Soil Science Courses

Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part I

Science is only one of many stakeholder interests: analyze cases of joint fact finding in contentious environmental disputes over ecosystems and natural resources management.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Computational Science and Engineering I

Apply linear algebra to engineering problems: eigenvalues and positive definite matrices, springs, trusses and networks, finite differences and finite elements, Laplace's equation, Fourier series, convolution and the FFT.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science, and Technology

A seminar examining how feeling and imagination shape creativity and aesthetic value across art, science, technology, literature, and human nature.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Innovation Systems for Science, Technology, Energy, Manufacturing, and Health

Examines how government and public-private partnerships shape innovation systems across computing, advanced manufacturing, energy, and health.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Making Science and Engineering Pictures: A Practical Guide to Presenting Your Work

Photograph science and engineering subjects: control lighting, exposure, aperture, composition, and backgrounds with cameras, flatbed scanners, and smartphones, and prepare images for journal covers and grant submissions.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare

Apply data science, data mining, and machine learning to electronic health records and routinely collected patient-care data.

• MITx Online
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Making Science and Engineering Pictures: A Practical Guide to Presenting Your Work

Learn from an award-winning master photographer how to create stunning images of science and engineering.

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

Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering

Develop skills for teaching science and engineering in higher education through course design, active learning, educational technology, and participant presentations.

• 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

Philosophical Issues in Brain Science

Philosophy of mind tested against psychology and neuroscience: innate concepts, mental images, color, and whether consciousness can have a science, with guest researchers.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data

Build and analyze probabilistic models: random variables, distributions, means and variances, probabilistic calculations, inference methods, laws of large numbers, and random processes.

• MITx Online
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: The Art and Science of Boat Design

Learn traditional boat design by carving wooden half-hull models, translating forms into lines plans, and comparing vessel designs with naval architecture methods.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Making Science and Engineering Pictures: A Practical Guide to Presenting Your Work

Create effective science and engineering photographs using cameras, flatbed scanners, and mobile devices; apply lighting and composition, design journal figures, and evaluate generative AI ethics.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Climate Action Hands-On: Harnessing Science with Communities to Cut Carbon

Use citizen science to frame climate problems, measure methane leaks, collect field data, and support environmental legal action and community carbon reduction.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

BES 141: Pedagogy of Science

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Explore science pedagogy through inquiry, teaching methods, learning resources, assessment, and content-based methodologies for the secondary school science curriculum.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course