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Advanced Fluid Mechanics-Fundamentals

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Advanced Fluid Mechanics 1: Fundamentals

The Advanced Fluid Mechanics 1: Fundamentals Online Course is the first among the three courses in the series of incompressible fluid mechanics. This advanced-level engineering course aims to cover the fundamental concepts and principles of fluid mechanics and its relation with continuum mechanics and hydrostatics. The course is led by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Advanced Fluid Mechanics 1: Fundamentals Training is done through video lectures and demonstrations by experts. Learners will be able to work on practice problems and problem sets to enhance their knowledge level and test their progress. Once all the steps are completed and the assessments are finished, learners will receive the Advanced Fluid Mechanics 1: Fundamentals Certification by edX and Stanford University.

Edx has 2 tracks in which the students can be enrolled so that they can finish off the course- one is the audit track and the other is the verified track. One track offers limited free access to the course materials but no certificate after completion whereas the verified track is the upgraded version that gives unlimited but paid access to the course materials.

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12 Weeks
Expert
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
Advanced Fluid Mechanics 2-The Navier-Stokes Equations for Viscous Flows

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Advanced Fluid Mechanics 2: The Navier-Stokes Equations for Viscous Flows

The Advanced Fluid Mechanics 2: The Navier-Stokes Equations for Viscous Flows Certification Course is a 12-week long online course that educates learners on the advanced aspects of fluid mechanics with a special focus on Navier-Stokes equations. The course is taught by subject experts at the School of Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Advanced Fluid Mechanics 2: The Navier-Stokes Equations for Viscous Flows Training will be provided on the online platform of edX. The mode of delivery includes video lectures, demonstrations, problem sets, and practice problems. After completing the course lessons and the assessments, learners will receive the Advanced Fluid Mechanics 2: The Navier-Stokes Equations for Viscous Flows Certification by edX and Stanford University.

Edx has 2 tracks, one is the audit track and the other is the verified track which are self-paced versions. One track offers limited free access to the course materials but no certificate after completion whereas the verified track is the upgraded version of the same course that gives unlimited but paid access to the course materials.

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12 Weeks
Expert
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
Certificate

Global Health Case Studies from a Biosocial Perspective

This Global Health Case Studies from a Biosocial Perspective training is a twelve-week online course. This course was offered and delivered through Harvard University by the EDX platform. Arthur Kleinman, Paul Farmer, Salmaan Kesahvjee, and Anne Becker are the professors who explain this online course.

This introductory global health course seeks to contextualize global health's collection of difficulties and doings within a specific biosocial framework. It creates a toolkit of interdisciplinary analytical approaches and employs them to investigate historical and contemporary global health initiatives while paying close attention to a critical sociology of knowledge. Paul Farmer, Arthur Kleinman, Anne Becker, and Salmaan Keshavjee, four physician-anthropologists, draw on their work in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Americas to investigate what the field of global health entails, how global health issues have been described and framed, and how global health interventions have played out in both expected and unexpected ways. 

The learners can take the self-paced programme in two varied modes, namely, the verified and audit modes. In the verified mode, the learners can get unlimited access to the programme and a certificate of completion. In the audit mode, they will get only a limited duration of access. 

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12 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Urban Health in Crisis Response from Sub Saharan Africa

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Urban Health in Crisis: Response from Sub-Saharan Africa

This Urban Health in Crisis: Response from Sub-Saharan Africa training is a twelve weeks online course. This course was designed and offered by the University of Ghana and Georgetown University (USA) developed and delivered this course via the EDX platform.  Jessica Kritz who is the Assistant professor and Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe the professor explain this online course.

Sub-Saharan Africa is the continent with the highest rate of urbanization in the world, as well as the greatest need for resources to fulfill sustainable economic development. This course will examine the difficulties of trying to address urban health, sometimes referred to as the "crisis of urban health in Sub-Saharan Africa". It will analyze and visualize key issues currently being addressed by policymakers, planners, and implementers. 

The study of urban health has traditionally focused on the connections between the built environment, social dynamics, and individual health. Given the complex multidimensional settings of urban Sub-Saharan Africa, recent pandemics, and resource constraints, this course will go beyond the basics to better understand and address urban health issues. Learn from world-renowned experts with hands-on experience in addressing urban health challenges in a highly visual and case-study-based course. Participants will get an option to enroll in 2 of the tracks available on Edx. The free audit track offers limited access or they can choose to upgrade to a paid version which is the verified track. 

