University of Washington Courses

Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach

40 reviews

In this course, you will get hands-on experience with machine learning from a series of practical case-studies. At the end of the first course you will have studied how to predict house prices based on house-level features, analyze sentiment from user r…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 17th Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Programming Languages, Part A

27 reviews

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming. The course uses the languages ML, Racket, and Ruby as vehicles for teaching the concepts, but the real intent is to teach eno…

• Coursera
• 29 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 3rd Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Machine Learning: Regression

20 reviews

Case Study - Predicting Housing Prices In our first case study, predicting house prices, you will create models that predict a continuous value (price) from input features (square footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms,...). This is just one of the…

• Coursera
• 22 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 17th Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Business English: Planning & Negotiating

5 reviews

In this course, the context is hosting an event and finding an appropriate venue for it. You will learn language and strategies for successful negotiations culminating in a written announcement for an event.

• Coursera
• 29 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Programming Languages, Part B

4 reviews

[As described below, this is Part B of a 3-part course. Participants should complete Part A first -- Part B "dives right in" and refers often to material from Part A.] This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 1 week from now (31st Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms

4 reviews

Data analysis has replaced data acquisition as the bottleneck to evidence-based decision making --- we are drowning in it. Extracting knowledge from large, heterogeneous, and noisy datasets requires not only powerful computing resources, but the program…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Practical Predictive Analytics: Models and Methods

3 reviews

Statistical experiment design and analytics are at the heart of data science. In this course you will design statistical experiments and analyze the results using modern methods. You will also explore the common pitfalls in interpreting statistical arg…

• Coursera
• 6 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Communicating Data Science Results

2 reviews

Important note: The second assignment in this course covers the topic of Graph Analysis in the Cloud, in which you will use Elastic MapReduce and the Pig language to perform graph analysis over a moderately large dataset, about 600GB. In order to complet…

• Coursera
• 7 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

U101: Understanding College and College Life

1 review

College can be confusing and intimidating, but U101 can help. If you were just admitted to college and are nervous about what the next step in life might look like, this course is for you. If you are the parent of a newly admitted college student and cur…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Lesson | Business English Skills: How to Navigate Tone, Formality, and Directness in Emails

1 review

This lesson is part of a full course, Business English Networking. Take this lesson to get a short tutorial on the learning objectives covered. To dive deeper into this topic, take the full course. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: - Di…

• Coursera
• 1 hour of material, 1 week long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Business English: Networking

1 review

During the course, you will begin learning vocabulary and customs related to socializing and networking in English.

• Coursera
• 28 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Speaking to Inspire: Ceremonial and Motivational Speeches

1 review

The most memorable speeches inspire, entertain, and praise. By blending stories and eloquence, great speeches highlight the core values motivating an audience. You might need to do this in a keynote address, a eulogy, or simply a business meeting. Inspir…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 3 days from now (25th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Public Speaking

14 reviews

This course gives you a reliable model for preparing and delivering effective presentations. In business, in school, and in public life, we are often called upon to “make a few comments.” Often, people tasked with such speeches become flummoxed. They m…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 17th Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Lesson | Business English Skills: How to Write Effective Openings and Closings to Emails

This lesson is part of a full course, Business English Networking. Take this lesson to get a short tutorial on the learning objectives covered. To dive deeper into this topic, take the full course. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: - Wr…

• Coursera
• 1 hour of material, 1 week long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Speaking to inform: Discussing complex ideas with clear explanations and dynamic slides

In the professional realm, most speeches and presentations we give are informative in scope. A scientist needs to explain her recent research findings. A financial officer needs to report on quarterly earnings to his company’s board. A technology profess…

• Coursera
• 13 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 2 days from now (24th Jan)
• Free Online Course (Audit)