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Learn the science and technology behind nuclear energy and the special features of this energy source. Starts on October ...

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Learn the science and technology behind nuclear energy and the special features of this energy source.</div>
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Starts on October 4, 2016<br /><a href="https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=course-v1%3ADelftX%2BNUCLEAR01x%2B3T2016&enrollment_action=enroll&email_opt_in=true">Enroll Now</a><div>
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In this nuclear energy course, we will tackle provocative questions such as:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Is nuclear energy a good substitute for fossil fuels to reduce our CO2 emission or not?</li>
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You will learn the physics behind nuclear science, how to gain energy from nuclear fission, how nuclear reactors operate safely, and the life cycle of nuclear fuel: from mining to disposal. In the last part of the course, we will focus on what matters most in the public debate: the economic and social impact of nuclear energy but also the future of energy systems.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Teach you about nuclear science and technology (radiation and radioactivity, nuclear reactions, nuclear reactors and fuel cycle, economics of nuclear energy, and the sociality aspects)</li>
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The GENTLE consortium has sponsored and prepared this course. GENTLE is focused on maintaining the current high level of nuclear safety, and developing a highly skilled and well informed nuclear workforce, following the conclusion of the Council of the EU that it “<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">it is essential to maintain in the European Union a high level of training in the nuclear field</em>“ to deal with reactor fleet safely, decommission obsolete plants, be involved in new builds where policy dictates, and deal with the legacy and future radioactive wastes.</div>
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The course materials of this course are Copyright Delft University of Technology and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA) 4.0 International License.</div>
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Understanding Nuclear Energy

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Introduction to R for Data Science Learn the R statistical programming language, the lingua franca of data science in this...

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R is rapidly becoming the leading language in data science and statistics. Today, R is the tool of choice for data science professionals in every industry and field. Whether you are full-time number cruncher, or just the occasional data analyst, R will suit your needs.</div>
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This introduction to R programming course will help you master the basics of R. In seven sections, you will cover its basic syntax, making you ready to undertake your own first data analysis using R. Starting from variables and basic operations, you will eventually learn how to handle data structures such as vectors, matrices, data frames and lists. In the final section, you will dive deeper into the graphical capabilities of R, and create your own stunning data visualizations. No prior knowledge in programming or data science is required.</div>
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Calculus One by The Ohio State University

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Title: Calculus One by The Ohio State University
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Program Information About this course: Calculus is about the very large, the very small, and how things change. The surprise is that som...

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Calculus One by The Ohio State University

Program Information About this course: Calculus is about the very large, the very small, and how things change. The surprise is that som...

Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1

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Title: Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1
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Program Information About this course: Algorithms are the heart of computer science, and the subject has countless practical applications as...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBI0ero3Qhr9QLDBtTrP9k93yt80PmOv7cIM-kga_lAVyPWtj_RCaWhKQe-PsIXzKZkLemq8NSbxgyl4mMoE-TNu3YhikCbFuC-GdS4-OdEPqDaKYQoUXI4KYotNNq88Pmt_y19FGtbIh/s1600/Coursera-SUSig_StnfrdUStack_SQ.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBI0ero3Qhr9QLDBtTrP9k93yt80PmOv7cIM-kga_lAVyPWtj_RCaWhKQe-PsIXzKZkLemq8NSbxgyl4mMoE-TNu3YhikCbFuC-GdS4-OdEPqDaKYQoUXI4KYotNNq88Pmt_y19FGtbIh/s400/Coursera-SUSig_StnfrdUStack_SQ.png" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithm-design-analysis">Program Information</a><br /><br /><div class="about-section-wrapper" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 30px;"><div class="rc-TogglableContent about-section" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="content" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; position: relative;"><div class="content-inner" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="body-1-text course-description" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong class="body-2-text" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box;">About this course: </strong><span data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0.1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Algorithms are the heart of computer science, and the subject has countless practical applications as well as intellectual depth.  This course is an introduction to algorithms for learners with at least a little programming experience.  The course is rigorous but emphasizes the big picture and conceptual understanding over low-level implementation and mathematical details.  After completing this course, you will be well-positioned to ace your technical interviews and speak fluently about algorithms with other programmers and computer scientists.  Specific topics include: "Big-oh" notation, sorting and searching, divide and conquer (master method, integer and matrix multiplication, closest pair), randomized algorithms (QuickSort, contraction algorithm for min cuts), data structures (heaps, balanced search trees, hash tables, bloom filters), graph primitives (applications of BFS and DFS, connectivity, shortest paths).  About the instructor: Tim Roughgarden has been a professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University since 2004.  He has taught and published extensively on the subject of algorithms and their applications.</span></div></div></div><div class="toggle-button-wrapper" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 5px;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="target-audience-section" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.2" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 20px;"><div class="body-1-text course-description" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.2.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong class="body-2-text" data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.2.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Who is this class for: </strong><span data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.2.0.1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Learners with at least a little bit of programming experience who want to learn the essentials of algorithms. In a University computer science curriculum, this course is typically taken in the third year.</span></div><div><span data-reactid=".2276bjcxudc.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.2.0.1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></div></div></div>

Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1

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Make Strategic Financial Decisions: Specialization by Michgan

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Title: Make Strategic Financial Decisions: Specialization by Michgan
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Program Information Evaluate risk and reward, assess alternatives, and determine the value of a project or company. This Specialization buil...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGIhOpVHlwIyCxP84-oFUMQJH7DTWbU43yhyV7SzPCeqv6HBYFfVPU-TzY0ODfhbECRgzcYQgCVrxW9NALBqmeEwslTMd_cVC-8ABZj3X3FhMQpODNL2Q926niTiPiiqIISMHWwyDgj3s/s1600/U-M_LogoSmHoriz_200x48.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGIhOpVHlwIyCxP84-oFUMQJH7DTWbU43yhyV7SzPCeqv6HBYFfVPU-TzY0ODfhbECRgzcYQgCVrxW9NALBqmeEwslTMd_cVC-8ABZj3X3FhMQpODNL2Q926niTiPiiqIISMHWwyDgj3s/s400/U-M_LogoSmHoriz_200x48.png" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/valuation-investment">Program Information</a><br /><br /><h1 style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Evaluate risk and reward, assess alternatives, and determine the value of a project or company.</h1><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 20px;">This Specialization builds on the success of the Introduction to Finance course and provides a rigorous introduction to core topics in financial valuation, including time value of money, cash flow analysis, asset pricing, and risk and return. In the final Capstone Project, you’ll apply your skills to research, analyze, and value a real-world enterprise.</div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div class="partner-marketing-blurb" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$3.0.1.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Michigan’s academic vigor offers excellence across disciplines and around the globe. The University is recognized as a leader in higher education due to the outstanding quality of its 19 schools and colleges, internationally recognized faculty, and departments with 250 degree programs.</div><div class="partner-short-description" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$3.0.1.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding-top: 25px;">The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.</div></div>

Make Strategic Financial Decisions: Specialization by Michgan

Program Information Evaluate risk and reward, assess alternatives, and determine the value of a project or company. This Specialization buil...

Cryptography I

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Program Information About this course: Cryptography is an indispensable tool for protecting information in computer systems. In this course ...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zT5yvKdyTFGpJW1r662OShTZvNnLNtTDxoW7SkAqwj57slblgNORyDb2Tk8VhFWGGrgU9zyGwadZMa85nrSCHjvtD7assQpLsdpT9aN9n92ZY5gAX_c4ZkhD7OnWvF3L3Ih7RQ1PDULd/s1600/Coursera-SUSig_StnfrdUStack_SQ.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zT5yvKdyTFGpJW1r662OShTZvNnLNtTDxoW7SkAqwj57slblgNORyDb2Tk8VhFWGGrgU9zyGwadZMa85nrSCHjvtD7assQpLsdpT9aN9n92ZY5gAX_c4ZkhD7OnWvF3L3Ih7RQ1PDULd/s400/Coursera-SUSig_StnfrdUStack_SQ.png" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto">Program Information</a><br /><br /><strong class="body-2-text" data-reactid=".sdr5rgj2m8.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0.0" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">About this course: </strong><span data-reactid=".sdr5rgj2m8.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0.1" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cryptography is an indispensable tool for protecting information in computer systems. In this course you will learn the inner workings of cryptographic systems and how to correctly use them in real-world applications. The course begins with a detailed discussion of how two parties who have a shared secret key can communicate securely when a powerful adversary eavesdrops and tampers with traffic. We will examine many deployed protocols and analyze mistakes in existing systems. The second half of the course discusses public-key techniques that let two parties generate a shared secret key. Throughout the course participants will be exposed to many exciting open problems in the field and work on fun (optional) programming projects. In a second course (Crypto II) we will cover more advanced cryptographic tasks such as zero-knowledge, privacy mechanisms, and other forms of encryption.</span></div>

Cryptography I

Program Information About this course: Cryptography is an indispensable tool for protecting information in computer systems. In this course ...

Journey to the Frontier of Computational Biology

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Title: Journey to the Frontier of Computational Biology
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Program Information Join Us in a Top 50 MOOC of All Time! How do we sequence and compare genomes? How do we identify the genetic basis for d...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzASbfy8U22Ykm4tkyUmFNdKTN2Z31robaQbKNGCF1cwWPiarjU1IWLXP31LDuuEvhF_i3omJbvz5wVgJTlilsFbaWQyLkLeELeYwfQ4FHHpPg6aNr5nyCT7c4PgOot2_8FB1Ly6Az5ir/s1600/UCSanDiego-Coursera-wide+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzASbfy8U22Ykm4tkyUmFNdKTN2Z31robaQbKNGCF1cwWPiarjU1IWLXP31LDuuEvhF_i3omJbvz5wVgJTlilsFbaWQyLkLeELeYwfQ4FHHpPg6aNr5nyCT7c4PgOot2_8FB1Ly6Az5ir/s400/UCSanDiego-Coursera-wide+%25281%2529.png" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/computational-biology">Program Information</a><br /><h2 style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 36px 0px 16px; padding: 0px;">Join Us in a Top 50 MOOC of All Time!</h2><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; min-height: 20px;">How do we sequence and compare genomes? How do we identify the genetic basis for disease? How do we construct an evolutionary Tree of Life for all species on Earth?</div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; min-height: 20px;">When you complete this Specialization, you will learn how to answer many questions in modern biology that have become inseparable from the computational approaches used to solve them. You will also obtain a toolkit of existing software resources built on these computational approaches and that are used by thousands of biologists every day in one of the fastest growing fields in science.</div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; min-height: 20px;">Although this Specialization centers on computational topics, you do not need to know how to program in order to complete it. If you are interested in programming, we feature an "Honors Track" (called "hacker track" in previous runs of the course). The Honors Track allows you to implement the bioinformatics algorithms that you will encounter along the way in dozens of automatically graded coding challenges. By completing the Honors Track, you will be a bioinformatics software professional!</div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; min-height: 20px;">Learn more about the Bioinformatics Specialization (including why we are wearing these crazy outfits) by watching our <a href="https://youtu.be/yfXeKPt0nw4" rel="noopener nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #428bca; margin-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">introductory video</a>.</div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; min-height: 20px;">You can purchase the Specialization's print companion, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bioinformatics Algorithms: An Active Learning Approach</em>, from the <a href="http://bioinformaticsalgorithms.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #428bca; margin-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">textbook website</a>.</div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 20px;">Our first course, "Finding Hidden Messages in DNA", was named a top-50 MOOC of all time by <a href="https://www.class-central.com/report/top-moocs/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #428bca; margin-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Class Central</a>!</div></div>

Journey to the Frontier of Computational Biology

Program Information Join Us in a Top 50 MOOC of All Time! How do we sequence and compare genomes? How do we identify the genetic basis for d...