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12 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Urban Planning
Certificate

Drug Discovery in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19

This Drug Discovery in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 training is a twelve weeks online course. This course was offered and designed through the Tsinghuax university and delivered through the EDX platform. Hang Hubert Yin and Yua Rao explain this online course.

Covid-19 emerged at the start of 2020, quickly escalating into a global pandemic. This virus has killed over 100,000 people, which is ten times more than the seasonal flu. Since the virus's severity is becoming clear, it is critical to gain relevant knowledge to prepare us for self-protection and future drug development. Tsinghua University's School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in collaboration with the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI), has been rapidly organizing to set up this curriculum - drug discovery in COVID-19 prevention and treatment - in order to provide data about virus detection and our methods of combating the ongoing outbreak.

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12 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Certificate

Introduction to Cancer Biology

This Introduction to Cancer Biology training is a twelve weeks online course. This course was designed and offered through Tsinghua University via the EDX platform.

This course was explained by Daliang Wang. The course will cover fundamental oncology concepts, cancer biology fundamentals, and clinical oncology content. Students will pay attention to cancers, understand cancers, raise cancer prevention awareness, and stimulate students' enthusiasm and interest in cancer research in the future. The main bibliography for this course will be the world's authoritative English textbook "The Biology of Cancer," written by renowned cancer biologist Robert A. Weinberg, which focuses on the fundamental concepts of cancer biology as well as the advancement of modern science and clinical cancers. 

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12 Weeks
Beginner
Free

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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne via Edx
Certificate

Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground

As an emerging field of research, the programme on Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground by Edx investigates and explores the possibilities that lie beneath cities' surface. This 11- week intermediate course is supported by architectural studies and provides candidates with a verified certificate on successful completion. 

The concept of Groundscape in Edx's course on Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground offers aesthetic, durable, and responsible responses to urban challenges through underground solutions. Learners can also participate in an Underground Design Studio – a design-oriented studio, where they acquire skills and conceptualize their underground project.

Moreover, the medium of instruction is English, and learners can also opt for video transcripts in the same language. A self-paced course, the Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground course by Edx is taught by the faculty of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). 

Mr. Dominique Perrault, Mr. Juan Fernandez-Andrino, Mr. Ignacio Ferrer Rizzo, and Mr. Richard Nguyen are the course instructors.

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11 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Urban Planning
Certificate

MalariaX Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe

MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe course has been structured by edX and Harvard University to give the learners an insight into the science, technology, and policies required for the eradication and elimination of malaria.

MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe certification course will teach the participants the technological and scientific underpinnings of malaria, the dynamics of malaria transmission, the historical, social, political, and economic contexts in that control, eradication, and elimination efforts can be taken. Participants will develop their skills and gain ample knowledge through supplemental interviews and foundational lectures. They will be trained to analyse real-world data and its efficient use for problem-solving. 

It will help them focus on developing and implementing evidence-based strategies to contribute to malaria eradication initiatives at national and local levels. Learners interested in developing leadership skills and technical expertise required for working in global health and malaria programs worldwide should take this MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe online course. The candidates will get free audit period access but only for a specified period. The time limit becomes unlimited when the candidates select the verified track. In the case of both tracks, the candidates will get to learn the course in a self-paced mode.

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11 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of genetics
Best Practices for Project Management Success

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RIT via Edx
Certificate

Best Practices for Project Management Success

Best Practices for Project Management Success certification course is one of the best in the market for practical management of business projects. As the title suggests, the Best Practices for Project Management Success certification aims to deliver success in project management endeavours. In this course, you will learn how to use principles in practice and successfully employ them in one’s business settings.  This course will help project managers deliver faster results to their customers. It also explores the challenges of different types of projects and the requirements for better project management.

Best Practices for Project Management Success online course is a part of the RIT Project Management MicroMasters Programme. Here, the importance of organization and leadership characteristics is emphasized. To qualify for the MicroMasters credential, the candidates will have to pass each of the three courses to earn a verified Certificate and also have to pass the capstone exam. The course is verified by the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Post completing the Best Practices for Project Management Success training, the candidates will have practical tools for the corporate culture and effective organizing strategies. The verified certificate will place the candidate in a good position in the corporate sector. Another benefit of the certificate is that it is shareable on online platforms and is easily accessible. To get the certificate, the learners must have opted for the verified tracks by paying the fee. In the free mode, the students can audit the course for a limited duration. 

