University of California, Santa Cruz Courses

Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis

10 reviews

Explore Bayesian statistics with UC Santa Cruz in a 4-week course. Learn the philosophy, implementation, and benefits of this approach, and gain skills in data analysis using Excel or R.

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

Earth 120 (Sedimentology/stratigraphy)

1 review

Explore sedimentology and stratigraphy with Matthew E. Clapham's 5-hour program, covering topics from fluvial types to microbial sediments. Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz.

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

Earth 101 (Invertebrate paleobiology)

Explore invertebrate paleobiology with Matthew E. Clapham's 3-4 hour material, covering topics from taphonomy to functional morphology. Offered by UC Santa Cruz.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Earth 125 (Stats and data analysis)

Matthew E. Clapham's 7-hour program offers comprehensive training in statistical analysis and data dispersion, covering topics from central tendency to regression with count data.

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

C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals

5 reviews

Learn the fundamentals of C programming with this 6-week course from the University of California, Santa Cruz. No prior coding knowledge required.

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

Feminism and Social Justice

5945 ratings at Coursera

In the course, Professor Aptheker presents a broad definition of feminism that serves to frame three significant events in the history of feminism and social justice.

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry

177 ratings at Coursera

In this course, you will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary footage, filmic representations, and novels.

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

Russian History: from Lenin to Putin

740 ratings at Coursera

In this course, Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, explains the events of modern Russian history and introduces its most significant actors—from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin.

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

Bayesian Statistics: Techniques and Models

466 ratings at Coursera

Expand your Bayesian toolbox with UC Santa Cruz's 5-week course. Learn to construct, fit, assess, and compare Bayesian models using R and JAGS, with a focus on MCMC methods.

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

C++ For C Programmers, Part B

310 ratings at Coursera

This course is for experienced C programmers who want to program in C++. The examples and exercises require a basic understanding of algorithms and object-oriented software.

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

The Career Design Lab: Change your Job, Change your Life

Explore career design with UC Santa Cruz's 4-week course. Discover your strengths, sketch career paths, learn networking strategies, and gain insights from design thinking and positive psychology.

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

GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business

Learn to launch your online business with UC Santa Cruz's 4-week course. Gain practical skills in website creation, logo design, social media marketing, and project management.

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

Children Acquiring Literacy Naturally

159 ratings at Coursera

In this short course you will explore the possibility that children might acquire written language in a way that is similar to how they acquire spoken language—without instruction.

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Data-Driven Animation for Science Communication

A 5-week course by UC Santa Cruz, teaching programming, science writing, and technical animation skills to create data-driven scientific animations for effective science communication.

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

Bayesian Statistics: Capstone Project

UC Santa Cruz offers a 4-week capstone project on Bayesian Statistics, allowing learners to apply their knowledge to real-world data and compose a detailed analysis report.

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