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West Virginia University

Wood Science: Beyond Building

708 ratings at Coursera

The central question of this course: “why study wood?” If “why study wood” is the question, one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in human life span terms. Wood is as important to society today as it…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 27th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

What is Climate Change?

68 ratings at Coursera

In this course, learners will become familiar with the scientific evidence that demonstrates human-caused climate change. We will explore how greenhouse gases cause the Earth to warm, and why our recent warming is attributed to human activities. We will…

• Coursera
• 6-7 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 27th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Water in the Western United States

18 ratings at Coursera

This course combines an overview of the science behind water and climate in the Western United States with a survey of the major legal, political, and cultural issues focused on this precious resource.

• Coursera
• 24 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Manchester

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2: Developing Effective Interventions

71 ratings at Coursera

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2 is our second MOOC in a two-part sequence, and looks at ‘Developing Effective Interventions’. Here we invite you to develop analytical skills and deep understanding about a complex, contro…

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Manchester

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 1: Understanding Complex Problems

8 reviews

Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not have improved sanitation.

• Coursera
• 26 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Water Resources Management and Policy

1130 ratings at Coursera

Water management today is faced with new challenges such as climate change or the effects of human activity. Public and private stakeholders who are active in this field must develop new ways to better manage the water cycle "as a whole".

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Visual Perception and the Brain

6 reviews

Learners will be introduced to the problems that vision faces, using perception as a guide. The course will consider how what we see is generated by the visual system, what the central problem for vision is, and what visual perception indicates about how…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 3rd Apr, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Tel Aviv University

Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundamentals of Plant Biology

1097 ratings at Coursera

This class is aimed at people interested in understanding the basic science of plant biology. In this four lecture series, we'll first learn about the structure-function of plants and of plant cells. Then we'll try to understand how plants grow and devel…

• Coursera
• 5-6 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Tel Aviv University

Understanding Plants - Part I: What a Plant Knows

11 reviews

For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwin’s early fascination with stems and flowers to Seymour Krelborn’s distorted doting in Little Shop of Horrors. This course intends to present an intriguing and scie…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding Modern Physics III: Simplicity and Complexity

19 ratings at Coursera

The 20th century was known as the century of physics. In the past 120 years, concepts such as space, time, energy, entropy and particles were understood to much deeper levels. New paradigms of thinking such as relativity and quantum mechanics emerged.…

• Coursera
• 6-7 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 27th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding Modern Physics II: Quantum Mechanics and Atoms

25 ratings at Coursera

Course Overview: https://youtu.be/xyF-MmGNxd0 The 20th century was known as the century of physics. In the past 120 years, concepts such as space, time, energy, entropy and particles were understood to much deeper levels. New paradigms of thinking such…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding Modern Physics I: Relativity and Cosmology

76 ratings at Coursera

Course Overview: The 20th century was known as the century of physics. In the past 120 years, concepts such as space, time, energy, entropy and particles were understood to much deeper levels. New paradigms of thinking such as relativity and quantum me…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity

19 reviews

In this course we will seek to “understand Einstein,” especially focusing on the special theory of relativity that Albert Einstein, as a twenty-six year old patent clerk, introduced in his “miracle year” of 1905. Our goal will be to go behind the myth-ma…

• Coursera
• 81 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• 27th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Uncertainty and Research

This course teaches the fundamentals of scientific research. We approach the research process as a means of systematically reducing uncertainty and demonstrate how conducting a scientific investigation can be posed as an exercise in Bayesian uncertainty…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Tropical Forest Landscapes 101: Conservation & Restoration

48 ratings at Coursera

Conserving and restoring tropical forest landscapes offers an opportunity to address pressing environmental and social challenges. Effective conservation and restoration initiatives support multiple objectives, including ecosystem functioning, climate ch…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)