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Did you ever imagine yourself picking out a Harvard course of choice to pursue in the comfort of your bedroom or living room? Well, that’s exactly what you can do right now. The cherry on the cake is that the distinguished private Ivy League university is offering these free. You heard right.
64 courses are up for grabs on the univ’s edX platform right now. The certificate courses range from an introduction to the programming language of Python to understanding Shakespeare and to how probabilities work in the real world.
We’re picking out seven free online courses from all the ones available to help elevate your resume prospects post-lockdown. Feel free to also make your own selection here.
1. CS50's Introduction to Game Development
The course is a dream come true for engineers and video game enthusiasts.Its intricacies will allow you to explore the design of cult-favourite games such as Super Mario Bros., Pong, Flappy Bird, Breakout, Match 3, Legend of Zelda, Angry Birds, Pokémon, 3D Helicopter Game, Dreadhalls, and Portal, to understand the principles of 2D and 3D graphics, animation, sound and collision detection. You can let the parents know playing video games just got legit.
Duration: 12 weeks
Course link: CS50's Introduction to Game Development
2. CS50 for Lawyers
According to the website, this course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students). It’ll help you understand computational thinking and legal implications of the technological decisions made by clients. It will also help you understand the basics of programming languages, algorithms, data structures, cryptography and cybersecurity. Talk about timing.
Duration: 10 weeks
Course Link: CS50 for Lawyers
3. Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
To develop that sharp business acumen you’ll soon need, it’s important that you understand the social implications of your society as well as the operational growth that may emerge from such implications. This business and management course takes an interdisciplinary approach to help you understand and monetise your decision in the current scenario.
Duration: 6 weeks
Course Link: Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
4. CS50's Mobile App Development with React Native
This course will introduce you to the basics of developing a mobile app with the help of React Native, a popular framework maintained by Facebook. It will assign you a hands-on project to develop an app on React to understand its paradigms, app architecture, and user interfaces better. The course culminates in a final project that’ll present you with the unique challenge of implementing an app of your own design on the platform.
Duration: 13 weeks
Course Link: CS50's Mobile App Development with React Native
5. Using Python for Research
For the uninitiated, Python is a very popular programming language used to create desktop GUI applications, websites and web applications. This course will help you understand how Python,Python 3 specifically, can be used for research purposes on the worldwide web.
Duration: 5 weeks
Course Link: Using Python for Research
6. Principles of Biochemistry
This course is an introduction to biochemistry. It is essentially a life sciences study that will help you understand the structure and function of the chemical building blocks of life. ‘Learners will also develop problem-solving and analytical skills that are more generally applicable to the life sciences,’ the course link states.
Duration: 15 weeks
Course Link: Principles of Biochemistry
7. Fat Chance: Probability from the Ground Up
Understand the reasoning behind why one of two things may or may not happen in your life. This course aims to increase your quantitative reasoning skills through a deeper understanding of probability and statistics.
Duration: 7 weeks
Course Link: Fat Chance: Probability from the Ground Up
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