University of Edinburgh Courses

Introduction to Philosophy

74 reviews

This course will introduce you to some of the main areas of research in contemporary philosophy. Each module a different philosopher will talk you through some of the most important questions and issues in their area of expertise.

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• 19 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Philosophy, Science and Religion: Religion and Science

54 reviews

Philosophy, Science and Religion mark three of the most fundamental modes of thinking about the world and our place in it. Are these modes incompatible? Put another way: is the intellectually responsible thing to do to ‘pick sides’ and identify with one…

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• 26 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 1 week from now (16th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Philosophy, Science and Religion: Philosophy and Religion

23 reviews

Philosophy, Science and Religion mark three of the most fundamental modes of thinking about the world and our place in it. Are these modes incompatible? Put another way: is the intellectually responsible thing to do to ‘pick sides’ and identify with one…

• Coursera
• 24 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 1 week from now (22nd Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Fundamentals of Music Theory

23 reviews

This course will introduce students to the theory of music, providing them with the skills needed to read and write Western music notation, as well as to understand, analyse, and listen informedly. It will cover material such as pitches and scales, inter…

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• 12 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
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Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

33 reviews

Learn about the origin and evolution of life and the search for life beyond the Earth.

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• 11 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 2 weeks from now (29th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Examined Life

30 reviews

According to legend, inscribed on walls of the temple on the sacred site of Delphi in Ancient Greece were two premier injunctions: NOTHING IN EXCESS, and KNOW THYSELF. This course will be an examination of the latter injunction in an effort to discover w…

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 2 weeks from now (29th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Intellectual Humility: Science

9 reviews

It’s clear that the world needs more intellectual humility. But how do we develop this virtue? And why do so many people still end up so arrogant? Do our own biases hold us back from becoming as intellectually humble as we could be—and are there some bia…

• Coursera
• 21 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 1 week from now (22nd Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Code Yourself! An Introduction to Programming

12 reviews

Have you ever wished you knew how to program, but had no idea where to start from? This course will teach you how to program in Scratch, an easy to use visual programming language. More importantly, it will introduce you to the fundamental principles of…

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• 12 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• Today
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Intellectual Humility: Theory

6 reviews

Faced with difficult questions people often tend to dismiss and marginalize dissent. Political and moral disagreements can be incredibly polarizing, and sometimes even dangerous. And whether it’s Christian fundamentalism, Islamic extremism, or militant a…

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• 18 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

EDIVET: Do you have what it takes to be a veterinarian?

5 reviews

This course is for anyone interested in learning more about Veterinary Medicine, giving a “taster” of courses covered in the first year of a veterinary degree and an idea of what it is like to study Veterinary Medicine.

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• 9-10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Chicken Behaviour and Welfare

1001 ratings at Coursera

This course explains the general principles of chicken behaviour and welfare, and the behavioural and physiological indicators that can be used to assess welfare in chickens kept in hobby flocks through to commercial farms. The focus is primarily on layi…

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• 9-10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

How to Read a Novel

2 reviews

Get underneath the skin of a novel by understanding some of the main building blocks of modern fiction.

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• 2 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Digital Footprint

551 ratings at Coursera

If I Googled you, what would I find? As we move around the online world we leave tracks and traces of our activity all the time: social media accounts, tagged images, professional presences, scraps of text, but also many artefacts we don't always realis…

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• 8-9 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sit Less, Get Active

16 reviews

Physical inactivity and sedentariness are “silent killers”. Do you feel like you spend too much time sitting? Do you feel like you would like to be more active? Are you unsure about how to incorporate physical activity into your daily life? We are here…

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• 12 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 17th Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

哲学导论（中文版）

189 ratings at Coursera

本课程将为你介绍现代哲学中的一些研究领域。在每个模块中，将由不同的哲学家为你讲述其专业领域内最重要的疑问和问题。 首先，我们来了解什么是哲学，哲学有哪些独特的目标与方法以及哲学与其他学科有何不同？之后，我们会在课程剩余的时间内向你简要介绍各种哲学领域的总体情况。你要学习的主题包括：知识论，其中将讨论囊括我们对世界和我们自身的了解以及如何获取这些知识；科学哲学，我们将在此模块中调查科学研究和实践中的基础概念问题；心灵哲学，我们将在此模块中询问物质拥有心灵的意义以及应如何理解和诠释心灵；道德哲学，我们将在此…

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• 15 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)