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An overview of the ideas, methods, and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise. Yale University and coursera offers this online course About the course:Financial institutions are a pillar of civilized society, supporting ...

This course will use social network analysis, both its theory and computational tools, to make sense of the social and information networks that have been fueled and rendered accessible by the internet. University of Michigan and coursera offers ...

This course deals with the understanding of the brain by learning to analyze neural data yourself! Working with real neural data sets from neuroscience research labs, this course will help students learn data analysis techniques so that they can ...

The course explores visionary and practical concepts of city design and planning, past and present, and how design can address such looming challenges as urban population growth, climate change and rising sea levels. Participants will be encouraged to make ...

This course is a part of the "Fundamentals of Computing" specialization. This 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. ...

This course explores the role of sports around the world, and how the games we watch and play shape identity, culture, and society. Duke University and Coursera offers this online course. About the course:Sports play a giant ...

Networked Life will explore recent scientific efforts to explain social, economic and technological structures -- and the way these structures interact -- on many different scales, from the behavior of individuals or small groups to that of complex networks ...

This course will provide you with a deep understanding of the problems and the solutions related to preventable medical errors. About the course In this course students will be provided tools to accomplish the following goals: ...

This is an introductory course for students with limited background in chemistry; basic concepts involved in chemical compositions, periodic trends, reactions, and quantitative problem solving will be emphasized with the goal of preparing students for further study in chemistry. ...

Learn the basic components of building and applying prediction functions with an emphasis on practical applications. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Coursera offers this online course. About the course:One of the most common tasks ...

The Chinese University of Hong Kong offers online course on Information Theory. This course is an introduction to information theory, which emphasizes fundamental concepts as well as analytical techniques. Specific topics include: Information Measures, The I-Measure, Zero-Error Data Compression, ...

Learn about different voting methods and fair division algorithms, and explore the problems that arise when a group of people need to make a decision. University of Maryland and Coursera offers making better group discussions: voting judgment aggregation ...

Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights, is an online course offered by the Vanderbilt University. It is a 7 week course which will explore nutrition concepts that take center stage in mainstream media outlets and become conversation topics ...

The course surveys the entire length of human history, from the evolution of various human species in the Stone Age up to the political and technological revolutions of the twenty-first century. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Coursera ...