Social Media Courses

Philosophy In Film and Other Media

Explore how film represents and expresses philosophical themes, feeling, and cognition alongside literature and opera through works by major filmmakers and writers.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Data Analysis for Social Scientists

Learn to analyze social, economic, and policy data in R: probability and distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing, causal inference from randomized experiments, regression, and instrumental variables.

• MITx Online
• 14 weeks, 12-14 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Evaluating Social Programs

Learn when and how to run randomized evaluations of social programs: build a theory of change, measure outcomes, set sample size, and counter threats to validity.

• MITx Online
• 6 weeks, 3-5 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Career Certificate

Statistics and Data Science (Social Sciences Track)

Master the skills needed to extract meaningful insights from social, cultural, economic, and policy-related data and equip you to tackle complex real-world problems and contribute to cutting-edge adva

• edX
• 56 weeks, 10-14 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $1,350.00
• 5 courses

Career Certificate

Statistics and Data Science (Time Series and Social Sciences Track)

Master the skills needed to analyze the impact of interventions on time series data and their application roles where understanding temporal dynamics is crucial for informed decision-making and policy

• edX
• 53 weeks, 10-14 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $1,350.00
• 5 courses

Social Problems of Nuclear Energy

Weighs nuclear power's capital costs, accident risks, waste and proliferation against renewables, asking whether decarbonization actually needs it.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training: Evaluating Social Programs 2009

Five-day J-PAL executive training on designing randomized evaluations of social programs, from randomization methods and power calculations to managing threats and analyzing data.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training: Evaluating Social Programs 2009

Learn to evaluate social programs using randomized evaluations, design randomization, measure outcomes, calculate sample size and power, and analyze data while addressing validity threats.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

DV Lab: Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

Documentary video making as a lens on science and engineering: hands-on camera, sound and interview labs paired with readings in documentary theory and social studies of science.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Learning, Media, and Technology

Examine how digital technologies—from MOOCs and intelligent tutors to learning games—shape learning through historical, policy, social, design, and evaluation perspectives.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Global Social Entrepreneurship

12 ratings

Develop and launch a social venture: identify the problem to solve, write mission and vision statements, choose a legal structure, and measure financial health and social impact.

• Independent
• 6 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness

606 ratings at Coursera

Explore how social factors shape mental health: the history of madness, social context of diagnosis and treatment, culture, family caregiving, and community influences on mental illness.

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

Social Computing

820 ratings at Coursera

Explore how technology mediates collaboration: compare types of social software, design for teams separated by distance, and try crowdsourcing yourself to learn its limits.

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

Capstone: Analyzing (Social) Network Data

101 ratings at Coursera

Analyze social network data by implementing graph algorithms to find influential members and sub-communities, evaluating runtimes with asymptotic analysis, and presenting the finished project on video.

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

Introduction to Social Psychology - Self and Other, Part I

4 ratings

Explore how social connectedness and cognitive biases shape our understanding of ourselves, other people, and social groups.

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