List of Online Courses and Certifications

Chemistry is the central branch of science that concerns transformations of matter and can be applied to society's relevant problems. However, we can also apply it to the natural world to appreciate its complexity and framework. The Introduction to Geochemistry online course by edX explores Chemistry and its different forms such as general, inorganic, and physical chemistry. 

Geochemistry is another significant science branch that uses tools of chemistry to explore the Earth's crust and study the major geological systems. The edX Introduction to Geochemistry certification aims to explain the various aspects of the Earth, including its composition. The online course is highly relevant as it can help you understand the environmental problems and provide the necessary skills to combat them. 

Furthermore, the Introduction to Geochemistry program runs for seven weeks and is offered by edX in association with KyotoUx. You can enrol in the free course and start learning at your time and pace for maximum retention. You can also earn an official shareable certificate at the end of the course by paying the certificate fee.

The ‘Useful Genetics Part 1: How Our Genes Shape Us’ online training is organized for the students to enable them to gain insights on the various aspects of genetics and to study the effects of DNA transformation and inheriting genes in our personal and societal dimensions. This certification course is provided by the Edx online education portal and the course curriculum is designed and offered by the University of British Columbia. The students can complete the course modules in an estimated time of seven weeks with spending six to eight hours per week in the self-paced online learning program.

The instructor for this medicine course is the zoology professor, Rosemary Redfield who will guide the students into acquiring theoretical and practical perspectives of the genetic concepts. The ‘Useful Genetics Part 1: How Our Genes Shape Us’ certification course ensures the participants of the program receive a course certificate at the end of the program after finishing the study, graded assessments, and the final exam.

The Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology programme explains how Star Trek, which was initially a failed series, became supremely influential. Today, this cult favourite encompasses additional television series, feature films, and a world of fan memorabilia and conventions. Undertaking this seven-week course, you will understand why people resonate with Star Trek, how it has inspired generations to ask essential questions about their identity and relation with their surrounding world. 

Through the Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology certification syllabus, you will explore how Star Trek’s motion pictures and live-action tv shows impacted audiences globally. Offered by the Smithsonian Institution - the curriculum features trained instructors to explain the relationships between Star Trek and culture, History, society, and technology. The training also includes clips from the films and shows, experts’ opinions, and debate sessions with fellow fans. 

EdX’s Star Trek: Inspiring Culture and Technology course is an introductory free programme under the ‘History’ category. It features no enrolment prerequisites, a self-direct schedule, and a purchasable e-certificate. The institute offers this curriculum under the CBS Consumer Products’ license. 

The Feeding a Hungry Planet certification programme is a seven-week-long online curriculum curated by the SDG Academy. It will focus on teaching you about the impact of malnutrition and food security worldwide. During the programme, you will understand how cultivating food from present natural resources without destroying them is necessary for sustainable feeding.

With the learnings of the  Feeding a Hungry Planet online course, you will study the idea of building a sustainable and healthy diet for the increasing world population. Along with that, you will explore how ecosystems are managed that provide food resources. An e-certificate is also attainable after programme completion, only if you purchase it. For free, the learners can audit the course for a limited period. They can upgrade it by paying the prescribed course fee. 

The Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability certification syllabus are comprehensive. EdX has systematically divided it into seven modules for a thorough and comfortable understanding of concepts. Faculty from distinguished institutes such as John Hopkins University, Tufts University, Cornell University, Rothamsted Research and Wageningen University and Research will deliver this course.

The Image Processing and Analysis for Life Scientists program have been meticulously created considering the indispensability of image-based methods for life scientists. The Image Processing and Analysis for Life Scientists certification course thoroughly explains analysis methods using all the open-source solutions, leaving the candidates with the freedom of choosing commercial solutions as per their choice and convenience. Considering the evolution of light microscopy from sketched-out raw observations from the eye to high throughput multi-channel, multi-plane, multimode and multi-position acquisitions, which produce information-rich images easily quantifiable for answerability of biological questions, the course thoroughly teaches the learners how to adapt to all the rapid changes occurring and to maintain a sustainable workflow environment. 

