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This is an introductory course for students with limited background in chemistry; basic concepts involved in chemical compositions, periodic trends, reactions, and quantitative problem solving will be emphasized with the goal of preparing students for further study in chemistry. ...

Learn the basic components of building and applying prediction functions with an emphasis on practical applications. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Coursera offers this online course. About the course:One of the most common tasks ...

A practical introduction to game design and game design concepts, emphasizing the basic tools of game design: paper and digital prototyping, design iteration, and user testing. About the course An introduction to the basic methods of game design. ...

The Chinese University of Hong Kong offers online course on Information Theory. This course is an introduction to information theory, which emphasizes fundamental concepts as well as analytical techniques. Specific topics include: Information Measures, The I-Measure, Zero-Error Data Compression, ...

Learn about different voting methods and fair division algorithms, and explore the problems that arise when a group of people need to make a decision. University of Maryland and Coursera offers making better group discussions: voting judgment aggregation ...

Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights, is an online course offered by the Vanderbilt University. It is a 7 week course which will explore nutrition concepts that take center stage in mainstream media outlets and become conversation topics ...

This online course on circuit and electronics teaches about the fundamentals of circuit and electronic analysis . About this course The course introduces engineering in the context of the lumped circuit abstraction. Topics covered include: resistive elements and ...

The first b-school in India, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) through edX. edX is an online learning platform that offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) as a contributing member. "We ...

The course surveys the entire length of human history, from the evolution of various human species in the Stone Age up to the political and technological revolutions of the twenty-first century. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Coursera ...

Film, images & historical interpretation in the 20th century for those who have a general interest in history that draws on photojournalism as primary evidence, and films based on historical events. University of London and Coursera offers this ...

Think Again: How to Reason and Argue is a free online course offered by the Duke University. This course is a part of the "Reasoning, Data Analysis and Writing" Specialisation." About the course This course will teach about ...

Wharton University of Pennsylvania offers an Introduction to Financial Accounting Online Course for free. This course will improve your fluency in financial accounting, the language of business. You will learn how to read, understand, and analyze most of ...

Princeton University offers an online course in Analysis of Algorithms for free. This course teaches a calculus that enables precise quantitative predictions of large combinatorial structures. In addition, this course covers generating functions and real asymptotics and then ...

Online course on introduction to computational arts is a multidisciplinary production class that serves as an introduction to, and exploration of electronic media in the arts. Lectures will cover concepts and presentations of artists working in various capacities with ...