Davidson College Courses

Career Certificate

Drug Discovery and Lead Optimization

Explore the complete drug discovery process from research to clinical trials in this six-course program covering pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, safety testing, and lead optimization for pharmaceutical development.

• edX
• 20 weeks, 5-9 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• $544.00
• 6 courses

Lead Discovery & Optimization for Efficacy, PK, & Safety

Explore lead discovery and optimization techniques for drug development, focusing on efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and safety. Learn methods to advance promising compounds to clinical trials.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 5-10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Building AI Agents for Beginners

Master the tools redefining how work gets done. Learn to build, deploy, and automate AI agents that handle complex, multi-step tasks. No coding required.

• edX
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Preclinical Safety: From In Vitro Assays to Human Dose Predictions

Learn methods for quantifying drug safety, from in vitro assays to predicting human doses. Covers preclinical safety programs, animal studies, and using pharmacokinetic properties to estimate efficacious doses and aid formulation.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 5-10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Measuring Pharmacodynamics: From Ligand Binding to Clinical Outcomes

Explore methods for measuring drug activity, from molecular interactions to clinical outcomes. Learn about targets, assays, and dose-response curves to understand pharmacodynamics in drug development.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 5-10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

AI Ethics for Professionals

Explore the ethical dimensions of AI development and deployment, from governance frameworks to practical implementation strategies for responsible innovation in various professional contexts.

• edX
• 1 week, 1-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Electronic Literature

Interactive Fiction. Chatterbots. Hypertext and kinetic poetry. Explore these avant garde forms and other new media in this exciting class.

• edX
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Career Certificate

Fundamentals of Data Visualization with Power BI

Learn to analyze, manipulate, and visualize data using R and Power BI. Gain essential data literacy skills, create impactful visualizations, and prepare professional reports and dashboards.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 7-15 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• $498.00

AP® Calculus BC

Learn AP® Calculus BC topics from highly respected AP Calculus instructors to prepare for the AP® Calculus BC exam.

• edX
• 11 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Belong / Appartenir: Community, Race, and Space in the U.S. and France

When we think of where we live, who do we imagine as our neighbors? What actions invite some people in and keep others out? This course opens a dialogue about what forces determine the makeup of our cities and communities.

• edX
• 2 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Engagement in a Time of Polarization

How have our online interactions and engagement - as a society - become so toxic? Is there anything we as individuals and citizens can do to stop this trend, or at least stop it from stopping us?

• edX
• 2 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

How to Do Things with Memes

Whatever you want to say, there’s a meme for that. But are memes more than just funny images and sarcastic text? Explore this and other elements of memes in this three day mini course.

• edX
• 1 week, 5-10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

US Voting Access and Fraud

Political scientists, journalists and election officials explain the storied history of US voting rights and explore access and fraud in 2016.

• edX
• 2 weeks, 1 hour/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

AP® Physics 1: Challenging Concepts

Master the most difficult topics in your AP® Physics 1 course with help from experienced AP® Physics teachers.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

AP® Macroeconomics: Challenging Concepts

Master the most challenging topics in your AP® Macroeconomics course.

• edX
• 14 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate