Systems Core Courses

Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor Settings

Design health information systems for resource-poor settings, applying process improvement theory, patient safety practices, organizational change, and monitoring and evaluation.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Blockchain and the Design of Financial Systems

MIT graduate course reading blockchain, smart contracts and encryption through economic theory—contract theory, mechanism design, monetary theory—to redesign financial infrastructure and its regulation.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Supply Chain Technology and Systems

Explores how SQL, machine learning, and enterprise software systems support data-driven supply chain decisions and digital transformation.

• MITx Online
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Foundations of Computational and Systems Biology

This course is an introduction to computational biology emphasizing the fundamentals of nucleic acid and protein sequence and structural analysis.

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

Systems Biology

This course provides an introduction to cellular and population-level systems biology with an emphasis on synthetic biology, modeling of genetic networks, cell-cell interactions, and evolutionary dynamics.

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

Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability

A course on the modeling and analysis of random phenomena and processes, including the basics of statistical inference.

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

Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability

This course introduces students to the modeling, quantification, and analysis of uncertainty.

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

Urban Energy Systems and Policy

Examine what cities and users can do to cut energy use and carbon emissions, through building efficiency policies, transport systems, land use, renewables, and the grid.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Nuclear Systems Design Project

Design a nuclear power plant in a group capstone project, integrating particle transport, heat transfer, safety, materials, and economic optimization with carbon sequestration and fossil fuel displacement.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to R and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Practical introduction to R for data structures, statistical models, loops, and functions, with GIS workflows for maps, projections, raster data, and spatial extraction.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Signals and Systems

Introduces continuous- and discrete-time signal processing through time- and frequency-domain representations, Fourier transforms, filtering, modulation, sampling, and feedback systems.

• 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

Calculus 1C: Coordinate Systems & Infinite Series

Compute arc length, do calculus in polar coordinates, parameterize curves, and approximate functions with Taylor polynomials while testing the convergence of infinite series.

• MITx Online
• 6 weeks, 5-10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Differential Equations: 2x2 Systems

Model real-world problems with 2x2 systems of differential equations, solve homogeneous linear systems by matrix methods, and analyze nonlinear autonomous systems graphically via linear approximation.

• MITx Online
• 9 weeks, 5-8 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Linear Algebra and NxN Systems

Solve large systems of differential equations with linear algebra and MATLAB: find bases and dimension of vector spaces, formulate eigenvalue and eigenvector problems, and model phenomena.

• MITx Online
• 11 weeks, 5-8 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course