Computational Neuroscience - Washington University

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Title: Computational Neuroscience - Washington University
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Program Information About this course: This course provides an introduction to basic computational methods for understanding what nervous sy...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkytVSituCC6dHv3OXDE37PLoQOI4_i0uateqaSIvLc2tsnXQNDWkVBqZD_lcLHniKlYIeumxvJ0OS35nUVpNMNxnt8ic9givXjSWP8gFcmK60pmBtBiSDR6Ym12-XvWAKHakGT3PfANo/s1600/UW_square_180x180.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkytVSituCC6dHv3OXDE37PLoQOI4_i0uateqaSIvLc2tsnXQNDWkVBqZD_lcLHniKlYIeumxvJ0OS35nUVpNMNxnt8ic9givXjSWP8gFcmK60pmBtBiSDR6Ym12-XvWAKHakGT3PfANo/s400/UW_square_180x180.png" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/computational-neurosciencecompneuro">Program Information</a><br /><br /><strong class="body-2-text" data-reactid=".s1lfym5w5c.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0.0" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">About this course: </strong><span data-reactid=".s1lfym5w5c.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0.1" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This course provides an introduction to basic computational methods for understanding what nervous systems do and for determining how they function. We will explore the computational principles governing various aspects of vision, sensory-motor control, learning, and memory. Specific topics that will be covered include representation of information by spiking neurons, processing of information in neural networks, and algorithms for adaptation and learning. We will make use of Matlab demonstrations and exercises to gain a deeper understanding of concepts and methods introduced in the course. The course is primarily aimed at third- or fourth-year undergraduates and beginning graduate students, as well as professionals and distance learners interested in learning how the brain processes information.</span><br /><span data-reactid=".s1lfym5w5c.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0.1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div class="headline-2-text partner-name" data-reactid=".s1lfym5w5c.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_creators.1.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white;">About University of Washington</span></div><span data-reactid=".s1lfym5w5c.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_overview.1.1.0.0.0.0.1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><div class="body-1-text" data-reactid=".s1lfym5w5c.0.0.1.1.0.0.0:$section_creators.1.0.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research universities in the world.</span></div></div>

Computational Neuroscience - Washington University

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Expertise for Professionals and Students in Biotechnology and Biomedical Data Sciences

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Program Information Design systems-level experiments using appropriate cutting edge techniques, collect big data, and analyze and interpret ...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwtCPXOu0JnmuvmSGJi6gMGyv-ztxoNBJ0ejcqOT75w3TsvVm-lAu1WOe3f7RKPRb8vGm6WU1aQ9X8RtEUufg-Ojvv97QL-3FuolCUl0H7PE8VBJNjbVjTS0weUILgKc-sihz20BGVRHA0/s1600/wide_logo_200X48_v2.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwtCPXOu0JnmuvmSGJi6gMGyv-ztxoNBJ0ejcqOT75w3TsvVm-lAu1WOe3f7RKPRb8vGm6WU1aQ9X8RtEUufg-Ojvv97QL-3FuolCUl0H7PE8VBJNjbVjTS0weUILgKc-sihz20BGVRHA0/s400/wide_logo_200X48_v2.png" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/systems-biology">Program Information</a><br /><br /><h1 style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Design systems-level experiments using appropriate cutting edge techniques, collect big data, and analyze and interpret small and big data sets quantitatively.</h1><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 20px;">The Systems Biology Specialization covers the concepts and methodologies used in systems-level analysis of biomedical systems. Successful participants will learn how to use experimental, computational and mathematical methods in systems biology and how to design practical systems-level frameworks to address questions in a variety of biomedical fields. In the final Capstone Project, students will apply the methods they learned in five courses of specialization to work on a research project.</div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div class="partner-marketing-blurb" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$27.0.1.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City, is a leader in medical and scientific training and education, biomedical research and patient care. The Institute for Systems Biomedicine is an interdisciplinary entity that brings together faculty who are world leaders in systems biology, medicine and systems pharmacology research at Mount Sinai.</div><div class="partner-short-description" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$27.0.1.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding-top: 25px;">The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City is a leader in medical and scientific training and education, biomedical research and patient care.</div></div>

Expertise for Professionals and Students in Biotechnology and Biomedical Data Sciences

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Master Statistics with R: Duke University

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Title: Master Statistics with R: Duke University
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Program: Paid Program Information About This Specialization In this Specialization, you will learn to analyze and visualize data in R and cr...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionIIzqyZyZP3vSjBkU9PVcJYfKmvjFLYSLd8O-a_UCzoTkAJUtKm1CNrMXO9lOb0WnC0GvGcKqdqAZYB7oaBGgbP0g1lbL_JgHjI6zy7ITfwemJQcjeZ-ZBHC0UC3O9cggTMaojGMiYkv/s1600/dukewidelogo2.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionIIzqyZyZP3vSjBkU9PVcJYfKmvjFLYSLd8O-a_UCzoTkAJUtKm1CNrMXO9lOb0WnC0GvGcKqdqAZYB7oaBGgbP0g1lbL_JgHjI6zy7ITfwemJQcjeZ-ZBHC0UC3O9cggTMaojGMiYkv/s400/dukewidelogo2.png" /></a><br /><br />Program: Paid<br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/statistics">Program Information</a><br /><br /><div class="rc-SectionHeader" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.0.0" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="s12n-section-header-title" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.0.0.0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(184, 145, 115); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px -1px; padding: 10px 40px 10px 0px;">About This Specialization</div></div><div class="rc-CML styled" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.0.1" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.0.1.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; min-height: 20px;">In this Specialization, you will learn to analyze and visualize data in R and created reproducible data analysis reports, demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the unified nature of statistical inference, perform frequentist and Bayesian statistical inference and modeling to understand natural phenomena and make data-based decisions, communicate statistical results correctly, effectively, and in context without relying on statistical jargon, critique data-based claims and evaluated data-based decisions, and wrangle and visualize data with R packages for data analysis.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 20px;">You will produce a portfolio of data analysis projects from the Specialization that demonstrates mastery of statistical data analysis from exploratory analysis to inference to modeling, suitable for applying for statistical analysis or data scientist positions.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div></div></div></div>

