Social Sciences Courses

HOPE: Human Odyssey to Political Existentialism

273 reviews

What sets us apart, and brings us together, as humans? How can we live up to our humanity? Join us as we explore not only "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" but "death, freedom, and the pursuit of meaning."

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Protecting Business Innovations via Patent

158 reviews

This course assumes no prior knowledge in law, business or engineering. However, students with backgrounds in all three areas will find useful concepts or ideas in the course on how to protect business innovations using patents.

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 30th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence

223 reviews

Learn to recognise the signs of domestic violence and support domestic violence survivors as a health or social care worker.

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

• Best of All Time

University of Cape Town

What is a Mind?

288 reviews

Explore the most pertinent scientific and philosophical concepts for understanding our own minds with this free online course

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

• Best of All Time

Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life

136 reviews

Understanding the nature and value of play through the course of our lives, across cultures and communities.

• FutureLearn
• 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior

554 reviews

Behavioral economics couples scientific research on the psychology of decision making with economic theory to better understand what motivates financial decisions. In A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior, you will learn about some of the many ways i…

• Coursera
• 7-11 hours a week
• 11th Mar, 2014
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment?

116 reviews

Explore life inside UK prisons. Learn whether this type of punishment reduces crime and if rehabilitation can prevent reoffending.

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• 2nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women;  CEC

School Counseling

198 reviews

How to set right these children? What should be done to avoid these problem behaviours? How to identify and address these behaviours and intervene to mainstream them?

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 18th Jan, 2021
• Free Online Course

Computational Social Science Methods

107 reviews

This course gives you an overview of the current opportunities and the omnipresent reach of computational social science. The results are all around us, every day, reaching from the services provided by the world’s most valuable companies, over the hidde…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 9th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Microcredential

Computational Social Science

112 reviews

For more information please view the Computational Social Science Trailer Digital technology has not only revolutionized society, but also the way we can study it. Currently, this is taken advantage of by the most valuable companies in Silicon Valley, t…

• Coursera
• 3 hours a week, 26 weeks long
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Monash University

Introduction to Psychology: The Psychology of Learning

107 reviews

Explore how new behaviours are learnt by examining different types of psychological conditioning.

• FutureLearn
• 6 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Paid Course

University of Cape Town

Education for All: Disability, Diversity and Inclusion

100 reviews

On this course you will learn about inclusive education, understanding what barriers there are to learning and how to challenge them.

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

• Best of All Time

Gender and Sexuality: Applications in Society

87 reviews

Gender & Sexuality shape work, life and play. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to engage with key issues through key concepts and perspectives.

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Model Thinking

66 reviews

In this class, I present a starter kit of models: I start with models of tipping points. I move on to cover models explain the wisdom of crowds, models that show why some countries are rich and some are poor, and models that help unpack the strategic dec…

• Coursera
• 27 hours worth of material, 12 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Wesleyan University

Social Psychology

87 reviews

This course offers a brief introduction to classic and contemporary social psychology, covering topics such as decision making, persuasion, group behavior, personal attraction, and factors that promote health and well-being.

• Coursera
• 38 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 9th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time