Columbia University Courses

Crisis Resource Management

45 reviews

Learn the skills critical for effective teamwork in a crisis situation with focus on preparation, decision-making, and reflection across multidisciplinary teams.

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

• Best of All Time

Frontiers of Science: Climate & Us

18 reviews

Explore Earth's climate system, from astronomical factors to greenhouse gases, using scientific tools to analyze past, present, and future climate trends, and understand human impact on global warming.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Civil War and Reconstruction – 1865-1890: The Unfinished Revolution

8 reviews

Examine the pivotal but misunderstood era of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War, the first effort in American history to construct an interracial democracy.

• edX
• 18 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1861 - 1865: A New Birth of Freedom

6 reviews

Learn about the political, social, and economic changes in the Union and the Confederacy and the Civil War’s long-term economic and intellectual impact.

• edX
• 16 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850-1861: A House Divided

19 ratings at edX

Discover how the issue of slavery came to dominate American politics, and how political leaders struggled and failed to resolve the growing crisis in the nation.

• edX
• 20 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Pediatric HIV Nursing

3 reviews

Learn pediatric HIV nursing care and treatment according to up-to-date World Health Organization clinical guidelines.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Indian & Tibetan River of Buddhism

16 ratings at edX

Explore an overview of the history and philosophy of Buddhism throughout India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, and Central Asia, featuring the basics of the Buddhist view of reality and its educational principles of sciences, mind and social ethics.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Seeking Women’s Rights: Colonial Period to the Civil War

1 review

Explore women's experiences in Colonial America and early 19th century, from enslaved and indentured servants to rural housewives, as they sought individual rights and entered the workforce during industrialization.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Wage Work for Women Citizens: 1870-1920

1 review

Explore women's economic and political influence in America from 1870-1920, examining labor, domesticity, constitutional amendments, and the fight for suffrage through an intersectional lens.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Fighting HIV with Antiretroviral Therapy: Implementing the Treat-All Approach

1 review

Focused on antiretroviral therapy for treating and preventing HIV, this is the first MOOC to train healthcare providers in the latest usage guidelines.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Corporate Finance

66 ratings at edX

Learn key financial concepts for evaluating and valuing investment opportunities, including how to value stocks and bonds.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Muckraking: Investigative Journalism and Global Media

1 review

Learn how brave journalists can rock the world by exposing corruption and human rights and labor abuses.

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

Risk & Return

34 ratings at edX

Learn how to measure the risk and return of equity and debt; and compute the weighted average of cost of capital.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Find Your Calling: Career Transition Principles for Returning Veterans

1 review

This course provides military veterans with a useful roadmap to transition more smoothly from military service to a new and meaningful civilian career.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Age of Sustainable Development

14 reviews

The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.

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