Master Statistics with R: Duke University

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Data Science: Big Data Specialization: UC San Diego

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Title: Data Science: Big Data Specialization: UC San Diego
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Program fee: paid Program information Do you need to understand big data and how it will impact your business? This Specialization is for yo...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6davQOk2r_Fv8BtENJErvEadEuNifLnpANHuduz0S1hdSF4SqgD5krDVpV-NA89cBZQyrh8Ao4FHDErxnsUJhXcBBoHInu-PYgbdGlJOiIOe8LL1bUuSClgNvcKShnK2t5DJexyoFInqf/s1600/UCSanDiego-Coursera-wide.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6davQOk2r_Fv8BtENJErvEadEuNifLnpANHuduz0S1hdSF4SqgD5krDVpV-NA89cBZQyrh8Ao4FHDErxnsUJhXcBBoHInu-PYgbdGlJOiIOe8LL1bUuSClgNvcKShnK2t5DJexyoFInqf/s400/UCSanDiego-Coursera-wide.png" /></a><br /><br />Program fee: paid <br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/bigdata">Program information</a><br /><br /><br /><div data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.0.2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><br /><div class="rc-CML styled" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.0.1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.0.1.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 20px;">Do you need to understand big data and how it will impact your business? This Specialization is for you. You will gain an understanding of what insights big data can provide through hands-on experience with the tools and systems used by big data scientists and engineers. Previous programming experience is not required! You will be guided through the basics of using Hadoop with MapReduce, Spark, Pig and Hive. By following along with provided code, you will experience how one can perform predictive modeling and leverage graph analytics to model problems. This specialization will prepare you to ask the right questions about data, communicate effectively with data scientists, and do basic exploration of large, complex datasets. In the final Capstone Project, developed in partnership with data software company Splunk, you’ll apply the skills you learned to do basic analyses of big data.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div class="partner-marketing-blurb" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$53.0.1.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego is a leader in data-intensive computing and cyberinfrastructure. SDSC supports hundreds of multidisciplinary programs spanning domains from earth sciences and biology to astrophysics and bioinformatics.</div><div class="partner-short-description" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$53.0.1.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; padding-top: 25px;">UC San Diego is an academic powerhouse and economic engine, recognized as one of the top 10 public universities by U.S. News and World Report. Innovation is central to who we are and what we do. Here, students learn that knowledge isn't just acquired in the classroom—life is their laboratory.</div></div></div></div>

Data Science: Big Data Specialization: UC San Diego

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Data Science Specilazation: Johns Hopkins University

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Title: Data Science Specilazation: Johns Hopkins University
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Program fee: Paid Program Information Ask the right questions, manipulate data sets, and create visualizations to communicate results. Thi...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17xW8IWzun_qXETJv-na80ApUNrf2bshq-hTN6UaBLEkWUEY_g4jAYPDtgNbCb4vjw3pDCofIxe5mvVXTtDlYceZedK6QZWdaHxg7FJzcrcIrM2Ra37vVVKPsY7IPCtbhqtDIdF5WkBn5/s1600/JHU-Logo-Square-Mini_180px.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17xW8IWzun_qXETJv-na80ApUNrf2bshq-hTN6UaBLEkWUEY_g4jAYPDtgNbCb4vjw3pDCofIxe5mvVXTtDlYceZedK6QZWdaHxg7FJzcrcIrM2Ra37vVVKPsY7IPCtbhqtDIdF5WkBn5/s400/JHU-Logo-Square-Mini_180px.png" /></a><br />Program fee: Paid  <br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/jhu-data-science#">Program Information</a><br /><br /><h1 style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Ask the right questions, manipulate data sets, and create visualizations to communicate results.</h1><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #333333;">This Specialization covers the concepts and tools you'll need throughout the entire data science pipeline, from asking the right kinds of questions to making inference</span>s and publishing results. In the final Capstone Project, you’ll apply the skills learned by building a data product using real-world data. At completion, students will have a portfolio demonstrating their mastery of the material.</div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div class="partner-marketing-blurb" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$8.0.1.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Johns Hopkins University is recognized as a destination for excellent, ambitious scholars and a world leader in teaching and research. The mission of The Johns Hopkins University is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.</div><div class="partner-short-description" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$8.0.1.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding-top: 25px;">The mission of The Johns Hopkins University is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.</div><div class="partner-short-description" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$8.0.1.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding-top: 25px;"><br /></div><div class="partner-short-description" data-reactid=".0.0.1.1.1.1.3.1:$8.0.1.1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: OpenSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding-top: 25px;"><br /></div></div>

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Program fee: Paid Program Information Ask the right questions, manipulate data sets, and create visualizations to communicate results. Thi...

The Evolving Universe

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Title: The Evolving Universe
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Archived Future Dates To Be Announced Enroll Now This is an Archived Course EdX keeps courses open for enrollment after they end to allow le...