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11 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Project management

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The Korean Story : Secrets of an Economic Miracle

The Korean Story: Secrets of an Economic Miracle course features South Korea's present status as far as human improvement markers and the SDGs and offers experiences on how different nations can accomplish comparable development stories with organized change and strategy measures.

The Korean Story: Secrets of an Economic Miracle certification course offers modules from driving Korean specialists in financial aspects, governmental issues, instruction, well-being, sexual orientation strengthening, provincial turn of events, and transportation. The prominent idea pioneer in financial aspects and feasible turn of events, Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, presents an early on module about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), zeroing in on the Korean experience of defining objectives and focusing on accomplishing them.

The Korean Story: Secrets of an Economic Miracle was created and delivered by the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, in association with the SDG Academy. There are 2 ways in which the candidates will be getting enrolled in the course. One is the audit mode, which offers limited access along with the self-paced mode, whereas during the verified mode, the candidates, apart from the self-paced option will get the option to view the course for an unlimited period.

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11 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Economics
Financial Regulation from the Global Financial Crisis to Fintech and the Covid Pandemic

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Financial Regulation: From the Global Financial Crisis to Fintech and the COVID Pandemic

Financial Regulation: From the Global Financial Crisis to Fintech and the COVID Pandemic Certification will give the supporting reasoning to monetary guidelines and assess the post-global Financial Crisis changes in this light, noticing adaptations that were needed because of the fundamental nature of the emergency and the need to guarantee private area consistency. It at that point applies these reasonings and exercises to figure out how to current themes in Fintech and the reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Seeing how monetary guidelines advanced after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, and how it formed the monetary business, is fundamental for controllers and for the monetary experts they direct. Financial Regulation: From the Global Financial Crisis to Fintech and the COVID-19 pandemic program gives the underpinnings to a basic appraisal, moving us to thoroughly consider how the guideline needs to adjust to the present difficulties. This is an instructor-led training so that learners will engage with the co-learners and instructors and have a master-class learning experience. It is taught by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which is one of the world’s best universities.

There are two different options to pursue the online programme, namely, the verified and audit track. In the audit track, the learners will have access to the course only for a limited period. 

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11 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Financial Management
Statistical Learning

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Statistical Learning

Statistical Learning course is devoted to polishing the participant's skills in data science and statistical modeling. It is an introductory level course. It is mostly practice-based and equipped with both traditional and new methods of data analysis and statistics. Here, the course emphasis is on classification methods and regression. This Statistical Learning certification doesn’t rely on advanced and complex mathematical formulas. Introduction to all modern elements of data analysis is given. The techniques on how to use R is also shown in the Statistical Learning training.

The practical implications of this program are one of the main statistical learning benefits.  The Statistical Learning training is structured to meet the requirements of the professionals from this field. For computing, the course uses R. There are Quizzes in the prescribed Statistical Learning certification syllabus. The quizzes will be graded and hold value to earn the certificate. There is a provision to gain a 90 % discounted offer through edX’s financial assistance scheme.

On successful completion, the learners will gain the certificate for the Statistical Learning certification. The certificate can be shared in CV or resume and it can also be uploaded on Linkedin. This certificate is verified by Stanford University’s StanfordOnline institution. There are two pathways in which enrolling in this course of edX is possible. One is the verified track, and the other is the audit mode. During the audit mode, the candidates shall have limited time access to the course, but access becomes unlimited during the verified track.

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11 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Statistical skills Data science knowledge R Programming
Data Analysis for Social Scientists

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Data Analysis for Social Scientists

The Data Analysis for Social Scientists certification course will introduce learners to the fundamentals of statistics, probability, and data analysis. The curriculum covers most modern data analysis techniques including estimation, prediction, regression and econometrics, experimental design, A/B testing, randomized control trials, data visualization, and machine learning. 

All these concepts are illustrated using real-world examples. Candidates will also learn how to use the statistical package R, and perform self-directed empirical analyses.

The Data Analysis for Social Scientists certification is also a prerequisite for two independent MicroMasters programs that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers: MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP) and MicroMasters in Statistics and Data Science (SDS). 

Before you apply to the Data Analysis for Social Scientists program, you check out the course preview to go through the content, exercises, etc. Some resources are also available if you are new to these subjects or wish to jog your memory. If you score 60% or more in the course preview, it indicates that you are prepared for this course. 

