Free Online Courses at Edinburgh University
Animal Behaviour and Welfare:
Animal welfare is a complex public policy issue that covers scientific, ethical, and many other dimensions. The course will improve your understanding of animal welfare, by studying animal behaviour as well as the challenge of accessing the emotions of animals
https://www.coursera.org/learn/animal-welfare
Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life:
Is there life on Mars? Do aliens exist? What was the Big Bang? Learn about the origin and evolution of life and the search for life beyond the Earth in this super exciting Edinburgh University course.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/astrobiology
Fundamentals of Music Theory:
This course introduces beginners to the theory of music, providing you with the skills needed to write Western music. You will learn how to understand and analyse pieces whilst providing more advanced concepts for more experienced musicians.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/edinburgh-music-theory
Introduction to Philosophy:
This course will introduce you to some of the main research in contemporary philosophy. Focusing on important questions and issues of the world, you’ll begin to understand what Philosophy is and be able to further your knowledge in multiple different areas.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/philosophy
Code Yourself! An Introduction to Programming:
Data Science is a hot topic and is thought to become one of the major work sectors in the future. Why not get a head start and learn the basics of coding? This course will teach you how to program in Scratch, an easy to use visual programming language and you’ll be introduced to the fundamental principles of computing.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/intro-programming
Introduction to Marketing:
Learn how businesses are successful and how they use marketing to increase their revenue and profitability. This course will help you understand the role of marketing and introduce you to the newest tools to create value and competitive advantage.
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-marketing-5
Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage:
Explore the technology that has the potential as a long-term solution to protect our atmosphere from an excess of carbon dioxide, by learning about global energy, our use of fossil fuels, and climate change.
https://www.edx.org/course/climate-change-carbon-capture-and-storage
Economic Democracy: The Cooperative Alternative:
What would happen if workers ran their own businesses? What policies could be deployed to promote a cooperative sector? Learn about the social and economic impacts of Economic Democracy.
https://www.edx.org/course/economic-democracy-the-cooperative-alternative
Sustainable Global Food Systems:
How do we feed a consistently growing population with limited global resources? This course will discuss food security from a food systems perspective and determine the current global challenges we face. You’ll have the chance to study the impact of environmental food production on current and future diets.
https://www.edx.org/course/sustainable-global-food-systems
Data Science in Stratified Healthcare and Precision Medicine:
Advances in data science are transforming medicine and healthcare. In this course, you’ll learn about different types of data and computational methods involved in stratified healthcare and 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 to 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 of ones that could 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 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
