[GPSCC-chat] 100 Free Online Courses to be Offered This Fall

Tue Jul 17 15:27:14 PDT 2012

Originally Coursera had offered 43 courses in partnership with Stanford,
Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Michigan--and they registered
648,000 students.

In the fall they will have 12 more university partners, they will offer 100 
courses, and they expect millions of online students all over the world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/education/consortium-of-colleges-takes-online-education-to-new-level.html?_r=1&hpw

Way cool!    https://www.coursera.org/

Courses in everything from Aboriginal World Views to Vaccines.

A History of the World since 1300
Jeremy Adelman
Princeton University
    Sep 17th (12 weeks long)

Aboriginal Worldviews and Education
Jean-Paul Restoule
University of Toronto
    Feb 25th (4 weeks long)

A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior
Dan Ariely
Duke University
    Mar 25th (6 weeks long)

Algorithms, Part I
Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
Princeton University
    (6 weeks long)

Algorithms, Part II
Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
Princeton University
    (6 weeks long)

Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1
Tim Roughgarden, Associate Professor
Stanford University
    TBA (6 weeks long)

Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 2
Tim Roughgarden, Associate Professor
Stanford University
    (6 weeks long)

An Introduction to Operations Management
Christian Terwiesch
University of Pennsylvania
    Sep 24th (6 weeks long)

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python
Joe Warren, Scott Rixner, John Greiner, Stephen Wong
Rice University
    Oct 15th (8 weeks long)

An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health
Robert S. Lawrence, Keeve Nachman
Johns Hopkins University
    (6 weeks long)

Analytic Combinatorics, Part I
Robert Sedgewick
Princeton University
    (5 weeks long)

Analytic Combinatorics, Part II
Robert Sedgewick
Princeton University
    (5 weeks long)

Analytical Chemistry
Vicki Colvin
Rice University
    TBA (10 weeks long)

Calculus: Single Variable
Robert Ghrist
University of Pennsylvania
    Aug 27th (12 weeks long)

Artificial Intelligence Planning
Gerhard Wickler, Austin Tate
University of Edinburgh
    Jan 28th (5 weeks long)

Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Charles Cockell
University of Edinburgh
    Jan 28th (5 weeks long)

Automata
Jeffrey Ullman, Professor
Stanford University
    TBA (6 weeks long)

Basic Behavioral Neurology
Roy Hamilton, MD
University of Pennsylvania
    TBA (4 - 5 weeks long)

Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach
Roger Coke Barr
Duke University
    Sep 24th (8 weeks long)

Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science
Benjamin Abella, MD MPhil
University of Pennsylvania
    TBA (4 - 5 weeks long)

Chemistry: Concept Development and Application
John Steven Hutchinson
Rice University
    (10 weeks long)

Clinical Problem Solving
Catherine R Lucey, MD
University of California, San Francisco
    Jan 28th (6 weeks long)

Community Change in Public Health
William Brieger
Johns Hopkins University
    (5 weeks long)

Compilers
Alex Aiken, Professor
Stanford University
    TBA (10 weeks long)

Computational Investing, Part I
Tucker Balch
Georgia Institute of Technology
    TBA (6 weeks long)

Computational Photography
Irfan Essa
Georgia Institute of Technology
    TBA (8 weeks long)

Computer Architecture
David Wentzlaff
Princeton University
    (10 weeks long)

Computer Science 101
Nick Parlante
Stanford University
    TBA (6 weeks long)

Computer Vision: From 3D Reconstruction to Visual Recognition
Silvio Savarese, Assistant Professor
Fei-Fei Li, Assistant Professor
Stanford University University of Michigan

Computer Vision: The Fundamentals
Jitendra Malik
University of California, Berkeley
    TBA

Computing for Data Analysis
Roger D. Peng
Johns Hopkins University
    Sep 24th (4 weeks long)

Contraception: Choices, Culture and Consequences
Jerusalem Makonnen
University of California, San Francisco
    (5 weeks long)

Control of Mobile Robots
Magnus Egerstedt
Georgia Institute of Technology
    TBA (8 weeks long)