The Image Processing and Analysis for Life Scientists online course thoroughly teaches the candidates the good practices and typical pitfalls that exist in the field of image analysis and empowers the candidates with a rigorous first-hand experience in image analysis through its carefully designed content. The candidates can take the course in verified or audit track. The audit track is free of cost and provides a limited period of access. 

Nature offers many solutions to avoid or reduce the impacts of natural disasters, such as wetlands as a buffer to excess rainwater, sand dune to maintain coastlines, and protecting forests on steep slopes. Such solutions are called Nature-based solutions or NbS. 

Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience online course will help you understand the concept of NbS in greater detail and discuss various NbS to build resilience in reducing the impact of climate risk and disasters. 

The Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience syllabus answers many questions related to the NbS’ relevance and how it can be applied to work and daily life. The SDG Academy has designed the course and will be taught by a panel of experienced faculty. This is an online course of seven weeks. You can complete the course in the stipulated time by spending an average of 3-6 per week. 

Besides, the Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience course also offers certification. It is an introductory course in Environmental studies and provides free enrolment as well. 

The Coursera Agriculture, Economics and Nature Course in partnership with The University of Western Australia, is an ideal institution for anyone who wants to delve deeper into the economics of agriculture. This course enables you to make meaningful contributions to decision making in farmer circles. It helps you understand the response of farmers to new reforms and policies, and why they react the way they do.

The Agriculture, Economics and Nature Programme includes a lot of expert interviews for you to learn from. Moreover, the course empowers you with the techniques to build efficient economic models using the economic principles learned throughout the training. The lessons also throw light on the various changes in areas like agricultural production methods, resource conservation, agricultural input levels, and the impact agriculture has on the economy.

Coursera’s Agriculture, Economics, and Nature Course comes with high-quality video lectures, practical Excel-sheet demonstrations, practice exercises, and a ton of reading to help you solidify your knowledge. The final assessment is based upon points scored in practice quizzes and the final exam. Further, the course is a 100 percent online learning experience, which comes with flexible deadlines and an industry-recognised certificate on completion.

The course is about aboriginal world views and education offered by Coursera to the students for introducing the spiritual and cultural aspects of the society. The term aboriginal worldviews refer to the cultural and traditional aspects of the people of any particular region. The course is multidisciplinary and no qualification is required for the candidate to take part in the course.

The traditions, cultures, values of the society are very essential for every social citizen and it is everyone's responsibility to know the deep inside. Therefore the course is introduced to students to get an awareness of the concept. With the understanding, candidates can know the values and ethics as well. Candidates not only meant to learn technical aspects but also these type of programmes are essential for the welfare of society.

Coursera is an online learning educational website started by the government to bring awareness in education to the students. The course is offered free of cost and anyone can learn any type of course. The course is mainly for the students who cannot afford to study with lack of money. The course is also available in the mobile application to ease the learning for students. The course also offers a paid certificate for the programme.

The Certificate Course on English for Doing Business in Asia- Writing by edX is designed for candidates who already have a skill in the English language but want to acquire more knowledge and skills to develop their communication proficiency in the written English language about doing business in the continent of Asia. The English for Doing Business in Asia- Writing course will help students tackle the different facades of business challenges in a multidimensional business setting and also make the Asian economy a part of the global business model.

In the seven-week English for Doing Business in Asia- Writing training, the students will learn descriptively on topics related to the audience, business presentation, rhythm, pronunciation, format, and many more. The challenges that the candidates need to overcome to build a successful business venture will be covered by this programme. The importance of writing professionally in a business deal or transaction will be imparted to the participants so that they can create a professional impact in their business transactions and deals. The candidates will be able to learn this course by enrolling in 2 tracks, audit track and verified track. The audit track offers only limited access to the materials of the course for free whereas the verified track offers unlimited access to the materials.

The English for Doing Business in Asia- The speaking program will introduce the applicants to the various strategies and models for developing and building strong business communication skills in English for establishing and doing business in the continent of Asia. 

The online programme will further be guiding students for the course of seven weeks on various topics that pertain to developing a strong base and foundation in the domain of English. In the English for Doing Business in Asia- Speaking by edX, the participants will be guided to conduct the business proceeding in multi-sectoral settings. 