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Check back often to see when new course start dates are announced.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">This is an introductory astronomy survey class that covers our understanding of the physical universe and its major constituents, including planetary systems, stars, galaxies, black holes, quasars, larger structures, and the universe as a whole. We will learn how modern astronomical observations and applications of physics we know from the planet Earth reveal the nature of these objects and explain their observed properties, and tell us how they form and evolve. We will also examine various cosmic phenomena, from variable or exploding stars to the expansion of the universe and the evidence for dark matter, dark energy, and the big bang. The universe as a whole and all of its major constituents are evolving, and we now have a fairly complete and consistent picture of these processes that is based on the objective evidence from observations and the laws of physics. The goal of this class is both to learn about the fascinating objects and phenomena that populate the universe, and to understand how we know all that.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="see-more-cta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em;"><a class="see-more-reveal" href="https://www.edx.org/course/evolving-universe-caltechx-ay1001x#!" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fa-stack fa-lg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.33333em; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px;"><span class="fa fa-circle-o fa-stack-1x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: normal; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); width: 20px;"></span><span class="fa fa-minus fa-stack-1x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 0.5em; font-stretch: normal; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); width: 20px;"></span></span> Hide</a></div></div></div><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><h3 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What you'll learn</h3><div class="course-info-list wysiwyg-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 12px 0px 12px 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Gain an understanding of the physical universe, including planetary systems, stars, galaxies, black holes, quasars, larger structures, and the universe as a whole</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Learn how modern astronomical observations and applications of physics reveal the nature of the physical universe</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Examine various cosmic phenomena, from variable or exploding stars to the expansion of the universe and the evidence for dark matter, dark energy, and the big bang</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WzliYGGSVlg/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WzliYGGSVlg?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>

The Evolving Universe

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Quantum Cryptography

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Title: Quantum Cryptography
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Starts on October 10, 2016 Enroll Now About this course How can you tell a secret when everyone is able to listen in? In this course, you wi...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSurLxRohpXz6b2mmnl7DxJith1YcuyIZN7jyemy25x68y6WYwAoAn-OCZXwcvSK-BiHu8HHVLpHPkh7whkRbF5nc0uq91S2aak6_TwSyp8G0WKavtpv81QnAftMaitqrpa6sbEBBZTV1/s1600/caltech-200x121.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSurLxRohpXz6b2mmnl7DxJith1YcuyIZN7jyemy25x68y6WYwAoAn-OCZXwcvSK-BiHu8HHVLpHPkh7whkRbF5nc0uq91S2aak6_TwSyp8G0WKavtpv81QnAftMaitqrpa6sbEBBZTV1/s400/caltech-200x121.png" /></a><br /><div class="course-start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 12px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starts on October 10, 2016</span></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a class="btn btn-cta txt-center js-enroll-btn " href="https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=course-v1%3ACaltechDelftX%2BQuCryptox%2B3T2016&enrollment_action=enroll&email_opt_in=true" style="background: rgb(53, 92, 9); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: background 0.2s; width: 276px;">Enroll Now</a><div class="form-field" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 20px; position: relative;"><label class="register-emails" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #363636; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 1.5;"></label></div></div><div><h2 class="course-info-heading" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.45em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45em;">About this course</h2><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"></span><div class="course-description wysiwyg-content expanded" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; position: relative;"><div class="see-more-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; overflow: hidden;" tabindex="-1"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">How can you tell a secret when everyone is able to listen in? In this course, you will learn how to use quantum effects, such as quantum entanglement and uncertainty, to implement cryptographic tasks with levels of security that are impossible to achieve classically.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">This interdisciplinary course is an introduction to the exciting field of quantum cryptography, developed in collaboration between QuTech at Delft University of Technology and the California Institute of Technology.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">By the end of the course you will</div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Be armed with a fundamental toolbox for understanding, designing and analyzing quantum protocols.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Understand quantum key distribution protocols.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Understand how untrusted quantum devices can be tested.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Be familiar with modern quantum cryptography – beyond quantum key distribution.</li></ul><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">This course assumes a solid knowledge of linear algebra and probability at the level of an advanced undergraduate. Basic knowledge of elementary quantum information (qubits and simple measurements) is also assumed, but if you are completely new to quantum information additional videos are provided for you to fill in any gaps.</div></div></div></div></div>

Quantum Cryptography

Starts on October 10, 2016 Enroll Now About this course How can you tell a secret when everyone is able to listen in? In this course, you wi...

Data Analysis for Life Sciences

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Title: Data Analysis for Life Sciences
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Program: Self-Paced XSeries Program Overview Currently, biomedical research groups around the world are producing more data than they can h...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8msjumQc7pWAfTnsw5w5-A-pIPQGeU-DsbBPbOqSi8E5QEBqcSZ-gUokl3uLLvY3SPgNNUKYlRrOObRZ9VP0Mu87bD1oUAnk0GA4VPulCQxwzLwHqxUMJLROMxRJoobiJKJBl8iXyH6w/s1600/harvard_logo_200x101_0+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8msjumQc7pWAfTnsw5w5-A-pIPQGeU-DsbBPbOqSi8E5QEBqcSZ-gUokl3uLLvY3SPgNNUKYlRrOObRZ9VP0Mu87bD1oUAnk0GA4VPulCQxwzLwHqxUMJLROMxRJoobiJKJBl8iXyH6w/s400/harvard_logo_200x101_0+%25281%2529.png" /></a><br /><br />Program: <span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;">Self-Paced</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><div class="overview expanded" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; position: relative;"><div class="see-more-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; outline: none; overflow: hidden;" tabindex="-1"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030;"><a href="https://www.edx.org/xseries/data-analysis-life-sciences">XSeries Program Overview</a></span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;">Currently, biomedical research groups around the world are producing more data than they can handle.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;">The training and skills acquired by taking the Data Analysis for Life Sciences XSeries will result in greater success in biological discovery and improving individual and population health.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;">In this XSeries, you will gain the tools to analyze and interpret life sciences data. You will learn the basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing real data.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;">R is an open source free statistical software and is the most widely used data analysis platforms among academic statisticians.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;">Taught by Rafael Irizarry from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who for the past 15 years has focused on the analysis of genomics data, this XSeries is perfect for anyone in the life sciences who wants to learn how to analyze data. Problem sets will require coding in the R language to ensure learners fully grasp and master key concepts.</div></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="see-more-cta" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030;">What You'll Learn</span></h3><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The underlying mathematical basics of linear models useful for data analysis in the life sciences</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The techniques commonly used to perform statistical inference on high throughput data</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Several techniques that are widely used in the analysis of high-dimensional data</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nwFyIxc4AE0/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nwFyIxc4AE0?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><div><br /></div></div></div>

