Swayam Civil Engineering Courses & Certifications

The students in the online course of Numerical Methods In Civil Engineering by Swayam will be introduced to the core concerts of “numerical methods” that are included in civil engineering. The Numerical Methods In Civil Engineering certification syllabus will include the topics of- Collocation methods, Method of Galerkin, Various finite difference schemes, Method of weighted residuals, Implicit and explicit methods, Interpolation and Extrapolation, Solution of linear and nonlinear equations, Numerical approximation, Curve fitting, Error analysis, Numerical differentiation and integration, and others. The 16 weeks program will help the students to learn the fundamental principles and basics of numerical methods. Upon completing the course the student's ability to analyze and evaluate the accuracy of various numerical methods and their applicability in real-world solutions.

The Design of steel structures course by Swayam provides the best platforms to the candidates who want to build a career in the structure designing and building branch of engineering. This course will assist the candidate in developing the skills that play a major role in developing a career in engineering. The need to determine the factors to create a strong building using steel has improved a lot due to the increasing career opportunities for candidates. 

The learning process for new techniques and skills is made highly simple for the candidates. From the process of designing steel to calculating the required resistance for building a strong structure, this course covers every element to make the course easier for the candidate. 

Candidates who are seeking career opportunities in designing and structure development can get the most benefits from the Design of steel structures course by Swayam. As their skills are refined for their future career chances, they will increase their chances of getting hired in their dream company. 

This certification will highlight the skills of the candidate and will make their resume look better than other candidates.

This course is presented under NPTEL, which is funded by MoHRD, by IIT Kharagpur. It aims at teaching the basics of foundation engineering. The course consists of topics in civil engineering. This course will familiarize the candidates with a sound and solid foundation. They will be able to apply principles of pressure, arching, design if they wish to pursue Civil Engineering further. Students will also be taught to apply these concepts to different engineering problems. 

It is an undergraduate core course, which focuses on the designing of axially loaded pile foundation and shallow foundation. The students will be taught the various soil testing methods, performed on the field or in a laboratory. It will also be discussed how to determine the soil required to fit the design parameters. 

The characteristics of foundations for different soils will also be discussed. The course is appropriate for undergraduate students that are planning to appear for competitive examinations like IES, and GATE, and for college or university examinations. Field Engineers will also benefit from this program. NPTEL certification helps you to enhance your concepts, increase the depth of your understanding of this subject in a much better way.

Strength Of Materials is a core course designed primarily for students studying mechanical sciences. Different components and structures are designed and engineered using different materials. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the characteristic behaviour of all these materials. 

The objective of the Strength Of Materials programme is to acquaint candidates with the concept of resultant load, its consequences, and how specific materials withstand different kinds of loadings. In 12 short weeks, candidates will learn about stress, strain, and the relationship between the two. It also covers uniaxial loading, bending of beams, the stability of columns, deflection of beams, combined stresses, torsion, and spring. 

Furthermore, the instructor for the Strength Of Materials online course is Prof Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya. He is a senior faculty member at IIT Kharagpur and formerly headed the Civil Engineering department. Also, the course is ideal for Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Applied Mechanics students. The manufacturing and construction sectors and structural design organisations will recognise this certification.

The Structural Analysis - I course is an elementary level course in Structural Analysis. Different methods used to determine how structures respond to environmental conditions and external agitation, and the underlying Physics are discussed in this programme. It is a basic and comprehensive course that will help candidates build a foundation for more technical courses in Structural Engineering.

In the Structural Analysis - I online programme, candidates will learn about the stability, equilibrium, and determinacy of a structure, shear force and bending moment diagram in frames and beams. Also, analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures, all in 12 short weeks.

The Structural Analysis - I online course is free to enrol and learn. But if candidates wish to get certified by NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur, they must pay the examination fee and write the 100-mark proctored exam at one of the designated centres. Candidates taking this course can expect to land a lucrative job after graduation, as all Civil Engineering companies will recognise this certification.

Swayam is an initiative taken by the government to help learners gain knowledge about various topics. It also provides certification implying with terms and conditions which is optional. This course is designed to be very quantitative, fundamental and informative. With online classes and doubt clearing sessions, participants can easily learn a lot from this course with no problems at the end. This course also makes the candidate's industry ready and helps by providing various industry insights.