The program has also been crafted to make the students aware of the different cultural norms and practices across the continent of Asia. The course has been structured with two primary goals- the first includes the non-English speakers to get introduced to the language of English and develop skills in it and the second to make them aware of the globalization and intercultural impact on the English language. There are two enrolment options for learners to join the programme, namely, the verified and free audit modes. In the verified mode, the students can access the programme unlimitedly and get a certificate of completion. In the free mode, they can audit it for a limited duration. 

Coursera’s Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action course is aimed at individuals who wish to learn, understand, and address the problem of climate change as individuals, or in partnership with organisations, communities, and political leaders. This course hosts an array of erudite climate change experts, who recite their experiences in dealing with the problem of climate change.

The Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action programme primarily focuses on translating the theoretical learnings and findings in the field of climate change into actionable reforms in areas of food, transportation, energy, and built environments. The course is co-developed and taught by Michaela Zint, Professor of Environmental Education and Communication at UMich. It also features video lectures by UMich students.

Moreover, along with the video lectures, the course also provides a ton of reading material to peruse. A fair share of practice exercises will also put your knowledge to test. Also, the training is a 100 percent online experience, which comes with flexible deadlines. Upon course completion, you will receive an industry-recognized Coursera certificate, which you can easily showcase on your resume or LinkedIn profile.

Netherlands’ leading technological academic institution, the Delft University of Technology presents before you the Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building a sustainable programme. The course curriculum features content emphasising the need for implementing active and passive measures to reduce energy consumption in buildings. The seven-week-long training from edX entails a weekly commitment of four to six hours from candidates.

The curriculum focuses extensively on zero-energy designs through thermal insulation, sun shading, heat pumps, photovoltaic panels, and more. Students who want to pursue the edX Zero-Energy Design online programme must be in the first year of pursuing a bachelor’s degree in any technical study. Learners will access various real-life case studies of buildings with zero energy climate concepts.

Candidates will master the art of erecting energy-efficient buildings in different climates. Applicants who finish the Zero-Energy Design: An Approach to Make Your Building Sustainable online certification course and pay a nominal charge will get a verified edX accreditation signed by their instructors. The intermediate-level programme is self-paced and allows students to learn through lectures with video transcripts in English. The two options to enrol in this programme are paid with the certificate and free audit. In the free audit mode, the candidates can get access to the course only for a limited period. 

KU Leuven has developed this certificate programme on As above, so below: An introduction to soils, ecosystems and livelihoods in the Tropics. This course will explore the variability of nature in soil properties for the sustainable form of management in farms and ecosystems. This course will help in understanding the soil properties that vary in different tropical landscapes and ecosystems. This will help the candidate understand the properties are affecting both livelihood and biodiversity. 

The candidate will be exposed to learn how to use the soils in a healthier way with basic knowledge of Lifesciences. The virtual form of excursions exposes the soils in five types and uses real-life examples using videos and appropriate case studies. As above, so below: An introduction to soils, ecosystems and livelihoods in the Tropics certification course spans a duration of 7 weeks with inputs from 3 instructors. With a required student dedication of just 4 to 6 weeks, the candidate will be able to complete the coursework with an intermediate difficulty level.  This self-paced course offers two options for learners to enrol in the course, paid with certificate and free without the certificate. In the free mode, the learners will have access only for a limited period. 

The Making Sense of Climate Science Denial course enriches the communication arena and dives deep into climate change, the psychology of denial, climate controversy, global warming, and future impediments. The myths regarding climate change, its causes, factors and the reactions of the public to scientific data are included in the Making Sense of Climate Science Denial course.

This course is structured in a way so that the learners can easily understand, comprehend, critically analyse and learn to debunk climate myths. This course is verified by the University of Queensland. The instructors in this course have years of observant experience in this field. The course is packed with lecture series, quizzes, Assignments, readings, activities, video interviews and interactive sessions with peers. This is a self-paced online programme. The learners can avail financial assistance if it is needed.

The certificate gained through this course is of high value.  The certificate will have a logo of the verified institution and will be signed by its instructors. The course is free but for certification, a certain amount needs to be paid. The certificate is easily shareable on online platforms such as Linkedin. If learners want only to audit through the free mode, they will have access to the course only for a limited period. 