Data Analysis for Life Sciences

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MIT: Computational Probability and Inference

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Title: MIT: Computational Probability and Inference
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Starts on September 12, 2016 Enroll Now About this course Probability and inference are used everywhere. For example, they help us figure ou...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcX1Z8mmsqWGCv_xQF741dh-nwO3ZceBJX_UqnJCr0JbiwVYhAt3gUxzVTSfGBUt3ZRVqhZ8H3WEIa_I-PqMlh_TvOtRWk_bIWJoArCeavIhb7JThzevfXPgV3OSel2tYJe9MQTyw-oVEm/s1600/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcX1Z8mmsqWGCv_xQF741dh-nwO3ZceBJX_UqnJCr0JbiwVYhAt3gUxzVTSfGBUt3ZRVqhZ8H3WEIa_I-PqMlh_TvOtRWk_bIWJoArCeavIhb7JThzevfXPgV3OSel2tYJe9MQTyw-oVEm/s400/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" /></a><br /><div class="course-start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 12px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starts on September 12, 2016</span></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a class="btn btn-cta txt-center js-enroll-btn " href="https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=course-v1%3AMITx%2B6.008.1x%2B3T2016&enrollment_action=enroll&email_opt_in=true" style="background: rgb(94, 162, 15); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fafafa; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: background 0.2s; width: 276px;">Enroll Now</a></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><h2 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.45em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45em;">About this course</h2><div class="course-description wysiwyg-content expanded" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="see-more-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; overflow: hidden;" tabindex="-1"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Probability and inference are used everywhere. For example, they help us figure out which of your emails are spam, what results to show you when you search on Google, how a self-driving car should navigate its environment, or even how a computer can beat the best Jeopardy and Go players! What do all of these examples have in common? They are all situations in which a computer program can carry out inferences in the face of uncertainty at a speed and accuracy that far exceed what we could do in our heads or on a piece of paper.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">In this data analysis and computer programming course, you will learn the principles of probability and inference. We will put these mathematical concepts to work in code that solves problems people care about. You will learn about different data structures for storing probability distributions, such as probabilistic graphical models, and build efficient algorithms for reasoning with these data structures.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">By the end of this course, you will know how to model real-world problems with probability, and how to use the resulting models for inference.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">You don’t need to have prior experience in either probability or inference, but you should be comfortable with basic Python programming and calculus.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“I love that you can do so much with the material, from programming a robot to move in an unfamiliar environment, to segmenting foreground/background of an image, to classifying tweets on Twitter—all homework examples taken from the class!”</em> – Previous Student in the residential version of this new online course.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="see-more-cta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em;"><a class="see-more-reveal" href="https://www.edx.org/course/computational-probability-inference-mitx-6-008-1x#!" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fa-stack fa-lg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.33333em; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px;"><span class="fa fa-circle-o fa-stack-1x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: normal; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); width: 20px;"></span><span class="fa fa-minus fa-stack-1x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 0.5em; font-stretch: normal; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); width: 20px;"></span></span> Hide</a></div></div></div><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><h3 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What you'll learn</h3><div class="course-info-list wysiwyg-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 12px 0px 12px 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Basic discrete probability theory</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Graphical models as a data structure for representing probability distributions</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Algorithms for prediction and inference</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">How to model real-world problems in terms of probabilistic inference</li></ul></div><div aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><a class="see-more-cta toggle-display" href="https://www.edx.org/course/computational-probability-inference-mitx-6-008-1x#!" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-file-text-o fa-lg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 1.33333em; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 0.75em; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); vertical-align: -15%;"></span> View Course Syllabus</a></div><div aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><br /></div></div></div></div>

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Optimization Methods for Business Analytics

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Title: Optimization Methods for Business Analytics
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tarts on September 6, 2016 Enroll Now About this course Optimization is the search for the best and most effective solution. In this mathema...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpQlW9WfS-AwQbfARD-j7RUxAyR23O_qt4qquVlAlse7m0II7GsYD3GBqN5d2qJol_5VT22HL-EM6uVuN_zFoxmffYDqrvEw4uSXUYqDbpOPZLbrmyIADAr0KkswHtR-TO017mE5EB-BG/s1600/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpQlW9WfS-AwQbfARD-j7RUxAyR23O_qt4qquVlAlse7m0II7GsYD3GBqN5d2qJol_5VT22HL-EM6uVuN_zFoxmffYDqrvEw4uSXUYqDbpOPZLbrmyIADAr0KkswHtR-TO017mE5EB-BG/s400/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" /></a><br /><div class="course-start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 12px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">tarts on September 6, 2016</span></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a class="btn btn-cta txt-center js-enroll-btn " href="https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=course-v1%3AMITx%2B15.053x%2B3T2016&enrollment_action=enroll&email_opt_in=true" style="background: rgb(94, 162, 15); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fafafa; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: background 0.2s; width: 276px;">Enroll Now</a></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><h2 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.45em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45em;">About this course</h2><div class="course-description wysiwyg-content expanded" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="see-more-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; overflow: hidden;" tabindex="-1"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Optimization is the search for the best and most effective solution. In this mathematics course, we will examine optimization through a Business Analytics lens. You will be introduced to the to the theory, algorithms, and applications of optimization. Linear and integer programming will be taught both algebraically and geometrically, and then applied to problems involving data. Students will develop an understanding of algebraic formulations, and use Julia/JuMP for computation. Theoretical components of the course are made approachable, and require no formal background in linear algebra or calculus.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The recommended audience for this course is undergraduates, as well as professionals interested in using optimization software. The content in this course has applications in logistics, marketing, project management, finance, statistics and machine learning.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Most of the course material will be covered in lecture and recitation videos, and only an optional textbook, available at no cost, will be used.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Students interested in the material prior to deciding on course enrollment can visit the MIT Open Courseware version of <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-053-optimization-methods-in-management-science-spring-2013/index.htm?utm_source=edX&utm_medium=about-page&utm_content=15-053x&utm_campaign=mitx2ocw" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">15.053 Spring 2013</a>. The topics of the 2013 subject were optimization modeling, algorithms, and theory. As a six week subject, 15.053x covers about half of the material of the 2013 subject. The primary focus of 15.053x is optimization modeling.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="see-more-cta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><h3 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What you'll learn</h3><div class="course-info-list wysiwyg-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 12px 0px 12px 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Theoretical aspects of Linear Programming</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Basic Julia programming</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Proficiency with linear and nonlinear solvers</li></ul></div><div aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><a class="see-more-cta toggle-display" href="https://www.edx.org/course/optimization-methods-business-analytics-mitx-15-053x#!" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-file-text-o fa-lg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 1.33333em; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 0.75em; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); vertical-align: -15%;"></span> View Course Syllabus</a></div></div></div></div>