Participants can use reference books such as A First Course in Iron and Steelmaking, Dipak Majumdar, UP-IIM, Hyderabad, 2015 and The iron blast Furnace: Theory & Practice, Peacy and Davenport, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1979.

This course also provides learners with certificates having logos of IIT Kharagpur and NPTEL. The certification will help candidates to prove their skills and knowledge on the topic. This course will also lead learners with various job opportunities. The certificate provided will be available in the soft copy so they can access them easily.

The Fluid Mechanics course is an interdisciplinary programme which will cover the principles and applications of Fluid Mechanics in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Through this course, you will acquire new problem-solving techniques like streamline patterns and control volume concepts. The course will also demonstrate the visualisation of fluid-flow problems.

The curriculum in the Fluid Mechanics programme includes lessons on Properties of Fluids, Fluid Kinematics, Flow-through Pipes, Mass, Bernoulli & Energy Equations, and more. On course completion, you will have a robust foundation on Fluid Machines so that you can apply the essential laws and principles to engineering designs, as required. 

Moreover, Prof. Subashisa Dutta, who has been teaching for more than 15 years in IIT Guwahati, will teach this course, while the NPTEL offers the online course in collaboration with IIT Guwahati. Any interested learners can join the Fluid Mechanics online programme; however, they must have prior knowledge of Fluid Mechanics fundamentals. 

Soil Mechanics/Geotechnical Engineering I is a 12-week course featuring all the soil mechanics concepts ranging from the origin of soil to stability of soil slopes. The training from Swayam extensively covers two segments, namely soil mechanics and foundation engineering. Candidates will also learn about earth pressure theory, shear strength, Bouusinesq’s theory, and effective stress concepts.

The Soil Mechanics/Geotechnical Engineering I training curriculum includes in-depth information about the origin of soil, soil compaction, and its classifications. Learning the elementary principles of geotechnical engineering through soil mechanics will acquaint you with the core of civil engineering. The course also contains a list of books and references from world-renowned authors to supplement your learning.

Swayam offers the Soil Mechanics/Geotechnical Engineering I programme free of cost. However, students who want to get a certificate featuring the logos of IIT Kharagpur and NPTEL must sit for a 100-mark proctored test by paying a sum of Rs 1,000. Students who want to pursue the course must have a background in engineering mechanics.

Our world is surrounded by several environmental challenges that are becoming troublesome by the day. Therefore, the online course in Applied Environmental Microbiology by Swayam aims to teach students about these pressing issues by developing in-depth knowledge about microbial processes and communities, found in inbuilt and natural environments. The program holds impeccable industry support from numerous water and wastewater treatment organizations, Biotechnological companies, and Bioremediation entities. 

The Applied Environmental Microbiology certification syllabus lays a firm foundation of basic microbial energetics, microbiology, and diversity. Then, it progresses to microbiology’s tools, state-of-the-art and traditional applications, and how they address relevant environmental problems. The curriculum offers a holistic exploration of microbes’ diverse roles, microbial communities, cell elements, ecology, microbial energetics, environmental microbial processes, and more.

The Applied Environmental Microbiology online course is a 12-week, free elective training, under the civil Engineering and Environment category. This postgraduate-level program also offers certification, for which candidates must register, pay the exam fees, and clear the course-end proctored assessment. In doing so, they’ll earn an e-verified certification with NPTEL and IIT Roorkee’s logos.

Advanced Foundation Engineering program primarily focuses on the design of shallow foundations on layered soil, on eccentric loading conditions, and under inclined soil. The course will also provide an overview of lateral loading conditions and piles under uplift. These topics are especially useful for engineering students and working professionals as they are not covered in the conventional engineering degree courses. 

Advanced Foundation Engineering certification courses will be most beneficial for final-year undergraduate engineering students and postgraduate and doctoral students in their first semester. It will also prove useful for individuals who are preparing for competitive examinations. 

Advanced Foundation Engineering is a twelve-week course that uses online lectures, weekly assignments, and a final exam to motivate students to complete the course and gain maximum knowledge out of it. Candidates can achieve a certificate by completing the assignments satisfactorily and scoring higher than the cut-off in the final examination.

