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Boasting alumni like Joan Didion and John Cho, the University of California, Berkeley is currently ranked the 4th best school in the world. Of course, its prestige also makes it exclusive — last year, the average (middle 50%) incoming Berkeley freshman had a 3.86 unweighted GPA and between a 29-35 on the ACT or 1330-1530 on the SAT.
But you don’t have to cram for the SAT, relocate to California, or pony up almost $70,000 for out-of-state tuition to enroll in a great UC Berkeley course. Just like many other top colleges — including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Columbia, and Cornell — UC Berkeley offers more than 40 massive open online courses (MOOCs) completely for free through e-learning platforms such as edX and Coursera. You can take courses in positive psychology, Bitcoin, or pretty much any other topic.
Length: 11 weeks
This positive psychology course uses scientific principles and practices for experiencing a happy, meaningful life. It particularly focuses on how happiness is linked to strong social connections and contributing to the greater good.
Length: 6 weeks
This is an introductory course to business and academic writing for English-language learners. Students focus on grammar, vocabulary, structure, editing, and publication.
Length: 5 weeks
Also intended for English language learners, this introductory course focuses on how to write an essay, focusing on basic grammar and effective sentences, paragraphs, introductions, and conclusions.
Length: 6 weeks
Begin learning the fundamentals of Bitcoin in this course from UC Berkeley’s Computer Science department. You’ll learn about the basic properties of Bitcoin, the mechanics behind it, its practical applications, and even how to destroy Bitcoins You’ll also take a quick look at Ethereum and learn about Bitcoin’s roots in the Cypherpunk movement and Libertarianism.
Length: 5 weeks
Learn basic programming skills for manipulating data using Python (no prior Python or data analysis experience required). You’ll also cover tools widely used by industry and academic data scientists.
This course is also part of the professional certificate program in Foundations of Data Science.
Length: 4 weeks
What does happiness at work look like? Why does it matter? And how do you cultivate it in a practical way? Explore answers to these questions — and common challenges to workplace happiness — using empirical research with professors from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
This course is part of the professional certificate program in The Science of Happiness at Work.
Length: 4 weeks
This course introduces students to ideas and techniques for designing, developing, and modifying large software systems using Agile techniques, as well as other common tools such as GitHub, Pivotal Tracker, Travis CI, Heroku, and more.
This course is also the second of the professional certificate program in Mastering Agile Development of Software as a Service.
Length: 6 weeks
This course covers a range of important blockchain topics — from distributed systems and alternative consensus mechanisms to proof-of-stake — as well as fundamental applications of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, challenges and solutions around scaling up, and government regulation.
This course is also one of the courses included in the professional certificate program in Blockchain Fundamentals.
Length: 5 weeks
English language learners who are working journalists (or interested in studying journalism) learn about key journalism topics in this course, including job responsibilities, ethics, inclusivity, and the differences between local and global journalism.
Length: 4 weeks
Personal happiness greatly depends upon our relationships with others, and organizations that can foster satisfying and trusting relationships are more likely to be successful. In this introductory course, students learn about the science of social and emotional skills as well as practical strategies for building positive relationships at work.
This course is part of the professional certificate program in The Science of Happiness at Work.
Length: 4 weeks
Learn research-backed, mindfulness strategies for building resilience at your job. Students explore the biological and psychological impacts of stress, learn how to differentiate between good and bad stress at work, and are given practical coping strategies.
This course is also part of the professional certificate program in The Science of Happiness at Work.
Length: 6 weeks
Learn how to use machine learning — in particular, regression and classification — to automatically identify patterns in data and make accurate predictions.
This course is also part of the professional certificate program in Foundations of Data Science.
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