a decision problem into a research question in the Market Research module. Learn how to design a research plan, analyze the data gathered and accurately interpret and communicate survey reports, translating the results into practical recommendations."
  Market and Competition in Pricing Strategy,uva-darden-pricing-strategy-market-competition,https://coursera.org/learn/uva-darden-pricing-strategy-market-competition,Business,"University of Virginia, BCG","If you haven’t considered what the competition is charging, you may not be maximizing your revenue. Spend time analyzing the market and you can influence price and improve margins. In this course, we'll show you how to implement competitive pricing and avoid common legal pitfalls of market-based pricing. You will also learn how to predict, influence and respond to competitors’ pricing moves. Led by Darden faculty and Boston Consulting Group global pricing experts, this course provides an in-depth understanding of market-based pricing and how to use it to capture more revenue."
  Marketing Analytics,market-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/market-analytics,Business,University of Virginia,Organizations large and small are inundated with data about consumer choices. But that wealth of information does not always translate into better decisions. Knowing how to interpret data is the challenge -- and marketers in particular are increasingly expected to use analytics to inform and justify their decisions.
  Marketing Management I,marketing-management,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-management,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will learn how businesses create value for customers. We will examine the process by which Marketing builds on a thorough understanding of buyer behavior to create value. You will learn the major elements of the marketing mix - product policy, channels of distribution, communication, and pricing - and see how they fit within different analytical frameworks that are useful to managers. This will enhance your understanding of how marketing works in the business world. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: • Define marketing and describe how marketing creates value • Describe the elements of the marketing mix • Explain how these elements interact to create value for consumers • Use different analytical frameworks to examine how managers solve business problems • Evaluate brand extensions • Develop a marketing Plan proposal"
  Marketing Management II,marketing-management-two,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-management-two,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will further examine how businesses create value for customers. In Marketing Management I, you learned the major elements of the marketing mix - product policy, channels of distribution, communication, and pricing - and saw how they fit within different analytical frameworks that are useful to managers. In this course, you will complete a more detailed analysis of these elements in order to conduct a thorough strategic analysis of marketing opportunities and communicate marketing decisions. This will enable you to see “marketing in action” in the business world."
  Marketing Mix Fundamentals,marketing-mix,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-mix,Business,IE Business School,"Marketing Mix Fundamentals prepares you for arguably the most important stage of bring your product to market - how and where are you going to market it? It sets out a detailed introduction to the four P’s of Marketing (Product, Pricing, Place and Promotion), this course forces you to strategically analyze your product and/or service."
  Marketing Strategy for Entrepreneurs,marketing-strategy-entrepreneurs,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-strategy-entrepreneurs,Business,EIT Digital,"If you want to earn money and be able to pay all the salaries you and your employees desperately need. If so: Is there anything else but sales and marketing? This is also the reason why we will start of in a situation “as if” you did start up the sales process in a new company where no previous customers did exist. Gradually your sales efforts bare fruit, you get customers and market expansion becomes important to be able to handle. The course begins in the art of cold calling and analyzing the customers, then gradually move over to segmentation, positioning, closing the deal, competition, marketing strategy and market expansion."
  Marketing in a Digital World,marketing-digital,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-digital,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course examines how digital tools, such as the Internet, smartphones, and 3D printing, are revolutionizing the world of marketing by shifting the balance of power from firms to consumers. Marketing in a Digital World is one of the most popular courses on Coursera with over 150,000 Learners and is rated by Class Central as one of the Top 50 MOOCs of All Time (https://www.class-central.com/report/top-moocs/). This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price."
  Marketing: Understanding Your Customers,marketing-iese,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-iese,Business,IESE Business School,Understanding who your customers are and what they need and want is at the heart of successful marketing strategies. In this course you will explore how to identify and classify customers and the different methods that marketing professionals use to shed light on how they make purchase decisions.
  Master Class for Corporate Entrepreneurs,corporate-entrepreneurship-project,https://coursera.org/learn/corporate-entrepreneurship-project,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park","The Master Class experience is designed to serve as the final project experience for the Corporate Entrepreneurship Specialization. Alternatively, professionals with experience in opportunity analysis, business modeling, and corporate finance are invited to complete the Master Class experience without the preliminary courses. With maturing technologies and aging product portfolios requiring established companies to create, develop, and sustain innovative new businesses, graduates of the Master Class will develop an understanding of how to create new businesses and initiatives within the corporate environment."
  Meaningful Marketing Insights,meaningful-marketing-insights,https://coursera.org/learn/meaningful-marketing-insights,Business,Emory University,"With marketers are poised to be the largest users of data within the organization, there is a need to make sense of the variety of consumer data that the organization collects. Surveys, transaction histories and billing records can all provide insight into consumers’ future behavior, provided that they are interpreted correctly. In Introduction to Marketing Analytics, we introduce the tools that learners will need to convert raw data into marketing insights. The included exercises are conducted using Microsoft Excel, ensuring that learners will have the tools they need to extract information from the data available to them. The course provides learners with exposure to essential tools including exploratory data analysis, as well as regression methods that can be used to investigate the impact of marketing activity on aggregate data (e.g., sales) and on individual-level choice data (e.g., brand choices)."
  Medical Technology and Evaluation,healthcare-medical-technology,https://coursera.org/learn/healthcare-medical-technology,Business,University of Minnesota,"Innovations in medical technologies are one of the leading areas of economic growth in the world. Whether new technologies take the form of pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, information technology of some combination of these innovations, the opportunities for both private enterprise and social welfare are substantial. However, these innovations are not without cost, and require"
  Meeting Investors' Goals,meeting-investors-goals,https://coursera.org/learn/meeting-investors-goals,Business,University of Geneva,"In this course, you will dive into the concepts of rationality and irrationality and understand how they impact our investment decisions and what the consequences can be at the market level. You will first explore the different biases that we, as humans, are subjected to when facing investment decisions and how they may impact the outcomes of these decisions."
  Modeling Risk and Realities,wharton-risk-models,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-risk-models,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Useful quantitative models help you to make informed decisions both in situations in which the factors affecting your decision are clear, as well as in situations in which some important factors are not clear at all. In this course, you can learn how to create quantitative models to reflect complex realities, and how to include in your model elements of risk and uncertainty. You’ll also learn the methods for creating predictive models for identifying optimal choices; and how those choices change in response to changes in the model’s assumptions."
  More Introduction to Financial Accounting,wharton-financial-accounting,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-financial-accounting,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"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."
  Moving to the Cloud,movingtothecloud,https://coursera.org/learn/movingtothecloud,Business,The University of Melbourne,"Commercial research analysts consider cloud as one of the most significant trends with a potential to change the whole global IT industry. Governments, including those in the US, Britain, and Australia, have cloud-first policies now in place which mandate cloud over non-cloud services in ICT procurement. But CIOs and other senior executives, while it's on the majority of their agendas, aren't sure what it really means for their organisations - how to leverage the benefits, control the commercials, manage the business risk, and adapt their organisations."
  Negotiation  Fundamentals,negotiation-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/negotiation-fundamentals,Business,ESSEC Business School,"This course gives you access to negotiation practical tools and best practices gathered by Professor Aurélien Colson & his team from assignments in more than seventy countries and in a wide set of sectors, be they services, industry, high tech, or public organizations. In an interactive manner, this course will help you, among other topics: get prepared for any negotiation; avoid traps; know how to prompt value-creating partnerships; structure an effective negotiation sequence; bargain in an efficient and respectful manner; overcome deadlocks; and much more!"
  New Models of Business in Society,businessinsociety,https://coursera.org/learn/businessinsociety,Business,University of Virginia,"In this course we will be discussing the emergence of a new story about business. This new story locates business within a societal framework. Almost every business creates or destroys value for customers, suppliers, employees, communities and society, in addition to shareholders and other financiers. A number of new models of business can be built on this idea such as corporate responsibility, philanthropy, shared value and sustainability. Profits and stakeholder value go together, and this course explains how."
  New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs,startup-funding,https://coursera.org/learn/startup-funding,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park",This course is for aspiring or active entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure funding for their company. This course will demystify key financing concepts to give entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs a guide to secure funding.
  On Strategy : What Managers Can Learn from Philosophy - PART 1,management-philosophy,https://coursera.org/learn/management-philosophy,Business,CentraleSupélec,"In the expression “creative thinking”, the keyword is not creativity; the keyword is thinking. With the help of great philosophers, you will rediscover the art of thinking. To help leaders to be rigorous even without figures, great philosophers have lots of ideas. Managers are invited to rediscover the art of thinking. They should understand the role of mental models, realize the importance of cognitive bias, agree on clear definitions and efficient criteria etc."
  Operations Analytics,wharton-operations-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-operations-analytics,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"This course is designed to impact the way you think about transforming data into better decisions. Recent extraordinary improvements in data-collecting technologies have changed the way firms make informed and effective business decisions. The course on operations analytics, taught by three of Wharton’s leading experts, focuses on how the data can be used to profitably match supply with demand in"
  Operations Management,operations-management,https://coursera.org/learn/operations-management,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will learn about the role of operations and how they are connected to other business functions in manufacturing- and service-focused organizations. You will learn and practice the use of decision-making frameworks and techniques applicable at all levels, from management-level strategic decisions such as connecting process to the needs of various customer segments, to front-line tactical decisions such as choosing between ordering larger quantities vs. ordering more frequently."
  Operations Management,operations-management-1,https://coursera.org/learn/operations-management-1,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will learn about the role of operations and how they are connected to other business functions in manufacturing- and service-focused organizations. You will learn and practice the use of decision-making frameworks and techniques applicable at all levels, from management-level strategic decisions such as connecting process to the needs of various customer segments, to front-line tactical decisions such as choosing between ordering larger quantities vs. ordering more frequently."
  Operations Management and Strategy,strategy-and-operations,https://coursera.org/learn/strategy-and-operations,Business,Vanderbilt University,"Are you looking for a deeper understanding of the basic elements of business strategy, from design through execution? This four-part course covers the fundamentals of designing a business strategy, executing that strategy and measuring results, managing operations and improving processes, and running successful projects that support your business goals."
  Optimizing Diversity on Teams,diverse-teams,https://coursera.org/learn/diverse-teams,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Drawing on social science perspectives, this course will enable participants to learn what diversity is and how to use it to maximize team performance, innovation, and creativity. Participants will learn how to draw out the collective wisdom of diverse teams, handle conflict, and establish common ground rules through real-world cases and peer-to-peer discussions. In addition, participants in this course will learn how to overcome common biases faced in diverse teams. Systems of power, reward, and rhetoric will be discussed in order to help participants create prosperous teams where differences flourish."
  Optimizing a Website for Search,optimizing-web-search,https://coursera.org/learn/optimizing-web-search,Business,"University of California, Davis","Learn the ins and outs of optimizing a website, from conducting an initial audit to presenting your findings and recommendations. Hands-on activities include learning how to select and apply appropriate keywords throughout a website, incorporating keyword research in a content marketing strategy, and optimizing a site for local search. You will also learn strategies for setting goals and"
  Oral Communication for Engineering Leaders,oral-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/oral-communication,Business,Rice University,"Taught by Rice University communication faculty from the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL). This course covers core topics in oral communication: Communication strategy, content, data visualization, and delivery. You’ll learn key principles in • Creating a communication strategy • Developing a clear message and organizing persuasive content • Creating strong visual support • Presenting data effectively • Presenting professionally and confidently • Handling formal presentations, giving pitches, speaking extemporaneously, managing online presentations, and lowering public speaking anxiety"
  Organizational Analysis (Self-Paced),organizational-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/organizational-analysis,Business,Stanford University,"In this introductory, self-paced course, you will learn multiple theories of organizational behavior and apply them to actual cases of organizational change. Organizations are groups whose members coordinate their behaviors in order to accomplish a shared goal. They can be found nearly everywhere in today’s society: universities, start-ups, classrooms, hospitals, non-profits, government bureaus, corporations, restaurants, grocery stores, and professional associations are some of many examples of organizations."
  Organizational Behavior: Managing People,managingpeople-iese,https://coursera.org/learn/managingpeople-iese,Business,IESE Business School,"Peter Drucker, a pioneer in the field of management, once said that people have a perverse tendency to behave like human beings. Of course, we are not machines, and certainly not programmable. But through the study of organizational behavior, we can gain insights into what makes people tick within a work context."
  People Analytics,wharton-people-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-people-analytics,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"People analytics is a data-driven approach to managing people at work. For the first time in history, business leaders can make decisions about their people based on deep analysis of data rather than the traditional methods of personal relationships, decision making based on experience, and risk avoidance. In this brand new course, three of Wharton’s top professors, all pioneers in the field of people analytics, will explore the state-of-the-art techniques used to recruit and retain great people, and demonstrate how these techniques are used at cutting-edge companies. They’ll explain how data and sophisticated analysis is brought to bear on people-related issues, such as recruiting, performance evaluation, leadership, hiring and promotion, job design, compensation, and collaboration."
  Personal & Family Financial Planning,family-planning,https://coursera.org/learn/family-planning,Business,University of Florida,Personal and Family Financial Planning will address many critical personal financial management topics in order to help you learn prudent habits both while in school and throughout your lifetime.
  Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Innovations,pharma-medical-device-innovations,https://coursera.org/learn/pharma-medical-device-innovations,Business,University of Minnesota,This course in the Healthcare Marketplace specialization gives the learner an in-depth view of the intellectual property creation that is vital to creating breakthrough technologies. Included is an understanding of the strategy deployed for pricing drugs and new technologies as well as the market sizing exercise to identify where future research and development investments should be made.
  Planning,start-your-own-business-3-planning,https://coursera.org/learn/start-your-own-business-3-planning,Business,Michigan State University,"According to Steven Blank a business startup, or any new venture startup is essentially a proto-type. Thus the startup process essentially becomes a learning process to refine that business proto-type into a scalable, replicable finished 'product'. At the end of this course learners will be able to: -complete a business model summarizing assumptions about what value they will offer to whom, and how they will make money."
