Online Psychology Courses & Certifications

The ‘Psychology of Motivation and Learning’ certification program is developed for the students of undergraduate and postgraduate levels to impart knowledge on the various learning concepts and psychological perspectives of motivation in the context of classroom learning. This teacher education program is organized for the students for six weeks and is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education.

The course instructor for this certification course class is Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Rather, an assistant professor from the department of education at the University of Kashmir. The students gain theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the experiential learning process in this core course. 

The ‘Psychology of Motivation and Learning’ online certification enables students to get a course certificate and credits points with valuable insights at the end of the training program.

The AP® Psychology-Course 2: How the Brain Works by Edx certification course discusses psychology by understanding the brain's working and different states of consciousness. Candidates will become familiar with the fundamentals of genetics, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology. 

The AP® Psychology Course 2: How the Brain Works certification training covers the sensory and visual systems. It dives into human behaviour, along with an in-depth study of the various states of consciousness. Video-based lectures and demonstrations included in the course will also aid in candidates' learning. 

Besides, this course is a part of a series that consists of a total of six courses. Candidates who finish this course and are interested in psychology can take the rest of the courses and get verified certificates from UBCx, which comes under the University of British Columbia. 

The Edx Courses on AP® Psychology are self-paced and free of cost for students who wish to learn. However, to gain the certificate, students must pay an additional fee. 

The Spiritual Competency certification course is a programme that has been designed, keeping in mind the needs of mental health providers who wish to increase the religious and spiritual diversity of clients. The course is taught by expert instructors from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University System of Maryland. They are proficient in dealing with religion, spirituality, and mental health issues. 

The Spiritual Competency Training in Mental Health certification places its core focus on enhancing learners’ spiritual knowledge, skills, and attitude, crucial to therapeutic orientations and mental health disciplines.  As most of us might be aware, competency in spirituality and religion forms a basic and, more importantly, ethical requirement for many associations and organisations. 

This course is spread over five weeks, and learners must dedicate at least 2 to 3 hours per week. Filled with engaging learning activities like brief videos, readable text screens, audio clips, and short questionnaires, the Spiritual Competency programme is a perfect choice for mental health professionals of all disciplines. Besides, therapists who will finish the course will also be deemed eligible to obtain 6 CE credits. The candidates can get a certificate of completion once pay the fee prescribed by the fee. They can also enrol on the programme free of cost and get access to it for a limited duration. 

Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments certification is a course that is currently part 1 of 4 belonging to the specialization of Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking. The entire course is of 5 weeks duration and is presented on the platform of Coursera by Duke University. All the weeks are divided into some hours each which teaches in the form of videos, ungraded quizzes after each week’s completion, and finally one long graded one at the end.

Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments training will explain what exactly an argument is so that it enables the participants to identify what kind of arguments the different kinds of speakers are giving so that their connections are revealed. Also with this certification course, candidates will be able to fill in gaps for their communication with arguments by adding premises that are suppressed. This will also teach participants to admire other people’s arguments.

Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively certification is a 5 weeks course offered by Coursera along with Duke University. This course has been made available for those participants who want to learn truth tables to state the information in the conclusion of an argument to prove that it is deductive, and valid at the same time. The final certificate gives value to the participant’s career and makes it more beneficial.

Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively training will give room for more detailed exercises for those wanting to explore topics like Ninth Edition, Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic, and more in detail. Then the entire weekly syllabus will be divided into innumerable video segments that have to be seen in groups or separately. Ultimately these will be backed by short quizzes to check their understanding of each segment followed by a lengthy graded quiz at the course end.

The Psychodiagnostics and Psychological Assessment Online Course available on the Coursera platform explores the contemporary approaches of Psychodiagnostics and various assessment methods. The 100% online course will have a flexible course design that allows learners to set deadlines.

Through the Psychodiagnostics and Psychological Assessment Live Course, learners will be introduced to the ethical standards of psychological diagnostics along with widely accepted Psychodiagnostics methods. The course is administered by the National Research Tomsk State University, Russia.

After the completion of the Psychodiagnostics and Psychological Assessment Certification Course through online videos, academic readings, and practice exercises, learners will be able to receive a shareable course certificate.

Unlike the brain, the mind is not a physical organ but is a collection of faculties and a combination of cognitive and non-cognitive aspects. Some of these aspects include imagination, thinking, memory, intelligence, consciousness and language. This makes the mind a fascinating subject to study. The AP® Psychology-Course 3: How the Mind Works training by Edx discusses concepts such as classical and operant conditioning, as well as social learning. 

