Social Sciences Courses and Certifications

Protecting Business Innovations via Patent

161 reviews

This course assumes no prior knowledge in law, business or engineering. However, students with backgrounds in all three areas will find useful concepts or ideas in the course on how to protect business innovations using patents.

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence

223 reviews

Learn to recognise the signs of domestic violence and support domestic violence survivors as a health or social care worker.

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

• Best of All Time

HOPE: What Makes Us Human

286 reviews

What sets us apart, and brings us together, as humans? How can we live up to our humanity? HOPE is an open invitation to become better at being human, to realize our humanity. Join HOPE to discover what it means to be us and live up to it!

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

What is a Mind?

287 reviews

Explore the most pertinent scientific and philosophical concepts for understanding our own minds with this free online course

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

English in Early Childhood: Language Learning and Development

1418 reviews

Discover how very young children learn English as an additional language and how you can help them progress.

• FutureLearn
• 2 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Early Childhood Care and Education

686 reviews

The course is targeted for people who intend to start a new preschool/playschool/day-care, or upgrade an existing preschool, or to take up a career as a teacher in preschool, or to improve admission counseling skills or to be trained on the various eleme…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 30th Jul, 2023
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life

136 reviews

Understanding the nature and value of play through the course of our lives, across cultures and communities.

• FutureLearn
• 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Computational Social Science Methods

116 reviews

Explore the reach and applications of computational social science in this 4-week course by UC Davis. Learn about machine learning, social networks, and computer simulation.

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Microcredential

Computational Social Science

125 reviews

Explore the intersection of technology and society with this 26-week course from UC Davis. Learn to use computational tools to understand human behavior, study digital footprints, and simulate hypothetical scenarios.

• Coursera
• 3 hours a week, 26 weeks long
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment?

118 reviews

Explore life inside UK prisons. Learn whether this type of punishment reduces crime and if rehabilitation can prevent reoffending.

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior

553 reviews

Learn about irrational behavior and its impact on decision making in this interdisciplinary course from Duke University.

• Coursera
• 7-11 hours a week
• 11th Mar, 2014
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women;  CEC

School Counseling

226 reviews

How to set right these children? What should be done to avoid these problem behaviours? How to identify and address these behaviours and intervene to mainstream them?

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 18th Jan, 2021
• Free Online Course

Monash University

Introduction to Psychology: The Psychology of Learning

107 reviews

Explore the psychology of learning with Monash University's 2-week course. Understand instinctive vs learned behaviours, classical conditioning, and the impact of biology on learning.

• FutureLearn
• 6 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Paid Course

Education for All: Disability, Diversity and Inclusion

101 reviews

On this course you will learn about inclusive education, understanding what barriers there are to learning and how to challenge them.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Gender and Sexuality: Applications in Society

88 reviews

Gender & Sexuality shape work, life and play. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to engage with key issues through key concepts and perspectives.

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time