Free Courses

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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.

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

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

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.

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 Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

Explore the diverse and complex roles that religions play in both promoting and mitigating violence.

Explore how entrepreneurs build successful businesses by moving technology from lab to market.

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.

Learn basic data visualization principles and how to apply them using ggplot2.

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

Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.