Continuing Education Courses

With continuing education courses from esteemed educational institutions like MIT, Harvard, Berkley, Caltech and a host of other universities, you can stop putting off “going back to school.” With continuing ed courses from accredited universities, learn from the very best without having to relocate or take time off from your career.

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MIT Online Courses

Free

What you'll learn

Educators—from teachers to librarians—will learn about:

New knowledge that can be applied in your lessons and resources for your own students.
How to shift from ineffective information literacy practices towards the kinds of strategies employed by professional fact-checkers.

Sorting Truth From Fiction: Civic Online Reasoning from MIT

Sorting Truth From Fiction: Civic Online Reasoning from Massachusetts Institute of...

Free

What you'll learn

After this course, you will be able to

Model and solve different real-world phenomena with systems of differential equations.
Find the dimension and a basis for a (finite-dimensional) vector space.
Formulate and solve eigenvalue and eigenvector problems.
Use MATLAB to explore solutions to large systems of equations.

Differential Equations: Linear Algebra and NxN Systems of Differential Equations from MIT

Differential Equations: Linear Algebra and NxN Systems of Differential Equations from...

8 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

Valuation of fixed income securities and common stocks
Risk analysis, the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), and the Efficient Market Hypothesis
Introduction to corporate finance and capital budgeting
Valuation of derivative securities
Portfolio theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Corporate financial decisions
- Real options, capital structure, payout policy, corporate bonds; and
- Interaction between investment and financing decisions

Foundations of Modern Finance I from MIT

Foundations of Modern Finance I from Massachusetts Institute of Technology This is a...

Free

What you'll learn

Participants will be able to

Teach High School Biology content through a systems lens
Use online simulations that develop core ideas in biology
Modify simulations through basic blocks-based coding
Highlight the importance and usefulness of scientific models
Support students in computational modeling
Use scientific argumentation as a method for teaching and learning science content
Join a global community of teachers

BioGraph: Teaching Biology Through Systems, Models, & Argumentation from MIT

BioGraph: Teaching Biology Through Systems, Models, & Argumentation from...

Free

What you'll learn

Introduction to a range of historical tools used by historians to study the past
Understanding of key theories of how society changes over time
Awareness of the kinds of ‘shocks’ that societies have faced in the past with a focus on disease and climate/resource constraints
Reflection on what constitutes the standard of living: how to measure it, and how to think about it.
Analyze evidence from historical cases revealing some kinds of societies to be better able to weather shocks.

Disease, Climate Shocks, and Wellbeing: a Long History of Social Response to Crisis from MIT

Disease, Climate Shocks, and Wellbeing: a Long History of Social Response to Crisis from...

22 lessons

Free

Advanced Software Construction in Java from MIT

Advanced Software Construction in Java from Massachusetts Institute of Technology This...

Free

What you'll learn

Limits to rationality and market efficiency, and the adaptive nature of markets
Psychological, neuroscientific, and evolutionary foundations of human behavior
Formulation of the Adaptive Markets Hypothesis (AMH)
Applications of the AMH to hedge funds, the 2008 Financial Crisis, and COVID-19
Ethical implications and high-impact applications of the AMH

Adaptive Markets: Financial Market Dynamics and Human Behavior from MIT

Adaptive Markets: Financial Market Dynamics and Human Behavior from Massachusetts...

Free

What you'll learn

Applications of basic probability models
Building and solving optimization models
Inventory dynamics and management
Philosophy behind the Toyota Production System (TPS)

Manufacturing Systems I from MIT

Manufacturing Systems I from Massachusetts Institute of Technology In this course, part...

Free

What you'll learn

Understand accounting terms
Understand how financial statements are constructed
Ability to read financial statements
Gather inputs to valuation models and for corporate finance decisions

Financial Accounting from MIT

Financial Accounting from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Accounting is the...

12 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

Concepts relating to stress transformation, including equivalent stresses, principal stresses, and maximum shear stress
How to solve stress transformation problems using Mohr’s circle
How to solve problems relating to beam bending and column buckling
How the stiffness and strength of cellular materials depend on their mechanisms of deformation and failure

Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 2: Stress Transformations, Beams, Columns, and Cellular Solids from MIT

Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 2: Stress Transformations, Beams, Columns, and...

Free

What you'll learn

In this course, you will learn:

fundamental concepts for power systems planning, operations, and management
what may not work when using today’s hierarchical control and how to evolve it into flexible end-to-end electricity service
strategies for building resilience and enhancing energy access using existing grid infrastructure
how energy technologies, including intermittent renewable energy technologies, can be modeled and controlled at both the component and system level to ensure reliability and efficiency
the role of smart grids, data-enabled machine learning, power electronics-control, and data-driven decision-making in sustainable electric energy grids

Principles of Modeling, Simulations, and Control for Electric Energy Systems from MIT

Principles of Modeling, Simulations, and Control for Electric Energy Systems from...

