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Beths Grammar School Guide to MOOCs 2020
(Massive Open Online Courses)
A sample of exciting courses from Futurelearn.com
Course |
University |
Cost |
Hours |
Biology |
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Why Biology Matters: Basic Concepts |
Pompeu Fabra |
|
9 |
Anatomy: Know Your Abdomen |
Leeds |
|
4 |
What Drives the Body? |
Aberdeen |
|
12 |
The Biology of Bugs, Brains and Beasts |
York |
|
12 |
Musculoskeletal System: Staying Active into Old Age |
Sheffield |
|
9 |
Metabolomics: Understanding the Metabolism |
Birmingham |
|
12 |
Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet |
Lancaster |
|
12 |
Biological Psychology |
Monash |
|
12 |
Introduction to Microbiology |
Reading |
|
9 |
How does the Body use DNA as a Blueprint? |
Aberdeen |
|
12 |
Business (Accounting, Finance, Marketing) |
|
|
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The Future of Payment Technology |
Michigan |
|
16 |
Starting a Business: Vision and Opportunity |
Leeds |
|
4 |
Uncovering Your Entrepreneurial Potential |
Coventry |
|
6 |
Business Model Thinking |
Coventry |
|
6 |
Financial Planning and Budgeting |
Open |
|
12 |
Create a Social Media Marketing Campaign |
Leeds |
|
4 |
Consumer Behaviour and Psychology |
Leeds |
|
6 |
Innovation and Enterprise |
Bristol |
|
12 |
Bookkeeping for Person/Business Accounting |
Open |
|
12 |
Introduction to Financial Accounting |
Padova |
|
20 |
Create a Professional Online Presence |
Leeds |
|
4 |
The Secret Power of Brands |
UEA |
|
18 |
Chemistry |
|
|
|
Exploring Everyday Chemistry |
York |
|
20 |
Medicinal Chemistry |
Leeds |
|
10 |
Chemistry Products |
Leeds |
|
10 |
Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets |
Leeds |
|
10 |
Biochemistry: The Molecules of Life |
UEA |
|
9 |
Creative Arts |
|
|
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Introduction to Creative AI |
UAL |
|
4 |
Video Game Design and Development |
Abertay |
|
6 |
Drama and Theatre |
|
|
|
Physical Theatre: Exploring the Slap |
Leeds |
|
4 |
Economics |
|
|
|
Global Prosperity Beyond GDP |
UCL |
|
8 |
Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality |
Open |
|
12 |
Engineering |
|
|
|
ABC of Flight Mechanics: How do Planes Fly? |
ISAE-SUPAERO |
|
16 |
Dynamics and Aerospace Structures |
ISAE-SUPAERO |
|
16 |
New Energy Technologies |
Grenoble Ecole |
|
12 |
Building a Future with Robots |
Sheffield |
|
9 |
MedTech: AI and Medical Robots |
Leeds |
|
10 |
Begin Robotics |
Reading |
|
12 |
Engineering the Future: Creating the Amazing |
York |
|
12 |
Sustainable Construction and Development |
Southbank |
|
10 |
Building Information Modelling |
Coventry |
|
6 |
Writing for Engineers |
Sheffield |
|
18 |
Geography |
|
|
|
Causes of Climate Change |
Bergen |
|
12 |
Tipping Points: Climate Change and Society |
Exeter |
|
6 |
Climate Change Solutions |
Exeter |
|
12 |
New Energy Technologies: Sustainable Development |
Grenoble Ecole |
|
12 |
Achieving Sustainable Development |
TCD |
|
16 |
Environmental Justice |
UEA |
|
20 |
Exploring our Ocean |
Southampton |
|
12 |
Ecology and Wildlife Conservation |
Leeds |
|
4 |
Learn about Weather |
Exeter |
|
12 |
Human Impact in the Natural Environment |
Leeds |
|
10 |
Understanding Biological Energy |
Royal Holloway |
|
12 |