  Portfolio Selection and Risk Management,portfolio-selection-risk-management,https://coursera.org/learn/portfolio-selection-risk-management,Business,Rice University,"When an investor is faced with a portfolio choice problem, the number of possible assets and the various combinations and proportions in which each can be held can seem overwhelming. In this course, you’ll learn the basic principles underlying optimal portfolio construction, diversification, and risk management. You’ll start by acquiring the tools to characterize an investor’s risk and return trade-off. You will next analyze how a portfolio choice problem can be structured and learn how to solve for and implement the optimal portfolio solution. Finally, you will learn about the main pricing models for equilibrium asset prices."
  Portfolio and Risk Management,portfolio-management,https://coursera.org/learn/portfolio-management,Business,Indian School of Business,"This course teaches you the concepts of risk and expected return. This course presents an overview of the basic concepts and techniques used to construct financial portfolios. You will learn about the investment process and get a very good understanding of economic, industry, and company analyses. We will also look at understanding and interpreting major portfolio management and risk concepts."
  Portfolio and Risk Management,portfolio-risk-management,https://coursera.org/learn/portfolio-risk-management,Business,University of Geneva,"In this course, you will gain an understanding of the theory underlying optimal portfolio construction, the different ways portfolios are actually built in practice and how to measure and manage the risk of such portfolios. You will start by studying how imperfect correlation between assets leads to diversified and optimal portfolios as well as the consequences in terms of asset pricing. Then, you will learn how to shape an investor's profile and build an adequate portfolio by combining strategic and tactical asset allocations. Finally, you will have a more in-depth look at risk: its different facets and the appropriate tools and techniques to measure it, manage it and hedge it."
  Positioning: What you need for a successful Marketing Strategy,positioning,https://coursera.org/learn/positioning,Business,IE Business School,"Positioning is the heart of any Marketing Strategy, the core that you must get right. It does not matter whether you start with a clearly defined target group or with a differential value proposition: you will need end up with a clear segment or segments upon which we build our Marketing Plan. In this course - the second in our Marketing Strategy Specialization - IE professor Ignacio Gafo will guide you through the essential stages of this key marekting process, starting with the basic elements that you will require and deciding on the market segmentation and marketing."
  Power Onboarding,poweronboarding,https://coursera.org/learn/poweronboarding,Business,Northwestern University,"Power Onboarding provides practical, easy-to-use tools to guide an individual who is transitioning to a new job. Students will prepare an actionable personal onboarding plan that will set them up for success in their new role. Research has shown that an actively followed power onboarding plan will allow an individual to reach proficiency in a new position up to 30% faster than the typical transitioning manager. In this course, students will develop their own onboarding plan, allowing them to contribute sooner and be eligible for promotion earlier."
  Preparing to Manage Human Resources,managing-human-resources,https://coursera.org/learn/managing-human-resources,Business,University of Minnesota,"One way or another, all employees are managed. But approaches to managing employees varying from employee-to-employee, job-to-job, manager-to-manager, organization-to-organization, and country-to-country. This course provides a foundation for developing your own approach to skillfully managing employees by illustrating alternative human resource management (HRM) strategies, introducing the importance of the legal context, and thinking about what motivates employees."
  Pricing Strategy,pricing-strategy,https://coursera.org/learn/pricing-strategy,Business,IE Business School,"Pricing is one of the most important but least understood marketing decisions. Learn and practice concepts, techniques, and get to grips with the latest thinking on assessing and formulating pricing strategies. Analyze how firms attempt to capture value, as well as profits, in the revenues they earn. After this course, you will be able to contribute to the process of formulating pricing strategies for your own products and services, or those of your firm."
  Principles of Valuation: Risk and Return,risk-and-return,https://coursera.org/learn/risk-and-return,Business,University of Michigan,"This second course in the specialization will last six weeks and will focus on the second main building block of financial analysis and valuation: risk. The notion of risk and statistics are intimately related and we will spend a fair amount of time on the development of some statistical concepts and tools, namely distribution theory and regression analysis. This time will be well spent because these concepts and tools are also commonly used in many applications in the real world."
  Principles of Valuation: Time Value of Money,time-value-money,https://coursera.org/learn/time-value-money,Business,University of Michigan,"We will introduce the time value of money (TVM) framework in a carefully structured way, using relatively simple applications at first and quickly moving to more advance ones. We will then spend some time on developing an understanding of alternative decision criteria (NPV, IRR, Profitability, etc.) that are commonly used in the real world. We will wrap up the course with an exposure to the determination of cash flows using accounting principles. The main focus in this building block will be on individual/personal decisions because of two reasons: (a) we learn when we see value to us as individuals and (b) the beauty of finance is that the building blocks of finance are applicable to any decision, personal or corporate. The course will last six weeks with time included for assimilation and two final exams."
  Private Equity and Venture Capital,private-equity,https://coursera.org/learn/private-equity,Business,Università Bocconi,"The course deals with the analysis of the private equity and venture capital business. Over the course, students will be provided with a deep understanding of the mechanism underpinning the creation and/or development of a firm and the financial support it can get from the financial system through venture capital investment."
  Process Improvement,process-improvement,https://coursera.org/learn/process-improvement,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course you will focus on process improvement. You will learn how to set organizational priorities for continuous process improvement, how to execute process improvement projects, and how to sustain the initiative for continuous improvements."
  Process Improvement,process-improvement-1,https://coursera.org/learn/process-improvement-1,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course you will focus on process improvement. You will learn how to set organizational priorities for continuous process improvement, how to execute process improvement projects, and how to sustain the initiative for continuous improvements. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: • Understand the roles of process improvement • Relate underlying principles to frameworks and techniques used for process improvement • Synthesize information to make decisions for organizational initiatives and process improvement • Apply analytical techniques for tactical decisions in a process improvement project"
  Professional Skills for International Business,professional-skills-networking,https://coursera.org/learn/professional-skills-networking,Business,University of London,"This course provides insight into the key professional skills needed by managers at all levels of an organisation. You’ll learn key skills such as how to make a positive first impression; how to become a role model at work; effective time and resource management; and networking. This course forms part of a specialisation from the University of London designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in international business, or in further study."
  Project Management: The Basics for Success,project-management-basics,https://coursera.org/learn/project-management-basics,Business,"University of California, Irvine","This course combines the essential elements of Project Management and Team Leadership into one course. Through class engagement and reflection, you will acquire further understanding of the responsibilities of leadership and become better prepared to apply this knowledge to the project environment."
  Public Relations Campaigns,prcampaign,https://coursera.org/learn/prcampaign,Business,National University of Singapore,"In this course, you will learn the structure of a PR campaign and the steps involved in putting it together. You will learn about the nuts and bolts of setting up objectives, developing strategy and creating tactics. In doing so, the course will take you through a brief tour of various campaign theories. You will also learn about the key lessons that have been derived from critical analyses and synthesis of the research on campaigns. Finally, you will pick up the key elements of campaign evaluation."
  Public Relations Research,prresearch,https://coursera.org/learn/prresearch,Business,National University of Singapore,"Perhaps you are familiar with research. You might have learned about research or maybe you conduct research in your life. How is that different from research in Public Relations practice? In this course, you will learn the foundations of research in PR. PR research is applied research. Practical application of research allows you to improve the organization’s performance. Research can be used in many ways in Public Relations practice."
  Quantitative Foundations for International Business,quantitative-foundations-international-business,https://coursera.org/learn/quantitative-foundations-international-business,Business,University of London,"This course provides the essential mathematics required to succeed in the finance and economics related modules of the Global MBA, including equations, functions, derivatives, and matrices. You can test your understanding with quizzes and worksheets, while more advanced content will be available if you want to push yourself. This course forms part of a specialisation from the University of London designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in international business, or in further study."
  "Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding Employees",recruiting-hiring-onboarding-employees,https://coursera.org/learn/recruiting-hiring-onboarding-employees,Business,University of Minnesota,"Finding and hiring the right people is often cited as the number one concern of businesses today. It seems we are all competing for the best and brightest workers. As you will see in our time together in the second course, a critical component of the People Manager Value Proposition is to hire talented people who enable the organization to achieve its strategic goals. This course is an introduction into the topic of recruitment, selection and onboarding"
  Relationship Management ,relationship-managment,https://coursera.org/learn/relationship-managment,Business,Rice University,"Course 2 in the Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization and part of Rice University's Engineering Management and Leadership Certificate. To be a successful engineer, you must work and play well with others. This course focuses on developing the skills you will need to build and sustain professional relationships and networks. Learn to coach and mentor others, manage conflict and build power and influence in the workplace."
  Research kitchen,research-kitchen,https://coursera.org/learn/research-kitchen,Business,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU),"The research kitchen is a unique format that we have developed extra for you: curious learners interested in competitive strategy and organization design yearning for a first glimpse into the world of research. It is voluntary and ""just for fun"" - so please, go on and have a look! Different to other courses of our specialization Competitive Strategy and Organization Design it is comprised of brief paper sessions rather than modules. For a change, you will experience the instructor Tobias Kretschmer at the whiteboard of his very own institute at LMU Munich. Here he will summarize key findings of recent research papers on topics relating to the three courses Competitive Strategy, Advanced Competitive Strategy and Strategic Organization Design."
  Sales Strategies: Mastering the Selling Process,sales-strategies,https://coursera.org/learn/sales-strategies,Business,The University of Chicago,"Selling is a life skill. As people, we interact with other people every day in many different types of situations. And if you stop and think about those various situations, many of them are sales situations. You might be interviewing for a job, or meeting a new potential customer, or trying to convince someone that your idea is the right one. These are sales situations, and in this course you will learn how high-performing salespeople use critical skills and disciplines to create success each and every time they interact with another person. You"
  Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution,operations-strategy,https://coursera.org/learn/operations-strategy,Business,Northwestern University,"Over the past several decades, operations strategy has played an increasingly important role in business’ success. In this course, we will equip you with concepts and tools to build operations in a way that not only supports your competitive strategy, but also allows you to create new opportunities in the market place."
  Search Engine Optimization Fundamentals,seo-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/seo-fundamentals,Business,"University of California, Davis","Gain an understanding of search engine algorithms and how they affect organic search results and websites. Building on this knowledge, you’ll learn the key elements for creating an effective SEO strategy, including how to select keywords and perform keyword research; consumer psychology and search behavior; and how to conduct on-page SEO analysis to identify opportunities to improve a website’s search optimization."
  Securing Investment Returns in the Long Run,investment-returns-long-run,https://coursera.org/learn/investment-returns-long-run,Business,University of Geneva,"In this course, you will learn about the famous dichotomy between active and passive investing, how to appropriately measure and analyze investment performance and what the future trends in the investment management industry are. You will first learn about absolute and relative performance, risk-adjusted returns and how to decompose investment performance."
  Self Awareness and the Effective Leader,self-awareness,https://coursera.org/learn/self-awareness,Business,Rice University,"Course 1 in the Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization and part of Rice University's Engineering Management and Leadership Certificate. Part of being an effective leader is learning how to play to your strengths and overcome characteristics that don't lend to good leadership practices. During the course, you will examine your own strengths and learn ways to use them in a leadership role. Learn to manage stress and solve problems creatively. Throughout the course, you will also build a tool kit of useful techniques that you can begin using right away in your engineering career."
  Setting Expectations & Assessing Performance Issues,coaching-expectations-performance,https://coursera.org/learn/coaching-expectations-performance,Business,"University of California, Davis","If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there. One of the most important roles of a manager is to ensure everyone knows the destination. The most effective managers set expectations and assess their employees’ performance against those expectations, and take a coaching approach to helping them get to the destination. That’s exactly what you’ll learn to do in this course!"
  Shaping Your Professional Brand,professional-brand,https://coursera.org/learn/professional-brand,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"You've thought about who you are and how you want your career to be. You have some skills to deal with situations that could cause problems. What about the team around you? How do you build functional and constructive professional relationships? How can you add value? What do employers look for when they are promoting? Skill-building in this course will include asking questions, listening, developing likeability (you’d better be stellar if you’re difficult), identifying cognitive bias, apologizing, receiving apologies, and the basics of whistleblowing."
  Social Business Model and Planning for Social Innovation,social-business-model,https://coursera.org/learn/social-business-model,Business,Copenhagen Business School,"In this course we will take the social business opportunity that you have identified in the first course to a higher level. Specifically, you will develop a business model using the Business Model Canvas. Gradually you will also start writing your business plan. Moreover, you will be able to assess different organizational forms and select the one that is appropriate for your developed business model. By the end of the course you will be able to compare different social impact investment methods and choose the right funding strategy for your social venture."
  Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Social Impact,social-impact,https://coursera.org/learn/social-impact,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"This course offers an introduction to social impact strategy and social entrepreneurship, including key concepts, an overview of the field, and tools to get started as a changemaker. Students will learn how to innovate and design new ideas and new organizational forms to implement those ideas. Students who take this course will be better prepared to launch social impact organizations of their own invention."
  Sports Sponsorship. Let them Play,sports-sponsorship,https://coursera.org/learn/sports-sponsorship,Business,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,Are you interested in sport sponsorship? Would you like to understand which actors participate in sport sponsorship? Would you like to know the latest and innovative proposals that are arising in the sport sponsorship world? Are you interested in learning and connecting with sports enthusiasts/students from all around the world? The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Johan Cruyff Institute jointly offer this introductory course in sports sponsorship for all those interested in knowing how to create a sponsorship plan for a sports event.
  Statistics for International Business,statistics-international-business,https://coursera.org/learn/statistics-international-business,Business,University of London,"This course introduces core areas of statistics that will be useful in business and for several MBA modules. It covers a variety of ways to present data, probability, and statistical estimation. You can test your understanding as you progress, while more advanced content is available if you want to push yourself. This course forms part of a specialisation from the University of London designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in international business, or in further study."
  Strategic Innovation for Managers,strategic-innovation,https://coursera.org/learn/strategic-innovation,Business,Vanderbilt University,"Does your business culture nurture innovation—or stifle it? Are you looking for ways to build your business creatively but find daunting constraints at every turn? Innovation is too important to your success to be left to chance. This course is designed to help you understand the forces that limit innovation, identify those barriers in your own business culture, and break free of them in order to realize the full value of your imagination. You’ll learn the six most common constraints on innovation in organizations—that is, the six ways that creative thinking is usually sabotaged before it can produce results. You’ll learn the barriers to creativity in both individual and group settings, plus discover which stakeholders are actively invested in stopping your ideas in their tracks."
