Online Social Science Courses & Certifications

Sociological Perspectives on Modernity Certification gives the candidates a brief introduction to the nomenclature of this course's sociological perspectives on modernity. The way we try to engage with modernity, we also try to interrogate modernity.

Sociological Perspectives on Modernity Classes enable students to understand modernity as a socio-cultural product in specific socio-historical contexts.

All students get a Sociological Perspectives on Modernity Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The ‘Classical Sociological Theory’ online training program is offered for the students to build their expertise in the field of sociology. This course helps the students develop sociological views and enables them to learn about the socio-cultural and intellectual factors that frame the foundation of sociology. This is an AICTE approved free course provided by Swayam along with the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) initiative. 

The duration of this online core course is scheduled for a period of twelve weeks and the students of this program will benefit from the sociological insights. The instructor for this course is Dr. R. Santhosh, professor of sociology from the humanities and social sciences department at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. 

The ‘Classical Sociological Theory’ online course helps the participants receive a course certification with credit points at the end of the course. The learners of this course are provided with online resources and materials for better engagement with the concepts and subject matter.

Education for Sustainable Development Certification will discuss the details of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) which is primarily based on UNESCO’s 17 sustainable development goals. 

Education for Sustainable Development Classes will cover key concepts like what is sustainability, sustainable development, UNESCO sustainable development goals, and education for sustainable development.

In order to address educational challenges and create systems that are inclusive, equitable, and relevant to all, sustainable development requires political will, global and regional collaboration, and active engagement of educational institutions, civil society, youth, the corporate/private sector, and other multilateral agencies.

All students get an Education for Sustainable Development Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

Swayam’s MSD-011 Sustainability Science course is focused on the principles and genesis of Sustainability Science and its structure, central elements, goals, and growth. This course has been developed by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), and it is carefully designed to emphasize the importance of sustainable development.

MSD-011 Sustainability Science course also discusses the concepts of Natural Resource Management at the landscape level and Evergreen Revolution as effective routes to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. With the help of Indian examples, you will understand the concept and evolution of sustainable development and sustainability indicators.

Besides, the MSD-011 Sustainability Science course by Swayam has an extensive curriculum spread over 12 weeks. Learn about the powerful relationship between humans and the environment and how their interactions affect sustainability with the help of this post-graduate level course and display your knowledge.

The Strategies and Models for Sustainability Certification course is a subset of the discipline of sustainability science that helps students acquire a deep understanding of the topic. The course will equip students in achieving socially acceptable economic development with the help of both scientific and technological tools.

The Strategies and Models for Sustainability Online Course is a 4 credit course offered by Swayam. The course is taught for a period of 12 weeks by expert professors from Indira Gandhi National Open University. The course will provide a comprehensive and theoretical understanding of the social, economical and ecological aspects of sustainability along with its basic principles and features.

The Strategies and Models for Sustainability Training course provides valuable insights into the working of sustainable development in the rural sphere. The course discusses the existing sustainable development models in India in the form of case studies, allowing them to critically view the functioning of different models and their contribution to nature. The final assessment is made through assignments and an end-term examination.

The Challenge to Sustainable Development Certification Course is a massive open online course that discusses the vital threats to attaining sustainable development. The course will make learners aware of the crucial environmental changes taking place around the world and their potential causes and consequences.

The Challenges to Sustainable Development Online Course is a 4 credit course offered by the Swayam portal. The course is coordinated by Dr. Deeksha Dave; Dr. Y.S.C. Khuman, Assistant Professors at the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies of the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

The Challenges to Sustainable Development Course is particularly apt for people working in the field of sustainable development. The course will help them understand the scope for alternative methods to reduce the socio-cultural and ecological impacts of the conventional models of development.

The course on Designing and Running Randomised Evaluations by MITx is a part of the MicroMasters track. During the course, you will get graduate-level knowledge of randomised controlled trials (RCT), including step-by-step training in how to design and implement an RCT in the field. Using this policy-relevant study, you can boost your ability to draw causal inferences and conduct impact evaluations.

The Designing and Running Randomised Evaluations MicroMasters programme comes under the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Data, Economics and Development Policy (DEDP) department. The curriculum uses material from MIT’s JPAL lab, used by social science researchers from all over the world. 

Besides, Designing and Running Randomised Evaluations by edX provides a professional and academic credential to candidates who complete this course. You can use this credential to gain an accelerated and cheaper Master’s degree from MIT or add it as a professional qualification to your CV. Learn from esteemed Nobel Laureates through an intensive approach involving quizzes, lectures, case studies and exams in this course. 

The ‘Appreciating Linguistics: A typological approach’ online course is developed for the students to study the language forms and functions, the process of language acquisition, and the description of natural language. This course will focus on the different languages and their linguistic attributes along with the grammatical implications. This free online certification course is provided by the Swayam online portal in association with the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL).

The course instructor for this online program is Prof. Anindita Sahoo teaching linguistics at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The elective program for the undergraduate level students is categorized under the humanities and social sciences domain and enables the students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the concepts through the online classes aided by videos, lectures, and other online resources.