The detailed course of A Circular Economy of Metals: Towards a Sustainable Societal Metabolism by Coursera provides a unique understanding of the economy of metals for a more sustainable world. The course has a well- prepared course material that helps the candidates to get in-depth knowledge on the fundamentals of the circular economy of metals and why this concept needs to be implemented in order to achieve sustainable development.

The course will concentrate on the methods of implementing the concept of the circular economy of metals, which means increasing the use of metals in order to prevent draw new metals. This course will discuss the idea of exploring more strategies to attain a sustainably developed world and its implications.

Through this course, the candidates will have extensive knowledge of the pioneering aims to quantify the progress of a sustainable economy and the solutions to the challenges that hinder the progress of the same.

Breathing is a vital body process that keeps living beings alive. But not everyone is familiar with the purpose of the lungs or the function of oxygen in living creatures. One can understand the multiple aspects of respiration and its processes by taking the Respiration in the Human Body programme by edX. Medical experts, professors, and healthcare students will instruct you throughout the course.

The edX Respiration in the Human Body online course is an introductory-level training. You will get to learn about respiration at high altitudes, during exercise, and other day-to-day events. The course curriculum will also cover respiratory issues, including asthma, chronic bronchitis, and hyperventilation. It may be a self-paced learning course, but the curriculum can be completed within seven weeks.

Moreover, the course instructors will discuss practical topics like understanding a patient’s oxygenation, administering oxygen, physical volumes, and gasses’ pressures. The Respiration in the Human Body course is an offering of the Université Catholique de Louvain. By completing the training, you will have the opportunity to claim the course completion certificate. The certificate will add significant value to your resume.

As a part of the ‘Study UK Campaign’, the Preparing for University course by FutureLearn is designed by the University of East Anglia, a renowned University on the global ground for its cultural, social, and academic facilitation. 

Students will learn with Dr. Harriet Jones. She is a Senior lecturer and fellow at the University of East Anglia and the Higher Education Academy respectively. She is also the Director and National Teaching Fellow of the PreUniversity Skills Programme. 

With a rating of 4.6, the course is assigned seven weeks of study with a weekly study time of 3 hours. The course is ready for immediate joining, and students may join as and when they like.

Teaching with Davidson Next is a program that is taught by Davidson Next. The course is aimed at improving teaching skills. AP courses are advanced placement courses that require rigorous teaching methods. Teaching with Davidson Next certification also has real-life examples that will help in understanding how other AP teachers have used Davidson Next modules in leveraging their skills and helps in blended learning for best practices. The certification course will help and support the learner in co-teaching methods.

Teaching with Davidson Next helps AP teachers across the world in creating a classroom experience that will help students in understanding the topic better. The course makes it easier for the learner to understand and use Davidson Next modules in everyday teaching. An AP aligned content with this module makes it easy to integrate the learning process which will not only expand the options for a teacher but also help students learn new concepts and master them easily.

Teaching with Davidson Next program will also help the learner in connecting with other teachers who have joined this course. It also provides plenty of opportunities to implement the Davidson Next module in various ways.

Quantitative aptitude is an integral part of the syllabus for any government examination. It checks the quantitative and logical reasoning skills of the candidate. The internet is flooded with different kinds of books with multiple authors. This often confuses the aspirant because of less time for preparation and many concepts to grab for the preparation. To ease this the course of Learning Quantitative Aptitude is provided by TCS iON. The course shall help the candidates in learning the concepts of quantitative aptitude and also guide them with the frequently asked questions.

The Learning Quantitative Aptitude training will be beneficial for the aspirants giving exams for SSC, RRB, IBPS, RBI to grab and polish their quantitative aptitude with the convenience of time and place.  In addition to this, the Learning Quantitative Aptitude syllabus has assessments at the end of each module for self-tracking and practising the topics which are part of the exam. The duration of the course is 7 weeks in which the learner must commit to 6-8 hours per day to complete the course in time. The course is a self-paced online course that is available on the TCS iON portal. The learning portal of TCS is trusted by more than 3 lakh students and is reliable for the best content.