Free

Healthcare Finance from MIT

Healthcare Finance from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Funding for fundamental...

35 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

A Notion of computation
The Python programming language
Some simple algorithms
Testing and debugging
An informal introduction to algorithmic complexity
Data structures

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python from MIT

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python from Massachusetts...

1 lesson

Free

What you'll learn

Use linear differential equations to model physical systems using the input/system response paradigm.
Solve linear differential equations with constant coefficients.
Gain intuition for the behavior of a damped harmonic oscillator.
Understand solutions to nonlinear differential equations using qualitative methods.

Introduction to Differential Equations from MIT

Introduction to Differential Equations from Massachusetts Institute of Technology How do...

14 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

Concepts and models for effective supply chain and manufacturing system planning
Operational tactics for managing variability
Integrated planning and collaboration

Supply Chains for Manufacturing: Inventory Analytics from MIT

Supply Chains for Manufacturing: Inventory Analytics from Massachusetts Institute of...

Free

What you'll learn

How to describe the building blocks of life and how their interactions dictate structure and function in biology
How to predict genotypes and phenotypes given genetics data
How to explain the central dogma of molecular biology and convert DNA sequence to RNA sequence to protein sequence
How to use molecular tools to study biology
How to describe the principles of early sequencing as well as modern sequencing and the effects of these technologies on the field of genomics
How to apply the principles of modern biology to issues in today's society

Introduction to Biology – The Secret of Life from MIT

Introduction to Biology – The Secret of Life from Massachusetts Institute of...

Free

What you'll learn

Externalities Of Materials Selection
Material Price, Cost and Abundance
Properties, Limits and Ratio Analysis of Structural Materials
How structured materials are manufactured and processed

Structural Materials: Selection and Economics from MIT

Structural Materials: Selection and Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Free

What you'll learn

How to construct and analyze filters using capacitors and inductors
How to use intuition to describe the approximate time and frequency behavior of second-order circuits containing energy storage elements (capacitors and inductors)
The relationship between the mathematical representation of first-order circuit behavior and corresponding real-life effects
Circuits applications using op-amps
Measurement of circuit variables using tools such as virtual oscilloscopes, virtual multimeters, and virtual signal generators
How to compare the measurements with the behavior predicted by mathematical models and explain the discrepancies

Circuits and Electronics 3: Applications from MIT

Circuits and Electronics 3: Applications from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Want...

Free

What you'll learn

Understand how machine learning methods can be used for risk stratification, understanding disease and its progression, and specific clinical applications to mammography, pathology, and cardiology
Understand practical subtleties of machine learning from clinical data, such as physiological time-series, clinical text, and image data
Implement and analyze models for supervised prediction, clinical NLP, interpretability analysis, and causal inference from clinical data

Machine Learning for Healthcare from MIT

Machine Learning for Healthcare from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Machine...

23 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

Overcoming the top myths of entrepreneurship
Defining your goals as an entrepreneur and startup
Identifying business opportunities
Performing market research and choosing your target customer
Designing and testing your offering
Planning your business logistics, plus pitching and selling to customers

Becoming an Entrepreneur from MIT

Becoming an Entrepreneur from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Curious about...

Free

What you'll learn

How to prepare an interview protocol, and how to conduct an interview.
How to assess validity in qualitative research.

Qualitative Research Methods: Conversational Interviewing from MIT

Qualitative Research Methods: Conversational Interviewing from Massachusetts Institute of...

13 lessons

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Harvard University

Free

What you'll learn

The concepts necessary to define estimates and margins of errors of populations, parameters, estimates, and standard errors in order to make predictions about data
How to use models to aggregate data from different sources
The very basics of Bayesian statistics and predictive modeling

Data Science: Inference and Modeling from Harvard University

Statistical inference and modeling are indispensable for analyzing data affected by...

Free

What you'll learn

In this short introductory course, you will discover a diagnostic-and-action process for exercising leadership that explores the following foundational principles and strategies:

How to identify and unbundle complex challenges
How to understand the role of formal and informal authority
How to identify the key perspectives of stakeholders
How to build and renew trust relationships
How to approach conflict
How to implement personal strategies for surviving and thriving amidst change

Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles from Harvard University

The crises of our time generate enormous adaptive challenges for our families,...

$447.00

What you'll learn

What you will learn

How to bridge diverse genomic assay and annotation structures to data analysis and research presentations via innovative approaches to computing
Advanced techniques to analyze genomic data.
How to structure, annotate, normalize, and interpret genome-scale assays.
How to analyze data from several experimental protocols, using open-source software, including R and Bioconductor.

Professional Certificate in Data Analysis for Genomics from Harvard University

Drive your career forward and get a Professional Certificate in Data Analysis for...