The ‘Appreciating Linguistics: A typological approach’ online certification course offers the students the course certification with credit points after successfully completing the program according to the qualifying standards.

The Literature, Culture, and Media certification by Swayam is a part of the NPTEL scheme that provides free learning programmes for interested individuals. This course's curriculum aims to introduce participants to the intersections of literature, culture, and media through an interdisciplinary framework. Literature, culture, and media are responsible for generating new ideas and perspectives in the consumers and play a massive role in determining identities.

The Literature, Culture, and Media certification syllabus will touch upon and highlight some of the new forms of media that have reinvented and transformed the literary forms. Theoretical approaches and literary criticisms such as Marxism, Feminism, and Deconstruction will further explain some of the literary phenomenon and cultural aspects of popular culture.

Additionally, the Literature, Culture, and Media certification course by Swayam is suitable for all individuals interested in learning about the subject. No prior knowledge is required for enrollment. Further, the 12-week learning course falls under the Humanities and Social Science category.

Swayam’s Introduction to World Literature online course introduces its candidates to the vast world of writings, produced in various languages, cultural contexts, and nations. While the program doesn’t claim to cover all time periods and every single one of their literary traditions, it does aim to familiarise learners with the English Language’s representative texts, available today. This short, 12-week training belongs to the English Studies’ and ‘Humanities and Social Sciences’ categories, set at the postgraduate level. 

An elective program, the Introduction to World Literature certification syllabus covers numerous vital learnings. These include classics such as Don Quixote, Beowulf, Indian literature from the likes of Tagore, Kamala Das, short stories, American literature like Toni Morrison, Alice Walker’s Everyday Use, critical theory, women writers, contemporary authors, and more. What’s more, IIT Madras’s renowned educator, Professor Merin Simi Raj, teaches this in-depth curriculum. 

Furthermore, the Introduction to World Literature program also furnishes course-end certificates to interested learners who sit for Swayam’s proctored exams. Upon clearing all the certification criteria and clearing the assessment, students can earn themselves an e-verifiable certificate to display their acquired knowledge in this subject.

Literary criticism is the analysis, study and interpretation of a literary text or school of thought. It is a medium for the critic to explain and defend her judgement and evaluation of a text and provide the readers with some relevant biographical and historical information. This enriches the reader’s understanding of a literary work and helps them appreciate it more. Literary Criticism (From Plato to Leavis) by Swayam is an attempt to provide students with an understanding of the subject by analysing some significant texts.

The Literary Criticism online course is an AICTE approved Faculty Development Programme (FDP). The training is designed by the accomplished faculty of IIT Madras. The course curriculum will take you on a journey through different literary works that have been studied and analysed for decades for their brilliance and relevance.

In addition, the Literary Criticism certification by Swayam includes a digital certificate verified by NPTEL at the end of the course for those who qualify for the certification exam. Candidates can verify their certification online.  The programme belongs to the English literature studies domain.

Literature and Life Certification are designed and structured in such a way that it helps learners make sense of their own lives through the prism of literature and get a better understanding of the relation of literature to life.

A selection of essays, poems, plays, and short stories from British, American, and Indian literature will be examined in Literature and Life Classes in order to understand and appreciate the complex but fragile human relationships at various levels, including the individual, family, society, business, politics, etc.

All students get a Literature and Life Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

Elements of Literature and Creative Communication Certification is ideal for those who are interested in tasting the nectar of literature. Because literature is directly related to life and keeping that broad vision in mind makes students aware of the finer sensibilities of human existence.

Elements of Literature and Creative Communication Classes intend to teach the students by introducing them to literature, which represents profound and beautiful expressions of mankind, we hope to help them better comprehend and enjoy life. It includes carefully chosen readings of drama, fiction, and poetry. 

All students get an Elements of Literature and Creative Communication Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

Students who get this Shakespeare to Milton: A Study of British Literature Certification will have a comprehensive understanding of literature from the time of Shakespeare to the time of Milton, with a concentration on key ideas, theories, and research.

Students will become familiar with Shakespeare's era England through Shakespeare to Milton: A Study of British Literature Classes. You will gain a better understanding of the time period's social environment as well as the changes brought forth by Elizabeth's rule. 

Shakespeare to Milton: A Study of British Literature Certification Syllabus  has a special section on drama and censorship that reveals how many feathers were ruffled by the plays with reference to the monarchical issues of the time. 

All students get a Shakespeare to Milton: A Study of British Literature Certification by The English and Foreign Languages University (TEFLU) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The Introduction to Language and Linguistics certification course caters to B.Tech and master's students interested in linguistics, as well as PhD scholars seeking a fundamental grasp of the subject. Delving into language and linguistic analysis, participants acquire skills in phonology, morphology, IPA transcription, syntax tree creation, and parsing. 

The Introduction to Language and Linguistics certification by Swayam covers significant topics such as language scripts, linguistic areas, and dialects, making it a well-rounded exploration of linguistics. With industry backing from computational linguistics giants like Google and Microsoft, the course ensures practical relevance for those venturing into technology-driven linguistic applications.