  Strategic Innovation: Building and Sustaining Innovative Organizations,strategic-innovation-building-and-sustaining-innovative-organizations,https://coursera.org/learn/strategic-innovation-building-and-sustaining-innovative-organizations,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Innovation strategy is about creating unique value for consumers by delivering a great product that satisfies their needs and capturing value back from consumers. At the core of a successful innovation strategy is a great product concept. Product is an all-encompassing term that includes physical goods, intangible services, and even ideas. There are three pillars to a successful product strategy: a clear understanding of (a) the target customers (WHO), (b) the specific elements of the product offering (WHAT) that satisfies consumer needs and dovetails with company capabilities, and (c) the tactical plans to reach end consumers (HOW). The value proposition has to be embedded in a coherent business model in order to create and capture value. But well-laid innovation plans can go awry without a consideration of the business ecosystem that includes competitors, collaborators, including suppliers, distributors, and retailers, or the contextual environment in which the company operates."
  Strategic Management,strategic-management,https://coursera.org/learn/strategic-management,Business,Copenhagen Business School,"The world of business strategy is in transition. What used to work doesn't anymore -- not necessarily. This course prepares you to think strategically in an age when companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft have become more valuable (in market cap terms) than companies like Exxon. Today, business value and competitive advantage arise more often from consumer perceptions of what is ""cool"" than from physical assets or economies of scale."
  Strategic Organization Design,organization-design,https://coursera.org/learn/organization-design,Business,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU),"Strategic Organization Design will introduce new topics and modules with even more real world examples and opportunities for student interaction than its predecessors Competitive Strategy (https://www.coursera.org/learn/competitive-strategy) and Advanced Competitive Strategy (https://www.coursera.org/learn/advanced-competitive-strategy). The final course in the Competitive Strategy and Organization Design specialization covers the internal workings of an organization and its interactions with the outside world. Where the first two courses mainly covered the way firms interact with the outside world, in particular competitors and complementors, the third course looks at the way a firm’s organization should be designed to compete effectively."
  Strategic Planning and Execution,strategic-planning-execution,https://coursera.org/learn/strategic-planning-execution,Business,University of Virginia,"Avoid the pitfalls of strategy planning and execution with the tools and skills from this course. You'll learn the pillars of strategy execution--analysis, formulation, and implementation--and how to use the 4A model to effectively approach strategy execution. Finally, a panel of leaders from entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and industry, share their expertise gleaned from years of successful strategy planning and execution."
  Strategy,howtostartabusiness5,https://coursera.org/learn/howtostartabusiness5,Business,Michigan State University,"This course is the last course in this specialization before its capstone experience where you, the learner will launch your business. Consider all the activities associated with the final preparation for a NASA launch before the final countdown takes place. Those are the type of activities with respect to launching a business that will be covered in this course. The goal of the course is for you to have a document that details all the actions you need to take, and all the things that you need to think about before launching your business, with instructions on how to do those actions and how to thing about those things."
  Strategy Formulation,strategy-formulation,https://coursera.org/learn/strategy-formulation,Business,Copenhagen Business School,"The purpose of this course is to present, analyze and discuss the different facets of business strategy formulation. Emphasizing that strategy can be seen as a unified theme that provides coherence and direction to the actions and decisions of a firm, we will cover a variety of business strategy topics concerned with firm positioning in the context of different markets, industries and locations."
  Strategy Implementation,strategy-implementation,https://coursera.org/learn/strategy-implementation,Business,Copenhagen Business School,Even a thoroughly developed business strategy may fail if you don't pay enough attention to its implementation. This rings particularly true with strategies based on innovation or implemented in complex or fast-changing environments.
  Strategy and Sustainability,strategysustainability,https://coursera.org/learn/strategysustainability,Business,IESE Business School,"Business and environmental sustainability are not natural bedfellows. Business is about making money. Sustainability is about protecting the planet. Business is measured in months and quarters. Sustainability often requires significant short term costs to secure a sometimes uncertain long-term benefit. To some activists, all executives are exploitative, selfish one percenters. To some executives, all activists are irresponsible, unyielding extremists. And yet engaging with the issue isn’t optional – all businesses must have a strategy to deal with sustainability and, like any strategy, this involves making choices. This Strategy and Sustainability course based on Rosenberg's recently published book by Palgrave (http://www.palgrave.com/la/book/9781137501738) that encourages learners to filter out the noise and make those choices in a hard-nosed and clear-eyed way. Prof. Rosenberg’s nuanced and fact-based point of view recognizes the complexity of the issues at hand and the strategic choices businesses must make."
  Structure,start-your-own-business-4-structure,https://coursera.org/learn/start-your-own-business-4-structure,Business,Michigan State University,Georgia Institute of Technology
  Subsistence Marketplaces,subsistence-marketplaces,https://coursera.org/learn/subsistence-marketplaces,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"The foundation for this course lies with unique synergies between pioneering research, teaching, and social initiatives through the Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative. Unique to this approach is a bottom-up understanding of the intersection of poverty and the marketplace. The goals of this course are to help you develop an understanding of marketplace activity in the radically different context of subsistence where much of humanity resides and survives, and for you to design solutions that can be implemented by individuals, businesses, and social enterprises through economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable products for subsistence marketplaces."
  Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills,negotiation-skills,https://coursera.org/learn/negotiation-skills,Business,University of Michigan,"We all negotiate on a daily basis. On a personal level, we negotiate with friends, family, landlords, car sellers and employers, among others. Negotiation is also the key to business success. No business can survive without profitable contracts. Within a company, negotiation skills can lead to your career advancement."
  Successful Presentation,presentation-skills,https://coursera.org/learn/presentation-skills,Business,University of Colorado Boulder,"Few kinds of communication can have the effect of a powerful presentation. Even a short speech can motivate people to change long-held beliefs or to take action, and a wonderfully delivered speech can transform a normal person into a leader. In this course, Prof. William Kuskin provides a series of pragmatic videos and exercises for successful public speaking and presentations. The course develops through four themes—mastering fear, developing a creative formula, using verbal and body language, and anticipating the room—so that you can discover your personal power as a speaker and give excellent presentations."
  Supply Chain Logistics,supply-chain-logistics,https://coursera.org/learn/supply-chain-logistics,Business,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"Have you ever wondered how goods get delivered to us so quickly as soon as we order them? One word: Logistics! In this introductory Supply Chain Logistics course, I will take you on a journey to this fascinating backbone of global trade. We cover the three major building blocks of logistics networks: transportation, warehousing, and inventory. After completing this course, you will be able to differentiate the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of transportation. You will understand what goes into designing and setting up a warehousing facility."
  Supply Chain Management: A Learning Perspective ,supply-chain-management,https://coursera.org/learn/supply-chain-management,Business,Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,"As a human being, we all consume products and/or services all the time. This morning you got up and ate your breakfast, e.g., eggs, milk, bread, fresh fruits, and the like. After the breakfast, you drove your car to work or school. At your office, you used your computer, perhaps equipped with 27” LCD monitor. During your break, you drank a cup of coffee and played with your iPhone. So on and so forth. You probably take it for granted that you can enjoy all of these products. But if you take a closer look at how each of these products can be made and eventually delivered to you, you will realize that each one of these is no short of miracle."
  Supply Chain Operations,operations,https://coursera.org/learn/operations,Business,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"Have you ever wondered how products and services are created exactly the same thousands of times over? And how companies are able to smooth out operations to manufacture efficiently, effectively, and without any waste? How is such precision possible? The answer lies at the heart of operations. In the Supply Chain Operations course, we introduce and apply essential process improvement tools to achieve perfection. After completing this course, you will be able to apply the Six Sigma methodology for process improvement. You will demonstrate that you understand the basic tenets of the Lean philosophy that enables manufacturers to eliminate waste and make processes more efficient. Finally, you will be able to apply the tools that you just gained to improve a process of your own."
  Supply Chain Planning,planning,https://coursera.org/learn/planning,Business,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"Have you ever wondered how companies know how much to produce in advance so that they do not make too much or too little? Matching supply and demand requires planning. This course introduces you to the exciting area of supply chain planning. Part of a broader specialization on Supply Chain Management, you will master different forecasting techniques, essential for building a Sales and Operations Plan. At the completion of this course you will have the tools and techniques to analyze demand data, construct different forecasting techniques, and choose the most suitable one for projecting future demand."
  Supply Chain Principles,supply-chain-principles,https://coursera.org/learn/supply-chain-principles,Business,Georgia Institute of Technology,"This course will provide a solid understanding of what a supply chain is all about. The course: - Provides an introduction to Supply Chain - Leverages graphics to promote the Integrated Supply Chain model - Emphasizes understanding the Extended Supply Chain - Presents a holistic approach – Incorporating People, Process, and Technology - Calls-out industry-specific supply chain"
  Supply Chain Sourcing,sourcing,https://coursera.org/learn/sourcing,Business,Rutgers the State University of New Jersey,"Have you ever wondered how companies manage relationships with their thousands of suppliers? Sourcing is an important part of managing a successful supply chain. This course introduces you to the exciting area of supply chain sourcing. Part of a broader specialization on Supply Chain Management, you will master the supplier selection process and supplier segmentation. At the completion of this course you will have the tools and techniques to find the right vendors and maintain the right relationship with any one of your existing suppliers."
  Survey analysis to Gain Marketing Insights,survey-analysis-marketing-insights,https://coursera.org/learn/survey-analysis-marketing-insights,Business,Emory University,"How do consumers see your brand relative to your competitors? How should a new product be positioned when it’s launched? Which customer segments are most interested in our current offerings? For these questions and many others, surveys remain the tried and true method for gaining marketing insights. From one-off customer satisfaction surveys to brand tracking surveys that are administered on a continuous basis, they provide the information that marketers need to understand how their products, services and brands are seen by consumers. In Analytic Methods for Survey Data, learners will become familiar with established statistical methods for converting survey responses to insights that can support marketing decisions. Techniques discussed include factor analytics, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis and multi-dimensional scaling."
  Sustainable Innovation for Subsistence Marketplaces,subsistence-marketplaces-1,https://coursera.org/learn/subsistence-marketplaces-1,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course focuses on understanding subsistence marketplaces and designing business solutions for the billions of people living in poverty in the global marketplace. To develop understanding of subsistence marketplaces, we use exercises to enable participants to view the world from the eyes of subsistence consumers and entrepreneurs, facilitate bottom‐up understanding generated by participants, and provide insights from extensive research. More broadly, the course uses the context of extreme resource constrained contexts to learn about the bottom-up approach pioneered through the Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative, and apply it in any context."
  "Technology Commercialization, Part 1: Setting up your Idea Filtering System",technology-commercialization,https://coursera.org/learn/technology-commercialization,Business,University of Rochester,New ideas based on high-technology research have a high failure rate because they hit the ground running with lopsided priorities and misalignments. Students complete this course with an Innovation Creed (“Why are you doing this?”) and a customized Idea Filter (“Are you working on the right priorities?”)—2 simple tools that steer concept-stage commercialization to success.
  The Art of Negotiation,art-of-negotiation,https://coursera.org/learn/art-of-negotiation,Business,"University of California, Irvine","The art of negotiation comes into play daily in the life of employees at all levels and in every position. Participants explore how current approaches to negotiation strategy and tactics are used, what negotiation entails, types of negotiation relationships that exist from hard bargain to win-win, to fully partnered relationships and personal ones. The course explores the personal and behavioral characteristics of an effective negotiator."
  The Business of Social,business-of-social,https://coursera.org/learn/business-of-social,Business,Northwestern University,"In a 2014 study of CEOs and CMOs, IBM found 63% wanted social strategies which generate business metrics while only 20% of businesses worldwide actually have them. This means strategies which not only grow your company’s social footprint but link to your sales and marketing systems. With this critical linkage, your social and mobile strategies will provide you with the ability to engage consumers at a 1-to-1 level and measure your social investments in terms of costs, revenues, profits and ROI. In this fifth MOOC of the Social Marketing Specialization - ""The Business of Social"" - you will learn how to transform your organization's social marketing from an untracked investment to an integral part of your company’s marketing strategy."
  The Factors that Influence the Effectiveness of Boards and the Governance Process,nonprofit-gov-3,https://coursera.org/learn/nonprofit-gov-3,Business,The State University of New York,"The third course in this Specialization introduces you to the factors that influence how effective boards of directors will be in carrying out their roles and responsibilities and hence the impact they have in shaping the success of the organization they govern. While this course has been developed with North American culture in mind, we do appreciate that, in other parts of the world, the nature of the factors that influence the effectiveness of nonprofit boards of directors may vary. Nevertheless,it is our hope that much of the course content will still be of value to those in other parts of the world."
  The Impact of Technology,impact-of-technology,https://coursera.org/learn/impact-of-technology,Business,EIT Digital,"In this course you will learn how to use theories and methods to make predictions of the potential impact of new technology – in general, as well as for a specific application. This will prepare you for the changes that we are facing in society, and also help you take advantage of transformations which are driven by technology. The course takes a broad approach, including social and economic factors. You will study historical examples and learn to recognize recurring patterns and cycles."
  The Language and Tools of Financial Analysis,financialanalysis,https://coursera.org/learn/financialanalysis,Business,The University of Melbourne,"In this course, participants will learn the foundations of accounting principles and financial analysis, develop an understanding of the links between these, and the measurement of value creation at the firm level. This is the first course in a four-course Specialization on the Essentials of Corporate Financial Analysis and Decision-Making, created in partnership between the University of Melbourne and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon)."
  The Manager's Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Managing People at Work,people-management,https://coursera.org/learn/people-management,Business,"University of London, Birkbeck, University of London","The aim of this course is to give you a practical guide to managing people at work. It does not matter whether you are a first time manager in a shop or a middle manager in an office environment; the same skills apply to every work place. In the course you will engage with some HR theories and then see how they translate into every day working life. At the end of the course we hope you will be better equipped to choose a suitable employee, to motivate and appraise your team, to manage conflict in the work place and to lead and make decision on a day to day basis."
  The Marketing Plan,marketingplan,https://coursera.org/learn/marketingplan,Business,IE Business School,"Create your own Marketing Plan for your own product or service idea. In this course you will learn how to produce arguably the most important marketing tool for any business. Rather than simply learning the stages of The Marketing Plan, you will be asked each week to complete a peer graded assignment which will help you complete a simplified version of the plan. You will be required either to map the four crucial stages for your own product or service idea or use the Nissan Leaf case study (attached in the additional readings) in order to produce a professional example."