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11 Weeks
Expert
Skills Covered:
Data science knowledge
The Challenges of Global Poverty

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The Challenges of Global Poverty

If you want to hear what economists have to say about the challenge that poverty poses, then The Challenges of Global Poverty online course is for you. The questions addressed in this course include: Is extreme poverty no longer a thing? What is life like for people who live on daily wages of less than $1? 

Hopefully, by the end of The Challenges of Global Poverty programme, you will have the answers to the questions listed above, and many more. Students will understand how to make schools work for poor children, how to rid them of diseases, and if microfinance is overrated or invaluable. Candidates will also discover if economic development should be left to the market, NGOs, or if they can seek foreign help. 

The programme illustrates the right place for intervention. You can take this course even without a background in economics and statistics. There are various resources available throughout the training to help candidates learn or revise relevant topics. The Challenges of Global Poverty training is eleven weeks long and a part of the MicroMasters programme in DEPD.

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11 Weeks
Beginner
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Economics
Foundations of Development Policy

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Foundations of Development Policy

The Foundations of Development Policy online course is a part of MIT’s MicroMasters program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP). And the DEPD MicroMasters is part of the Workforce Recovery Acceleration program. It is an eleven-week course, and candidates can complete it comfortably if they study 12-14 hours per week.

The Foundations of Development Policy program studies the different aspects of human development, including health, education, gender, family, risk, land relations, formal and informal norms, institutions, and public policies. It attempts to answer questions like - What factors affect the decisions that low-income households in developing countries make? What are the constraints within which low-income families have to make do?

The Foundations of Development Policy training also covers the scope for intervening policies implemented by governments, international organizations, and NGOs. You will learn which policies have been implemented, and how successful they have been, if at all. The training also includes weekly assignments wherein you will work with real data.

Besides, you can choose a verified certificate path by paying the required certification fee and avail of a shareable certificate on course completion.

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11 Weeks
Expert
Skills Covered:
Financial knowledge
Solar Energy Photovoltaic Systems

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Delft University of Technology via Edx
Certificate

Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Systems

With the Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Systems program, candidates will learn about the process of turning solar cells into full modules and applying these modules to PV systems. The curriculum covers the design of different photovoltaic system types, such as residential-scale systems (on-grid and off-grid) and utility-scale solar farms. 

The Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Systems certification course will help candidates learn about the functions and operations of different components involved in PV systems, including batteries, inverters, DC-DC converters, and how they interact with the grid and the modules. They will then know how to work with these components and incorporate them while designing, planning, and installing real PV systems.

After completing the Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Systems training, candidates will better understand a PV system’s performance under different solar energy applications. They will also know how to estimate the energy yield for the system that their client is looking to install. 

This course is a part of TU Delft’s Solar Energy Engineering MicroMasters program, which covers all relevant aspects of photovoltaic energy conversion, systems, and technologies. There are two modes for the learners to join the programme, namely, verified and free audit. In the former mode, the learner will have a certificate of completion and unlimited access to the programme. In the latter mode, the candidates will get access only for a limited period. 

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11 Weeks
Expert
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
Solar Energy Photovoltaic Technologies

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Delft University of Technology via Edx
Certificate

Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies

Spread across 11 weeks, the Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies course focuses on the production of solar cells. The curriculum includes discussion over the future of solar technologies such as CIGS, CdTe, and Perovskites.  This online course is a part of a MicroMasters program “Solar Energy Engineering,” which students can additionally pursue.

Three assessment exams are laced in between the Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies certification syllabus, which is split into five parts. Students will study topics touching on crystalline silicon, solar cell characterization, and thin-film processing. It is an advanced engineering course that follows a course schedule led by instructors.

Taught by the faculties of the Delft University of Technology, this Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies course invites both audit and verified learners. Audit learners can access the course material, discussion forums, and a limited number of free exercises for a limited period. Whereas, with the verified track, learners can access all the course study tools by paying the necessary fee. 

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11 Weeks
Expert
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering

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Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion

Human rights’ sanctity faces a massive threat today, with children, indigenous people, and women’s rights witnessing regular violations. These wrongdoings are affecting these sections and pose a threat to our collective future and the world’s stability. As such, it’s essential to understand the core of these rights and their current effects, which is what this Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion certification course aims to impart.

