10 online courses starting in the fall

English Composition I

Beginning: October 10

The course focuses on writing skills in English and corresponds to the program of the first year of an American college. Although originally designed for native English speakers, language learners (and proficient at it) can also take part in the course and significantly improve their writing skills.

Modern & Contemporary American Poetry

Start: September 10

Course from University of Pennsylvania - An introduction to modern American poetry, from Walt Whitman to the present day. Listeners are not required to have any experience in studying poetry. The course has already begun, but those who start it in the near future have a chance to be in time for everything.

Game Theory

Start: October 10

Game theory course from Stanford University has already taken place on Coursera, becoming extremely popular among listeners. Today, game theory is widely used in economics, political science and business, so knowledge in this area will be useful to many. Basic knowledge of statistics and probability theory may be required to complete the course.

Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions

Beginning: September 19

In the course on neuroeconomics from the Higher School of Economics, students will get acquainted with how a person makes decisions. Neuroeconomics itself, which has emerged relatively recently, is a mixture of psychology, economics and neuroscience. The author of the course, Vasily Klyucharev, today heads the Department of Psychology at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis

Start: October 10

Another course from Stanford University in our selection - this time it is devoted to the study of networks in the economy and society. The course offers a set of tools and theories for analyzing network interactions, introduces the latest achievements in this field from the field of economics, sociology, mathematics, biology and a number of other sciences.

Introduction to Python for Data Science

Start: September 19

A course from Microsoft is dedicated to learning the Python language - the most populartoday is a data analysis tool. As the course progresses, students will learn the basic techniques of data analysis - the course is intended for those who have no previous experience in programming or data analysis.

Microeconomics

Start: September 19

A course in Microeconomics from MIT - one of the world's best universities - will serve as an excellent introduction to microeconomic theory. In addition, the creators of the course promise to demonstrate the application of basic microeconomic principles in practice - through the analysis of real empirical data.

International law

Start: September 22

International law regulates relations between states, as well as between states and various international organizations such as the UNor WTO. In connection with the processes of globalization, international law is becoming more and more important in the modern world, so this course may be useful not only for those who are professionally engaged in jurisprudence.

Chinese language

Start: September 21st

Basic Chinese Coursefor those who are just starting to learn one of the most common languages ​​in the world.

Learn to Learn: Powerful thinking techniques to help you master difficult material

Start: September 19

the most effective techniques to improve the effectiveness of the study of anything - from philosophy to chemistry. Subtitles in Russian are available for the course.