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University of Texas and edX offers an online course on how philosophy, art, literature, and history shaped the twentieth century and the world today. About the course:The last century ushered in significant progress. Philosophers, scientists, artists, and poets ...

Understand your social location in a globally interconnected cultural and economic landscape. University of Wellesley and edX offers free online course on introduction to Global Sociology. About the course:Sociology offers us a powerful set of tools with ...

Useful Genetics Part I is a free online course conducted by the University of British Columbia. About this courseThis college-level course gives students a thorough understanding of gene function, and enables them to apply this understanding to real-world ...

Introduction to Systems Biology is a part of the "Systems Biology" specialization. This course is an introduction to current concepts of how cellular molecules come together to form systems, how these systems exhibit emergent properties, and how these ...

Introduction to computational finance and financial econometrics is a free online course by the University of Washington About the courseIn this course students will learn mathematical and statistical tools and techniques used in quantitative and computational finance. Use ...

Designing and executing information security strategies course provides students with opportunities to integrate and apply information security knowledge. About the CourseThis course provides students with opportunities to integrate and apply information security knowledge. Following the case-study approach, they ...

Discover the principles of solid scientific methods in the behavioral and social sciences. Join us and learn to separate sloppy science from solid research!Solid Science: Research Methods - Online course by Univ of Amsterdam About the courseThis first ...

In this course you will look at how to build software that is secure. At the conclusion of the course, the student will know how to "build security in" rather than consider it as an afterthought, and will have ...

Investigate the basic concepts behind programming languages, with a strong emphasis on the techniques and benefits of functional programming. University of Maryland and Coursera offers this online course. About the course:Learn many of the concepts that underlie ...

Building an Information Risk Management Toolkit is a free online course by the University of Washington About the CourseIn this course, you will explore several structured, risk management approaches that guide information security decision-making. Course TopicsDeveloping and ...

Fluid power has the highest power density of all conventional power-transmission technologies. Learn the benefits and limitations of fluid power, how to analyze fluid power components and circuits, and how to design fluid power circuits for specific applications. ...

University of Pennsylvania and coursera offers an online course on creation of artifacts. The course helps the students combine fundamental concepts with hands-on design challenges to become a better designer. About the course:This is a course aimed at ...

The course is an introduction to switched-mode power converters. It provides a basic knowledge of circuitry for the control and conversion of electrical power with high efficiency. University of Colorado, Boulder and coursera offers this online course. ...

This course covers finite automata, context-free grammars, Turing machines, undecidable problems, and intractable problems (NP-completeness). Stanford University and coursera offers this online course. About the course:They pleased to be able to offer free over the Internet a ...