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This course by Future Learn will set in motion the idea of observing the key gender issues in society. You will gradually study the involvement of women or female representation in sectors such as news, sports, films, shows, etc., and also discover that still the involvements are far more suppressed. 

The topics that will be covered in this course are first, key concepts and definitions about various topics, to bring the things to your pace and media monitoring in terms of facts and fiction. With advancement, you will learn and explore politics, violence, sports, sexualization & body image, feminist media, where women play a critical part in everyday life.

The course is focused to unearth the relationship between the media & gender, in parallel shadows of inequalities such as race, age, sexuality, and disability. Anyone who wants to pursue Media Science or anyone with interests in gender inequality, female media representation, media studies, feminist activism, and feminist analysis. You may start the course right now, and after completion, you will have a clear knowledge of analysing, supervising, monitoring & investigating the media sector through a gendered lens and equality mindset. The course is developed by the University of Strathclyde.

eHealth: Combining Psychology, Technology and Health certification is a 6 weeks online course that is invented by the University of Twente, and FutureLearn. With this course, in just 6 weeks, the candidates will be learning about the design, implementation, application, and assessment of eHealth. The concept of eHealth is basically an umbrella term that is known for capturing the health, technology, and people context.

eHealth: Combining Psychology, Technology and Health certification syllabus during the first 2 weeks talk about the eHealth technologies that can be applied to societal Healthcare Management, in the next two weeks the candidates will be learning the design and fit of eHealth. Whereas in the next two weeks, the curriculum will talk about the amalgamation and estimation of eHealth technologies.

eHealth: Combining Psychology, Technology and Health training is free, and is given to eHealth developers, healthcare professionals, patients and healthy people who want to live longer, and better lives by using a variety of assignments, case studies, and even examples.

The Mind Is Fat: The Shocking Shallowness of Human Psychology training will be guiding the applicants to make professional and personal decisions and make the brain think flexibly according to various situations. In the programme the students over the course of six weeks will be learning on the online platform. The students will be made to understand the working of our subconscious brain and the hidden motives and beliefs that can also be overcome through various psychological therapies. The Mind Is Fat: The Shocking Shallowness of Human Psychology certification course will explain the basic facades of the human mind working. The reasons behind a person taking risks and the fear they deal with every day. The course will be guided by behaviour experts.  The “deep factor” related to human psychology will be covered in great detail in The Mind Is Fat: The Shocking Shallowness of Human Psychology online course.

If you want to learn how to analyse medical data but do not know where to begin, the Introduction to Applied Biostatistics programme is for you. It provides an introduction to all the essential statistics and reasoning concepts used in medicine. The curriculum will introduce each topic using examples published in clinical research papers. You will work with real-life datasets in your homework assignments for practice in hands-on data analysis.

The Introduction to Applied Biostatistics certification syllabus covers basic epidemiological concepts, including study designs and sample size computation. Open-source software like R Commander and PS Sample Size, which are easy to download and install, are used in training.

The six-week Introduction to Applied Biostatistics training is an Osaka University (Japan) offering, aimed towards an intermediate-level. Learners can watch the video lectures at their own pace and follow English transcripts. The weekly effort required on their part is just three to five hours.

The How to Write a Novel: Writing the Draft certification course is specially formulated for all aspiring as well as professional writers who are pursuing a career in novel writing and are participating in NaNoWriMo. The Certification Course on How to Write a Novel: Writing the Draft programme will be supervised by accomplished authors and writers who will help students to write professional fictional novels. Regular writing sessions will be organised so that candidates develop new skills. Discussion forums and feedback sessions will also be held every week to widen the participant's knowledge of fiction and help them create art of the scene and develop unique characters. 

The Certification Course on How to Write a Novel: Writing the Draft training by edX will teach the aspirants to write intruding plots and layered dialogues. The topics of - dimensional characters, ways to write complicated dialogue, and dramatic dialogue will also be covered during the certification programme. The various strategies to rework on draft before completing and publishing will also be taught in the programme. There are 2 pathways to enroll in the course, one is the verified track, and the other is the audit mode. During the audit mode, the candidates shall have limited time access to the course but during the verified track the access becomes unlimited.