Optimization Methods for Business Analytics

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MIT: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry

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Starts on September 7, 2016 Enroll Now About this course This first-year University chemistry course explores the basic principles of the ch...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh458pq9yAE3t_El4oTJnV6NOeXwiny-q9tbkVI0NQycnE2TD-XrAsT2LED8KOXIFMm-4fcAWkCQngWpzcSNR6oUyzIe0ZckkD9OoCAr92LH-uI3zUIS3Jya_Jdw4BBCMUMzoo8loP4_4EN/s1600/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh458pq9yAE3t_El4oTJnV6NOeXwiny-q9tbkVI0NQycnE2TD-XrAsT2LED8KOXIFMm-4fcAWkCQngWpzcSNR6oUyzIe0ZckkD9OoCAr92LH-uI3zUIS3Jya_Jdw4BBCMUMzoo8loP4_4EN/s400/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" /></a><br /><div class="course-start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 12px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starts on September 7, 2016</span></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a class="btn btn-cta txt-center js-enroll-btn " href="https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=course-v1%3AMITx%2B3.091x%2B3T2016&enrollment_action=enroll&email_opt_in=true" style="background: rgb(94, 162, 15); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fafafa; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: background 0.2s; width: 276px;">Enroll Now</a></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><h2 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.45em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45em;">About this course</h2><div class="course-description wysiwyg-content expanded" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="see-more-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; overflow: hidden;" tabindex="-1"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">This first-year University chemistry course explores the basic principles of the chemical bond by studying the properties of solids. Properties such as stiffness, electrical conductivity, thermal expansion, strength, and optical properties are the vehicle by which you can learn a great deal of practical chemistry. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">You will see how experts use their knowledge of trends in the periodic table to predict the properties of materials. 3.091x is an engineering course so there is an emphasis on applications and how materials are used. The on-campus version of the course has been taught for over forty years and is one of the largest classes at MIT.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">This course will cover the relationship between electronic structure, chemical bonding, and atomic order, and characterization of atomic arrangements in crystalline and amorphous solids: metals, ceramics, semiconductors, and polymers (including proteins). There will be topical coverage of organic chemistry, solution chemistry, acid-base equilibria, electrochemistry, biochemistry, chemical kinetics, diffusion, and phase diagrams. Examples will be drawn from industrial practice (including the environmental impact of chemical processes), from energy generation and storage (e.g., batteries and fuel cells), and from emerging technologies (e.g., photonic and biomedical devices). </div></div></div></div><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><h3 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What you'll learn</h3><div class="course-info-list wysiwyg-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 12px 0px 12px 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">You will develop your “chemical intuition” </li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">A quantitative understanding of chemical principles</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Understanding of crystal structure and its relationship to properties</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Materials properties such as conductivity, optical transmission, stiffness, thermal expansion, and strength</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">An understanding of electronic structure, chemical bonding, and atomic order and arrangements</li></ul></div></div></div><br /></div>

MIT: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry

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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python

