Social Inequality Courses and Certifications

Social Stratification, Gender Dynamics and Racial Identities

Analyze how systems of social stratification create inequality, from global stratification to social class, sex and gender, and race and ethnicity in the U.S.

• Coursera
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Big Data Solutions for Social and Economic Disparities

Join Harvard University Professor Raj Chetty in this online course to understand how big data can be used to measure mobility and solve social problems.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Evaluating Upward Mobility: The Fading American Dream

Join Harvard Professor Raj Chetty in this course to understand the history of socioeconomic mobility and how geography plays a role in access to opportunity.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 1

19 ratings

Ask who rises to the top and who gets what in China: study big historical datasets on late imperial and contemporary education, social mobility, wealth distribution, and regime change.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

COVID-19 & Society: Inequality in Global Pandemics

What does COVID-19 teach us about ourselves, and about the societies we live in? How can we take care of one another and the planet during this unknown pandemic time? In this innovative and timely cou

• edX
• 5 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Contemporary Japanese Society: What Has Been Happening Behind Demographic Change?

Learn basic knowledge of contemporary Japanese society, focusing on demographic change and social stratification after the Second World War.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Lottery of birth

4 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Lottery of birth, will look at both the big picture of the ‘lottery of birth’ and the smaller, human stories. You will examine the inequalities of birth, particularly being born ...

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Global Inequality

Explore how class, gender, and racial inequalities shape our personal and social worlds.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Socioeconomic inequalities, marginalization and well-being

Questo corso ti fornirà conoscenze sulle teorie della disuguaglianza sociale e dell'emarginazione dal punto di vista della psicologia sociale. Le conoscenze acquisite ti permetteranno di riconoscere g

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

La mobilità sociale

Il corso si propone di illustrare la nozione di mobilità sociale e la sua articolazione nei seguenti aspetti: intergenerazionale;  intragenerazionale (o di carriera);  assoluta; e  relativa. Saranno f

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Digital Strategies: Managing Sociotechnological Co-Evolution

10 ratings at Coursera

Trace how technology and society co-evolve: analyze continuous versus disruptive innovation, Moore's Law, Rogers' diffusion model, the digital divide, and AI alignment ethics.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Global Health Case Studies from a Biosocial Perspective

8 ratings at edX

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

America's Poverty and Inequality Course

1 rating

It’s a special moment in U.S. history in which income inequality has reached unprecedented levels, poverty remains extreme, and racial and gender inequalities are intransigent. Why is there so much in

• edX
• 9 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Cultural impact of housing displacement gentrification

30 ratings at Coursera

Trace gentrification from its 1960s origins: weigh economic, social and racial explanations, compare international case studies, and examine how displacement is measured and resisted.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Energy Justice: Fostering More Equitable Energy Futures

33 ratings at Coursera

Energy is the lifeblood of the modern way of life. Yet not everyone has equal access to its benefits, and the environmental and social costs of producing, transporting, and using it are not evenly distributed.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course