Advanced Soil Mechanics program is an excellent course for anyone who wants to brush up and reinforce their foundational concepts learned during their undergraduate training. It deals with various topics related to geotechnical engineering that are studied by postgraduate students from the basics. Topics such as continuum mechanics and geomechanical characteristics of soil will be explored.

Advanced Soil Mechanics certification is an elective course in the field of civil engineering and structural analysis. It has been approved by the All India Council for Technical  Education as an FDP for the faculty development program. The course syllabus has been developed by IIT Guwahati in association with Swayam. 

Advanced Soil Mechanics is a twelve-week long course that employs assignments and a final exam to motivate students and help them evaluate their progress. The course also offers an e-certificate which will be awarded after completing the course successfully. While all the lectures will be held online, the exam will be held in person at the various designated exam centers.

The Basic Construction Materials online course is intended for those candidates who are working or studying in the construction sector. The course is about the structural elements of construction materials.  The course will emphasize forming the basic understanding of the relationship between material compositions and the constructed structures. The candidates of this course will be thoroughly guided by construction engineering experts.

The course has scheduled start and end dates. The course is offered on the Swayam platform. It is verified by NPTEL. The course will be instructed by two faculty professors of the Indian Institute of Technology. The course will have weekly graded assignments. The candidates must register for the certification examination.

The Basic Construction Materials certification will have logos of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and NPTEL. The candidates who wish to go for higher studies in construction-related engineering will be benefitted. The engineering professionals can gain promotional help from the certification.

The Geographic Information Systems certification course is structured with student favourable modules that will provide them with an easy environment to learn about the respective field. Detailed understanding of geographic information systems and their uses in civil engineering and earth sciences is offered in the proposed course.

In this course, all topics from data input to modeling will be addressed. Different datasets, like DEMs, their source, generation strategies, derivatives, errors and limitations, will be thoroughly explored in the proposed course. In the complete Geographic Information Systems training, the candidate will be given the continuous support that will help them to complete the whole curriculum along with timely submission of assessments.

The candidate will be given practical knowledge along with theoretical understanding of the particular concepts and the candidate can get the chance to be more creative in implementing their understanding that they will get while learning the course in respective assessments designed for the completion of the programme. The Geographic Information Systems certification will be provided in the last of the programme to give the students credit and accreditable for the course so that they can pursue the further courses in the respective field.

The Geology And Soil Mechanics certification course will help candidates gain insights on the basic properties as well as index properties of soil. The course has been extensively designed for the candidates with mechanics of solids where they will be exposed to the industry learning as well.

The candidates will be learning all the various terminologies and the experts will be assessing the learning and participation of the  participants in every module. The candidates will have effective learning in every module. The topics have been considered as per the latest trends in this industry.

The Geology And Soil Mechanics certification benefits all the topics which have been well explained. The candidates will be receiving certification for the course as well. The Geology And Soil Mechanics certification course will help candidates to get jobs and recommendations in other industries as well. The theories have also been added in the course and fundamental of consolidation.

In the Geomorphology program, candidates will learn about the numerous behavior of natural surfaces as well as subsurface agents involved in the removal of the old and new landforms on the surface of the earth. The candidates will learn how to bring in sustainable development and the importance of every area while making any changes in the development. 

The candidates will be learning the usage of the knowledge in the industry. 

It will help candidates in the control of floods, disposal of waste, and the development of a smart city. The discussion forums will help candidates to have better learning and knowledge about the implementation of knowledge. The different layers of geomorphology have been well explained by the tutors.

The Geomorphology certification course also offers the candidates certificate after they complete the course successfully and give the end term examination. The importance of geomorphic evaluation has been well discovered throughout the syllabus. The certificate boosts up the resume or learning of the individuals.

This course will give an understanding of the concept and the idea of geosynthetics and their production and their conduct with the applications in various structural designing plans. In Geosynthetics And Reinforced Soil Structures Online Course will be under the guidance of professor K.Rajagopal a retired faculty in the department of civil engineering from IIT Madras.

The Geosynthetics And Reinforced Soil Structures Certification Syllabus will provide the candidate knowledge in the field of reinforced soil slopes, soft foundation soils, and many other aspects. The candidate will learn about the seismic loads and internal stability analysis of reinforced soil walls.