  The Olympic Games and the Media,olympic-games,https://coursera.org/learn/olympic-games,Business,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,"This course gives you a complete insight into the communication and managerial techniques put into practice in the creation of the most important sporting mega event in the world. You will learn about the essentials of television production, programming strategies and television rights management of the Olympic Games. At the same time, you will gain valuable knowledge about the fundamentals of communication via social media and of the Olympic culture which is so closely connected with classic culture and humanism."
  The Power of Markets I: The Basics of Supply and Demand and Consumer Behavior ,market-power,https://coursera.org/learn/market-power,Business,University of Rochester,"This opening module of the Power of Markets course covers the basic assumptions about market participants made by economists, the concept of opportunity cost, and the key determinants of supply and demand. We will then learn how to use the supply-demand framework to explain and predict market outcomes and to show how government policies affect those market outcomes. We will look at how quantity demanded and supplied respond to their key determinants in quantitative (elasticity) as well as qualitative terms."
  The Power of Markets II: Market Structure and Firm Behavior,market-structure,https://coursera.org/learn/market-structure,Business,University of Rochester,"In order to maximize profits, firms must ensure that any given output level is produced at least cost and then select the price-output combination that results in total revenue exceeding total cost by the greatest amount possible. With this in mind, this second module of the Power of Markets course addresses how firms can most effectively convert inputs into final output and then covers determining the best price-output combination for a firm and how this varies depending on whether the firm is operating in a perfectly competitive or imperfectly competitive market setting."
  The Power of Markets III: Input Markets and Promoting Efficiency,market-efficiency,https://coursera.org/learn/market-efficiency,Business,University of Rochester,"In order to maximize profits, firms must ensure that any given output level is produced at least cost and then select the price-output combination that results in total revenue exceeding total cost by the greatest amount possible. With this in mind, this second module of the Power of Markets course addresses how firms can most effectively convert inputs into final output and then covers determining the best price-output combination for a firm and how this varies depending on whether the firm is operating in a perfectly competitive or imperfectly competitive market setting."
  The Power of Team Culture,team-culture,https://coursera.org/learn/team-culture,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Behind the success and failure of teams lies team culture. But what exactly is culture? How and why does it contribute to success and failure? In this course, you will learn how to recognize aspects of team culture of which most people are normally unaware. It is often these seemingly unimportant aspects that have the greatest effect on the outcomes of group tasks. Your recognition of them will enable you to more effectively form, join, and lead teams. You will also come to appreciate the role of ritual and symbols in the daily operation of teams, as well as in situations of change and crisis. Knowledge of the ideas and information in this class will enable you to be not only a better team player but also a more effective team leader."
  The Role of Global Capital Markets,capital-markets,https://coursera.org/learn/capital-markets,Business,University of Rochester,"In this course, participants will learn about how different markets around the world can interact to create value for, and effectively manage the risk of, corporations and their stakeholders. This is part of a Specialization in corporate finance created in partnership between the University of Melbourne and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon)."
  The Roles and Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards of Directors within the Governance Process,nonprofit-gov-2,https://coursera.org/learn/nonprofit-gov-2,Business,The State University of New York,"This course provides a more in-depth look at the roles and responsibilities of boards of directors in the governance of nonprofit organizations. While the course has been developed with North American culture in mind, we do appreciate that in other parts of the world, the nature of the roles and responsibilities of boards of directors may not be the same. Nevertheless,it is our hope that much of the course content will still be of value to those in other parts of the world."
  The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know,success,https://coursera.org/learn/success,Business,University of Michigan,"This engaging course is designed to help you achieve the success that you desire. Drawing on decades of scientific research, you will learn what the most successful people do differently than others, why IQ is not the most significant predictor of success (and can sometimes backfire), and why many commonly held beliefs hold people back from achieving their goals."
  The Search for Great Ideas: Harnessing creativity to empower innovation. ,start-your-own-business-2-ideation,https://coursera.org/learn/start-your-own-business-2-ideation,Business,Michigan State University,Where do great business ideas come from? We all have compelling business concepts that we've been thinking about for years. In this course we will explore how to use observational tools and other techniques for idea generation and we will talk about how to evaluate the good ideas from the bad. The goal is to settle on a business idea that you are not only passionate about but also has real market application.
  The Strategy of Content Marketing,content-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/content-marketing,Business,"University of California, Davis","This course is a partnership between the leading content marketing authority, Copyblogger, and UC Davis Extension. In this course, you will learn the core strategies content marketers use to acquire and retain customers profitably. Specifically, you will learn how to develop, organize and implement a content marketing strategy, analyze and measure the effectiveness of content marketing, write compelling copy, use a strategic framework when writing, and build your professional brand and authority through content marketing. You will also learn how to put the ideas presented to you into action and build your own personal brand through content marketing."
  "The Three Pillar Model for Business Decisions: Strategy, Law & Ethics",strategy-law-ethics,https://coursera.org/learn/strategy-law-ethics,Business,University of Michigan,"Prominent business school researchers have identified a powerful model for making business decisions that is based on economics, law and ethics. The Three Pillar model in this course expands this model by adding strategy in place of economics. With this change, the model becomes a practical framework that you can use to make all types of decisions—business, leadership and personal. This course uses business decision making to show you how to use the model. In essence, to achieve business and career success, you must manage risk (the Law Pillar) and create value (the Strategy Pillar) in a responsible manner (the Ethics Pillar)."
  The fundamentals of hotel distribution,hotel-distribution,https://coursera.org/learn/hotel-distribution,Business,ESSEC Business School,"In today’s hotel sector an increasingly complex network of traditional and web based channels have to be managed to insure hotel success. Key questions include: how should you distribute over the web? What should you include on your brand.com website so people book through it? How can you maximise the potential of online travel agents (OTAs)? With the distribution environment both highly complex and constantly evolving, this course will give you comprehensive foundation of current industry practices to help jumpstart your career in this fascinating domain."
  The fundamentals of revenue management,fundamentalsofrevenuemanagement,https://coursera.org/learn/fundamentalsofrevenuemanagement,Business,ESSEC Business School,"With a fixed capacity, a highly disposable product and high fixed costs, hotels are a natural candidate for the application of revenue management. Originally developed by the airlines in the 1970s, these analytics-based techniques help predict consumer behavior at the hotel’s market level so that the hotel can sell each room each night at the optimum price."
  The hidden value – Lean in manufacturing and services,lean-manufacturing-services,https://coursera.org/learn/lean-manufacturing-services,Business,"École des Ponts ParisTech, BCG","Lean is a powerful methodology that enables managers and employees to shift their mindset and helps companies to keep their business sustainable by creating competitive advantage. Today, in an increasingly complex and dynamic world, where companies struggle to maintain competitive advantage, Lean is more important than ever.
  
  This course combines the experience of many senior experts and practitioners from the Boston Consulting Group and École des Ponts, and brings perspectives on Lean in manufacturing and services. It offers strong topic foundation as well as deep practical insights into the art of continuous improvement.
  
negative.code:   -Marginal cost-plus pricing
    -Peak-load pricing
    -Index-based pricing
  --Evaluate the impact of channel intermediaries and customer lifetime value on pricing"
  Country Level Economics: Macroeconomic Variables and Markets,country-level-economics,https://coursera.org/learn/country-level-economics,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course discusses how macroeconomic variables affect individuals’ personal, professional, and public activities and lays the foundation for the analysis of the mechanisms that drive macroeconomic variables. It start in its first module by introducing the key macroeconomic variables and explaining how they are defined and measured in order to enable the students to interpret macroeconomic data properly."
  "Country Level Economics: Policies, Institutions, and Macroeconomic Performance",country-level-economics-policies,https://coursera.org/learn/country-level-economics-policies,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course examines macroeconomic performance in the short run and the long run based on the economy’s institutional and policy environment. The first module develops a model of macroeconomy in the short run when the price level has its own momentum and does not respond much to supply and demand forces. The model enables one to see how GDP, interest rate, and exchange rate are determined in the short run and how they respond to macroeconomic shocks and policies."
  Cracking the Creativity Code: Discovering Ideas,startup-entrepreneurship-discovering-ideas,https://coursera.org/learn/startup-entrepreneurship-discovering-ideas,Business,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,"Skill at discovering new ideas, and delivering them, may be one of the most important practical job skills, in today’s and tomorrow’s job market. Creativity is an acquired skill, one that improves with practice. This course aims to empower individuals who believe they have lost their innate creativity, because they, their employers or teachers prefer the three R's:"
  Crafting Strategies for Innovation Initiatives for Corporate Entrepreneurs,corporate-entrepreneurs-innovation-strategy,https://coursera.org/learn/corporate-entrepreneurs-innovation-strategy,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park",This course focuses on enhancing your understanding of (1) how an internal venture is organized and (2) how to overcome resistance to your new venture ideas within the company. The course is specifically valuable for: • Employees who have creative ideas important to their company; • Managers seeking to assemble creative people and resources; • Technical specialists desiring to become part of an internal venture; and • Consultants who advise companies on ways to launch and grow internal ventures.
  Creating Innovation,creating-innovation,https://coursera.org/learn/creating-innovation,Business,Macquarie University,The third course of the specialization CREATING INNOVATION will teach you what is at the core of all innovations that solve complex problems and how to foster methods to make big breakthroughs possible. It advances your knowledge of your own field by teaching you to look at it in new ways.
  Creating a Team Culture of Continuous Learning,continuous-learning-culture,https://coursera.org/learn/continuous-learning-culture,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"With good reason there is mounting concern that organizational groups and teams often fail to learn from their experience. This is deeply troubling because groups and teams are often the main ways that work gets done in organizations. Two of the main reasons that groups and teams are often ineffective are because of: 1) The lack of organizational structures and support for teams and groups, 2) The lack of understanding and emphasis on learning."
  Creating and Developing a Tech Startup,tech-startup,https://coursera.org/learn/tech-startup,Business,"École Polytechnique, HEC Paris","This course will allow you to identify and evaluate opportunities for creating a tech business, and to better understand its principal issues on ahuman, technical, commercial, environmental and financial level. As such, you will obtain solid foundations either for building your own tech business, or for joining one."
  Critical Perspectives on Management,critical-management,https://coursera.org/learn/critical-management,Business,IE Business School,"This course is designed for students of all backgrounds who have an interest in how firms are governed, the forces that have helped define modern management practice, and the outcomes of that practice not only for the firm itself, but also for the societies in which they operate. For students who are thinking of a career in management, it may also prove useful as a basic introduction to some of the conceptual vocabulary and ideas behind modern theories of management."
  Customer Value in Pricing Strategy,uva-darden-pricing-strategy-customer-value,https://coursera.org/learn/uva-darden-pricing-strategy-customer-value,Business,"University of Virginia, BCG","The traditional approach to pricing based on costs works to pay the bills, but it leaves revenue on the table. You can, in fact, price your products in a way that increases sales--if you know what your customers are willing to pay and can leverage psychology to create better deal and discount plans. In this course, we'll show you how to price a product based on how your customers value it and the psychology behind their purchase decisions. Led by Darden faculty and Boston Consulting Group global pricing experts, this course provides an in-depth understanding of value-based pricing and how to use it to capture more revenue.
  
  By the end of this course, you'll be able to...
  -- Apply knowledge of customer value to price products
  -- Leverage core value-based pricing techniques to inform pricing decisions
  -- Measure customer willingness to pay using models (surveys, conjoint analysis, other data)
  -- Use knowledge of consumer psychology to set prices beneficial to both consumers and sellers"
  Decision-Making and Scenarios,wharton-decision-making-scenarios,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-decision-making-scenarios,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"This course is designed to show you how use quantitative models to transform data into better business decisions. You’ll learn both how to use models to facilitate decision-making and also how to structure decision-making for optimum results. Two of Wharton’s most acclaimed professors will show you the step-by-step processes of modeling common business and financial scenarios, so you can significantly improve your ability to structure complex problems and derive useful insights about alternatives. Once you’ve created models of existing realities, possible risks, and alternative scenarios, you can determine the best solution for your business or enterprise, using the decision-making tools and techniques you’ve learned in this course."
  Demand management: Breaking down today’s commercial silos,demandmanagement,https://coursera.org/learn/demandmanagement,Business,ESSEC Business School,"The biggest challenge facing the hospitality industry over the next 5 years is the lack of integration between the key commercial disciplines of sales, revenue, distribution and finance and the negative impact this will continue to have on delivering asset value and maximum profitability."
  Design Thinking for Innovation,design-thinking-innovation,https://coursera.org/learn/design-thinking-innovation,Business,University of Virginia,"Today innovation is everyone's business. Whether you are a manager in a global corporation, an entrepreneur starting up, in a government role, or a teacher in an elementary school, everyone is expected to get lean – to do better with less. And that is why we all need design thinking. At every level in every kind of organization, design thinking provides the tools you need to become an innovative thinker and uncover creative opportunities that are there – you're just not seeing them yet."
  Design and Make Infographics (Project-Centered Course),infographic-design,https://coursera.org/learn/infographic-design,Business,Michigan State University,"In this project-centered course*, you will create a content-rich infographic on a topic of your choice using Adobe Illustrator (which you can download for a free, 30-day trial). You might choose to create a visual representation of data from the world of sports, entertainment, politics, or science, to explain a business trend or environmental issue, or even to present a theme or development from your personal life. Your finished infographic will engage your target audience and convey information clearly through effective use of design elements such as typography, color, and structure."
  Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society,design,https://coursera.org/learn/design,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"This is a course aimed at making you a better designer. The course marries theory and practice, as both are valuable in improving design performance. Lectures and readings will lay out the fundamental concepts that underpin design as a human activity. Weekly design challenges test your ability to apply those ideas to solve real problems. The course is deliberately broad - spanning all domains of design, including architecture, graphics, services, apparel, engineered goods, and products. The emphasis of the course is the basic design process: define, explore, select, and refine."
  Designing the Organization: From Strategy to Organizational Structure,designing-organization,https://coursera.org/learn/designing-organization,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course you will understand how firms are organized, what factors must be taken into account in making critical design decisions, and what role managers play in making these choices. In order to answer these questions, we will first develop a conceptual process model that links business models, external and internal contingencies, and organizational design. Second, we will focus on the fundamental principles of organization design and what alternative design choices are available for managers. Finally, we will apply these concepts and ideas to organizational situations to develop the critical insights and decision making skills to build effective organizations."