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Title: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
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Starts on August 30, 2016 Enroll Now About this course This course is the first of a two-course sequence: Introduction to Computer Science a...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOXt4XDaQ4NIgKy4sFuKRE1DDU_iZPMhDNIqeCv-7hrwLZNqo2R_KeH6_NYuByQKzsiQU_g6VRGYzPBqpCyCzz-pXCX6fWIzQsaoagyiNniAQGN7bPa0YT4RVbXysZ-dlvpkpuJM2AKiy/s1600/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOXt4XDaQ4NIgKy4sFuKRE1DDU_iZPMhDNIqeCv-7hrwLZNqo2R_KeH6_NYuByQKzsiQU_g6VRGYzPBqpCyCzz-pXCX6fWIzQsaoagyiNniAQGN7bPa0YT4RVbXysZ-dlvpkpuJM2AKiy/s400/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" /></a><br /><div class="course-start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 12px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starts on August 30, 2016</span></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a class="btn btn-cta txt-center js-enroll-btn " href="https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=course-v1%3AMITx%2B6.00.1x%2B2T2016&enrollment_action=enroll&email_opt_in=true" style="background: rgb(53, 92, 9); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: background 0.2s; width: 276px;">Enroll Now</a></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h2 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.45em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45em;">About this course</h2><div class="course-description wysiwyg-content expanded" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="see-more-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; overflow: hidden;" tabindex="-1"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div><div class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This course is the first of a two-course sequence: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python, and Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science. Together, they are designed to help people with no prior exposure to computer science or programming learn to think computationally and write programs to tackle useful problems. Some of the people taking the two courses will use them as a stepping stone to more advanced computer science courses, but for many it will be their first and last computer science courses. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">This run features updated lecture videos, lecture exercises, and problem sets to use the new version of Python 3.5. Even if you took the course with Python 2.7, you will be able to easily transition to Python 3.5 in future courses, or enroll now to refresh your learning. </em></span></div><div class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Since these courses may be the only formal computer science courses many of the students take, we have chosen to focus on breadth rather than depth. The goal is to provide students with a brief introduction to many topics so they will have an idea of what is possible when they need to think about how to use computation to accomplish some goal later in their career. That said, they are not "computation appreciation" courses. They are challenging and rigorous courses in which the students spend a lot of time and effort learning to bend the computer to their will.</span></div><hr style="background-color: #9b9b9b; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #9b9b9b; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;" /><div class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-weight: 700;">FAQ</span></span></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-weight: 700;">What type of computing environment do I need for this course?</span><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">You need to have a computer running one of the following operating systems:</span></li><li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Microsoft Windows, version XP or greater (XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7)</span></li><li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Apple OSX, version 10.2 or greater</span></li><li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Linux - most distributions that have been released within the past two years should work</span></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition, you will need the ability to download, install, and run software on your computer.</span></li></ul></li><li class="p2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-weight: 700;">What browser should I use?</span><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">We strongly recommend that you use the <a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chrome browser</span></a> while visiting the edX site. This site is optimized for viewing in Chrome.</span></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">If you cannot use Chrome, you should use the Firefox browser. Be advised you may have trouble with site functionality if you choose to use an alternate browser.</span></li></ul></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-weight: 700;">What programming language(s) will this course use?</span><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">6.00x will be using the Python programming language, version 3.5.</span></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">You are not expected to have any prior programming knowledge - this course is intended for students who have little to no experience with any programming language.</span></li></ul></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-weight: 700;">What is the format of the class?</span><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The class will consist of lecture videos, which are broken into small chunks, usually between eight and twelve minutes each. Some of these may contain integrated "check-yourself" questions.</span></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">There will also be programming assignments and standalone exams/quizzes, which are not part of the video lectures.</span></li></ul></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-weight: 700;">Will the text of the lectures be available?</span><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Yes, transcripts of the course will be made available.</span></li></ul></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-weight: 700;">Do I need to watch the lectures live?</span><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">No. You can watch the lectures at your leisure - you do not need to watch the lectures at any set time.</span></li></ul></li><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-weight: 700;">How much does it cost to take the course?</span><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nothing: the course is free.</span></li></ul></li></ul><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="see-more-cta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em;"><a class="see-more-reveal" href="https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mitx-6-00-1x-8#!" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fa-stack fa-lg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.33333em; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px;"></span></a></div></div></div></div>

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python

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MIT: Magnetic Materials and Devices

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Title: MIT: Magnetic Materials and Devices
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Starts on August 10, 2016 Enroll Now In this engineering course, you will learn about magnetic materials and devices. Applications presented...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0IXkGxqwi35WVsFi7HDHrQ42JFATpJ-kxou7utPELUQYpDtojYYyGFc2eF8IAVaKb4mYABB2qBhNGGv_yzqrFp869L97cYM92qzr4vedq50klx8D7K5C1gOtTKIebFpZTgRLUwmV11yP/s1600/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0IXkGxqwi35WVsFi7HDHrQ42JFATpJ-kxou7utPELUQYpDtojYYyGFc2eF8IAVaKb4mYABB2qBhNGGv_yzqrFp869L97cYM92qzr4vedq50klx8D7K5C1gOtTKIebFpZTgRLUwmV11yP/s400/mit_logo_200x101_0.png" /></a><br /><div class="course-start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 12px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starts on August 10, 2016</span></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a class="btn btn-cta txt-center js-enroll-btn " href="https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=course-v1%3AMITx%2B3.15.3x%2B2T2016&enrollment_action=enroll&email_opt_in=true" style="background: rgb(94, 162, 15); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fafafa; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: background 0.2s; width: 276px;">Enroll Now</a></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div class="course-enroll-actions" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div class="course-description wysiwyg-content expanded" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="see-more-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; outline: none; overflow: hidden;" tabindex="-1"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">In this engineering course, you will learn about magnetic materials and devices. Applications presented include magnetic data storage, motors, transformers, and spintronics.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">This course is part of a three-part series, which explains the basis of electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of materials including semiconductors, metals, organics, and insulators. We will show how devices are built to take advantage of these properties. This is illustrated with a wide range of devices, placing a strong emphasis on new and emerging technologies.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Part 1 - <a href="https://www.edx.org/course/electronic-materials-devices-mitx-3-15-1x" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">3.15.1x: Electronic Materials and Devices</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Part 2 - <a href="https://www.edx.org/course/optical-materials-devices-mitx-3-15-2x" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">3.15.2x: Optical Materials and Devices</a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"></div></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="see-more-cta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em;"><a class="see-more-reveal" href="https://www.edx.org/course/magnetic-materials-devices-mitx-3-15-3x#!" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fa-stack fa-lg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.33333em; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px;"><span class="fa fa-circle-o fa-stack-1x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: normal; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); width: 20px;"></span><span class="fa fa-minus fa-stack-1x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 0.5em; font-stretch: normal; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); width: 20px;"></span></span> Hide</a></div></div></div><div class="content-grouping" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><h3 class="course-info-heading" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What you'll learn</h3><div class="course-info-list wysiwyg-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 12px 0px 12px 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Fundamentals of magnetism</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">The role anisotropy plays in the magnetic behavior of materials</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">The operating principles of transformers and DC motors</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">How data is stored on hard disks</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 5px;">Principles of optical and magnetooptical storage</li></ul></div><div aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><a class="see-more-cta toggle-display" href="https://www.edx.org/course/magnetic-materials-devices-mitx-3-15-3x#!" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2968aa; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-file-text-o fa-lg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 1.33333em; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 0.75em; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); vertical-align: -15%;"></span> View Course Syllabus</a></div></div></div></div>

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