Human Behavior Courses

Build a human capital strategy spanning culture, organizational structure, hiring, compensation, performance management, and professional development as your organization grows.

• Independent
• 6 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Firm Level Economics: Consumer and Producer Behavior

2563 ratings at Coursera

Prices ration what is scarce: build demand and supply curves, analyze taxes, price controls and elasticity, and find a firm's profit-maximizing output using cost theory.

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

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature

3 ratings

Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature pairs central texts from Western philosophical tradition (including works by Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hobbes, Kant, Mill, Rawls, and Nozick) with recent findings in cognitive science and related fields.

• YouTube
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bugs 101: Insect-Human Interactions

5 ratings

Explore how insects shape human life: insect anatomy and locomotion, decomposition, plant feeding, pollination and beekeeping, disease transmission, integrated pest management, and insect conservation.

• Coursera
• 13 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Human Excellence in the AI Age, Part 1: A Soft Skills Course

43 ratings at Coursera

Become a highly adaptive learner for the AI age: manage ego and fear, and quiet mind and body through meditation, mindfulness, and coherent breathing.

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

Learning, Knowledge, and Human Development

301 ratings at Coursera

Trace learning theory from behaviorism through brain developmentalism to social cognitivism, then use these paradigms to parse a technology-mediated learning environment for its underlying presuppositions.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Understanding the Value of Human-Centered Design

16 ratings at Coursera

Practice human-centered design: gather and interpret data on human needs, facilitate ideation with psychological safety, map stakeholders, and craft narratives that coordinate action.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Mitigating the Human Impact on Wetlands

Examine how humans alter wetlands: US wetland laws and regulations, conservation programs, restoration planning techniques, and practitioner interviews on limitations and emerging trends.

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

Wetland Conservation Through a Human Lens

Examine how stakeholder interests, policy frameworks, and public-private-social sector roles shape wetland conservation, with case studies of inclusive engagement and the costs of exclusion.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Machine Learning and Human Learning

Examine how machines and humans learn differently: supervised and unsupervised learning, cyber-social intelligence, educational data mining of interaction logs, and AI in learning management systems.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Human Resources Management Capstone: HR for People Managers

924 ratings at Coursera

Apply HR practices to a real workplace: analyze internal and external context, recruitment and selection, performance management, and compensation, then build multi-step action plans.

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

Human-Computer Interaction II: Cognition, Context & Culture

9 ratings at edX

Get into the user’s mind and understand the role of mental models and representations, then investigate how to design interfaces that integrate with and influence the world around us.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 5-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Basic Transmission Genetics - Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior

2 ratings

Introduces how DNA replication, Mendelian inheritance, and mutations transmit genetic information across generations.

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

Human-Centered Design for Inclusive Innovation

175 ratings at Coursera

Work through the human-centered design process in a mini-bootcamp: build empathy with users, reframe the problem, then ideate, prototype and test inclusive solutions.

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

Market Research and Consumer Behavior

4892 ratings at Coursera

Turn a decision problem into a research question: design research plans, run surveys, analyze data, and map the consumer decision-making process from need to post-purchase.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course