  Developing An Entrepreneurial Mindset: First Step Towards Success ,entrepreneurial-mindset,https://coursera.org/learn/entrepreneurial-mindset,Business,Michigan State University,"This course is the first in a series on starting a business. Though new venture creation is the focus of the specialization, this course is important for everyone. It provides learners with insights to reframe their thinking in order to maximize their chances for success. Whether success is defined by the performance of their own venture, or by their performance within someone else’s venture. The course is as much, if not more about fulfilling one's potential as it is about one starting a business."
  Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship,innovative-ideas,https://coursera.org/learn/innovative-ideas,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course assists aspiring and active entrepreneurs in developing great ideas into great companies. With strong economies presenting rich opportunities for new venture creation, and challenging economic times presenting the necessity for many to make their own job, the need to develop the skills to develop and act on innovative business opportunities is increasingly vital."
  Developing the Opportunity for Corporate Entrepreneurs,corporate-entrepreneurs-opportunity,https://coursera.org/learn/corporate-entrepreneurs-opportunity,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park","For an increasing number of established companies, creating new businesses and programs within the company is an imperative for success. Maturing technologies and aging product portfolios are requiring established companies to create, develop, and sustain innovative new initiatives. In this course, learners will develop knowledge on how to navigate the barriers to creating, developing, and sustain innovative new businesses and programs within established companies or organizations with an emphasis on: • Introducing the skills for identifying and analyzing entrepreneurial ideas within a corporate environment; • Examining entrepreneurial thinking within yourself and your colleagues with an awareness of entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial motivations, and entrepreneurial behaviors;"
  Digital Analytics for Marketing Professionals: Marketing Analytics in Practice,digital-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-analytics,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,This course builds on the theory and foundations of marketing analytics and focuses on practical application by demystifying the use of data in marketing and helping you realize the power of visualizing data with artful use of numbers found in the digital space.
  Digital Analytics for Marketing Professionals: Marketing Analytics in Theory,marketing-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-analytics,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu."
  Digital Business Models,digital-business-models,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-business-models,Business,Lund University,"Digital business models are disrupting 50-year old companies in telecommunications, transportation, advertising, e-commerce, automotive, insurance and many other industries. This course will explore the business models of software disruptors of the west such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon, and the east such as Xiaomi and weChat. The class uses a structured framework for analysing business models with numerous examples so that students can apply it to their own business or case study. We will explore how software developers are not just the innovators but also the decision makers in modern competitive battles from mobile to cloud, and from consumer goods to enterprise software."
  Digital Marketing Channels: Planning,marketing-plan,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-plan,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Learn the role of digital channels in an integrated marketing campaign and why you need a digital strategy. Interact with the content and hear from industry experts invited to join the course. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price."
  Digital Marketing Channels: The Landscape,marketing-channels,https://coursera.org/learn/marketing-channels,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Learn the role of digital channels in an integrated marketing campaign and why you need a digital strategy. Interact with the content and hear from industry experts invited to join the course. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu."
  Digital Transformations,digital-transformations,https://coursera.org/learn/digital-transformations,Business,Indian School of Business,"Information Technology (IT) is fast changing the world around us. This course will provide you an understanding of IT-enabled changes in the business environment, and how insightful executives leverage IT to create value and win competitive battles. The course is divided into three parts – the first part of the course focuses on the industry impacts of technological innovation. Here, we will explore competition and business models in the high-tech industry, using examples of companies like Google, Apple and Facebook. We will also explore competitive dynamics of industries that consume significant technology with emphasis on how technology has disrupted industries such as music, media and education."
  Diversity and inclusion in the workplace,diversity,https://coursera.org/learn/diversity,Business,ESSEC Business School,"Diversity is a fact. It is also paradoxical. We need to be capable of seeing and hearing differences in order to reap the benefits of diversity. But seeing and hearing differences hone our discriminating reflexes and can also lead to discrimination. If you take this MOOC, you will: 1. understand this paradox, 2. understand its dynamics, and 3. identify ways to manage it, so that you can better channel the diversity potential in the workplace for greater performance and innovation."
  Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making,problem-solving,https://coursera.org/learn/problem-solving,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Critical thinking enables us to avoid common obstacles, test our beliefs and assumptions, and correct distortions in our thought processes. Gain confidence in assessing problems accurately, evaluating alternative solutions, and anticipating likely risks. Learn how to use analysis, synthesis, and positive inquiry to address individual and organizational problems and develop the critical thinking skills needed in today’s turbulent times. Using case studies and situations encountered by class members, explore successful models and proven methods that are readily transferable on-the-job."
  Engagement & Nurture Marketing Strategies,nurture-market-strategies,https://coursera.org/learn/nurture-market-strategies,Business,Northwestern University,"In this third course in the Social Marketing Specialization - ""The Engagement & Nurture Marketing Strategies"" - you will learn two of the most effective social strategies used by organizations today. You'll see real-world best practice examples and learn what metrics they use to gauge success. You will also learn the importance of infographics and the impact a well-designed landing page can have on your bottom line."
  Entender el diseño,entender-diseno,https://coursera.org/learn/entender-diseno,Business,Arizona State University,"¿Qué es el diseño? ¿Qué hacen los diseñadores para practicar su arte y que crean? ¿Qué importancia tiene el diseño de las corporaciones en la sociedad y la cultura? ¿Quiénes son algunos de los diseñadores más importantes de nuestra época y que han hecho? ¿Cómo uno puede convertirse en diseñador? Estas son algunas de las preguntas que exploraremos en este cuso introductorio de diseño. Con frecuencia se ha descrito el diseño como solución de problemas, el proceso de convertir las ideas en realidad o los medios, mediante los cuales podemos hacer que el mundo sea un lugar mejor."
  Entrepreneurial Strategic Management,entstrategicmgmt,https://coursera.org/learn/entstrategicmgmt,Business,University of New Mexico,This course utilizes an inquiry based approach to understanding sources of competitive advantages in companies and other organizations.
  Entrepreneurship 1: Developing the Opportunity,wharton-entrepreneurship-opportunity,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-entrepreneurship-opportunity,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"How does a good idea become a viable business opportunity? What is entrepreneurship and who fits the profile of an entrepreneur? This introductory course is designed to introduce you to the foundational concepts of entrepreneurship, including the definition of entrepreneurship, the profile of the entrepreneur, the difference between entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial management, and the role of venture creation in society. You’ll explore where technology entrepreneurship and impact entrepreneurship align and where they diverge, and you’ll learn proven techniques for identifying the opportunity, assessing the opportunity, hypothesis testing and creating a prototype."
  Entrepreneurship 2: Launching your Start-Up,wharton-launching-startup,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-launching-startup,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Once you have a prototype and a clearer vision of the opportunity, you’ll need to create a small organization to discover how to create a repeatable and scalable business model. Designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the critical components of a creating a start-up, Entrepreneurship 2: Launching the Start-up, provides practical, real-world knowledge about the lean approach, the minimum viable product, when to pivot, when to quit your day job, the art of the pitch, building and managing a team, allocating equity, and building your external team, advisory board members, professional services, and entrepreneurial strategy."
  Entrepreneurship 3: Growth Strategies,wharton-entrepreneurship-growth-strategies,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-entrepreneurship-growth-strategies,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Start-ups are designed to grow quickly, but successful start-ups grow smart. This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the essential elements of successful scaling, including an overview of demand generation, customer acquisition, adoption, diffusion and forecasting demand. You’ll also learn how to market effectively using best practices of digital marketing, social media,"
  Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability,wharton-entrepreneurship-financing-profitabilty,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-entrepreneurship-financing-profitabilty,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Start-ups can benefit from a wide variety of financing options on the path to profitability, but how do you know which one to choose? This course explores different financing models, including bootstrapping, organic growth, debt and risk capital, and also provides a clear overview of equity financing including the key types of investors: angels, venture capital, and crowdfunding. You’ll learn about terms, and term sheets, exit modes and what exit strategy might be best for you. By the end of this course, you’ll have an understanding of what success looks like and how it can be financed."
  Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action,entrepreneurial-thinking,https://coursera.org/learn/entrepreneurial-thinking,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Success in business can be greatly enhanced with an understanding of key entrepreneurial characteristics and competencies solutions. This interactive course provides potential entrepreneurs with the knowledge of succeeding in an entrepreneurial opportunity. Topics include: how creativity, opportunity and feasibility are best evaluated; business strategies for new businesses;"
  European Business Law: Competing in Europe,eu-competition-law,https://coursera.org/learn/eu-competition-law,Business,Lund University,"This six-week course titled Competing in Europe is the third in a series of three exploring some of the main business aspects of European Union law. Besides providing learners with a sound knowledge base of European laws and regulations, the series explores business considerations within a broader perspective by including inputs from leading law practitioners in the field. More specifically, the third course discusses how to compete on the internal market and protect your brand, product or invention. It includes legal disciplines such as Intellectual Property law (IP law), Competition law and specific branches within Public law, such as public procurement and state aid."
  European Business Law: Doing Business in Europe,european-business-law,https://coursera.org/learn/european-business-law,Business,Lund University,"This six-week course titled Doing Business in Europe is the second in a series of three exploring some of the main business aspects of European Union law. Besides providing learners with a sound knowledge base of European laws and regulations relevant to establishing and managing a company within the European Union, the course also explores business considerations within a broader perspective by including inputs from leading law practitioners in the field. More specifically, the course discusses strategic and financial considerations within Company law, as well as Labour law issues such as restructuring enterprises, working conditions and handling crises situations. The course also examines other legal areas such as Tax law, Environmental law and Private International law, and how they tie in to doing business in Europe."
  Evaluating Problems,evaluating-problems,https://coursera.org/learn/evaluating-problems,Business,Macquarie University,The second course of the specialization EVALUATING PROBLEMS will show you how humans think and how to utilize different disciplinary approaches to tackle problems more effectively. It advances your knowledge of your own field by teaching you to look at it in new ways.
  Exploring and Producing Data for Business Decision Making,business-data,https://coursera.org/learn/business-data,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"This course provides an analytical framework to help you evaluate key problems in a structured fashion and will equip you with tools to better manage the uncertainties that pervade and complicate business processes. Specifically, you will be introduced to statistics and how to summarize data and learn concepts of frequency, normal distribution, statistical studies, sampling, and confidence intervals."
  Finance For Everyone: Value,finance-value,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-value,Business,McMaster University,"In Value, you will explore the most powerful generator of value in the world – ideas. Ideas are the engines of productivity, both in the private and public sectors. You will learn about the universal frameworks that determine how ideas and money interact, leading to the allocation of financial resources. We will identify components of cash flow for any project, business or venture as the most essential ingredients of value. We also assess the investment techniques used to give life to some ideas while killing others. This course will help you understand pricing, diversification, uncertainty and even behavioural approaches to dealing with risk. Using Nobel Prize-winning insights, you will learn how to measure the size of the risk premium and build valuation models."
  Finance for Everyone: Debt,finance-debt,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-debt,Business,McMaster University,"In Debt, we take on one of the most challenging financial questions that remains unresolved: How much to borrow? We start by demonstrating why using debt has always been and continues to be a great temptation, particularly when borrowing costs are historically low. We identify conditions for selecting the optimal amount of debt for a corporation looking to maximize its value. You’ll become fluent in related concepts like norms and benchmarks. You will explore these and other factors that influence debt for individuals and for public sector organizations -including governments, who are the largest consumers of debt. Like pollution, debt creates systemic risks even for the people and organizations that don’t create it. This course discusses the imperative of limiting and reducing debt and the costs to all of us if we don’t."
  Finance for Everyone: Decisions,finance-decisions,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-decisions,Business,McMaster University,"Finance for Everyone: Decisions will introduce you to the workings of the free markets and the foundations of finance. You will learn how free markets and their “creative destruction” provide the architecture for the global economy and how those same markets move money in ways that create and destroy wealth. Your financial toolkit will include timeless concepts like compounding, discounting, annuities, effective interest rates, and more. You will also learn how to simplify important financial calculations and apply that knowledge to real-life decisions that can influence everything from how you pay for your car to where you live."
  Finance for Everyone: Markets,finance-markets,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-markets,Business,McMaster University,"Markets begins with one of the most common and important elements of the financial system – interest rates. You will learn why interest rates have always been a key barometer in determining the value of everything. You will explore the changing influence of interest rates; the impact of interest rates on consumption, investment and economic growth; and the bizarre realities of negative interest rates. Markets explains how interest rates change the value of all financial instruments, highlighting the role of the bond and stock markets that have toppled empires. We take a closer look at the equity pricing models and equity markets that reverberate across the globe, and explore everything from the first stock ever issued – by the Dutch East India Company – to the little-understood but powerful derivative securities market."
  Finance for Non-Finance Professionals,finance-for-non-finance-professionals,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-for-non-finance-professionals,Business,Rice University,"This short course surveys all the major topics covered in a full semester MBA level finance course, but with a more intuitive approach on a very high conceptual level. The goal here is give you a roadmap and framework for how financial professional make decisions. We will cover the basics of financial valuation, the time value of money, compounding returns, and discounting the future."
  Finance for Non-Financial Managers,finance-for-non-financial-managers,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-for-non-financial-managers,Business,Emory University,"Finance is for “Non-financial Managers” who want to understand key financial principles and apply them in a real-world context. Over the course of the program window, you will work your way through a series of nine modules that move from understanding basic financial principles to applying financial analysis and ratios to drive decisions. In addition, each module is capped with an ending self-evaluation to ensure that you have absorbed the following key learning objectives:"
  Finance for Non-Financial Professionals,finance-for-non-finance-managers,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-for-non-finance-managers,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Impact your financial decisions and learn how to affect the performance of your unit's profitability and of your organization. In this course gain a basic understanding of finance and accounting concepts to drive your organization's growth. Upon completion of this course, you will have gained general financial knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the impact of your decisions outside your functional area. Content of the course includes selected aspects of finance from a non-financial specialist perspective. Specific topics include: financial analysis; planning, forecasting, and budgeting; cash flow, and strategic financing. This class will be interactive and will require the active involvement of the participants in finance related activities."