This 11-week, the open-online program is an SDG Academy offering, that uses legal frameworks to explore the numerous barriers to human rights becoming a reality in societies worldwide. The Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion certification syllabus touches on essential topics such as human rights needs, international legal frameworks, gendered poverty, gendered violence, and more.

Joshua Castellino and Sarah Bradshaw, SDG Academy’s skilled instructors, will teach Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability, and Social Exclusion training. At the same time, the curriculum is an intermediate one, it's best suited for graduates, human rights practitioners, private-sector actors, policymakers, etc. To accelerate employment reach, aspirants can opt for the paid certificate, which is verified to showcase their learned skills in this field. By enrolling to any one of the tracks namely verified and audit the students may learn the programme. During the audit track, learning is free for a limited time period whereas during the verified track learning is unlimited but paid.

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11 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of law

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Davidson College, Davidson via Edx
Certificate

AP® Calculus BC

The program on AP Calculus BC by edX is a collaborative effort between the course-offering institution Davidson College, edX, and the College Board. The course has been designed to help you prepare for the Advanced Placement Calculus BC exam and conquer this subject’s most challenging aspects.

During the AP Calculus BC certification course, you will learn from the best AP instructors from across the country. Each session begins with an instructor’s video lecture, followed by hands-on exercises like data analysis, tutorials, and interactive graphs. Moreover, the highly experienced instructors divide the modules into bite-sized learning cycles, thus adding structure to difficult study sections.

Falling under the ‘Math’ field of study, the AP Calculus BC certification syllabus consists of short video lectures, simulations, AP style questions to analyze your understanding, practice problems, and interactive exercises to prepare you for exams. Candidates can enroll in this programme for free, and choose to pay for the verified certification, offered by Davidson College and edX. There is a time limit until which the course remains accessible in the audit track chosen by the candidates. But in the case of selection of the verified track, the candidates will have unlimited access to the course materials.

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11 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Mathematical skill

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IsraelX via Edx
Certificate

Resilience - The art of coping with disasters

Successful coping and disaster management instances have a common element - resilience. In recent decades, this word has become a buzzword in discussions around disasters and crises. The Resilience - The art of coping with disasters course by edX will equip you with the necessary resources and techniques to manage stressful experiences. The programme will also help you to emerge victorious from such situations.

The Resilience - The art of coping with disasters online course will introduce a clearer definition of resilience with the prospect of enhancing your crisis management capabilities. You will learn to manage and execute protective measures and emergency response interventions and preparedness. You will comprehend the relevance and significance of resilience in various times and situations.

Moreover, the Resilience certification training curriculum will explore resilience measurement concepts to build a response plan for emergencies. During the course, we will also uncover social media’s role in the crisis management lifecycle. The programme’s duration is 11 weeks and it has a self-paced learning plan. The instructor-paced programme can take the course by paying the fee and get a certificate. The students can also audit the programme for a limited period free of cost. 

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11 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Disaster Management
Accounting and Finance

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Accounting and Finance

This certificate course Accounting and Finance provided by edX platform and offered in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore is a rewarding course for management professionals, business owners, and entrepreneurs. The Accounting and Finance certification course is targeted for any graduate to help him or her understand financial statements for evaluating business performance. 

The candidates will be able to understand the drivers behind prosperity and help to identify improvements in those areas. This will help the candidates deal with cost management and cost sheet preparation for decision-making. Candidates can develop a proper understanding of financial markets and raise different types of capital. The candidate will be able to create and evaluate finances. With such an approach, the candidates can help with the business plan and managing working capital.  

The Accounting and Finance course aims to strengthen the financial acumen of the candidate in mainly three areas financial statement analysis, cost management, and financial management. This is a self-paced programme and can be taken by the learners either by paying the fee or free. In the free audit mode, the learners will have access only for a limited duration. 

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11 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Financial knowledge
Certificate

CitiesX The Past Present and Future of Urban Life

11 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Science of Happiness

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The Science of Happiness

11 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Certificate

Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens and the Stuff Around You

The Tangible Things certification programme by EdX is a humanities course on the functioning of museums, libraries and other historical and scientific collections. You will learn how historians, curators, preservationists and archivists do their jobs. The course aims to discover and study how material objects have helped shape academic disciplines and have challenged or reinforced boundaries between people. 

Offered by Harvard University, the Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens and the Stuff Around You discipline is taught by top Harvard University faculty like Sara Schechner, Ivan Gaskell and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and visiting faculty like Sarah Carter from The School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Harvard University houses some of the fascinating items which will help the students understand the importance and power of learning through tangible things. 