3 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

How linear regression was originally developed by Galton
What is confounding and how to detect it
How to examine the relationships between variables by implementing linear regression in R

Data Science: Linear Regression from Harvard University

Linear regression is commonly used to quantify the relationship between two or more...

Free

What you'll learn

HTML, CSS
Git
Python
Django
SQL, Models, and Migrations
JavaScript
User Interfaces
Testing, CI/CD
Scalability and Security

CS50’s Web Programming with Python and JavaScript from Harvard University

Topics include database design, scalability, security, and user experience Through...

$445.50

What you'll learn

What you will learn

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.
How China engaged with the West and how this confrontation still resonates today.
The birth of modern China between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.
The rise of the Communist Party, the Cultural Revolution, and the reopening of China.
China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.
China’s global leadership role in the 21st century.

XSeries Program in History of China: The Modern Era from Harvard University

From the end of the imperial era to today, learn about the History of China: The Modern...

5 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

China’s history from political, geographic, and cultural perspectives.
The beginning of Chinese history in archaeology and mythology.
The blossoming of Chinese thought, from Confucius to the Legalists.
Historical methods for explaining how complex civilizations are formed.
How to analyze texts and artifacts.
Methods for the analysis of philosophical and political arguments.
A critical appreciation of China’s literary, philosophical, political, and cultural resources.

China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius from Harvard University

About this course This course, the first in a comprehensive series on China, introduces...

Free

What you'll learn

How to use Unix/Linux to manage your file system
How to perform version control with git
How to start a repository on GitHub
How to leverage the many useful features provided by RStudio

Data Science: Productivity Tools from Harvard University

A typical data analysis project may involve several parts, each including several data...

Free

What you'll learn

A broad and robust understanding of computer science and programming

How to think algorithmically and solve programming problems efficiently
Concepts like abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development
Familiarity in a number of languages, including C, Python, SQL, and JavaScript plus CSS and HTML
How to engage with a vibrant community of like-minded learners from all levels of experience
How to develop and present a final programming project to your peers

CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science from Harvard University

This is CS50x , Harvard University’s introduction to the intellectual enterprises...

$168.30

What you'll learn

What you will learn

Gain insight into the evolution of omens and oracles in ancient civilizations to the creation of forecasting via computer simulations, epidemiology, and GPS.
Explore text and images to better understand the process of building new technologies and medical practices.
Examine efforts to predict the future over recorded history.

XSeries Program in PredictionX from Harvard University

From ancient practices to technological advancements, learn about the XSeries Program in...

3 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

How to examine Japanese books and scrolls
Different types of bindings, scroll formats, printing techniques, and basic terminology
Different approaches to visual and textual storytelling
Short stories and epic tales— plots, characters, and illustrative devices
How to analyze and appreciate illustrated narratives

Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print from Harvard University

This course expands the definition of the “book” to include scrolls and albums,...

1 lesson

Free

What you'll learn

Religious/philosophical insights conveyed in Buddhist texts
How scriptures are interpreted to diverse ends in different historical contexts
Sensitive appreciation of world religions

Buddhism Through Its Scriptures from Harvard University

Whether you are new to the study of Buddhism or have been studying it or practicing it...

Free

What you'll learn

How and why scrolls were created in the Middle Ages
How scrolls are made, and how they are used
Differences between scrolls and codices
Various types of layouts and uses for scrolls
Various types of scroll decoration

The Book: Scrolls in the Age of the Book from Harvard University

This course is an introduction to the making and use of scrolls in the European Middle...

$536.40

What you'll learn

What you will learn

Basic statistical concepts and R programming skills for analyzing data in the life sciences.
The underlying math of linear models useful for data analysis in the life sciences.
The techniques used to perform statistical inference on high-throughput and high-dimensional data.
Several techniques widely used in the analysis of high-dimensional data.

Professional Certificate in Data Analysis for Life Sciences from Harvard University

Master key concepts using the R programming language Technological advances have...

4 lessons

Free

What you'll learn

Exploration of a foundational Sikh text, the Japji, which was composed by Guru Nanakand is recited by Sikhs as part of their morning prayers
The place of Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture, in Sikh life
Interpretative skills to engage in a nuanced reading of Guru Granth Sahib
Gurmat Sangit, the Sikh musical tradition, as represented in the Sikh scripture and itscultural context
The aesthetics of Sikhi, including literature, art, and music
The political dimensions of Sikh scripture and its impact on the evolution of Sikhs as aPanth or community

Sikhism Through Its Scriptures from Harvard University

Sikhi, commonly known as Sikhism, is a monotheistic religious tradition that was founded...