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The Environmental & Resource Economics certification course delves into the relationship between economic activities and environmental sustainability. It explores concepts like national income's impact on welfare, sustainable development, and the consequences of economic growth on environmental degradation. Students learn about regulatory mechanisms for externalities, economic valuation of environmental assets, and optimal resource extraction strategies.

With relevance across industries like manufacturing, oil & gas, and mining, The Environmental & Resource Economics certification by Swayam  equips participants to address environmental challenges effectively. It offers insights into valuing environmental goods and services, navigating uncertainty in policy instruments, and promoting sustainable resource management.

The Applied Econometrics certification course is a 12-week duration programme. The certification course covers an extensive curriculum that covers instrumental variable (IV) estimation and two-stage least squares, simultaneous equations models, and others. The prerequisite for this course is the students must know inferential statistics and basic econometrics. 

This certification course can be pursued by anyone interested in data analysis. The Applied Econometrics certification by NPTEL is supported by banking, analytics, audit firms, and other industries. With the leading experts in the field, the students will gain hands-on training experience in data analysis and can apply it in real-world situations.   

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The ‘Computational Commutative Algebra’ certification course is an elective course for the students to develop their understanding of the computation of the rings, ideals, and modules with the help of a computer. This course enables students to get an overview of commutative algebra with a focus on the computations and the techniques behind them. This free online training course is provided by the Swayam education portal along with the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The classes for this course are conducted online for a period of twelve weeks.

The students of this program are led by the instructor, Prof. Manoj Kummini from the Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI). In this course, candidates will get a theoretical and hands-on experience with the computational tool Macaulay2. This program can be downloaded and installed locally or can also be worked with the online version for smaller computations.

The ‘Computational Commutative Algebra’ online training program ensures an E-Certificate and credit points after completing the course and the assessments successfully.

The ‘Complex Analysis’ online certification course enables students to learn about the foundational level mathematics focussing on complex numbers and the complex analysis functions. This online course attempts to discuss the implications of complex numbers that offer the spectral theorem for matrices. This free National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) course is provided by the Swayam education portal. It is a core course for undergraduate and postgraduate level students and is scheduled for twelve weeks. The classes are held online through videos, lectures, weekly assignments, and other online resources.

The instructor for this online training is Dr. Pranav Haridas, assistant professor at the Kerala school of mathematics. The students of this course are given an opportunity to explore the theoretical and practical implications of complex numbers in the mathematics domain.

The ‘Complex Analysis’ certification course ensures a course certificate and credit points after successfully completing this AICTE recognized course and the certification exam.

The Overview and Perspectives of Values course is one of the highlighted online courses on value education provided by Indira Gandhi National Open University. The course offered by Swayam is coordinated by Dr. Grace Don Nemching, Senior Assistant Professor in IGNOU. The 12-weeks long course seeks to inculcate value education through effective ways.

The Overview and Perspectives of Values Certification course aim at making candidates aware of the greater role played by value education in a person's life as a whole. The course aims at generating social awareness and positive values in the life of professionals, teachers, students, government officials, parents and other groups of people.

The need for an Overview and Perspectives of Values Training course is greater in today's society for the successful prevention of social evils. The course will help candidates in shaping the value system that will enable them to project a positive attitude in their personal, professional and social life.

The Ethics: Theories and Applications Certification offers a systematic study of the concepts and principles standards necessary to differentiate between right and wrong behaviour. 

Ethics: Theories and Applications Classes provide a philosophical foundation for fundamental ethical discussions and ideas and use the Indian context to demystify the theories and give students simpler examples.

In Ethics: Theories and Applications Certification Syllabus an introduction to ethics is provided, along with discussions of what constitutes a moral deed, what virtue and vice are, concepts of moral law, and concepts of moral relativism.

All students get a Ethics: Theories and Applications Certification by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India.

The ‘Computational Physics’ is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) online course offered for the students to build their competence in the computational techniques and strategies and to get introduced to methods of quantum and classical computations. This online certification course is provided by the Swayam, a free online education portal for a period of twelve weeks.

The instructors for this elective course are academically trained faculty Prof. Apratim Chatterji and Prof. Prasenjit Ghosh from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Pune). The students of training will gain computational insights and will be able to explore the field of physics through the theoretical and practical exposure of concepts.

The ‘Computational Physics’ online training program enables students to receive the certification and credit points after completing this All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) course and assessments according to the eligibility standards.

The Introduction to Political Theory by SWAYAM is spread across 12-weeks of learning. Learners will understand the concepts behind politics through theories and environmental studies. They will be able to comprehend the political ideologies that support society and are empowered to voice their independent opinions on democracy and politics.

Set at an undergraduate level of study, the Introduction to Political Theory certification syllabus explores concepts of equality, justice, liberty, and freedom in a country. Once students complete the learning module for the week, they can progress to the next topic. Students will receive book references to go through when in doubt.

Developed by IIT Guwahati, this introductory course is open for all students involved in engineering, social sciences, and humanities subjects. Professor Mithilesh Kumar instructs online training. Candidates can avail themselves of the Introduction to Political Theory certification by fulfilling the criteria mentioned for the course. Post-completion, the e-certificate will be sent to the candidate’s registered email address.