University of Pennsylvania Courses

Wonders of Ancient Egypt

5 ratings

Join Dr. David Silverman, Professor of Egyptology at Penn, Curator in Charge of the Egyptian Section of the Penn Museum, and curator of the Tutankhamun exhibitions on a guided tour of the mysteries and wonders of this ancient land.

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

Microeconomics: When Markets Fail

5 ratings

Analyze why markets fail: model perfect competition, monopoly and price discrimination, externalities, public goods and asymmetric information, and weigh remedies like antitrust, regulation and intervention.

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

More Introduction to Financial Accounting

5 ratings

Work around the balance sheet: account for bad debts, LIFO inventory, depreciation, leases, deferred taxes and stockholders' equity, then analyze a company's financial statements.

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

Success

5 ratings

Define success on your own terms: probe your beliefs through the "Six Lives" exercise, weigh achievement traps against happiness research, and write a personal theory of success.

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

Calculus: Single Variable Part 2 - Differentiation

5 ratings

Calculus is one of the grandest achievements of human thought, explaining everything from planetary orbits to the optimal size of a city to the periodicity of a heartbeat.

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

Decision-Making and Scenarios

5 ratings

Turn data into business decisions with quantitative models: evaluate projects by net present value, forecast incremental after-tax cash flows, link financial statements, and test venture scenarios in spreadsheets.

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

Social Impact Strategy: Tools for Entrepreneurs and Innovators

5 ratings

This course offers an introduction to social impact strategy and social entrepreneurship, including key concepts, an overview of the field, and tools to get started as a changemaker.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

People Analytics

5 ratings

Learn how data reshapes people decisions: separate skill from luck in performance evaluation, predict hiring and attrition, map collaboration networks, and analyze talent for promotion.

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

Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling

5 ratings

Build quantitative business models: apply linear cost and production functions with optimization, probabilistic models using random variables and distributions, and regression for forecasting.

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

Calculus: Single Variable Part 3 - Integration

552 ratings at Coursera

Integrate differential equations, learn core techniques of integration, apply the Fundamental Theorem of Integral Calculus, and tackle difficult integrals using big-O reasoning.

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

Social Entrepreneurship

406 ratings at Coursera

Build a social enterprise from scratch: define the social problem, segment beneficiaries, map deliverables and costs, and run a low-cost test-of-concept.

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

Financial Acumen for Non-Financial Managers

990 ratings at Coursera

Read balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, run ratio analysis with EPS, ROE, ROA and DuPont, and link non-financial metrics to financial results.

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

What is Corruption: Anti-Corruption and Compliance

720 ratings at Coursera

Learn what distinguishes a tip from an illegal bribe, study the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act, and build anti-corruption compliance policies and prevention measures.

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

Corruption

554 ratings at Coursera

Learn to define and measure corruption with the Corruptions Perceptions Index, trace its economic, social and firm-level costs, and evaluate control strategies through a corruption analysis.

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

Calculus: Single Variable Part 4 - Applications

286 ratings at Coursera

Set up and compute definite integrals via differential elements: areas, volumes, arc length, work, torque, centroids, moments of inertia, and probability densities.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course