  Finance: Building a Robust Business,robustbusiness-iese,https://coursera.org/learn/robustbusiness-iese,Business,IESE Business School,"When it comes to numbers, there is always more than meets the eye. In operational finance, you will learn how to read the “story” that the balance sheet and income statement tells about the company’s operations. The insights you gain from this “financial story” will then become a tool for short-term decision-making at the top management level relating to current assets, current liabilities and the management of working capital."
  Financial Accounting Fundamentals,uva-darden-financial-accounting,https://coursera.org/learn/uva-darden-financial-accounting,Business,University of Virginia,"This course will teach you the tools you'll need to understand the fundamentals of financial accounting. Concise videos, the financial records of a small business, and ""your turn"" activities guide you through the three most commonly used financial statements: the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and the Statement of Cash Flows. Beyond recording transactions, you'll learn how to prepare these financial statements, and read and analyze them to draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health."
  Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics,financial-accounting-advanced,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-accounting-advanced,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will explore advanced topics in financial accounting. You will start your journey with accounting for assets with more than one-year life. You will learn in detail how firms account for fixed assets. You will then move to financing of assets and discuss accounting for liabilities. The course will continue with an in-depth exploration of shareholders’ equity. Finally, you will critically evaluate preparation, components, and analysis of cash flows statement."
  Financial Accounting: Foundations,financial-accounting-foundations,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-accounting-foundations,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will learn foundations of financial accounting information. You will start your journey with a general overview of what financial accounting information is and the main financial statements. You will then learn how to code financial transactions in financial accounting language. In the meantime, you will learn about the most important concept in contemporary financial accounting: accrual accounting. You will then critically analyze how firms recognize revenues. Finally, you will finish the course with an analysis of accounting for short-term assets where you will go into detail on how firms account for accounts receivables and inventories."
  Financial Analysis for Startups,financial-ratios,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-ratios,Business,Yonsei University,"In the previous two courses, you have learned how to value startups using the discounted cash flow method and multiple methods. However, you have not learned how to estimate cash flows or earnings of startups. In this course, you are going to learn the concepts and usage of financial ratios. Using financial ratios such as profitability, liquidity, leverage, efficiency, and growth, you can tell financial health of a startup. Profitability ratios measure how profitable a firm is by looking at ROS, ROA, and ROE. Liquidity ratios measure how quickly a firm turns assets into cash to pay-off short-term liability and they include Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Cash Ratio. Leverage ratios measure how much long-term debt a firm has relative to its assets or equity. Efficiency ratios measure how efficiently a firm utilizes its assets. It is like a physical exam for humans and you can tell the fiscal status of a startup using financial ratios. You can also develop pro forma financial statement using financial ratios."
  Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part I,financial-engineering-1,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-engineering-1,Business,Columbia University,"The emphasis of FE & RM Part I will be on the use of simple stochastic models to price derivative securities in various asset classes including equities, fixed income, credit and mortgage-backed securities. We will also consider the role that some of these asset classes played during the financial crisis. A notable feature of this course will be an interview module with Emanuel Derman, the renowned ``quant'' and best-selling author of ""My Life as a Quant""."
  Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part II,financial-engineering-2,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-engineering-2,Business,Columbia University,"Financial Engineering is a multidisciplinary field involving finance and economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering and computational methods. The emphasis of FE & RM Part II will be on the use of simple stochastic models to (i) solve portfolio optimization problems (ii) price derivative securities in various asset classes including equities and credit and (iii) consider some advanced applications of financial engineering including algorithmic trading and the pricing of real options. We will also consider the role that financial engineering played during the financial crisis"
  Financial Markets,financial-markets,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-markets,Business,Yale University,"Professor Robert Shiller, 2013 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, explores the topic of Financial Markets in this eight module course. Coming in May 2017, a new Financial Markets course will be available on Coursera. Our final cohort in the existing course will be March 20th! We are so eager to share updated lectures, Chalk Talks, student Q+A sessions, and more in our new course! Please stay tuned for updates!"
  Financial Planning for Young Adults,personal-finance,https://coursera.org/learn/personal-finance,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Financial Planning for Young Adults (FPYA), developed in partnership with the CFP Board, is designed to provide an introduction to basic financial planning concepts for young adults. The FPYA course is organized across eight separate modules within a 4-week window. Topics covered include financial goal setting, saving and investing, budgeting, financial risk, borrowing and credit. Because financial planning is such a personal topic, you will be encouraged to define your own financial goals and objectives while we discuss concepts and provide tools which can be applied in helping you reach those goals. Within each module, you will view a combination of traditional lecture style videos along with video vignettes that introduce financial topics for discussion among participants. The video vignettes provide a unique and exciting component to this course."
  Financing and Investing in Infrastructure,infrafinance,https://coursera.org/learn/infrafinance,Business,Università Bocconi,Learn how debt and equity can be used to finance infrastructure investments and how investors approach infrastructure investments!
  Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs,corporate-entrepreneurs-financing,https://coursera.org/learn/corporate-entrepreneurs-financing,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course is for aspiring or active corporate entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure and manage funding for their corporate venture. We will demystify key accounting and financing concepts to give corporate entrepreneurs a guide to developing the business case for their ideas, and securing funding to translate ideas into reality. This course focuses on four key areas: • Learning the fundamentals and how to create financial statements for new ventures within the corporate environment; • Examining valuation techniques for understanding how to assess and grow the value of the corporate venture; • Exploring the different sources of internal and external financing for the corporate venture; and • Applying lessons learned in the course to structure a funding deal and pitch the corporate venture."
  Firm Level Economics: Consumer and Producer Behavior,firm-level-economics,https://coursera.org/learn/firm-level-economics,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"All goods and services are subject to scarcity at some level. Scarcity means that society must develop some allocation mechanism – rules to determine who gets what. Over recorded history, these allocation rules were usually command based – the king or the emperor would decide. In contemporary times, most countries have turned to market based allocation systems. In markets, prices act as rationing devices, encouraging or discouraging production and encouraging or discouraging consumption in such a way as to find an equilibrium allocation of resources."
  Firm Level Economics: Markets and Allocations,firm-level-economics-markets,https://coursera.org/learn/firm-level-economics-markets,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this class, we will derive equilibrium outcomes across a variety of market structures. We will begin by understanding equilibrium under a market structure called Perfect Competition, a benchmark construction. Economists have tools to measure the efficiency of market outcomes. We next consider the polar extreme of a competitive market: a monopoly market. We will determine the monopoly equilibrium price and quantity and efficiency properties. Much economic activity takes place in markets with just a handful of very large producers."
  Food & Beverage Management,food-beverage-management,https://coursera.org/learn/food-beverage-management,Business,Università Bocconi,"Food and beverage products are so deeply rooted in the culture of most countries that making and selling them is not only a matter of making and selling good and tasty products, but products that nurture people's body, soul, and heart. Given this, it's not difficult to see that the task quickly becomes complex."
  Forecasting Models for Marketing Decisions,forecasting-models-marketing-decisions,https://coursera.org/learn/forecasting-models-marketing-decisions,Business,Emory University,"How will customers act in the future? What will demand for our products and services be? How much inventory should we order for the next season? Beyond simply forecasting what customers will do, marketers need to understand how their actions can shape future behavior. In Developing Forecasting Tools with Excel, learners will develop an understanding of the basic components of a forecasting model, how to build their own forecasting models, and how to evaluate the performance of forecasting models. All of this is done using Microsoft Excel, ensuring that learners can take their skills and apply them to their own business problems."
  Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination,forensic-accounting,https://coursera.org/learn/forensic-accounting,Business,West Virginia University,"Everyday across the world, thousands of businesses are victimized by fraud. Who commits these bad acts? Why? And, how? In this course we are going to help you answer the questions: who commits fraud, why and how. We’ll also help you develop skills for catching them."
  Foundations of Business Strategy,foundations-business-strategy,https://coursera.org/learn/foundations-business-strategy,Business,University of Virginia,"Develop your ability to think strategically, analyze the competitive environment, and recommend firm positioning and value creation. In this course, we will explore the underlying theory and frameworks that provide the foundations of a successful business strategy and provide the tools you need to understand that strategy: SWOT, Competitor, Environmental, Five Forces, and Capabilities Analyses, as well as Strategy Maps. We'll apply these tools in case studies of industry leaders Google, Redhook, Piaggio and Apple."
  Foundations of Everyday Leadership,everyday-leadership-foundation,https://coursera.org/learn/everyday-leadership-foundation,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course you will learn about the “head and heart” of everyday leadership, individual decision making, group decision making, and managing motivation. The objectives are to understand why and how leadership skills are so critical to organizational success, and learn the foundations of effective leadership skills."
  Foundations of Professional Identity,professional-identity,https://coursera.org/learn/professional-identity,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Many find themselves frustrated in their careers by lack of preparation for dealing with predictable dilemmas that regularly arise in the world of work. Two in five professionals fired in their jobs after college are terminated for lying, or misuse of technology. Easy to avoid! Or is it? What if you find you have to compromise your values to keep your job? What if they ask you to lie or cheat, even though you know if you are found out you will be fired? What if you find out the company is breaking the law?"
  Foundations of marketing analytics,foundations-marketing-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/foundations-marketing-analytics,Business,ESSEC Business School,"This course is designed for students, business analysts, and data scientists who want to apply statistical knowledge and techniques to business contexts. For example, it may be suited to experienced statisticians, analysts, engineers who want to move more into a business role, in particular in marketing."
  Foundations of strategic business analytics,strategic-business-analytics,https://coursera.org/learn/strategic-business-analytics,Business,ESSEC Business School,"This course is designed for students, business analysts, and data scientists who want to apply statistical knowledge and techniques to business contexts. For example, it may be suited to experienced statisticians, analysts, engineers who want to move more into a business role."
  From Idea to Startup,startup-entrepreneurship-from-idea-to-startup,https://coursera.org/learn/startup-entrepreneurship-from-idea-to-startup,Business,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,"This course provides practical proven tools for transforming an idea into a product or service that creates value for others. As students acquire these tools, they learn how to tell bad ideas from good, how to build a winning strategy, how to shape a unique value proposition, prepare a business plan, compare their innovation to existing solutions, build flexibility into their plan and determine when best to quit."
  Fundamentals of Management,fundamentals-of-management,https://coursera.org/learn/fundamentals-of-management,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Are you about to enter the workforce? Are you an emerging professional? Are you new to your role in the organization? All prospective new employees benefit from understanding management principles, roles and responsibilities, regardless of position. Now you can acquire an in-depth understanding of the basic concepts and theories of management while exploring the manager's operational role in all types of organizations. Gain insight into the manager's responsibility in planning, organizing, leading, staffing and controlling within the workplace. It’s never too soon to plan your professional path by learning how the best managers manage for success!"
  Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling,wharton-quantitative-modeling,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-quantitative-modeling,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"How can you put data to work for you? Specifically, how can numbers in a spreadsheet tell us about present and past business activities, and how can we use them to forecast the future? The answer is in building quantitative models, and this course is designed to help you understand the fundamentals of this critical, foundational, business skill. Through a series of short lectures, demonstrations, and assignments, you’ll learn the key ideas and process of quantitative modeling so that you can begin to create your own models for your own business or enterprise."
  Giving 2.0: The MOOC,philanthropist,https://coursera.org/learn/philanthropist,Business,Stanford University,"A philanthropist is anyone who gives anything — time, money, experience, skills, and networks — in any amount, to create a better world. This course will empower you to practice philanthropy more effectively and make your giving more meaningful to both you and those you strive to help."
  Giving Sense to Your Leadership Experience,leading-sense,https://coursera.org/learn/leading-sense,Business,HEC Paris,"In this course, second course of the ""Inspirational Leadership"" Specialization, you will discover the characteristics of charismatic leadership. You’ll personally learn how to embody these traits through the “Savoir-Relier” (art of connecting and leading with sense) methodology, which covers 3Gs: being Genuine, Generous, and Generative. You will then choose which style of leadership best fits you, why and when so you can adapt to more complex and difficult situations with resilience."
  Global Financial Markets and Instruments,global-financial-markets-instruments,https://coursera.org/learn/global-financial-markets-instruments,Business,Rice University,"Get a running start in the high-stakes world of financial investment! This first course is designed to help you become an informed investor by providing you with the essential concepts for long-term success in managing money. You’ll start by learning the role of financial markets and financial assets in a well-functioning economy. From there, you’ll learn about the wide range of financial instruments available in major asset classes, their features and valuations."
  Globalization of Business Enterprise,global-business,https://coursera.org/learn/global-business,Business,IESE Business School,"The majority of businesses say they want to become more global. And business leaders say that the lack of people with global intelligence is the key constraint holding them back. This course will address both gaps — at the business and the personal level, it will focus on practical strategies for dealing with the real consequences of globalization."
  Graphic Design,presentation-design,https://coursera.org/learn/presentation-design,Business,University of Colorado Boulder,"Visual communication is as critical to professional success as written or oral communication. Graphic design skills will help you ensure that your visual business assets convey a clear and compelling message - and learning the essentials of good design is surprisingly easy. This course introduces you to a straightforward design process that emphasizes planning, clarity, and focus. You’ll learn to use contrast, repetition, proximity, and tension to create design that is both credible and visually appealing, and you’ll emulate best practices as you work with examples from a wide range of media."
  "Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part I",smart-growth-strategy-1,https://coursera.org/learn/smart-growth-strategy-1,Business,University of Virginia,This course focuses on the common growth challenges faced by existing private businesses when they attempt to grow substantially.
  "Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part II",smart-growth-strategy-2,https://coursera.org/learn/smart-growth-strategy-2,Business,University of Virginia,"This course focuses on the common human resource (""people"") challenges faced by existing private businesses when they attempt to grow substantially. PART 1 OF THE GROW TO GREATNESS COURSE IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR TAKING THIS COURSE."
  Healthcare Delivery Providers,healthcare-delivery-providers,https://coursera.org/learn/healthcare-delivery-providers,Business,University of Minnesota,"This second course in the Healthcare Marketplace Specialization will help you understand the various providers of healthcare across the U.S. delivery continuum. We will explore the unique value proposition of the various providers- from hospitals and clinics to physicians to community based providers. We will dissect this important value chain using various lenses such as- site of care delivery, people who provide the care and payers who pay for care. You will also learn about the challenges facing these providers and the innovations they are creating in order to help transform this important industry"
  Healthcare Marketplace,healthcare-marketplace,https://coursera.org/learn/healthcare-marketplace,Business,University of Minnesota,"In this course in the Healthcare Marketplace specialization you will identify, define, and describe potential business and public policy solutions to the challenges facing society’s growing demand for health services. Students will master a body of knowledge on the health care sectors major components through reading and reflection."
