Scientific Writing Courses

Enhance your Writing with Noun Clauses

17 ratings at Coursera

This course is designed to hold your hand step-by-step through the most basic concepts of noun clauses all the way to the end goal of writing a paragraph with varied noun clauses.

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

IELTS Writing Section Skills Mastery

1312 ratings at Coursera

The lessons in this course will improve your overall skills in writing and prepare you for every type of writing prompt on the test, increasing your chances of getting your target band score.

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

Creative Writing: The Craft of Character

7 ratings

At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters.

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

Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters

6 ratings

How can you bring your resume to the top of the pile? You will learn how to convert a boring resume into a dynamic asset statement that conveys your talents in the language that an employer understands.

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

Becoming the Next Bill Nye: Writing and Hosting the Educational Show (January IAP 2015)

Becoming the Next Bill Nye is about using video production techniques to develop your ability to engagingly convey your passions for science, technology, engineering, and / or math.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 21 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Writing in Tonal Forms II

Second-semester tonal composition: write a sonata-form movement for string quartet, then experiment with the expanded tonal languages of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Learn to Teach Java: Writing Classes and Arrays

14 ratings at Coursera

Learn Java class design and 1-D arrays through the CS Awesome textbook, and teach them: assessment strategies, code tracing, peer instruction, and AP free response preparation.

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

Business Writing

5 ratings

This course will teach you how to apply the top ten principles of good business writing to your work, how to deploy simple tools to dramatically improve your writing, and how to execute organization, structure, and revision to communicate more masterfull…

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

Script Writing: Write a Pilot Episode for a TV or Web Series (Project-Centered Course)

797 ratings at Coursera

Design a series bible and write a three-act pilot script for your own TV or web series, outlining, formatting in screenplay software, and revising through peer review.

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

Writing, Running, and Fixing Code in C

838 ratings at Coursera

Plan before you code: translate algorithms into C, compile and run programs with debugging options, test and debug systematically, and start a Monte Carlo poker simulation.

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

Better Business Writing in English

515 ratings at Coursera

Do you need to write more easily and effectively in English? This course will provide the tools to help you do just that.

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

Teach English Now! Second Language Reading, Writing, and Grammar

2644 ratings at Coursera

Learn to teach reading, writing, and grammar to English learners: diagnose reading problems, apply intensive and extensive strategies, guide pre-writing to post-writing, and integrate grammar through noticing.

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

Writing a Personal Essay

92 ratings at Coursera

This class is the chance to create your personal essay or extend into a full memoir -- from planning and structure to bold narrative brushstrokes to the layering of significant detail.

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

How to Write a Winning Resume - Top Resume Writing Tips

9 ratings

Learn to write ATS-friendly resumes, craft compelling summaries and achievements, format them effectively, and tailor templates—even with little or no work experience.

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

Cursive Writing for Beginners

9 ratings

Practice cursive handwriting from individual capital and lowercase letters to words, sentences, and everyday names with guided examples for children.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video