Furthermore, the Edx AP® Psychology - Course 3: How the Mind Works certification course helps students learn through a series of video lectures and demonstrations. Learners also test their knowledge with many practice questions. The programme is excellent for those preparing for the AP Psychology exam. 

The University of British Columbia offers the AP® Psychology course series, which consists of six courses in total. Besides, the Edx AP® Psychology courses offer self-paced online learning. Students can learn free of cost and earn a shareable certificate by paying the fee. 

Offered by the University of British Columbia (UBC), edX’s AP® Psychology – Course 5: Health and Behaviour is the fifth in the AP® Psychology sequence. Learners explore concepts of psychological adjustment and health. The syllabus includes assessments of psychological abnormality and treatments.

A plethora of questions and interviews of psychologists are covered. With demonstrations and video-lectures, the AP® Psychology Health and Behaviour course by edX help candidates prepare for the AP® Psychology exam. This four-week programme comes with a verified certificate that can be accessed by paying a fee.

Taught by Dr Steven J Barner, this introductory course belongs to the Social Science subject. Steven J Barnes- is an expert instructor from the Psychology department at UBC. Video transcripts are available in English, and the programme is self-paced. Focusing on the psychological adjustments and concepts of stress, the AP® Psychology Health and Behaviour certification course emphasises the relationship between behaviours and health.

In a work environment, it is essential to foster healthy and trusting relationships between employees. It allows the workforce to enjoy greater satisfaction, productivity, and engagement. The Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work programme by edX will help you achieve emotional and social skills to develop positive work relationships.

The Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work online course is designed to help you support higher employee retention and loyalty. The curriculum of the programme will consider real-world examples and case studies to teach you research-based skills. Furthermore, your skillset in psychology will expand by taking this programme.

The Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work certification course will allow you to gain good management skills, problem-solving, effective teamwork, and resilience. Also, it will help you understand the importance of empathy and collaboration among organisational teams. You will learn to develop a culture of belongingness and engagement. University of California, Berkeley is the course developer. You can join the programme either in the paid or free mode. In the free mode, you can access the programme only for a limited period. 

Working in an organization is an experience that most individuals go through at some point in their lives. However, it takes a lot to turn this experience into an interactive, self-upgrading journey, and happiness forms the basis of it all. The Foundations of Happiness at Work course by edX imparts essential knowledge to help students understand how they can cultivate an enjoyable environment in their workplace, thus improving their company and own performance as a whole. 

The Foundations of Happiness at Work program curriculum features core factors that empirical research links to workplace satisfaction, including gratitude, developing a firm purpose, garnering cooperative relationships with fellow workers, and more. The training also highlights the standard barriers at cultural and individual levels, that stop employees from attaining a happier workplace.

The University of California, Berkeley’s online training for The Foundations of Happiness at Work features the institution’s top instructors, along with a self-paced curriculum for the learners’ maximum convenience. This short programme is free for all and offers a payable verified certification to help students pursue desired employment roles after course completion. In the free mode, the learners have only limited access to the programme. 

The multi-faceted field of psychology is centred around the study of the body and the mind. Analysing human behaviour through emotions, personality or feelings is a fascinating and complicated field of study. A psychologist is concerned about gaining knowledge over every theory and principle to apply the same in practical situations. Introduction to Psychology certification course by SWAYAM fulfils this objective under the pedagogy of IIT Kanpur.

The course has been crafted for acquiring a better understanding of oneself and others. Students of this course will be able to thoroughly determine how and why of feeling, action and thinking. This under-graduate, introductory-level psychology course will cover all the significant psychological constructs and principles. Introduction to Psychology certification syllabus will lay a pressing focus on perceptual processes, memory, learning, emotions, environmental and genetic determinants of one's behaviour and personality. All in all, this is a holistic teaching package for psychology scholars, enthusiasts, and professionals.

In this eight-week course, students will learn in an interesting way through the use of rich multimedia technology, discussion of case studies, regular quizzes to check their progress and online discussion forums to ask doubts and hold discussions on topics that interest them in this domain.

Biohacking could indeed range from acquiring raw water to hanging down to hack one's brain by increasing blood circulation to continuously monitoring everything that passes through and leaves one's body. Emory University created the Biohacking Your Brain's Health online certification, which is taught by Karima Benameur - Assistant Professor, and delivered by Coursera to participants who want to develop the skills used to hack their brain health.

