Displaying results 1 - 20 of 92 results for "Africa (drawn out of a hat)"
Art of Africa
Art history. Course Length: 3 hours estimated
Brought to you by Smarthistory. Discover the diverse arts of Africa from select cultures and time periods on the world’s second largest continent.This course contains 6 segments
Offered through Khan Academy
Industrial Policy in the 21st Century: The Challenge for Africa
. Course Length: 16 hours estimated
According to The World Bank, Africa’s working-age population is expected to increase by nearly 70% by 2035. Without industrialization to create jobs, it will be difficult to achieve sustainable development. While manufacturing led to rapid industrialization in...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by John Page, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Martin J. Sherwin and others
Climate Adaptation in Africa
Rated 4.7★ stars based on | 7 ratings · . Cost $39 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
This course explores why climate change adaptation is important in the African context. Africa is considered one to be one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Historically, climate-related hazards such as drought, flooding, pest and disease...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Cape Town | Taught by Mark New
Conservation & Protected Areas Management in Africa
Cost $50 · . Course Length: 52 hours estimated
This MOOC is about areas that are dedicated to protecting nature - “protected areas.” The coursework explores how they work and why they are so important in maintaining the health of the environment in our fast-developing world; particularly in Africa. This course...
Offered through edX | and created by EPFLx, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Taught by Geoffroy Mauvais
Urban Health in Crisis: Response from Sub-Saharan Africa
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Since the 1950’s, rapid urbanization has been one of the most consequential worldwide trends to impact societies. Over 50% of the world’s population now live in urban areas. Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing the fastest rate of urban growth in the world and is...
Offered through edX | and created by Georgetown University | Taught by Robert Kaba Alhassan, Martin Ayanore, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe and others
African development – from the past to the present
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
African development – from the past to the present -- offers a unique economic history perspective on Africa's development. Over a period of five weeks, the course covers a logical account of historical events and decisions that have shaped the current...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Lund University | Taught by Ellen Hillbom
Financing Infrastructure in African Cities
Rated 4.8★ stars based on | 7 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
The world is urbanizing fast. In less than a century more than 1 billion people have been urbanized. That translates into the fact that more than half of the world’s population is already living in cities. Experts forecast that very soon Africa will become one of...
Offered through Coursera | and created by United Cities and Local Governments of Africa, African Local Government Academy, Erasmus University Rotterdam , and others | Taught by Somesh Sharma, Jaap Spronk, Meine Pieter van Dijk and others
Archaeology and Heritage of Africa
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 27 hours estimated
This course was funded by the German Foreign Office and developed by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Taught by Sofia Fonseca, Jörg Linstädter
African cities : An Introduction to Urban Planning
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 71 hours estimated
This course teached the basics of urban planning in Africa through technical, environmental, social and economical dimensions. It focuses on African cities only. Although, they exemplify well cities in the Global South, and potentially all cities, we will make...
Offered through Coursera | and created by École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Taught by Jérôme Chenal, Rémi Jaligot
Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law
Cost $75 · . Course Length: 80 hours estimated
Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law uses a problem-based approach to examine a global view of anti-discrimination law, comparing US, European, and other national, regional and international legal systems, including those of India, Brazil and South...
Offered through edX | and created by StanfordOnline | Taught by Richard Thompson Ford, David B. Oppenheimer
Outbreaks and Epidemics
Epidemiology in Public Health PracticeCost $49 · . Course Length: 11 hours estimated
Professional epidemiologists are often called on to investigate outbreaks and epidemics. This course serves as an introduction to the essentials of investigation, identifying pathogens, figuring out what's going on, reporting, and responding. You'll learn how to...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Johns Hopkins University | Taught by Justin Lessler, PhD, Justin Lessler, PhD, MS
International Business Environment and Global Strategy
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $50 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
This course focuses on the social, political, economic and institutional environment of countries. This environmental context molds the country’s objectives, defines the country’s strategy, programs and policies for achieving objectives, and significantly impacts...
Offered through edX | and created by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, IIMBx, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Taught by Dr Sushil Vachani, Sushil Vachani
Current events in health and medicine
Health and medicine. Course Length: 1 hours estimated
The discovery of penicillin, the first true antibiotic, by Alexander Fleming in 1928 marked the beginning of a medical revolution. The history of vaccines, however, goes all the way back to the 1100’s. Learn more about some of the current issues in health and...
Offered through Khan Academy
ARCHES (At Risk Cultural Heritage Education Series)
Special topics in art history. Course Length: 5 hours estimated
This course contains 11 segments:A beginner's guideWhose art?The role of archaeologyThe role of archaeologyDestruction, trafficking, and protectionEndangered heritage: AfricaEndangered heritage: The AmericasEndangered heritage: Europe and West AsiaEndangered...
Offered through Khan Academy
Global Muckraking: Investigative Journalism and Global Media
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 25 hours estimated
Using examples of investigative and crusading journalism from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, this course will help you understand how raising public awareness can create political and social change. This course is a fast-paced introduction to global...
Offered through edX | and created by Columbia University, ColumbiaX | Taught by Anya Schiffrin
Financial Regulation in Emerging Markets and the Rise of Fintech Companies
Fintech Startups in Emerging MarketsRated 4.6★ stars based on | 13 ratings · . Cost $39 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
This course gives an overview of the changing regulatory environment since the 1997 Asian and 2008 global financial crisis. Following these two major crises, governments around the globe enacted a set of far-reaching new financial regulations that are aimed...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Cape Town | Taught by Co-Pierre Georg
Genomic Data Science and Clustering (Bioinformatics V)
BioinformaticsRated 4.0★ stars based on | 16 ratings · . Cost $79 · . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
How do we infer which genes orchestrate various processes in the cell? How did humans migrate out of Africa and spread around the world? In this class, we will see that these two seemingly different questions can be addressed using similar algorithmic and machine...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of California San Diego | Taught by Pavel Pevzner, Phillip E. C. Compeau, Phillip Compeau
The British Museum
Arts & humanities partners. Course Length: 3 hours estimated
The British Museum was founded in 1753, the first national public museum in the world. When the doors opened to the public in 1759, each day about 75 people made their way round. In 2013, annual visits rose to 6.7 million. Through Khan Academy, you can explore...
Offered through Khan Academy
Leveraging Urban Mobility Disruptions to Create Better Cities
Cost $99 · . Course Length: 60 hours estimated
Over the next 8 sessions, this course will explore a wide variety of topics that relate to emerging new mobility systems and learn how new mobility can be leveraged to address and promote equity, improve health outcomes, and increase accessibility. The course...
Offered through edX | and created by MITx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Taught by Chris Zegras, Ph.D., Robin Chase, M.S., Natalia Barbour, Ph.D and others
Innovation: the World's Greatest
Rated 3.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $39 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is part of the Going to University collection which has been specifically designed for...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Leeds | Taught by Dan Trowsdale