Free Online Courses at Edinburgh University
Animal Behaviour and Welfare:
Animal welfare is a complex public policy issue encompassing scientific, ethical, and other dimensions. This course enhances your understanding of animal welfare by studying animal behaviour and exploring the challenges of assessing animals' emotions.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/animal-welfare
Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life:
Is there life beyond Earth? How do scientists search for extraterrestrial life? This engaging course from the University of Edinburgh explores the origin and evolution of life and investigates the scientific methods used in astrobiology.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/astrobiology
Fundamentals of Music Theory:
Designed for beginners, this course introduces the theory of Western music, equipping you with the skills needed to read, understand, and analyse musical compositions. More advanced concepts are also covered for experienced musicians.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/edinburgh-music-theory
Introduction to Philosophy:
This course introduces key areas of contemporary philosophical research, exploring important questions about existence, knowledge, and ethics. By the end, you will have a deeper understanding of philosophy and its various branches.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/philosophy
Code Yourself! An Introduction to Programming:
Computing skills are essential in today’s digital world. This course introduces the basics of coding using Scratch, a beginner-friendly visual programming language, and covers fundamental computing principles.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/intro-programming
Introduction to Marketing:
Explore how businesses leverage marketing strategies to create value and competitive advantage. This course provides insights into modern marketing tools and techniques used to enhance brand visibility and profitability.
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-marketing-5
Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage:
Discover the potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a long-term solution for reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide. This course examines global energy consumption, fossil fuel dependency, and climate change mitigation strategies.
https://www.edx.org/course/climate-change-carbon-capture-and-storage
Economic Democracy: The Cooperative Alternative:
What if workers ran their own businesses? This course explores the social and economic impacts of worker cooperatives and examines policies that could promote economic democracy.
https://www.edx.org/course/economic-democracy-the-cooperative-alternative
Sustainable Global Food Systems:
How can we sustainably feed a growing population? This course analyses food security from a systems perspective, discussing environmental challenges and their impact on current and future diets.
https://www.edx.org/course/sustainable-global-food-systems
Data Science in Stratified Healthcare and Precision Medicine:
Advancements in data science are transforming medicine and healthcare. In this course, you will explore different types of medical data and computational methods used in precision medicine.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/datascimed
The Making of the US President: A Short History in Five Elections:
This course explores presidential elections from a historical perspective using five case studies. You’ll have the opportunity to learn about US history and how politics have changed over the years.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/making-us-president
Understanding Obesity:
In this course, you’ll look at the facts and misconceptions around obesity and learn about the main physiological and psychological concepts around the brain’s control of appetite and body weight and current biological and societal pressures that make it easy to gain weight.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-obesity
Digital Footprint:
The course will focus on the different dimensions of a digital footprint, including developing an effective online presence, managing your privacy, and creating opportunities for networking. Your internet activity is always tracked, in this course, you’ll have the opportunity to reflect on your personal online tracks and traces.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/digital-footprint
Nitrogen: A Global Challenge:
In all the global challenges of limited food, water, and energy, nitrogen has a leading role to play. In this course, you’ll learn just how hard-wired into all of the human civilisation nitrogen is, and how it’ll affect us in the future.
https://www.edx.org/course/nitrogen-a-global-challenge
Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation:
How much does your smart home know about you? Has your data been kept and used for advertising on social media? In this course, you’ll look into case studies, real-world controversies, and ethical challenges to introduce and discuss the social, political, legal, and ethical issues surrounding data-driven innovation.
https://www.edx.org/course/Data-Ethics-AI-and-Responsible-Innovation
Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Unconscious:
This course gives you the opportunity to examine some of the most influential ideas about the unconscious mind by starting with the work of Sigmund Freud and following up with the development of theories of the unconscious all the way to present research in experimental psychology.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/know-thyself-the-unconscious
Sit Less, Get Active:
Do you feel you sit around too much? Especially in the current circumstances, with fewer opportunities to get out and be active, why not join this course and learn how to sit less and become more active. This course will provide you with examples of how physical activity could be increased in different settings, such as your neighbourhood, home, or work, to give you ideas on what might best fit your lifestyle
https://www.coursera.org/learn/get-active
Philosophy and the Sciences: Introduction to the Philosophy of Physical Sciences:
Each week you’ll be introduced to new and important questions of scientific research as this research across the physical sciences has raised pressing questions for philosophers. During this course, you’ll be introduced to some of the main areas and topics at the key juncture between philosophy and the physical sciences.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/philosophy-physical-sciences
Introduction to Social Research Methods:
In this course, you’ll learn about the techniques and approaches used by researchers to answer difficult questions of the social world.
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-social-research-methods
Digital Marketing Strategy:
By enrolling in this course, you’ll have the chance to practical digital marketing skills to help you build a business in the future. You’ll learn about the digital marketing landscape and how digital technologies can be used to identify business opportunities
https://www.edx.org/course/digital-marketing-strategy
Introduction to Predictive Analytics Using Python:
Python is an interpreted and general-purpose programming language. This course provides you with the skills to build a predictive model from the very basics using Python Programming.
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-predictive-analytics-using-python