The candidate can access the Geosynthetics And Reinforced Soil Structures Programme for free of cost and they will be getting a certificate having the logos of Andhra University and NPTEL. The course will give the candidate clarity in the design of reinforced soil retaining walls supporting a bridge abutment with geosynthetics for the construction of municipal and hazardous waste landfills. In addition to this, the candidates will be able to access this programme for free which will enable them to take it at any point in time.

The Hydraulic Engineering certification course provides an undergraduate level of training and it is an essential part of the AICTE civil engineering curriculum. The course gives a detailed explanation about hydraulic engineering and involves topics like viscous fluid flow, turbulent and laminar flow, dimensional analysis, boundary layer analysis, computational fluid dynamics, etc. 

The course also talks about the various problems that are continuously faced in the industry such as hydraulic machines and open channel flows. Candidates who have some pre-knowledge in the field and about fluid mechanics would be able to understand this course properly, however, the Hydraulic Engineering online course gives an introduction and covers the fundamentals of fluid mechanics too so that other students have an understanding of the topic. 

The course is free of cost programme and there are no timings for attending classes or any requirement regarding attendance. The provider of the Hydraulic Engineering training also provides a certificate of the course to the eligible candidates who qualify the exam as per the requirements of the platform. The course can be accessed anytime from anywhere and students can pursue this course till the time they understand it completely even when the mentor of the course will complete the syllabus in the given time of 3 months. 

The Geotechnical Engineering - 1 certification course is designed in a subjective and analytical manner. It focuses on the fundamental dimensions of substances from different engineering uses, starting from their roots. The fundamental classification, characterization, mechanical and mechanical characteristics of soils in detail are discussed in the course.

The intended outcome of the course is to familiarize students with the soil and to demonstrate their behavior during various industrial applications, such as frameworks. The Geotechnical Engineering - 1 certification will give a comprehensive framework of the field along with industrial and practical support. The course is designed for students who are already enrolled and studying the civil engineering field.

The Geotechnical Engineering - 1 training will bring advanced learning modules to the student’s perspective that will make them more effective and efficient in the respective field. The course will include practicals, assessments that will bring the student's individual learning perspective to the syllabus criteria of the programme throughout the course. The course will specifically target enhancing the learning of the student towards a particular topic of the curriculum. The course can make students more effective in a particular field.

The Geotechnical Engineering II Foundation Engineering by Swayam covers up the civil engineering segment. The civil engineering segment is a vast discipline. This course will cover foundation engineering and geotechnical engineering. Geotechnical engineering will cover up the construction and design of various structures, tunnels, rail embankment, and offshore structures. The course will first cover up the soil mechanics and then move towards foundation engineering.

The Geotechnical Engineering II Foundation Engineering fee for the course is free of cost. The course is offered in the Swayam platform certified by IIT Kharagpur and NPTEL. The course will be taught by the faculty member of IIT Kharagpur. The students who are appearing in the GATE, engineering services, or any other important competitive examination will be benefitted as this course covers up the examination syllabus for these exams.

The Geotechnical Engineering II Foundation Engineering certification is useful and rewarding for both students and working professionals. This certification is e-verifiable in the NPTEL platform. The certification can be shared on social media such as Linkedin, Facebook, and many more. This certification will help claim promotional benefits for the candidates working in the civil engineering sector.

The Introduction to Fluid Mechanics certification syllabus lays strong emphasis on the fundamental concepts outlining fluid mechanics’ principles. This fluid mechanics branch is widely recognized for its various applications in different fields of science and engineering. With a course duration of twelve weeks, the training falls under the common domain of mechanical engineering and computational thermal fluids. 

The Introduction to Fluid Mechanics online course is an undergraduate-level program, paying special attention to this subject’s critical equations derivation. Students will benefit significantly from the appropriately-balanced coverage of the mathematical operations involved and vital physical concepts. Besides, a number of exercise problems and examples will be discussed to enhance practical understanding. 

The Introduction to Fluid Mechanics training is provided by Professor Suman Chakraborty, currently working as a professor in the Mechanical engineering department of IIT Kharagpur. He has published over 380 journals and received several awards. Thus, students can clearly obtain crisp clarity in this subject and understand its fundamental concepts.