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University of California, Berkeley

Free

What you'll learn

Basics of the Python programming language, and how to use it as a tool for data analysis
Tools widely used by industry and academic data scientists, such as Jupyter Notebooks
How to use computation to help your data tell a story
Fundamental principles and methods of visualization

Data Science: Computational Thinking with Python from Berkeley University

We live in an era of unprecedented access to data Understanding how to organize and...

Free

What you'll learn

Discover the psychological and biological roots of empathy, trust, and cooperation
Understand how the skills of emotional and social intelligence support organizational happiness and productivity
Develop research-based strategies for strengthening empathy and resolving conflicts constructively
Learn how to lead with social intelligence

Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work from Berkeley University

One of the key insights from the science of happiness is that our own personal happiness...

Free

What you'll learn

Assess the audience you are writing for
Customize content for the specific audience and delivery method
Utilize effective online writing strategies
Communicate effectively in an online environment

Writing for Social Media from Berkeley University

Businesses and institutions today increasingly turn to social media platforms to build...

Free

What you'll learn

In this part of the course, you’ll learn:

How to read and interpret great works of fiction
Cultural and historical background of gothic literature
Academic writing skills
Test-taking strategies

AP® English Literature & Composition – Part 1: Stories from Berkeley University

This course prepares you to read more deeply and write more clearly about works of...

Free

What you'll learn

Apply organization and logic to your writing
Get your point across clearly
Write appropriately for your audience
Edit and revise your own work
Write with increased confidence

The Writing Process from Berkeley University

With a solid plan and time for revision, most writing tasks can be completed with ease...

Free

What you'll learn

The personal, social, and professional advantages of happiness at work
How to identify barriers and pitfalls to achieving happiness at work
A series of research-backed, practical ways to boost happiness at work
Strategies for evaluating levels of happiness within an organization

The Foundations of Happiness at Work from Berkeley University

This course explains what happiness at work looks like, why it matters, and how to...

Free

What you'll learn

How to compose an effective business letter, memo, and report
Best approaches to formatting business documents
Streamlining content for maximum effectiveness
Getting your point across clearly and confidently

Effective Business Writing from Berkeley University

This course will help you learn to organize your writing so the process of composing a...

Free

What you'll learn

Understand current issues facing journalists globally
Improve your English vocabulary and grammar in order to write more effective stories
Communicate more effectively with others in interviews and reports
Understand issues of ethics, equality, and fairness as they apply to journalism

English for Journalists, Part 1 from Berkeley University

English for Journalists offers instruction in English language development for students...

Free

What you'll learn

How to understand the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics using the concepts of qubits (or quantum bits) and quantum gates
The basics of quantum algorithms such as the quantum fourier transform, period finding, Shor's quantum algorithm for factoring integers, and the prospects for quantum algorithms for NP-complete problems
The ideas behind the experimental realization of quantum computers

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computation from Berkeley University

Quantum computation is a remarkable subject building on the great computational discovery...

Free

What you'll learn

A formal definition of distributed consensus and foundational topics such as the CAP Theorem and the Byzantine Generals Problem.
The alternative consensus mechanisms to Bitcoin’s Proof-of-work, including Proof-of-Stake, voting-based consensus algorithms, and federated consensus.
The meaning and properties of cryptoeconomics as it relates to its two compositional fields: cryptography and economics, as well as the goals for cryptoeconomics with respect to distributed systems fundamentals
The various enterprise-level blockchain implementations, such as JP Morgan’s Quorum, Ripple, Tendermint, and HyperLedger, including the industry use cases for blockchain, ICOs, and the increasing regulations surrounding blockchain.
The challenges with scaling and obstacles to widespread blockchain adoption, as well as the possible solutions within vertical scaling (e.g. blocksize increases, Segregated Witness, and the Lightning Network) and horizontal scaling (e.g. sidechains, sharding).
The measures that governments have taken to regulate and control blockchain technology e.g. Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations, anonymity goals, and government techniques for deanonymization of entities on blockchain.
An exploratory look into blockchain ventures today, such as venture capitalism, ICOs, and crowdfunding.

Blockchain Technology from Berkeley University

Developed by Blockchain at Berkeley and faculty from UC Berkeley’s premier Computer...

1 lesson

Free

What you'll learn

Tips to start saving money
How to prioritize spending
Why you need an emergency fund
How to lower your insurance costs
Where to look up mutual fund fees
How to set savings goals and financial goals
How to save and invest
About retirement planning
How to improve your credit score
When to file for Medicare and Social Security
How to spend money in ways that make you happier

How to Save Money: Making Smart Financial Decisions from Berkeley University

This course is for people who: knows they need to save but not how much don’t know...

Free

What you'll learn

What happiness really means and why it matters to you
How to increase your own happiness and foster happiness in others
Why social connections, kindness, and community are key to happiness
Which mental habits are most conducive to happiness and how mindfulness can help

The Science of Happiness from Berkeley University

“A free eight-week Science of Happiness course that will offer practical,...

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