Earth Science Courses

Once, only cartographers made maps. Today anyone can. Still, cartographers can teach people to make better maps, just as chefs can show people how to cook better meals. With coaching from experienced cartographers and practical, hands-on exercises using…

• Independent
• 6 weeks long
• 22nd Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Cardiff University

Extreme Geological Events

48 reviews

Explore how extreme geological events have shaped Earth and what challenges future events might pose to our planet.

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Reservoir Geomechanics

11 reviews

This interdisciplinary course encompasses the fields of rock mechanics, structural geology, earthquake seismology and petroleum engineering to address a wide range of geomechanical problems that arise during the exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs.

• edX
• 3-6 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Planet Earth...and You!

511 ratings at Coursera

Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, ice ages, landslides, floods, life evolution, plate motions—all of these phenomena have interacted over the vast expanses of deep time to sculpt the dynamic planet that we live on today. Planet Earth presents a…

• Coursera
• 42 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics

This course covers the geophysical and engineering concepts needed to understand the recovery of hydrocarbons from extremely low permeability unconventional oil and gas reservoirs.

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Engineering Geology

8 reviews

This course consists of 40 lectures which provide an introduction to Engineering Geology, dealing with topics: Geologic Mapping and Remote Sensing, Mineralogy, Classification of Soil and Rock, Igneous Rock, Metamorphic Rock, Sedimentary Rock, Soil Format…

• YouTube
• 40 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Deep Time: Discovering an Ancient Earth

Ever since our ancestors ventured onto the African savanna, human beings have searched, explored, and wondered about the world. Nowadays, and certainly for most, science is the vehicle that takes us along a path towards understanding nature. It can bri…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 23rd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Geology and Soil Mechanics

The course prepares the student to be able to make effective learning of basic soil mechanics. The course should have the pre-requisite of mechanics of solids/strength of materials course.

• Swayam
• 3-4 hours a week, 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

IIT Guwahati;  NPTEL

Engineering Hydrology

This course on engineering hydrology aims to impart knowledge on the processes that secure the most valuable natural resource: WATER. It deals with the complex interaction and pathways of water connecting atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere. This cou…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Bombay

Groundwater hydrology and management

Groundwater is the most important water resource that aids during climate change extremes (floods and droughts). Groundwater has also been the key factor for increase in cropped area, rotation and profit for farmers. However, the groundwater science is n…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Surface Water Hydrology

This course is sub-divided into three major modules, namely Hydrological Processes, Hydrological Analysis and Hydrological Design. The first module starts with the fundamental concept of hydrology and hydrologic cycle and its importance on earth. This mo…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Bombay

Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology

This course shall explain the fundamentals of microwave remote sensing in passive and active domain with application in civil engineering (hydrology, meteorology). An emphasis is made to teach microwave image processing through open source programming la…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

IISER Pune;  NPTEL

The evolution of the Earth and life

ABOUT THE COURSE: This course provides an integrated view of the Earth as an evolving planet and its dynamic interaction with life. This is an ideal introductory course for 1st year BSc students specializing in any branch of science, particularly in Geol…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Soil Dynamics

ABOUT THE COURSE: The course is designed for the UG students interested in advanced level of Geotechnical Engineering, PG students and research scholars of Geotechnical Engineering and other relevant specialization of Civil Engineering. The practicing en…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

IIT Guwahati;  NPTEL

Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

ABOUT THE COURSE: The knowledge of soil behavior is very important in the Geotechnical engineering practice. The soil behavior in saturated state is widely taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs, all over. The existence of air-phase in natural…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course