Urban Studies Courses and Certifications

Key Ideas in Urban Studies

Rapid two-minute explainers unpack the theories and concepts—from capitalism and identity to urbanization—that shape how cities are understood.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The City and You: Find Your Best Place

157 ratings at Coursera

Examine why cities drive economic prosperity, global urbanization, the creative city, the New Urban Crisis and Covid-19's impact, then apply a framework to choose where to live.

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

Sciences Po

Cities are back in town : urban sociology for a globalizing urban world

194 ratings at Coursera

Compare social science models of cities — Weberian European, colonial, industrial Marxist, Chicago School metropolis, global, post-metropolis and digital — to analyse mega-city growth worldwide.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)

Shaping Urban Futures

58 ratings at Coursera

To understand humanity's future, understand the city's: examine new urban sciences, informality and livelihoods, environment and public health, and big data across Global South cities.

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

Mike Davis: City of Quartz (Live Online)

40 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the forces that have shaped one of America's most influential and contested cities through critical reading and discussion.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $355.00

Sciences Po

Searching for the Grand Paris

29 ratings at Coursera

Examine the Grand Paris project through resident accounts, archival footage and comparisons with Brussels and London: segregation, housing, transport, policing, economic growth and culture.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Changing cities

19 ratings at OpenLearn

Urban processes are increasingly held to be responsible for causing a variety of problems environmental destruction, social injustice, global financial instability. They are also identified as ...

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

Who belongs to Glasgow?

1 rating at OpenLearn

How is your image of a place influenced and changed? Does it depend on whether you are a resident or an outsider? How do government and tourism campaigns and stories in the media affect your ...

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

NPTEL-NOC IITM

The Production of Space

Explore Henri Lefebvre's influential theory on how social spaces are created, contested, and transformed through political, economic, and cultural processes.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Sciences Po

A la recherche du Grand Paris

114 ratings at Coursera

Explorez la métropolisation du Grand Paris à travers des approches historiques, comparatives et des débats sur les échelles et les enjeux contemporains.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Sciences Po

Cities are back in town : sociología urbana para un mundo globalizado

87 ratings at Coursera

Analiza cómo la globalización transforma las ciudades y megaciudades mediante debates y modelos de sociología urbana.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Analyzing US Census Data in Python

65 ratings at DataCamp

Data scientists in diverse fields, from marketing to public health to civic hacking, need to work with demographic and socioeconomic data.

• DataCamp
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Sciences Po

Cities are back in town : sociologie urbaine pour un monde globalisé

39 ratings at Coursera

Une lecture comparative des modèles de villes européennes, coloniales, industrielles, mondiales et intelligentes à l’ère de la mondialisation.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

城市地理学

从城市化进程到城市体系与内部空间结构，分析城市形成、分布及演变规律。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

城市传播与治理

以“传播赋能治理”为框架，解析数字媒介如何推动中国城市治理创新、协同与智慧化发展。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course