The Tangible Things programme by EdX is an online programme, the course materials of which will be available to the enrolled candidates completely free of cost. But, while taking the course free of cost, the learners will be provided access to the course only for a limited duration. It is a ten-week programme and classes will be held 1-3 hours per week. A certificate of achievement will be available to the candidates upon completion of the course when taking the programme by paying the fee. 

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10 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Critical thinking Knowledge of history
Certificate

The Architectural Imagination

The architecture depicts the most profound social significance of civilization in artistic and material form. The Architectural Imagination course will let you look at architecture from different viewpoints of methodical accomplishment and cultural manifestation. You will examine the most commendable buildings of human history to derive insightful lessons from them.

As a learner of The Architectural Imagination MOOC, you will get to explore various concepts of architecture with practical exercises in modelling and drawing as well as study the important theoretical ideas to strengthen your understanding. Ideas such as architectural typography and perspective drawing will be taught in considerable detail.

With the learnings of this course, investigate how architecture represents the sophisticated yearnings of a cultural system. The Architectural Imagination course is a MOOC created by the Harvard University of USA and is eligible for AIA (American Institute of Architects) CUE (Continuing Education Units). Therefore, this course is academically fulfilling and professionally insightful. 

The programme is designed in the self-paced mode and can be pursued by the candidates in two varied tracks; paid and free. The free audit track will give access to the course only for a limited duration. 

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10 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
World Music Balinese Rhythms

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World Music Balinese Rhythms

Music has always been the universal language and in it, Bali music has been the form to gain one of the most recognition across the globe. The course, World Music: Balinese Rhythms, introduces the candidates to Balinese music and teaches them about the part it has played in Balinese culture. The World Music: Balinese Rhythms Course has a special design for mentoring its students which uses the Jamelan game, created by an MIT Professor, Eran Egozy.

This World Music: Balinese Rhythms Certification, since it uses gaming applications, has an entertaining learning experience that allows the candidates to progress at their own pace and removes the usual stress parameters, thus making the World Music: Balinese Rhythms Online Certification course fun for all of its participants. World Music: Balinese Rhythms Online Certification results in better engagement and reception; hence improved skills and techniques will be seen in the candidates in leaps and bounds.

Furthermore, the World Music: Balinese Rhythms Course will awaken an interest in the musical capabilities inside themselves which will allow them to go through the contexts of the musical world in their customised ways. The candidates will get limited access to the course if they have chosen the audit track and unlimited access if they have chosen the verified track.

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10 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Music
Site Planning Online

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Site Planning Online

Site planning is an inseparable subject taught in architecture courses, landscape architecture, urban planning, and engineering for many years. This Site Planning Online MOOC will give you critical viewpoints of practitioners and excellent academics on challenges in making great site plans. You will understand the concepts of this field in great detail.

With the learnings of Site Planning Online course at edX, you will touch on principles of planning a site while keeping in mind the human needs, sustainability, adaptability, compatibility with man-made and natural surroundings, and economic efficiency. This curriculum will serve as a basis of understanding required for learning Site Planning.

Site Planning Online MOOC at edX will help you become proficient in the craft of site planning by providing necessary design skills, significant knowledge, and acquaintance with archetypes and examples of site organization. This design course teaches Site Planning by covering a wide range of important topics, to help you become a skilled professional.

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10 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Civil Engineering skills
Certificate

Calculus Applied

This certificate course on Calculus Applied!  offered by HarvardX is created to apply the tools in single variable calculus theory for creating and analyzing mathematical models used in real-life sciences as well as physical and social sciences. The course goes beyond the scope of textbook knowledge and calculus where it works with the practitioners in all the required sciences for understanding how mathematical and calculus models work in those areas. The course is instructed by real practitioners who will help the candidate explore the concepts in a very hands-on manner. 

The Calculus Applied certification course acts as a unique addition to the area of calculus training mentoring concepts of integrals, derivatives, differential equations, and mathematical models with their applications and provides inferences. The course requires the candidate to be familiar with calculus concepts and learn about their applications rather than the theory. The Calculus Applied course offered has a three-person faculty preparation for the curriculum. The course in the audit mode is self-paced but only provides a limited period of access whereas the candidates during the verified mode will be able to learn the course in an unlimited time frame.

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10 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Mathematical skill

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