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
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Thoracic Oncology
This course will provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to state of the art approaches in the care of patients with thoracic malignancies, including various types of lung cancers and esophageal cancers. Didactic material will cover epidemiology,...
Service Transformed: Lessons in U.S. Veteran Centered Care
This course will provide learners the opportunity to engage with material to facilitate their understanding of the origins of Academic Medical Centers and Veterans Administration affiliations, recognize and manage the influence of bias, class, and power on the...
Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education
This course provides those involved in educating members of the health professions an asynchronous, interdisciplinary, and interactive way to obtain, expand, and improve their teaching skills. These skills can then be applied within their own professional context,...
The Influence of Social Determinants on Health Specialization
This specialization will examine social, behavioral, economic, political, and structural factors that contribute to health inequalities, and suggest innovative ways to reduce disparities in health to achieve health equity. Courses Learn More
Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health Specialization
In this specialization, you will explore how many public health outcomes are directly influenced by human contact with the environment. The four courses in this series will introduce you to the environmental health sciences (EHS) discipline; you'll examine the hazards...
Anatomy Specialization
In this Specialization you will explore human anatomy using a systems approach, and a vast library of multimedia materials, so you may understand the features of different organ systems in relation to the human body’s form and function. Courses Learn More
Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare Specialization
Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities is core to the mission of public health. The healthcare delivery system contributes to these disparities in unique and complex ways. Courses Learn More
Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biotechnology)
To acquire an understanding of the fundamental concepts of genomics and biotechnology, and their implications for human biology, evolution, medicine, social policy and individual life path choices in the 21st century. Syllabus Learn More
Diagnosing Health Behaviors for Global Health Programs
This course is part of the Foundations of Global Health Specialization. Health behavior lies at the core of any successful public health intervention. While we will examine the behavior of individual in depth in this course, we also recognize by way of the Ecological...
Foundations of Healthcare Systems Engineering
In this course you will learn about the current lack of synchronized, efficient, and integrated healthcare systems, which are some of the drivers for improvements to healthcare delivery. Also in this course, you will learn about the different types of systems and how...
An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health
In this course, we will provide a brief introduction to the U.S. food system and how food production practices and what we choose to eat impacts the world in which we live. We will discuss some key historical and political factors that have helped shape the current...
Understanding and Strengthening Health Systems
This course is part of the Foundations of Global Health Specialization. Welcome to our course on Understanding and Strengthening Health Systems for Global Health. During the course we will provide you with an overview of the main elements or building blocks of a...