Creative, Serious and Playful Science of Android Apps
Lawrence Angrave
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    TBA

Cryptography
Dan Boneh, Professor
Stanford University
    Aug 27th (6 weeks long)

Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society
Karl T. Ulrich
University of Pennsylvania
    Oct 22nd (8 weeks long)

Cryptography II
Dan Boneh, Professor
Stanford University
    Jan 21st (6 weeks long)

Data Analysis
Jeff Leek
Johns Hopkins University
    Jan 22nd (8 weeks long)

Critical Thinking in Global Challenges
Celine Caquineau, Mayank Dutia
University of Edinburgh
    Jan 28th (5 weeks long)

Digital Signal Processing
Paolo Prandoni and Martin Vetterli
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    (8 weeks long)

Drugs and the Brain
Henry A. Lester
California Institute of Technology
    (5 weeks long)

E-learning and Digital Cultures
Jeremy Knox, Sian Bayne, Hamish Macleod, Jen Ross, Christine Sinclair
University of Edinburgh
    (5 weeks long)

Energy 101
Sam Shelton
Georgia Institute of Technology
    TBA (10 weeks long)

Equine Nutrition
Jo-Anne Murray
University of Edinburgh
    TBA (5 weeks long)

Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World
Eric Rabkin
University of Michigan
    Jul 23rd (10 weeks long)

Functional Programming Principles in Scala
Martin Odersky
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    Sep 18th (7 weeks long)

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
Don H. Johnson
Rice University
    TBA (14 weeks long)

Fundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Application
Fatimah Wirth
Georgia Institute of Technology
    TBA (5 weeks long)

Fundamentals of Pharmacology
Emma Meagher, MD
University of Pennsylvania
    Jun 25th (10 weeks long)

Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act
Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
    Jun 25th (8 weeks long)

Galaxies and Cosmology
S. George Djorgovski
California Institute of Technology
    Jan 7th (9 weeks long)

Game Theory
Matthew O. Jackson, Professor
Yoav Shoham, Professor
Stanford University
    TBA (7 weeks long)

Gamification
Kevin Werbach
University of Pennsylvania
    (6 weeks long)

Greek and Roman Mythology
Peter Struck
University of Pennsylvania
    (10 weeks long)

Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part I
Edward D. Hess
University of Virginia
    Jan 28th (5 weeks long)

Health for All Through Primary Care
Henry Perry
Johns Hopkins University
    (4 weeks long)

Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Bob Barnes, Marilyn M. Lombardi
Duke University
    TBA (6 weeks long)

Heterogeneous Parallel Programming
Wen-mei W. Hwu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Sep 24th (6 weeks long)

How Things Work 1
Louis A. Bloomfield
University of Virginia
    TBA

Human-Computer Interaction
Scott Klemmer, Associate Professor
Stanford University
    Sep 24th (5 weeks long)

Information Security and Risk Management in Context
Barbara Endicott-Popovsky
University of Washington
    TBA

Intermediate Organic Chemistry - Part 1
Jeffrey S. Moore
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    TBA (7 weeks long)

Intermediate Organic Chemistry - Part 2
Jeffrey S. Moore
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    TBA (7 weeks long)

Internet History, Technology, and Security
Charles Severance
University of Michigan
    Jul 23rd (7 weeks long)

Introduction to Finance
Gautam Kaul
University of Michigan
    Jul 23rd (10 weeks long)

Introduction to Astronomy
Ronen Plesser
Duke University
    Nov 27th (9 weeks long)

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
Mohamed Noor
Duke University
    TBA (9 weeks long)

Introduction to Genome Science
John Hogenesch, John Isaac Murray
University of Pennsylvania
    TBA

Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
Keith Devlin
Stanford University
    Sep 17th (7 weeks long)

Introduction to Logic
Michael Genesereth, Associate Professor
Stanford University
    Sep 24th (7 weeks long)

Introduction to Philosophy
Dave Ward, Duncan Pritchard, Michela Massimi, Suilin Lavelle, Matthew Chrisman, Allan Hazlett, Alasdair Richmond
University of Edinburgh
    Jan 28th (7 weeks long)