  "High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation",leadership-collaboration,https://coursera.org/learn/leadership-collaboration,Business,Northwestern University,"Are leaders born or made? Learn the essential skills to develop and expand your leadership repertoire, design teams for collaboration, and craft win-win negotiation strategies. High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation focuses on leadership, teamwork, and negotiation. Students will engage in self-assessments to analyze their leadership style, develop team charters to optimize their groups, and develop a game plan for effective negotiation."
  High-Impact Business Writing,business-writing,https://coursera.org/learn/business-writing,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Effective writing is a powerful tool in the business environment. Learn how to articulate your thoughts in a clear and concise manner that will allow your ideas to be better understood by your readers. Improve your business writing skill by learning to select and use appropriate formats for your audience, use the correct medium and adjust your writing style accordingly, as well as identify your objective and communicate it clearly. You'll also learn to spot, correct and avoid the most common writing pitfalls, and gain valuable experience analyzing, writing and revising a wide spectrum of business documents. From a simple interoffice memo to a twenty-page business proposal, learn how to put good business writing to work for you."
  How to Finance and Grow Your Startup – Without VC,startupfinancewithoutvc,https://coursera.org/learn/startupfinancewithoutvc,Business,"University of London, London Business School","This course will introduce, and help you put to use in your startup, the five models through which your customers can – and will, if you ask them! – fund your business. These five time-tested models have been put to use by entrepreneurial superstars like Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and more. Sadly, though, the five models are rarely talked about and not widely understood. Until now! The five models will be brought to life by the real-world stories of an inspiring collection of incredibly creative entrepreneurs from around the world – including successes and failures – through a series of captivating no-holds-barred interviews with founders and others, and investors, too."
  How to Validate your Startup Idea,startup-idea,https://coursera.org/learn/startup-idea,Business,UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales),"Starting a new business begins with an idea that needs to evolve through experimentation, iteration and interactions with people. This course is for existing and potential entrepreneurs who are looking for guidance and support to make their ‘great idea’ a reality. In addition to reviewing the basic principles of entrepreneurship, this course guides you through the process of actively validating your idea in the market. We encourage you to identify and communicate good opportunities and to create and capture value from these opportunities."
  How to finance your venture ?,finance-venture,https://coursera.org/learn/finance-venture,Business,École Polytechnique,"The course aims at providing knowledge and experience to entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs generally start with a mission, a new idea that they want to bring to the world. If the idea is original, it is probably not expected by the market, which has to be educated. This is a very costly experience. Entrepreneurs need to gather capital at the start of the journey. They need to articulate clear plans, define objectives and resources and raise money accordingly. They also need to manage cash for two reasons: i) because the better it is managed, the less you need to raise with outsiders; ii) because generation of cash flow is the pillar of the valuation of the company."
  IT Project Management,it-project-management,https://coursera.org/learn/it-project-management,Business,Indian School of Business,"The concepts and use of project management tools, techniques and methodologies are becoming all pervasive. This course addresses project management in the context of IT projects, including software projects. Using the framework of project life cycle, the course covers various aspects pertaining to (i) project initiation, (ii) project planning and scheduling, (iii) project monitoring and control, and (iv) project termination. For planning and scheduling of projects, the use of project network and estimation of time and cost are covered in detail. Scheduling of projects with resource limitations is covered next."
  Identifying Social Entrepreneurship Opportunities,social-entrepreneurship-opportunities,https://coursera.org/learn/social-entrepreneurship-opportunities,Business,Copenhagen Business School,This Course will clarify the definition and meaning of Social Entrepreneurship and will focus on the need to learn about the source and root of a social problem. You will be introduced to different perspectives about Social Entrepreneurship and you will learn about complementary and opportunistic assets which will help you to detect an opportunity and develop an idea of how to create a business for social change.
  Influencing People,influencing-people,https://coursera.org/learn/influencing-people,Business,University of Michigan,"This course will improve your ability to influence people in situations where you cannot use formal authority. You will learn about effective ways to build, develop, and sustain a power base in your organization. You will also learn influence tactics that enable you to be more persuasive and influential in working with your superiors, peers, and even subordinates. In addition, you will learn how to build and maintain high-quality relationships to further maximize your informal power and ability to influence others. Importantly, you will distinguish between influence and manipulation and learn how to protect yourself from the unwanted influence of others."
  Initiating and Planning Projects,project-planning,https://coursera.org/learn/project-planning,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Successful projects require careful upfront planning. In this course, you’ll learn the key roles and responsibilities of the project manager and project team. You’ll also learn to answer some key questions upfront to help you meet project objectives: What will this project accomplish? Why is this project important? Who benefits from this project? How will we plan for successful outcomes?"
  Innovating Solutions for Aging Populations,health-care-innovation,https://coursera.org/learn/health-care-innovation,Business,"University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School","This course will introduce you to health care innovation within the theme of ‘healthy living and active aging’, covering both the medical and the commercial aspects of innovations. Following two cases on diabetes and rehabilitation, this interdisciplinary course will present the key theories, tools, and concepts within health care innovation, and teach you to analyse and develop solutions to some of the great health care challenges of our time. This master-level online course is created by leading experts from Denmark and the Netherlands and is directed at students and practitioners from different fields, including public health and business economics."
  Innovating in a Digital World,innovating-digital-world,https://coursera.org/learn/innovating-digital-world,Business,Institut Mines-Télécom,"Facebook, AirBnB, Tesla, Amazon, Uber. In just a few years, companies like these have changed the face of the global economy. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of start-ups are disrupting old business models, taking on centennial industrial groups – and winning. It’s clear that the rules of business have changed forever. This MOOC provides a knowledge toolkit for the ongoing digital revolution. You’ll discover 15 concepts that are essential for understanding the new mechanisms of digital business and innovation."
  Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Basics to Open Innovation,open-innovation-entrepreneurship,https://coursera.org/learn/open-innovation-entrepreneurship,Business,EIT Digital,"This Innovation and Entrepreneurship course focuses on the interconnection between entrepreneurial thinking and innovation. Specifically, we look at models used in Silicon Valley to grow both start-up companies as well as innovation inside large organizations. Bringing together top Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley faculty, this course addresses critical areas for successful growth, including design thinking, open innovation, business models, product-market fit, and financing. This course will teach you how to think like an entrepreneur and provides the models, tools and frameworks to further develop your business or idea. An emphasis will be placed on the IT space."
  Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Design Thinking to Funding,design-thinking-entrepreneurship,https://coursera.org/learn/design-thinking-entrepreneurship,Business,EIT Digital,"This Innovation and Entrepreneurship course focuses on the interconnection between entrepreneurial thinking and innovation. Specifically, we look at models used in Silicon Valley to grow both start-up companies as well as innovation inside large organizations. Bringing together top Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley faculty, this course addresses critical areas for successful growth, including design thinking, open innovation, business models, product-market fit, and financing. This course will teach you how to think like an entrepreneur and provides the models, tools and frameworks to further develop your business or idea. An emphasis will be placed on the IT space."
  Innovation Career Lessons from a Master,startup-entrepreneurship-innovation-career-lessons,https://coursera.org/learn/startup-entrepreneurship-innovation-career-lessons,Business,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,"This course, which is Part Three in the series of Startup Entrepreneurship specialization, offers Life Lessons from a Master Innovator, with proven achievements. During this course you will listen to conversations and interviews with Mr. David (Dadi) Perlmutter, who until recently was Executive VP of Intel corporate. Dadi will talk about 10 life lessons, based on his 34 years as a rebel innovator and entrepreneur."
  Innovation Management,erasmus-innovationmanagement,https://coursera.org/learn/erasmus-innovationmanagement,Business,Erasmus University Rotterdam,"What is innovation management? How do firms bring in new business models and get new products and services to the market? Go on a nine-week journey through innovation management concepts, theories of idea generation, selection, strategy formulation and implementation in this MOOC in Innovation Management. In it, you will also learn the tools for implementing innovation projects yourself."
  Innovation and Design for Global Grand Challenges,grand-challenges,https://coursera.org/learn/grand-challenges,Business,Duke University,"The purpose of this course is to introduce you to current global challenges in conservation and development, including changes in both sectors. This course will inspire you to rethink assumptions to address global challenges in conservation and development, and introduce you to new models and approaches that harness technological, behavioral, and financial innovation. This course will equip you with the insights, skills and approaches necessary to successfully overcome these obstacles. In addition, this course will provide participants with the tools, models, and approaches to address global grand challenges in conservation and development, to question fundamental assumptions, and to create and execute new solutions. Course participants will be trained in the processes around innovation and design to address global grand challenges"
  Innovation for Entrepreneurs: From Idea to Marketplace,innovative-entrepreneur,https://coursera.org/learn/innovative-entrepreneur,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park","Develop insights on navigating the innovation process from idea generation to commercialization. Build knowledge on how to create strategies to bring innovations to market. Develop an innovation portfolio and business model canvas for your venture. We establish a framework for examining the innovation process, and quickly transition into exploring how to successfully bring innovations to market."
  Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence,emotional-intelligence-leadership,https://coursera.org/learn/emotional-intelligence-leadership,Business,Case Western Reserve University,"Emotional intelligence, hope, mindfulness, and compassion help a person reverse the damage of chronic stress and build great leadership relationships. The Positive and Negative Emotional Attractors inspire sustained, desired change and learning at many levels."
  Inspiring and Motivating Individuals,motivate-people-teams,https://coursera.org/learn/motivate-people-teams,Business,University of Michigan,"In this course, you will learn how to create a shared vision for your team and effectively communicate it to your teammates. You will also learn how to set effective goals and expectations in a way that best enables your team to attain the shared vision. Finally, you will understand the most important needs and drivers of performance across cultures, and will learn to align rewards with desired behaviors so that your teammates are motivated to attain the team’s objectives."
  Integrated Marketing Communications,integrated-marketing-communications,https://coursera.org/learn/integrated-marketing-communications,Business,IE Business School,Through this course you will understand the most important issues when planning and evaluating marketing communications strategies and executions. You'll be able to combine the appropriate theories and models with practical information to make better marketing communications decisions. After completing this course you'll be able to use integrated marketing communications (IMC) in the process of creating valuable brands and winning your consumers.
  Intellectual Humility: Theory,intellectual-humility-theory,https://coursera.org/learn/intellectual-humility-theory,Business,The University of Edinburgh,"In this course we try to define intellectual humility and intellectual virtues in general, and ask how we know who is humble. All lectures are delivered by leading specialists, and the course is organised around a number of interesting readings and practical assignments which will help you address issues related to humility in your daily life. This course is a part of a series which explores the theory, the science and the applied issues surrounding intellectual humility (the latter two coming in June and November 2017). Completing all three courses will give you a broader understanding of this fascinating topic."
  Intercultural Communication and Conflict Resolution,intercultural-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/intercultural-communication,Business,"University of California, Irvine","Intercultural Communication and Conflict Resolution is a growing area of importance considering the pace and volume of global transactions. The ease of global communication using technology, the abundance of cheaper transportation costs, and the frequency of businesses using cross-border talent is fostering millions of interactions a day between people of different cultures."
  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.
  "
  Interest Rate Models,interest-rate-models,https://coursera.org/learn/interest-rate-models,Business,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"This course gives you an easy introduction to interest rates and related contracts. These include the LIBOR, bonds, forward rate agreements, swaps, interest rate futures, caps, floors, and swaptions. We will learn how to apply the basic tools duration and convexity for managing the interest rate risk of a bond portfolio. We will gain practice in estimating the term structure from market data. We will learn the basic facts from stochastic calculus that will enable you to engineer a large variety of stochastic interest rate models. In this context, we will also review the arbitrage pricing theorem that provides the foundation for pricing financial derivatives."
  International B2B (Business to Business) Marketing,international-b2b-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/international-b2b-marketing,Business,Yonsei University,"This course offers a unique perspective into the differentiating aspects of business to business (B2B) marketing that can be contrasted to traditional business to consumer (B2C) marketing that is the subject of most other marketing curricula. Moreover, as one of the courses in the Specialization: International Marketing & Cross Industry Growth, here too there is an emphasis on how companies can expand by cross-country and cross-industry innovation."
  International Business Environment,global-business-environment,https://coursera.org/learn/global-business-environment,Business,University of London,"This course explores the international business environment in which organisations function. You’ll learn about core analysis methods, including PESTLE, SWOT, and Boston Box Matrices, as well as the applications of Porter’s Five Forces. You’ll have the opportunity to participate in discussion forums and access case studies, as well as testing your understanding in quizzes. This course forms part of a specialization from the University of London designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in international business, or in further study."
  International Business I,international-business,https://coursera.org/learn/international-business,Business,University of New Mexico,"We live in a world of intensifying global relationships, one in which international business has become the key determinant of economic development and prosperity. This course, Global Business Environment, Part I, introduces students to a fundamental understanding of the socioeconomic political, cultural, and linguistic environment in which international businesses operate. This course utilizes an inquiry-based approach to understanding country level relationships in the Global Business Environment. It surveys the global business environment by asking and answering key questions about society, the global economy, cultures, institutions and languages."
  International Business II,globalbusiness2,https://coursera.org/learn/globalbusiness2,Business,University of New Mexico,"This course, Introduction to the Global Business Environment II, focuses on managing organizations in the international economy. Building on Introduction to the Global Business Environment I, this second course focuses on organizational level and management issues in international settings. The course prepares students with practical as well as research-based knowledge and skills necessary to successfully operating an organizational across borders."
  International Entertainment and Sports Marketing,international-entertainment-sports-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/international-entertainment-sports-marketing,Business,Yonsei University,"This course will provide learners with a fundamental understanding of the characteristics and marketing strategies related to two key global industries, sports and entertainment. The growth in both industries have been fueled by their ability to innovate via CCCI, i.e. cross-country and cross-industry expansion. There will be a graded quiz that will consists of 10 questions during the first two weeks (together worth 50% of the grade) and a final quiz that contains 20 questions (worth 50% of the grade) in the third week."