Humanitarian Action: Response and Relief |
Coventry |
|
9 |
Extreme Geological Events |
Cardiff |
|
12 |
Moons |
Open |
|
24 |
Extinctions: Past and Present |
Cape Town |
|
15 |
Healthcare and Medicine |
|
|
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Discover Dentistry |
Sheffield |
|
18 |
Exploring Cancer & Genetic Disease |
Leeds |
|
8 |
MedTech: Exploring the Human Genome |
Leeds |
|
10 |
The Science of Medicines |
Monash |
|
18 |
Discovering Science: Medicinal Chemistry |
Leeds |
|
10 |
Basic First Aid: How to be an Everyday Hero |
Glasgow |
|
2 |
Women’s Health after Motherhood |
TCD |
|
4 |
Making Babies: Reproductive Technologies |
UCL |
|
12 |
Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare |
Taipei |
|
4 |
Good Brain, Bad Brain: Basics |
Birmingham |
|
9 |
Nutrition and Well-being |
Aberdeen |
|
12 |
Medical Ethics: The Impact of Disability Screening |
Manchester |
|
8 |
Superfoods: Myths and Truths |
EIT |
|
12 |
Medicinal Chemistry |
Leeds |
|
10 |
History |
|
|
|
The Tudors |
Roehampton |
|
30 |
Antisemitism: From its Origins to Present |
Yad Vashem |
|
18 |
WWI Heroism: Through Art and Film |
Leeds |
|
4 |
Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life |
Nottingham |
|
20 |
Women’s Rights & Suffrage from 1866 to Today |
Royal Holloway |
|
20 |
Hadrian’s Wall: Life on the Roman Frontier |
Newcastle |
|
24 |
European Empires: An Introduction |
Newcastle (Aus) |
|
9 |
Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree |
Strathclyde |
|
24 |
Empire: The Controversies of British Imperialism |
Exeter |
|
18 |
Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology |
Durham |
|
18 |
Archaeology: From Dig to Lab and Beyond |
Reading |
|
6 |
The RAF in the Cold War |
Royal Holloway |
|
30 |
Radicalism and Reform in the 19th Century |
Royal Holloway |
|
20 |
IT and Computer Science |
|
|
|
Introduction to Cyber Security |
Open |
|
24 |
An Introduction to Cryptography |
Coventry |
|
12 |
Basics of Network Security |
Coventry |
|
12 |
Programming: Get Started with Python |
Michigan |
|
24 |
Begin Programming: Build Your First Mobile Game |
Reading |
|
20 |
Using AI Technologies for Business Planning |
Coventry |
|
6 |
Creating Apps in the Classroom |
Queensland |
|
2 |
Data Science in the Games Industry |
Dundee |
|
8 |
Understanding Quantum Computers |
Keio |
|
20 |
Prepare to Run a Code Club |
Raspberry Pi |
|
6 |
Language |
|
|
|
Communicating with Diverse Audiences |
Surrey |
|
12 |
Understanding English Dictionaries |
Coventry |
|
36 |
Beginner’s Guide to Writing in English for University |
Reading |
|
15 |
Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity |
York |
|
16 |
Working with Translation: Theory and Practice |
Cardiff |
|
16 |
Spanish for Beginners |
Open |
|
16 |
Italian for Beginners |
Open |
|
16 |
Norwegian for Beginners |
NTNU |
|
20 |
Fall in Love with Mandarin |
Chiao Tung |
|
4 |
Introduction to Chinese: Conversation |
Shanghai |
|
12 |
German at Work (Intermediate) |
Open |
|
20 |
Law |
|
|
|
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
Amnesty |
|
6 |
Human Rights and International Criminal Law |
Padova |
|
24 |
Fraud Investigation: Making a Difference |
Coventry |
|
4 |
Understanding Gender Inequality |
Exeter |
|
12 |
The Modern Judiciary |
King’s College |
|
15 |
Introduction to Forensic Science |