Introduction to Sociology
Mitchell Duneier
Princeton University
    (7 weeks long)

Introduction to Sustainability
Jonathan Tomkin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Aug 27th (8 weeks long)

Introduction à la Programmation Objet (in French)
Enseignant: Sera communiqué ultérieurement
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    (8 semaines long)

Introductory Human Physiology
Emma Jakoi, Jennifer Carbrey
Duke University
    Jan 23rd (12 weeks long)

Introductory Organic Chemistry - Part 1
Jeffrey S. Moore
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    TBA (7 weeks long)

Introductory Organic Chemistry - Part 2
Jeffrey S. Moore
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    TBA (7 weeks long)

Know Thyself
Mitchell Green
University of Virginia
    TBA

Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code
Jennifer Campbell, Paul Gries
University of Toronto
    TBA (5 weeks long)

Listening to World Music
Carol Muller
University of Pennsylvania
    Jul 23rd (7 weeks long)

Machine Learning
Andrew Ng, Associate Professor
Stanford University
    Aug 20th (10 weeks long)

Learn to Program: The Fundamentals
Jennifer Campbell, Paul Gries
University of Toronto
    Sep 24th (7 weeks long)

Mathematical Biostatistics Bootcamp
Brian Caffo
Johns Hopkins University
    Sep 24th (7 weeks long)

Medical Neuroscience
Leonard E. White
Duke University
    Mar 25th (8 weeks long)

Microeconomics Principles
Jose J. Vazquez-Cognet
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    TBA

Model Thinking
Scott E. Page
University of Michigan
    (10 weeks long)

Modern & Contemporary American Poetry
Al Filreis
University of Pennsylvania
    Sep 10th (10 weeks long)

Nanotechnology: The Basics
Vicki Colvin, Daniel Mittleman
Rice University
    TBA

Natural Language Processing
Dan Jurafsky, Professor. Christopher Manning, Associate Professor
Stanford University
    TBA (8 weeks long)

Networked Life
Michael Kearns
University of Pennsylvania
    (10 weeks long)

Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes
Mung Chiang
Princeton University
    Sep 17th (10 weeks long)

Neural Networks for Machine Learning
Geoffrey Hinton
University of Toronto
    Sep 17th (8 weeks long)

Neuroethics
Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Katie Clark
University of California, San Francisco
    (6 weeks long)

Planet Earth
Stephen Marshak
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    TBA

Principles of Economics for Scientists
Antonio Rangel
California Institute of Technology
    Jan 7th (10 weeks long)

Principles of Obesity Economics
Kevin Frick
Johns Hopkins University
    (4 weeks long)

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computation
Umesh Vazirani
University of California, Berkeley
    Jul 17th (8 weeks long)

Probabilistic Graphical Models
Daphne Koller, Professor
Stanford University
    Sep 24th (11 weeks long)

Rationing and Allocating Scarce Medical Resources
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
    TBA (8 weeks long)

Scientific Computing
J. Nathan Kutz
University of Washington
    TBA

Securing Digital Democracy
J. Alex Halderman
University of Michigan
    Sep 3rd (5 weeks long)

Social Network Analysis
Lada Adamic
University of Michigan
    (8 weeks long)

Software Engineering for SaaS
Armando Fox, David Patterson
University of California, Berkeley
    Jul 13th (5 weeks long)

Statistics One
Andrew Conway
Princeton University
    Sep 3rd (6 weeks long)

The Modern World: Global History since 1760
Philip Zelikow
University of Virginia
    TBA

The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
Charmaine Williams
University of Toronto
    TBA (6 weeks long)

Think Again: How to Reason and Argue
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Ram Neta
Duke University
    Nov 26th (12 weeks long)

VLSI CAD: Logic to Layout
Rob A. Rutenbar
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    TBA (10 weeks long)

Vaccine Trials: Methods and Best Practices
Karen R. Charron, Amber Bickford Cox
Johns Hopkins University
    (6 weeks long)

Vaccines
Paul Offit, MD
University of Pennsylvania

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