  International Hospitality & Healthcare Services Marketing,international-hospitality-healthcare-services-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/international-hospitality-healthcare-services-marketing,Business,Yonsei University,"As the fastest-growing sectors of the current global economy, both hospitality and healthcare services sector offer tremendous growth opportunities for incumbents and entrepreneurial opportunities for new entrants. To flourish on these opportunities, one must first understand each industry's unique characteristics. This course is designed to help those who are interested in career advancement opportunities in these industries or who want to be inspired by these industries to better equip themselves with enlightened and creative management capabilities."
  International Leadership and Organizational Behavior,ilob,https://coursera.org/learn/ilob,Business,Università Bocconi,"Leaders in business and non-profit organizations increasingly work across national borders and in multi-cultural environments. You may work regularly with customers or suppliers abroad, or be part of a globally dispersed cross-functional team, or an expatriate manager on an international assignment. You may be a member of a global online community, or a development aid worker collaborating with an international network of partner organizations."
  International Marketing Entry and Execution,international-marketing-entry-execution,https://coursera.org/learn/international-marketing-entry-execution,Business,Yonsei University,"This will be part 2 of a two-series foundation courses for the Specialization: International Marketing & Cross Industry Growth. This course will dive in more deeply into consumer science investigation, B2C marketing, International Marketing Entry, Targeting, Positioning, International Product, International Promotion, International Place and International Price. The last set of classes will discuss seven new ways to innovate in International Marketing that all start with the letter ""S"" and hence will be called the 7S International Marketing Innovation."
  Interpersonal Communication for Engineering Leaders,interpersonal-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/interpersonal-communication,Business,Rice University,"This course covers communication skills that engineering leaders use every day to motivate, inspire, and support the people in their organizations. Speaking and writing are basic leadership communication skills. (We covered these topics in the Specialization course 1 and 3.) However, leaders also need to be skillful interpersonal communicators. Modern business requires communication skills that are effective across cultures, generations, and genders. Communication is also a key skill in building your personal brand. Leaders need to look, act, and speak like leaders."
  Interview Research and Preparation,interview-preparation,https://coursera.org/learn/interview-preparation,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course, the first in the ""Interviewing and Resume Writing in English"" specialization, guides you to discover the interests, talents and competencies that you can use to find and do work that leverages your strengths, passions and who you are as a person, so you can start doing work that matters to you and to the world. Whether you already have a career and are looking to move forward, whether you’re looking to change careers, whether you’re starting out in the world of work, whether you’re coming back into the world of work after some time away – this course will help you see your path more clearly and will teach you how to communicate your value to an employer in a way that he or she can immediately recognize."
  Intro to International Marketing,intro-international-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/intro-international-marketing,Business,Yonsei University,"This course brings together two key subjects, International Marketing and Cross Industry Innovation. It will provide the basic foundations of international marketing and then explain how companies can grow by going abroad or sourcing ideas/expanding into other countries or industries. This is summarized as CCCI: Cross-Country and Cross-Industry Innovation, a term and analytical platform used throughout not only this course but others in the specialization. As an introductory course, we keep the concepts short and simple in order to ease learners into the wonderful world of international marketing."
  Introducción a la Gestión de Operaciones,wharton-gestion-operaciones,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-gestion-operaciones,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Aprende a analizar y a mejorar los procesos empresariales en servicios o en la industria. Aprende cómo incrementar la productividad y a ofrecer niveles de calidad mayores. Después de que finalices con éxito este curso, podrás aplicar estas habilidades en un reto empresarial del mundo real como parte de la Programa Especializado de Fundamentos Empresariales de Wharton."
  Introduction to Corporate Finance,wharton-finance,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-finance,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"This course provides a brief introduction to the fundamentals of finance, emphasizing their application to a wide variety of real-world situations spanning personal finance, corporate decision-making, and financial intermediation. Key concepts and applications include: time value of money, risk-return tradeoff, cost of capital, interest rates, retirement savings, mortgage financing, auto leasing, capital budgeting, asset valuation, discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, net present value, internal rate of return, hurdle rate, payback period."
  Introduction to European Business Law,europeanbusinesslaw,https://coursera.org/learn/europeanbusinesslaw,Business,Lund University,"The European Union is one of the world’s largest and most important economies. This five week course is the first in a series of three that will provide students with an insight into European Business Law. The series ranges from considering the basic structures and principles of the European Union to focusing on various specialized areas of law. Each course will give the students an understanding of the laws and policies that regulate the internal market of European Union, as well as relevant case law and useful inputs from leading practitioners in the field."
  Introduction to Financial Accounting,wharton-accounting,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-accounting,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Master the technical skills needed to analyze financial statements and disclosures for use in financial analysis, and learn how accounting standards and managerial incentives affect the financial reporting process. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to read the three most common financial statements: the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. Then you can apply these skills to a real-world business challenge as part of the Wharton Business Foundations Specialization."
  Introduction to Financial Markets,financial-markets-intro,https://coursera.org/learn/financial-markets-intro,Business,Indian School of Business,"Learn the general concepts of financial markets and economy. You will see the difference between primary and secondary markets and learn about markets for different products. You will also look at various economic Indicators and their influence on the markets. After completing this course, you will have a much stronger background of financial markets and ready to go to the next stage in the Specialization. This course is designed to help students with very little or no finance background to learn the basics of investments."
  Introduction to Marketing,wharton-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-marketing,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Taught by three of Wharton's top faculty in the marketing department, consistently ranked as the #1 marketing department in the world, this course covers three core topics in customer loyalty: branding, customer centricity, and practical, go-to-market strategies."
  Introduction to Negotiation: A Strategic Playbook for Becoming a Principled and Persuasive Negotiator,negotiation,https://coursera.org/learn/negotiation,Business,Yale University,"This course will help you be a better negotiator. Unlike many negotiation courses, we develop a framework for analyzing and shaping negotiations. This framework will allow you to make principled arguments that persuade others. It will allow you to see beneath the surface of apparent conflicts to uncover the underlying interests. You will leave the course better able to predict, interpret, and shape the behavior of those you face in competitive situations."
  Introduction to Operations Management,wharton-operations,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-operations,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"Learn to analyze and improve business processes in services or in manufacturing by learning how to increase productivity and deliver higher quality standards. Key concepts include process analysis, bottlenecks, flows rates, and inventory levels, and more. After successfully completing this course, you can apply these skills to a real-world business challenge as part of the Wharton Business Foundations Specialization."
  Introduction to Public Relations,public-relations,https://coursera.org/learn/public-relations,Business,National University of Singapore,"In this course, you will learn what Public Relations is, what are some of the key growth areas in Public Relations, and the future of the practice. You will learn about the various theories of Public Relations and how to put these theories to use when carrying out Public Relations activities. The course will provide you a big picture of the Public Relations process, and the important roles of strategy and tactics in the process."
  Introduction to Search Engine Optimization,search-engine-optimization,https://coursera.org/learn/search-engine-optimization,Business,"University of California, Davis","Ever wonder how major search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo rank your website within their searches? Or how content such as videos or local listings are shown and ranked based on what the search engine considers most relevant to users? Welcome to the world of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This course is the first within the SEO Specialization and it is intended to give you a taste of SEO."
  Introduction to Spreadsheets and Models,wharton-introduction-spreadsheets-models,https://coursera.org/learn/wharton-introduction-spreadsheets-models,Business,University of Pennsylvania,"The simple spreadsheet is one of the most powerful data analysis tools that exists, and it’s available to almost anyone. Major corporations and small businesses alike use spreadsheet models to determine where key measures of their success are now, and where they are likely to be in the future. But in order to get the most out of a spreadsheet, you have know how to use it. This course is designed to give you an introduction to basic spreadsheet tools and formulas so that you can begin harness the power of spreadsheets to map the data you have now and to predict the data you may have in the future."
  "Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector, Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Leadership and Governance",nonprofit-gov-1,https://coursera.org/learn/nonprofit-gov-1,Business,The State University of New York,"This course introduces you to the nonprofit sector, nonprofit organizations, and the concepts of leadership and governance. While this course has been developed with North American culture in mind, we do appreciate that in other parts of the world the nature of the nonprofit sector, nonprofit organizations, nonprofit leadership and governance may not be the same. Nevertheless, it is our hope that much of the course content will still be of value to those in other parts of the world."
  Investment Management in an Evolving and Volatile World by HEC Paris and AXA Investment Management ,investment-management,https://coursera.org/learn/investment-management,Business,HEC Paris,"Have you ever wanted to invest in financial markets, but were always afraid that you didn’t have the proper tools or knowledge to make informed decisions? Have you ever wondered how investment management companies operate and what fund managers do? AXA Investment Managers, in partnership with HEC Paris, will introduce you to the most important ideas and concepts in investment management, to help you better understand your financial future."
  Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis,investment-strategies-portfolio-analysis,https://coursera.org/learn/investment-strategies-portfolio-analysis,Business,Rice University,"In this course, you will learn about latest investment strategies and performance evaluation. You will start by learning portfolio performance measures and discuss best practices in portfolio performance evaluation. You will explore different evaluation techniques such as style analysis and attribution analysis and apply them to evaluate different investment strategies. Special emphasis will be given to recent financial market innovations and current investment trends. After this course, learners will be able to: • Describe performance measurement measures • Evaluate portfolio performance • Describe and contrast different investment strategies"
  "Investment Strategy, Philosophy, Client Management and Current Trends",investment-philosophy,https://coursera.org/learn/investment-philosophy,Business,Indian School of Business,"Discover the basic concepts of needs analysis, investment policy, asset allocation, product selection, portfolio monitoring and re-balancing. We will look at the types of institutional investors - pension funds and insurance companies. You will learn the client management life cycle and dive into portfolio management as a process. You will learn the basic concepts, principles, and the major styles of investing in alternative assets. Finally, we study the impact of digitization on investment strategies."
  Investments I: Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation,investments-fundamentals,https://coursera.org/learn/investments-fundamentals,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, we will discuss fundamental principles of trading off risk and return, portfolio optimization, and security pricing. We will study and use risk-return models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and multi-factor models to evaluate the performance of various securities and portfolios. Specifically, we will learn how to interpret and estimate regressions that provide us with both a benchmark to use for a security given its risk (determined by its beta), as well as a risk-adjusted measure of the security’s performance (measured by its alpha). Building upon this framework, market efficiency and its implications for patterns in stock returns and the asset-management industry will be discussed."
  Investments II: Lessons and Applications,investments-applications,https://coursera.org/learn/investments-applications,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"In this course, you will start by reviewing the fundamentals of investments, including the trading off of return and risk when forming a portfolio, asset pricing models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the 3-Factor Model, and the efficient market hypothesis. You will be introduced to the two components of stock returns – dividends and capital gains – and will learn how each are taxed and the incentives provided to investors from a realization-based capital gains tax. You will examine the investment decisions (and behavioral biases) of participants in defined-contribution (DC) pension plans like 401(k) plans in the U.S. and will learn about the evidence regarding the performance of individual investors in their stock portfolios. The course concludes by discussing the evidence regarding the performance of actively-managed mutual funds. You will learn about the fees charged to investors by mutual funds and the evidence regarding the relation between fees charged and fund performance."
  Investor Characteristics and Behavioral Aspects of Investment,behavioral-finance,https://coursera.org/learn/behavioral-finance,Business,Indian School of Business,"Through this course, you will learn how individuals and firms make financial decisions, and how those decisions might deviate from those predicted by traditional financial or economic theory. We will explore the nature of these biases and their origins, using insights from psychology, neurosciences and experimental economics on how the human mind works. From these biases, you will be able to examine how the insights of behavioral finance complement the traditional finance paradigm. We also look at the micro and macro biases."
  Keeping up with Change: Issues for the Finance Professional,change-for-the-finance-professional,https://coursera.org/learn/change-for-the-finance-professional,Business,University of London,"This MOOC identifies and explores a number of challenges to the finance professional arising from the ever changing business environment. Increasingly, financial decisions must take account of strategic consequences."
  Launching New Ventures,new-ventures,https://coursera.org/learn/new-ventures,Business,École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,"Launching New Ventures, a course about Entrepreneurship & Strategy for Technology-Driven Startups, is designed for professionals, entrepreneurs, and students who want to learn about how to successfully launch a business. Through short, animated lectures, inspiring interviews with entrepreneurs from around the world, short quizzes, suggested readings and a practical final project, students will gain a broad overview of entrepreneurship strategy with insights they can apply to their venture regardless of location, industry or venture stage."
  Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling,leadership-storytelling,https://coursera.org/learn/leadership-storytelling,Business,Northwestern University,"Storytelling is an essential part of leadership. Effective leaders communicate to inspire talent to excel; to partner with investors and communities; to engage with customers and clients and to grow their impact in the world as part of a global community. Cultivating an authentic, trustworthy and compelling narrative is vital to a leader’s success. This course helps leaders find their own story through personal branding; develop storytelling success with all constituencies; initiate an effective voice for crisis; interact well through social and third party media; and communicate a vision for innovation."
  Leadership and Influence,leadership-influence,https://coursera.org/learn/leadership-influence,Business,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"The only thing you get to change is yourself, and in the prerequisites to this course we’ve given you real tools to do that. Now, use those tools to influence the course of your future, your team's future, and your organization's future. Make a plan for yourself that will help you help others, and learn skills to make it happen. Listening and being sure of your values underpins everything that comes with professional influencer and leadership skills. We’ll go on to look at self-assessment and leadership planning, negotiation, addressing and resolving conflict, and successfully identifying and promoting circumstances you want."
  Leadership for Managers,leadership,https://coursera.org/learn/leadership,Business,Vanderbilt University,"Personal branding is critical for today’s executive—it distinguishes you as a competent authority, of course, but it also helps you establish your own goals for continuous improvement and develop your strengths as a business leader. If you’re looking to establish yourself more effectively in a leadership role and align your actions and behaviors with how you want to be perceived, this course is for you.
  
  This course is composed of three modules about managing self, managing others, and leading efforts for change. You’ll complete a capstone project on organizational change that tests your skills in a variety of simulated situations, and you’ll receive detailed feedback about your efforts. You’ll leave with a thorough understanding of how your leadership can make an impact on your organization—and a set of sharpened skills to help you accomplish your goals.
  