Biology Courses

Medical Parasitology | 医学寄生虫学

189 reviews

Small bugs serious diseases, with knowledge they are seized.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 12 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Nutrition and Health: Human Microbiome

536 reviews

Learn how you can impact your health by balancing your gut health; how your microbiome together with your diet can improve normal gut function. A balanced microbiome and nutritional intake can avoid disorders like IBS, obesity and diabetes.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 1st Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

University of Cape Town

Extinctions: Past and Present

224 reviews

Discover the diversity of life on earth, the impacts of five past mass extinctions and the prospect of a sixth extinction today.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 1st Nov, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Introduction to Biology - The Secret of Life

106 reviews

Explore the secret of life through the basics of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, recombinant DNA, genomics and rational medicine.

• edX
• 5-10 hours a week, 16 weeks long
• 2nd Nov, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology

117 reviews

Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology is a 12-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of non-avian dinosaurs.

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 12 weeks long
• 2 weeks from now (18th Dec)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Ecology and Wildlife Conservation

109 reviews

Discover ecology and how we can protect wildlife and conserve the natural world.

• FutureLearn
• 2 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• 22nd Nov, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Molecular Biology - Part 1: DNA Replication and Repair

86 reviews

An in-depth adventure through DNA replication and repair to strengthen your scientific thinking and experimental design skills.

• edX
• 4-6 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• 1 month from now (18th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Introduction to Animal Behaviour

81 reviews

Explore the amazing range and complexity of wild animal behaviour. Discover how animals learn, communicate, find food, avoid predators, and interact socially.

• edX
• 4-6 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Biology by CrashCourse

Crash Course creates free, high-quality educational videos used by teachers and learners of all kinds. And thus begins the most revolutionary biology course in history.

• YouTube
• 8 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Harvard Medical School;  Harvard University

Best Practices for Biomedical Research Data Management (HE)

53 reviews

With the increasing focus on research data, this course has been developed to address present and future researchers’ data management learning needs.

• Canvas Network
• 7 hours a week
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

32 reviews

This course provides the basic biology you need to understand all of these issues better, tries to clarify some misconceptions, and tries to prepare students for future, more advanced coursework in Biology (and especially evolutionary genetics).

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 11 weeks long
• tomorrow (29th Nov)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Medical Neuroscience

46 reviews

In this course, you will discover the organization of the neural systems in the brain and spinal cord that mediate sensation, motivate bodily action, and integrate sensorimotor signals with memory, emotion and related faculties of cognition.

• Coursera
• 71 hours worth of material, 13 weeks long
• 15th Nov, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Introducción a la genética y la evolución

44 reviews

Conoce la genética y la evolución desde una aproximación accesible y entretenida.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Molecular Biology - Part 2: Transcription and Transposition

31 reviews

Strengthen your scientific thinking and experimental design skills in this adventure through transcription and transposition.

• edX
• 4-8 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Biochemistry: Biomolecules, Methods, and Mechanisms

31 reviews

Enhance your scientific thinking and data analysis skills with this in-depth adventure through biochemistry.

• edX
• 3-6 hours a week, 11 weeks long
• 21st Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time