Harvard University
Super-Earths and Life
4.773 ratingsLearn about the Earth, life, and how we can search for life elsewhere in the universe.
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- Self-paced
- Free to audit
- Paid certificate
- Beginner
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Harvard University
Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather
4.786 ratingsLearn to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.
- edX
- Self-paced
- Free to audit
- Paid certificate
- Beginner
Harvard University
PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854
4.937 ratingsAn in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.
- edX
- 1 weeks, 2 - 3 hours per week
- Self-paced
- Free to audit
- Paid certificate
- Beginner
Stanford University
Reservoir Geomechanics
4.932 ratingsThis interdisciplinary course encompasses the fields of rock mechanics, structural geology, earthquake seismology and petroleum engineering to address a wide range of geomechanical problems that arise during the exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs.
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- Beginner
MIT OpenCourseWare
Introduction to R and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
The goal of these videos is to provide students with tools and concepts for working with R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The students will learn the basics of R, how to navigate the R interface and deal with different data formats, how to run and interpret lin…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
MITx
Nuclear Energy: Science, Systems and Society
Learn how a nuclear reactor works, what the future of nuclear fusion looks like, and the numerous useful applications of nuclear radiation in four easy-to-follow modules, complemented with a chance to explore background radiation in your backyard.
- MIT
- 9 weeks, 10 hours/week
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MITx
Global Warming Science
Learn about the physics, chemistry, biology, and geology of the earth's climate system.
- MIT
- 14 weeks, 10 hours/week
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
Harvard University
China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius
4.714 ratingsLearn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.
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- 12 weeks, 1 - 3 hours per week
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- Free to audit
- Paid certificate
- Beginner
MIT OpenCourseWare
Basics of Analysis with Antineutrinos from Heat Producing Elements - K, U, Th in the Earth
This course covers the following questions. What are the predominant heat producing elements of the Earth? Where and how much are they? Are they present in the core of the Earth? Detection of antineutrinos generated in the Earth provides: 1) information on the sources of the terrestrial heat, 2) di…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
A Sustainable Transportation Plan for MIT
This seminar-style class will focus on evaluating and recommending alternative commuter and business-related transportation policies for the MIT campus. Emphasis will be placed on reducing transportation-related energy usage in a sustainable manner in response to President Hockfield’s “Walk the Tal…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
D-Lab: Waste
This introductory course will provide you with a multidisciplinary approach to managing waste in low- and middle-income countries, with strategies that diminish greenhouse gas emissions and provide enterprise opportunities for marginalized populations. You will focus on understanding some of the mu…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
This course focuses on disseminating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) or water/environment innovations in developing countries and underserved communities worldwide. It emphasizes core WASH and water/environment principles, culture-specific solutions, tools for start-ups, appropriate and sustai…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
IIT Bombay
Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications
Civil Engineering course by Prof. Eswar Rajasekaran.
- NPTEL
- 12 weeks, 67 lectures
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Paid certificate
- Advanced
IIT Bombay
Stress and Strain Issues in Structural Geology
Civil Engineering course by Prof. Soumyajit Mukherjee.
- NPTEL
- 12 weeks, 60 lectures
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Paid certificate
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
Non-conventional Light Stable Isotope Geochemistry
This course is designed for graduate students with an interest in using primary research literature to discuss and learn about current research around non-conventional light stable isotope geochemistry.
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
Marine Chemistry
This course is an introduction to chemical oceanography. It describes reservoir models and residence time, major ion composition of seawater, inputs to and outputs from the ocean via rivers, the atmosphere, and the sea floor. Biogeochemical cycling within the oceanic water column and sediments, emp…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
Large-scale Flow Dynamics Lab
This course is a laboratory accompaniment to 12.803, Quasi-balanced Circulations in Oceans and Atmospheres. The subject includes analysis of observations of oceanic and atmospheric quasi-balanced flows, computational models, and rotating tank experiments. Student projects illustrate the basic princ…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
GPS: Where Are You?
This is a freshman advising seminar. The professor of a FAS is the first year advisor to the (no more than 8) students in the seminar. The use of Global Positioning System (GPS) in a wide variety of applications has exploded in the last few years. In this seminar we explore how positions on the Ear…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
Land, Water, Food, and Climate
This reading seminar examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an emphasis on key scientific questions about the connections between natural resources and food production. Students read and discuss papers on a range of topics, including water and land resources, climate chan…
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced
MIT OpenCourseWare
Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography
Observational physical oceanography includes topics such as the physical description of the sea, the physical properties of seawater, methods and measurements, wind-driven ocean circulation, abyssal ocean circulation, boundary processes, and wave motions.
- MIT
- Self-paced
- Free course
- Advanced