University of Michigan Courses

Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills

219 reviews

We all negotiate on a daily basis. On a personal level, we negotiate with friends, family, landlords, car sellers and employers, among others. Negotiation is also the key to business success. No business can survive without profitable contracts. Within a…

• Coursera
• 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Using Databases with Python

4380 reviews

This course will introduce students to the basics of the Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as basic database design for storing data as part of a multi-step data gathering, analysis, and processing effort. The course will use SQLite3 as its databa…

• Coursera
• 5 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Python for Everybody

411 reviews

This Specialization builds on the success of the Python for Everybody course and will introduce fundamental programming concepts. In the Capstone Project, you’ll use the technologies learned throughout the Specialization to design and create your own app…

• Coursera
• 3 hours a week, 35 weeks long
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Python Data Structures

15724 reviews

This course will introduce the core data structures of the Python programming language. We will move past the basics of procedural programming and explore how we can use the Python built-in data structures such as lists, dictionaries, and tuples to perfo…

• Coursera
• 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)

41576 reviews

This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Using Python to Access Web Data

5393 reviews

This course will show how one can treat the Internet as a source of data. We will scrape, parse, and read web data as well as access data using web APIs. We will work with HTML, XML, and JSON data formats in Python. This course will cover Chapters 11-…

• Coursera
• 6 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Model Thinking

65 reviews

In this class, I present a starter kit of models: I start with models of tipping points. I move on to cover models explain the wisdom of crowds, models that show why some countries are rich and some are poor, and models that help unpack the strategic dec…

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

• Best of All Time

Introduction to HTML5

51 reviews

This course will appeal to a wide variety of people, but specifically those who would like a step-by-step description of the basics. There are no prerequisites for this course and it is assumed that students have no prior programming skills or IT experie…

• Coursera
• 3 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Making Successful Decisions through the Strategy, Law & Ethics Model

45 reviews

Successful decision making is based on three key pillars: strategy, law and ethics. After taking this course you will be able to use a practical framework based on these three elements to make successful business, personal and leadership decisions.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Internet History, Technology, and Security

41 reviews

This course will open up the Internet and show you how it was created, who created it and how it works. Along the way we will meet many of the innovators who developed the Internet and Web technologies that we use today.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python

9 reviews

This course will introduce the learner to information visualization basics, with a focus on reporting and charting using the matplotlib library. The course will start with a design and information literacy perspective, touching on what makes a good and b…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know

21 reviews

This engaging course is designed to help you achieve the success that you desire. Drawing on decades of scientific research, you will learn what the most successful people do differently than others, why IQ is not the most significant predictor of succes…

• Coursera
• 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Managing Talent

6 reviews

In this course, you will learn best practices for selecting, recruiting, and onboarding talent. You will also learn about the key approaches to measuring performance and evaluating your employees. In addition, you will learn how to develop and coach your…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python

6 reviews

In the capstone, students will build a series of applications to retrieve, process and visualize data using Python. The projects will involve all the elements of the specialization. In the first part of the capstone, students will do some visualizatio…

• Coursera
• 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Leading Teams

5 reviews

In this course, you will learn how to build your team, improve teamwork and collaboration, and sustain team performance through continuous learning and improvement. Specifically, you will learn best practices for composing a team and aligning individual…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)