Various concrete structures are mushrooming in India. It is crucial to take care of the quality of these structures to prevent accidents, mishaps, and damage in the future. This course on Maintenance and Repair of Concrete Structures by Swayam aims to create educated civil engineers who can check on the quality of these structures and perform repairs if the need arises.

The Maintenance and Repair of Concrete Structures training is useful in teaching candidates how to repair concrete buildings and select the materials and systems to make the repairs last. The training focus will be on preventive maintenance strategy rather than corrective maintenance strategy. Candidates will get full training in how to predict potential problems.

The Maintenance and Repair of Concrete Structures syllabus will discuss concepts like typical near-surface repair, structural strengthening, corrosion protection, structural stabilisation, etc. in detail. This is an AICTE-approved course on the Faculty Development Program by IIT Madras, one of the highest-ranking engineering institutes in India. Candidates can enrol for free.

The Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications program is a 12-week study in remote sensing (RS) technologies. IIT Bombay has curated this elective course which falls under the ‘Civil Engineering’ purview. Learners can access video lectures and references to study the program. Set at an undergraduate/postgraduate level of study, the learning topics include RS sensors, image acquisition, and microwave radiometry.

By completing the Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications certification syllabus, students will pick up concepts such as spectral reflectance curves, radiometry, electromagnetic radiation, RS data acquisition, LIDAR, and data portals. Learners can complete the previous module and start with new topics for the next module. Moreover, the curriculum also familiarises aspirants with the ‘image interpretation’ concept.

Students will be rewarded with the Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications certification after completing the course modules and securing adequate scores in their assignments and final examination. This certificate will mention the candidate’s name, picture, marks, and logos of IIT Bombay and NPTEL. Professor Eswar Rajasekaran from IIT Bombay mentors this AICTE-approved Faculty Development Program (FDP).

The Strategies for Sustainable Design certification syllabus spans 12 weeks. There will be five lectures weekly. Each session will be focused on understanding the nuances of sustainability and sustainable design processes using assignments, real-life projects, and examples. 

Vital sustainability principles and concepts are discussed at length in the Strategies for Sustainable Design program. The course also intends to deliver crucial insights for various design and sustainable development processes essential to strengthen Sustainable Development (SD). 

Over the program duration, you will develop a holistic understanding of sustainability in built environments and industrial designs. You will also learn about life cycle analysis and environmental impact assessment in the Strategies for Sustainable Design course. 

For this, the course touches on different domains to facilitate curiosity and enables you to incorporate design thinking in dealing with your project work. Moreover, AICTE approves of this online course. Swayam provides a digital certificate on successful course completion and fulfilling the prescribed criteria.

Joining the Structural Dynamics online course by Swayam will help you understand how a structure responds, particularly buildings, to different dynamic loads. Loads such as earthquakes, machine vibration, wind, and ambient vibration. 

The complete Structural Dynamics certification syllabus has been spread over 12 weeks and divided into different modules which are delivered online. This course is a civil engineering course and categorized as a core course. 

Moreover, Swayam provides the Structural Dynamics online course at the UG level and comprehensively covers the fundamentals of structural dynamics. Other core topics included in the curriculum are Free Vibration of SDOF, Forced Vibration of SDOF, and Response to Arbitrary Motions.

The entire Response Spectrum and Earthquake Response of MDOF systems are also explored in detail, allowing you to have a firm grasp over structural analysis. Moreover, you can earn a course certificate to testify your newly acquired learnings on completing the Structural Dynamics course. 

The Structural Geology program is approved by AICTE and offered by IIT Kanpur. It primarily focuses on structural geology fundamentals. The course layout has been specially designed to provide an introductory level understanding of this subject, which belongs to the earth Sciences category.

Knowledge of basic maths and physics will be essential in adequately completing the Structural Geology certification syllabus. Undergraduates interested in learning geology can join the course and understand the subject in detail. 

The Structural Geology online course broadly covers concepts of geometry, kinematics/strain, and dynamics/stress in Earth and other planetary bodies. You will learn to use geological time scales to understand how rocks deform over time through weekly lectures by Prof. Santanu Misra of IIT Kanpur. 

