Scientific Writing Courses

TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections Skills Mastery

147 ratings at Coursera

UC Irvine's 4-week course equips non-native English speakers with strategies for TOEFL iBT's speaking and writing sections, enhancing planning, practice, and test-day performance.

• Coursera
• 8 hours 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Enhance your Writing with Adverb Clauses

47 ratings at Coursera

In the first part of the course, you’ll learn some basic information about adverb clauses. Then, we’ll dive into the categories of ideas that adverb clauses express, and you’ll practice using subordinating conjunctions--the many grammar words that start…

• Coursera
• 12 hours 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Enhance your Writing with Adjective Clauses

18 ratings at Coursera

Do you have a hard time describing things, people, and places in English? This course will show you how to be more descriptive in your writing by incorporating adjective clauses in complex sentences.

• Coursera
• 12 hours 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Script Writing: Write a Pilot Episode for a TV or Web Series (Project-Centered Course)

740 ratings at Coursera

Learn to write a pilot episode for a TV or web series with Michigan State University's 5-week course. Develop a series bible, create a polished script, and gain confidence in pitching your ideas.

• Coursera
• 21 hours 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

BYU

Creative Writing

6 reviews

I'm Brandon Sanderson, and I write stories of the fantastic: fantasy, science fiction, and thrillers. Learn about plot, wordbuilding, short stories, character, and publishing.

• YouTube
• 15 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Learn to Teach Java: Writing Classes and Arrays

13 ratings at Coursera

Enhance your Java programming skills and learn to teach others with UC San Diego's 4-week course. Master class design, 1-D arrays, and effective teaching strategies.

• Coursera
• 13 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Start writing fiction

73 ratings at OpenLearn

Have you always wanted to write, but never quite had the courage to start? This free course, Start writing fiction, will give you an insight into how authors create their characters and settings. ...

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

42 ratings at OpenLearn

Start writing fiction is a free course that helps you to get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters.

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Teach English Now! Second Language Reading, Writing, and Grammar

2372 ratings at Coursera

Arizona State University's 6-week course focuses on teaching strategies for English reading, writing, and grammar, addressing student problems and incorporating intensive reading methods.

• Coursera
• 22 hours 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Writing Case Studies: Science of Delivery

Learn how to write “science of delivery" case studies, which help us understand how practitioners implement complex policies or programs.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Writing, Running, and Fixing Code in C

781 ratings at Coursera

Duke University offers a 4-week course on writing, testing, and debugging code in C, building on programming fundamentals and systematic problem-solving strategies.

• Coursera
• 20 hours 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Better Business Writing in English

500 ratings at Coursera

Do you need to write more easily and effectively in English? This course will provide the tools to help you do just that.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Good with Words: Writing and Editing

1 review

Improve your writing and editing skills with this 17-week course by the University of Michigan. Learn to arrange complex information, give quality feedback, and meet deadlines.

• Coursera
• 17 weeks, 4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Essay and report writing skills

79 ratings at OpenLearn

Writing reports and assignments can be a daunting prospect. Learn how to interpret questions and how to plan, structure and write your assignment or report. This free course, Essay and report ...

• OpenLearn
• 15 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Writing what you know

44 ratings at OpenLearn

Do you want to improve your descriptive writing? This free course, Writing what you know, will help you to develop your perception of the world about you and enable you to see the familiar things ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate