Courses
These universities offer free online courses. These courses are offered by a number of well-known universities. Interested students can register directly for these courses. If you’re seeking knowledge on a particular topic, a free online course may be what you need. It is more likely that these will be self-paced, which means less direct guidance from an instructor.
You can choose from a variety of subject areas, including soft skills and hard skills.
In this section, we have categorized the free online courses in Public Health, American History, English Language for University Studies, and Business Administration.
Course Category
American History and Civic Engagement
Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
English as a Second Language for University Studies
Public Health and Health Services
Other Online Courses
All Courses
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution is a college-level class being offered simultaneously to new students at Duke University. The course gives interested people a very basic overview of some principles behind these very fundamental areas of biology. Syllabus Learn...
The Challenges of Global Health
Whether you are new to Global Health, want to take a refresher course, or want to sample Global Health before undertaking undergraduate or graduate study in the field. The Challenge of Global Health is designed to provide a comprehensive but concise foundation for...
Medical Neuroscience
In this course, you will discover the organization of the neural systems in the brain and spinal cord that mediate sensation, motivate bodily action, and integrate sensorimotor signals with memory, emotion and related faculties of cognition. Syllabus Learn More
Introductory Human Physiology
In this course, students learn to recognize and to apply the basic concepts that govern integrated body function (as an intact organism) in the body's nine organ systems. Syllabus Learn More
Healthcare Data Models
Data analytics in healthcare serves doctors, clinicians, patients, care providers, and those who carry out the business of improving health outcomes. This course of study will give you a clear picture of data analysis in today’s fast-changing healthcare field and the...
Healthcare Data Literacy
This course will help lay the foundation of your healthcare data journey and provide you with knowledge and skills necessary to work in the healthcare industry as a data scientist. Healthcare is unique because it is associated with continually evolving and complex...
Analytical Solutions to Common Healthcare Problems
In this course, we’re going to go over analytical solutions to common healthcare problems. We will review these business problems and you’ll build out various data structures to organize your data. We’ll then explore ways to group data and categorize medical codes...
Health Information Literacy for Data Analytics Specialization
This Specialization is intended for data and technology professionals with no previous healthcare experience who are seeking an industry change to work with healthcare data. Courses Learn More
Health, Housing, and Educational Services
This course discusses policies in four areas: housing, education, healthcare, and immigration, with an optional fifth module in child protection. This course addresses issues of power, oppression, and white supremacy. Syllabus Learn More
HI-FIVE: Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment (Social/Peer Perspective)
This course is from a social or peer perspective, geared towards care coordinators, care/case managers, social workers, community health workers, patient navigators, peer coaches, behavioral health support, and other similar roles. Syllabus Learn More
Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners Specialization
Social Welfare Policy for Practitioners & Citizens. For health practitioners, educators, social service providers: anyone who works with people or votes. Courses Learn More
HI-FIVE: Health Informatics For Innovation, Value & Enrichment (Clinical Perspective)
This course is from a clinical perspective, geared towards physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, clinical executives and managers, medical assistants, and other clinical support roles. Syllabus Learn More