Moreover, you can take an optional proctored exam to receive the Structural Geology certificate and acknowledge your newly acquired knowledge. This online program also has a free registration process, so you can audit it without paying a fee.

The online certification course on Urban Transportation Systems Planning by Swayam will be covering the challenges need for efficient and effective planning of urban transport that is required in the modern-day. The online program will further be addressing the- growing travel demand and will be helping to formulate strategies to maintain sustainable development in a more affordable and sustainable way. 

The Urban Transportation Systems Planning training has been divided and subdivided into nine modules that will be held for a period of twelve weeks. The session will further help in capacity building amongst policymakers, master students, and practitioners.  

The Urban Transportation Systems Planning certification syllabus includes- Probit analysis, Logit model, Nested logit model, Two-stage modal split models, Multinomial logit model, Estimation of logit models. The course will be helping the students to make decisions and transport planning to make the urban transport more efficient and effective.

The Water and Waste Water Treatment training is an undergraduate program that deals with the aspects of the environment and civil engineering. The course is laid out by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee through the forum of Swayam. The program aims to discuss the aspects related to the subject matter and complete the Water and Waste Water Treatment certification syllabus in the time span of 12 weeks. The course imparts information regarding water treatment, wastewater systems, the process of disinfection, etc. The course is available throughout its existence at zero cost for all the students who want to join the program. Candidates can apply for this course and pursue the same till the time they are well versed with the concepts as it is a self-paced learning program. 

Candidates get to compete for the certification of the program at the end of the Water and Waste Water Treatment online course. The certification process is optional for the students and is not mandatory for everyone. Candidates who want to go through the process of giving exam fees followed by the offline exam can get the opportunity of being a certified participant of the course if they qualify for the exam as per the eligibility criteria announced by the website. Candidates who enrol in the Water and Waste Water Treatment certification course will get introduced to the practical problems that the industry faces on a common basis through case studies and practical examples. Participants also get the opportunity to understand the concepts in a better manner through assignments, tests, and quizzes provided in the course.

The Water Supply Engineering certification is an undergraduate as well as a postgraduate program that is made available to the students through the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in association with the Swayam. The program needs to be completed in the online mode and is available for free for all the students. The program permits the students to complete the Water Supply Engineering certification syllabus according to their requirements since there are no restrictions regarding time and attendance. The course takes 12 weeks to be understood thoroughly, however, students are allowed to take extra time to access the course without paying any amount. 

In case the student wants to get a certificate on the completion of the Water Supply Engineering training, he or she can pay the exam registration fee and appear for an offline exam. The online course is in association with the forum of Swayam and it provides course material such as video lectures, tests, quizzes, assignments, etc. within the program. The course can be joined at any time from anywhere as it is available throughout the year on the website. The Water Supply Engineering certification course provides interactive sessions through discussion groups which helps the students discuss their queries and understand the concepts properly.

The Concrete Technology Certification Course is a 12-weeks long course conducted by Indira Gandhi National Open University. The course helps candidates understand the various processes included in concrete production and concreting operations. The course is taught through video lectures from experts covering important topics on concrete production and operation.

The Concrete Technology Training Course offered by Swayam is taught by Prof. Dr. Munish Kumar Bhardwaj, a distinguished member of IGNOU. The course offers valuable insights on different steps involved in concreting operations including proportioning, mixing, transporting, placing, compacting, finishing, and curing of concrete.

The Concrete Technology Online Course is a diploma-level course that deals with the study of concrete in a detailed manner. The course units constitute discussions on the properties of concrete and the design of concrete mix. It also deals with the steps in the production of concrete and other concreting operations.

The Repair and Maintenance of Buildings Course is a massive open online course that discusses the defects in buildings and the factors behind their deterioration over the course of time. The course explains the importance of proper maintenance and infrastructure management after the building construction to increase its enduring power.

The Repair and Maintenance of Buildings Course offered by the Swayam portal acquaint civil engineering aspirants with the detailed aspects of building maintenance and repair. The modules are prepared in a way to helps learners grasp concepts quickly and efficiently without any difficulties.

The Repair and Maintenance of Buildings Training Course are coordinated by Dr. Munish Kumar Bhardwaj, Professor at the School of Engineering and Technology, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. The 3 credit course is taught over 12 weeks with the help of informative video lectures by experts.