University of California, San Diego Courses

Big Data Modeling and Management Systems

2989 ratings at Coursera

Explore big data management with UC San Diego's 6-week course. Learn to collect, store, and organize data using various tools like AsterixDB, HP Vertica, and SparkSQL. No prior programming experience needed.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Comparing Genes, Proteins, and Genomes (Bioinformatics III)

130 ratings at Coursera

Explore the evolution of species through genome comparison in this 6-week course by UC San Diego. Learn to use dynamic programming and bioinformatics tools to analyze DNA and protein sequences.

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

The Science of Parenting

2 reviews

Move beyond the chatterand opinion surrounding parenting and learn about thescientific findings and data that can help you make sensible, informed parenting decisions.

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

Advanced Data Structures in Java

1235 ratings at Coursera

Learn to develop, implement, and analyze algorithms for complex data structures like graphs with UC San Diego's 6-week course. Final project: a route planning app.

• Coursera
• 1 day 4 hours 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Genomic Data Science and Clustering (Bioinformatics V)

90 ratings at Coursera

Explore gene orchestration and human migration using algorithmic and machine learning techniques with this 3-week course from UC San Diego. Learn clustering algorithms, principal components analysis, and bioinformatics software application.

• Coursera
• 9-10 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Designing, Running, and Analyzing Experiments

582 ratings at Coursera

Learn how to design, run, and analyze user-centered experiments to evaluate and validate user experiences in this 9-week course from the University of California, San Diego. No prior programming experience required.

• Coursera
• 15 hours 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Nested If Statements and Compound Conditionals

1 review

UC San Diego's 5-week course teaches K-12 educators to program complex games using nested if/else statements and compound conditionals, with a focus on problem-solving and debugging.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Analyze Your Genome!

1 review

Learn how to use existing tools and pipelines to analyze next generation sequencing (NGS) data.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Drug Commercialization

1211 ratings at Coursera

Explore drug commercialization with UC San Diego's 4-week course. Learn about pharmacoeconomics, marketing strategies, intellectual property, and post-marketing clinical trials from industry experts.

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

So You Want to Be a Biomedical Engineer

1 review

Learn about biomedical engineering from top names in the field and how to plot your own educational and career path.

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

Basic Data Processing and Visualization

187 ratings at Coursera

Learn what a data product is and go through several Python libraries to perform data retrieval, processing, and visualization.

• Coursera
• 10 hours 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Bioinformatics Capstone: Big Data in Biology

24 ratings at Coursera

Explore big data in biology with UC San Diego's 3-week course. Learn to use the BaseSpace cloud platform, analyze gene expression data, and build your own genome assembler.

• Coursera
• 12 hours 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Algorithms on Strings

1067 ratings at Coursera

Explore string algorithms used in search engines and personalized medicine with this 4-week course from the University of California, San Diego. Learn about tries, suffix trees, and more.

• Coursera
• 18 hours 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Computer Graphics

Learn to create images of 3D scenes in both real-time and with realistic ray tracing in this introductory computer graphics course.

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

Data Structures Fundamentals

Learn about data structures that are used in computational thinking – both basic and advanced.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 8-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)