Biohacking Your Brain's Health online classes contain 13 hours of thorough lectures that introduce participants to strategies for improving their brain fitness through diet, exercise, mindfulness, meditation, and sleep. Biohacking Your Brain's Health online course discusses topics like diet, nutrition, structural anatomy, functional anatomy, nutritional research, neurological diseases, and insulin resistance as well as gain an understanding of the anatomy and functions of the brain, as well as receive weekly recommendations for ways to improve their brain health.

The ‘Understanding Brain Health: Preventing Dementia’ online course is provided by the online education platform FutureLearn and is offered by institutions such as the University of Edinburgh and Brain Health Scotland. The online training will take four weeks to complete while the students are required to spend three hours every week.

The independent learning program is focused on the study of the methods and strategies to prevent dementia and other brain conditions by improving brain health and awareness. The students get the opportunities to know about the evaluation techniques that identify risk factors in their early stages. 

The course instructors for this program are Craig Ritchie (Director of Brain Health Scotland and also a professor teaching psychiatry of aging at the University of Edinburgh), Emma Stevenson (Professor teaching Sports and exercise science and nutrition at Newcastle University), and  Sophie Bradley (Senior Lecturer from the University of Glasgow). 

The ‘Understanding Brain Health: Preventing Dementia’ training accredited by the CPD certification service ensures free access and a course certificate for the eligible candidates after course completion.

The ‘Brief introduction to Psychology’ online course is designed for the students to get an overview of the fundamental and significant concepts of psychology. This certification program is provided by the free online educational portal Swayam with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The course classes are conducted for four weeks.

This elective program is a faculty development program approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and the course instructor for this certification course is Prof. Braj Bhushan from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 

The course curriculum is provided along with the books and reference materials that allow students to get an extensive knowledge of the various aspects of psychology. The candidates of this ‘Brief introduction to Psychology’ online certification training course will be given academic course credits and the course certificate after completing the course study and the assessments fulfilling the eligibility criteria.

The ‘Psychology of Everyday’ online course is an elective program designed for the students of the undergraduate level which offers a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental aspects of human behavior from the lens of psychology. This free online certification program is provided by the education platform Swayam initiated by the government of India and the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The course classes are conducted for four weeks and the course duration is ten hours in total.

The course instructors of the training program are faculty from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Prof. Braj Bhushan(Psychology), and Dr. Alok Bajpai who is also a trained psychiatrist. This program is part of the humanities and social sciences with the psychological field and focuses on the everyday applications of the concepts of psychiatry and psychology.

 The ‘Psychology of Everyday’ online training enables students to receive a course certificate and course credit after successfully completing the course.

The ‘Stress Management’ online course is organized as an elective program for individuals and students at their undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The course discusses the various concepts and theories that enable the process of managing stress and preventing them from going beyond control. This online certification program is provided by the Swayam online education portal in association with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL).

The course curriculum is structured into four modules that are delivered to the students in four weeks. The classes are held online aided by experiential learning methods of video lectures, assessments, and the final examination led by the course instructor Prof. Rajlakshmi Guha from the Centre for Educational Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. 

The ‘Stress Management’ online certification course which belongs to the multidisciplinary domain equips students with a course certificate and credit points after completion of the course.

The Great Experiments in Psychology certification course is a 4 weeks course. This postgraduate programme is available online through Swayam’s provider platform. Human Psychology is such a subject that excites people to know about what humans actually do think of their race as a whole. Hence this course was based on the above-stated ideology. 

The Great Experiments in Psychology training is offered for everyone who wants to establish themselves through various experiments in psychology as a science that are usually unknown for many people. This programme usually gives an attempt in sharing certain important experiments prevalent in the history of Psychology that has helped towards shaping up its identity as a science. Ultimately this course will help in designing experiments using human subjects trying to understand the scientific approach of psychology.

The Moral Thinking: An Introduction to Values and Ethics certification course explores the intricate interplay between values, morals, and decision-making. The course delves into ethical thinking, dissecting the underlying value systems guiding choices. It connects abstract ethical theories to everyday experiences through real-world examples, nurturing sustained ethical reflection.

Spanning four weeks, the Moral Thinking: An Introduction to Values and Ethics certification by Swayam equips students with vital ethical tools and theories. It aims to provoke critical thinking about moral dilemmas, fostering a deeper understanding of ethics' practical applications. The course makes a broad impact on decision-making processes across professional domains.