Columbia University Online Courses & MOOCs | Academic Excellence

Columbia University Online Courses & MOOCs | Academic Excellence

Indian & Tibetan River of Buddhism

Explore an overview of the history and philosophy of Buddhism throughout India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, and Central Asia, featuring the basics of the Buddhist view of reality and its educational principles of sciences, mind and social ethics.

enIntermediate

Humanities, History

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Statistical Thinking for Data Science and Analytics

Learn how statistics plays a central role in the data science approach.

enIntroductory

Data Analysis & Statistics, Computer Science, Business & Management

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Machine Learning for Data Science and Analytics

Learn the principles of machine learning and the importance of algorithms.

enIntroductory

Data Analysis & Statistics, Computer Science, Business & Management

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Enabling Technologies for Data Science and Analytics: The Internet of Things

Discover the relationship between Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT).

enIntroductory

Data Analysis & Statistics, Computer Science, Business & Management

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Data, Models and Decisions in Business Analytics

Learn fundamental tools and techniques for using data towards making business decisions in the face of uncertainty.

enAdvanced

Business & Management

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Pediatric HIV Nursing

Learn pediatric HIV nursing care and treatment according to up-to-date World Health Organization clinical guidelines.

enIntermediate

Medicine, Health & Safety

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Fighting HIV with Antiretroviral Therapy: Implementing the Treat-All Approach

Focused on antiretroviral therapy for treating and preventing HIV, this is the first MOOC to train healthcare providers in the latest usage guidelines.

enIntermediate

Medicine, Health & Safety, Education & Teacher Training

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University Studies for Student Veterans

This course helps veterans transition smoothly from military service to college, and helps them maximize their success once they arrive.

enIntroductory

Education & Teacher Training

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Risk and Return and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Learn how to measure the risk and return of equity and debt; and compute the weighted average of cost of capital.

enIntroductory

Business & Management, Economics & Finance

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The Free Cash Flow Method for Firm Valuation

Learn how to use the free cash flow method for firm valuation and how to compute and project free cash flows.

enIntroductory

Business & Management, Economics & Finance

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Negotiating a Changing World: 1920-1950

Beginning with the passing of the 19th Amendment and on through World War II, explore the new cultural and economic opportunities that emerged for women in this period while gaining an understanding of how racial, familial, and legal structures placed constraints on that independence. Learn how women's contributions to the war effort provided both new opportunities and new barriers.

enIntermediate

History, Humanities

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Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018

This course begins with an examination of how the Cold War reinforced the ideals of the suburban, nuclear family and how these ideals impacted women's trajectory towards independence and equality, and ends with the rise of the Me Too movement and a look at how the 2018 midterm election ushered in a new era of women in politics.

enIntermediate

History, Humanities

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Wage Work for Women Citizens: 1870-1920

Departing from the Civil War years, examine how gender shaped women's work outside the home in the late 19th century. Explore efforts to affirm domesticity while providing women with paths to independence, and uncover how the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments impacted women’s political participation.

enIntermediate

History, Humanities

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Seeking Women’s Rights: Colonial Period to the Civil War

Learn about the emergence of women's history and its impact on the study of history as a whole. Then, examine the experiences of women in Colonial America. We will learn the ways that women struggled to loosen the constraints of family by proclaiming that they, like men, possessed individual rights.

enIntermediate

History, Humanities

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