Strathclyde |
|
18 |
Environmental Challenges: Property Rights |
Leeds |
|
10 |
Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment? |
Leeds |
|
8 |
Forensic Facial Reconstruction |
Sheffield |
|
4 |
The Sharia & Islamic Law: An Introduction |
Edinburgh |
|
20 |
Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation |
Open |
|
24 |
Literature |
|
|
|
An Introduction to Screenwriting |
UEA |
|
6 |
Start Writing Fiction |
Open |
|
24 |
Introduction to Children’s Visual Culture |
York |
|
12 |
Literature of the English Country House |
Sheffield |
|
18 |
Jane Austen: Myth, Reality and Global Celebrity |
Southampton |
|
9 |
A Level: Unseen Poetry & the Creative Process |
Reading |
|
6 |
How to Make a Poem |
Manchester |
|
9 |
Exploring English: Shakespeare |
British Council |
|
12 |
Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy |
Glasgow |
|
12 |
Fairy Tales: Meanings, Morals and Messages |
Newcastle (Aus) |
|
9 |
The Power of Podcasting for Storytelling |
Wollongong |
|
6 |
Science Writing |
Leeds |
|
10 |
Gender Representation in the Media |
BGI |
|
8 |
Start Writing Fiction |
Strathclyde |
|
28 |
Maths |
|
|
|
Understanding Numbers |
STEM Centre |
|
12 |
Recreational Math: Fun, Games and Puzzles |
Weizmann |
|
6 |
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages |
STEM Centre |
|
18 |
Proportion, Ratio and Scaling |
STEM Centre |
|
12 |
Precalculus: Numbers, Functions and Equations |
Padova |
|
30 |
Music |
|
|
|
Notation to Performance: Musical Scores |
Open |
|
12 |
How to Write Your First Song |
Sheffield |
|
18 |
Making Music with Others |
Trinity Laban |
|
12 |
Why does Music Make Your Move? |
Oslo |
|
18 |
Philosophy |
|
|
|
What is a Mind? |
Cape Town |
|
18 |
Global Ethics: An Introduction |
Open |
|
12 |
Photography |
|
|
|
Digital Photography: Creating a Professional Profile |
Open/RPS |
£450 |
10wks |
Physics |
|
|
|
The Science of Nuclear Energy |
Open |
|
12 |
Energy Systems Integration |
EIT |
|
8 |
The Discovery of the Higgs Boson |
Edinburgh |
|
30 |
Battery Storage Technology |
EIT |
|
9 |
The Business Potential of Solar Photovoltaics |
EIT |
|
21 |
Politics |
|
|
|
Warfare in the 21st century |
Bath |
|
12 |
Human Rights and International Criminal Law |
Padova |
|
24 |
Cultures and Organisations in International Relations |
Grenoble Ecole |
|
12 |
Women’s Rights & Suffrage from 1866 to Today |
Royal Holloway |
|
20 |
Psychology |
|
|
|
Biological Psychology |
Monash |
|
12 |
Cognitive Psychology: An Experimental Science |
York |
|
12 |
Consumer Behaviour and Psychology |
Coventry |
|
6 |
Developmental Psychology |
Monash |
|
12 |
Psychology of Learning |
Monash |
|
12 |
Sensation and Perception |
Monash |
|
12 |
What is a Mind? |
Cape Town |
|
18 |
Religion |
|
|
|
Religion and Conflict |
Groningen |
|
24 |
Early History of the Quakers |
Lancaster |
|
9 |
History and Science of Psychology |
Monash |
|
12 |
Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity |
Open |
|
12 |
The Sharia & Islamic Law: An Introduction |
Edinburgh |
|
20 |
Religion, Radicalisation, Resilience |
EUI |
|
9 |
Antisemitism: From its Origins to the Present |
Yad Vashem |
|
18 |
Sociology |
|
|
|
Sociology: An Introduction |
Newcastle (Aus) |
|
9 |
Veterinary Science |
|
|
|
Animal Viruses: Transmission and Disease |
Complutense |
|
30 |