Realizing the importance of story writing, edX brings the How to Write a Novel: Structure & Outline course for individuals who want to learn the basic outline and structure of novel writing. Candidates will get to learn various skills and techniques of novel writing right from the fundamentals like developing a basic plot idea, building an outline, developing characters, choosing the right words, story structuring, adding fictional elements, maintaining pace, and so on.  How to Write a Novel: Structure & Outline training is brought to you by edX in association with the University of British Columbia. 

It is best known for its methods of teaching and research. Also, it is consistently ranked among the top 40 universities in the world. It is instructor-led training such that candidates will have great interaction and deep learning with the instructors. The instructors are professional writers who are vastly experienced and skilled in creative writing.  How to Write a Novel: Structure & Outline certificate course curriculum is a part of the UBC MFA program where students will learn the habits and ways of professional authors which will help them to write a successful draft.

EdX provides a great path for candidates who want to achieve their dream of becoming a professional writer and writing a novel. There are mainly 2 modes which can be opted by the candidates while they wish to enroll for this certificate course. There is a time constraint if students choose to pursue the course in the audit track. If they on the other hand select the verified mode, they will get unlimited access.

The Introduction to Applied Linguistics and TESOL course by FutureLearn is a part of the Study UK Campaign. It is developed by the University of Leicester. The university ranks in the top 20 Universities of UK for its teaching excellence and research. This six-week course includes a weekly study time of three hours. Also, TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

The Introduction to Applied Linguistics and TESOL programme is free and online. Students can opt for additional benefits for a fee. They can either opt for an upgraded course for $74, or an unlimited one for $279 a year. At the end of the course, candidates have the option of joining the Applied Linguistics and TESOL community at Leicester. 

The instructor of the FutureLearn Introduction to Applied Linguistics and TESOL course is Prof Pamela Rogerson Revell. She is an associate professor of the Applied Linguistics and TESOL department at the University of Leicester. Involved in the research of TESOL and areas in applied linguistics, she teaches them as well, including online language learning. 

The ‘History of Urdu Language and Literature’ online course is a study of the historical movements and the literary significance of Urdu. The students of this certification course are given an opportunity to enhance their comprehensive understanding of the language and literature with its origin and development. This course is provided by the online education platform Swayam in association with the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC). 

The classes of this program are organized in a virtual environment aided with innovative learning strategies and evaluative assessments such as weekly assignments and the proctored exam. The online classes are offered with books, references, and other online resources.

The ‘History of Urdu Language and Literature’ certification course enables students to gain theoretical and practical knowledge of the literary aspects in Urdu. This undergraduate-level training program is conducted for six weeks and the students can get a course certificate after course completion. The instructor for this program is Dr. Shah Faisal Jan, an assistant professor at the Government Degree College Eidgah, Srinagar. 

The AstroTech: The Science and Technology behind Astronomical Discovery Online Course available on the Coursera platform attempts to analyse the blend of astrology and technology in the modern era. The 100% online course will discuss the applications of astronomical technology.

The AstroTech: The Science and Technology behind Astronomical Discovery Certification Course is a self-paced course and is delivered by Andy Lawrence and Catherine Heymans of the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

After the successful completion of the AstroTech: The Science and Technology behind Astronomical Discovery Live Course through expert video lectures, readings, weekly quizzes and discussion forums, learners will be awarded a shareable course certificate.

This Data-driven Astronomy online course is designed and developed by the University of Sydney for the candidates to learn on the Coursera online education platform. This physical and astronomical course is expected to be completed by the students in twenty hours entirely. The intermediate-level course is a study about the scope of data science in the field of astronomy and the role of tools and techniques of machine learning that are used to understand the data. 

In the Data-driven Astronomy training course, the candidates are provided with the opportunity to know and comprehend the problems that may arise while handling large datasets, the strategies to use algorithms, and the ways to use the different programming languages and software tools to decipher the data. 

The course instructors for this online certification course are associate professor Tara Murphy and Simon Murphy, a postdoctoral researcher at the school of physics at the University of Sydney.