Free Courses

A focus on several techniques that are widely used in the analysis of high-dimensional data.

Keep your projects organized and produce reproducible reports using GitHub, git, Unix/Linux, and RStudio.

A quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

How can we eradicate malaria? Explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed, to control and eliminate malaria.

Learn about the development of 2D and 3D interactive games in this hands-on course, as you explore the design of games such as Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Angry Birds, and more.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

Watch an information session featuring award-winning actress and PLC alumna Uzo Aduba.

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

Learn about successful collaborations between families and educators and why they lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.

Learn to process and convert raw data into formats needed for analysis.  

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

Learn skills and tools that support data science and reproducible research, to ensure you can trust your own research results, reproduce them yourself, and communicate them to others.

Learn how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its scriptures, both relationally as well as academically.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

Learn advanced approaches to genomic visualization, reproducible analysis, data architecture, and exploration of cloud-scale consortium-generated genomic data.

The Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Statements webinars provide a great opportunity to learn the basic principles of nonprofit accounting.

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.

Designed for current and aspiring nonprofit leaders, this course helps learners build the confidence needed to make stronger financial decisions in mission-driven organizations.

Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

Learn inference and modeling: two of the most widely used statistical tools in data analysis.