Columbia University Courses

Decision Making and Reinforcement Learning

25 ratings at Coursera

Model sequential decisions and implement RL algorithms: multi-armed bandits, MDPs and POMDPs, value and policy iteration, Monte Carlo control, SARSA, Q-learning and n-step TD.

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

Causal Inference 2

16 ratings at Coursera

Study advanced causal inference methods: mediation, instrumental variables, principal stratification, regression discontinuity, longitudinal designs, interference, and fixed effects models.

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

Become a Peer Sponsor: Intro to Military Transition Support

Learn to sponsor transitioning service members: build supportive relationships, connect veterans to VSOs, set SMARTER goals, and apply suicide prevention and mindfulness practices.

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

Blended Learning Toolkit

Learn to launch blended learning programs: backwards course design, class filming, course websites with CourseBuilder, and live sessions in Zoom and HyFlex classrooms.

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

Digital Case Method

Create digital case studies for teaching: shoot documentary-style footage with a smartphone, stabilizer or DSLR, light interviews, edit in Adobe Premiere, and run a student case program.

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

Attaining Higher Education

Prepare to transition to college using intentional decision-making. Aimed at active duty service members and veterans, with this course you will learn about the college admission process, including financial aid, to help you choose a right-fit college.

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

Supporting Veteran Success in Higher Education

Learn to support student veterans on campus: military and veteran culture, admissions, financial considerations, campus and academic life, and health and well-being.

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

Pets, Politics and Pandemics

Apply systems theory to everyday life: use force, system susceptibility and the SRFSuP model to tell education from propaganda and navigate personal and political choices.

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

Find Your Calling: Career Transition Principles for Veterans

This course provides military veterans with a useful roadmap to transition more smoothly from military service to a new and meaningful civilian career.

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

University Studies for Student Veterans

Ease the move from military to campus: build metacognition and mindset, active reading, note-taking, study routines for technical courses, time management, and campus-culture navigation.

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

Space, Time and Einstein

5 ratings

Join a visual and conceptual introduction to Einstein's spectacular insights into space, time and energy. For a mathematical introduction to Special Relativity check out Special Relativity.

• World Science U
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850-1861: A House Divided

20 ratings at edX

Discover how the issue of slavery came to dominate American politics, and how political leaders struggled and failed to resolve the growing crisis in the nation.

• edX
• 20 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Special Relativity

4 ratings

Einstein’s Special Relativity upended our understanding of space, time and energy. While the ideas are subtle, they only require high school algebra, so join this math-based introduction with acclaimed physicist and author, Brian Greene.

• World Science U
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Pediatric HIV

3 ratings

Learn pediatric HIV care and treatment according to up-to-date World Health Organization clinical guidelines.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Corporate Finance

75 ratings at edX

Learn key financial concepts for evaluating and valuing investment opportunities, including how to value stocks and bonds.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)