Rice University Courses

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)

3392 ratings

In this course, get introduced the basic elements of programming (such as expressions, conditionals, and functions) and then use these elements to create simple interactive applications such as a digital stopwatch.

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

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An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)

59 ratings

Build interactive Python games such as Blackjack and Asteroids using mouse input, lists, dictionaries, classes, sprites, collision detection, and animation.

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

Principles of Computing (Part 1)

30 ratings

Build Python mini-projects around strategy games while applying coding standards, testing, grids, probability, combinatorics, and counting to computational problem solving.

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

Principles of Computing (Part 2)

16 ratings

Build Python mini-projects around strategy games while working through searching, sorting, recursion, game trees, inheritance, assertions, and invariants.

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

Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1)

15 ratings

Implement graph algorithms in Python — brute force, breadth-first search, connected components — and use big O analysis to study citation graphs and computer network resilience.

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

Algorithmic Thinking (Part 2)

9 ratings

Implement divide-and-conquer and dynamic programming algorithms in Python — closest pairs, point clustering, sequence alignment — and apply them to large genomic and text data sets.

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

General Chemistry: Concept Development and Application

5 ratings

This course will cover the topics of a full year, two semester General Chemistry course. We will use a free on-line textbook, Concept Development Studies in Chemistry, available via Rice’s Connexions project.

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

America Through Foreign Eyes

414 ratings at Coursera

Examine how writers, artists, and intellectuals in Africa, China, France, Mexico, and Russia have viewed America, then reverse the gaze on American perceptions of them.

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

Python Programming Essentials

3592 ratings at Coursera

Write short Python 3 programs in the browser-based CodeSkulptor environment, using expressions, variables, functions, logic, conditionals, and Python modules.

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

Engineering Project Management: Scope, Time and Cost Management

1456 ratings at Coursera

Build a full project plan from a case study: scope statement, work breakdown structure, critical path and Gantt schedules, cost estimate, and earned value status.

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

Fundamentals of Immunology: Innate Immunity and B-Cell Function

1817 ratings at Coursera

Learn how innate and adaptive immunity defend the body: survey immune cells and organs, antibody structure and classes, immunoglobulin gene rearrangement, class switching, and B-cell development.

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

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel

10511 ratings at Coursera

Learn to analyze data in Excel: import various file formats, use IF, nested IF, VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP, filter data, and build pivot tables, histograms and scatter plots.

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

Mindfulness and Well-being: Living with Balance and Ease

388 ratings at Coursera

Practice mindfulness through guided meditations and experiential exercises to reduce stress, build resiliency, and sustain balance in the face of everyday challenges.

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

Physics 102 - AC Circuits and Maxwell's Equations

51 ratings at Coursera

Analyze AC circuits and impedance, then work through magnetism and Maxwell's equations, solving problems with graphical analysis, algebra, vector analysis, and calculus.

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

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A Story of Economics: A Principles Tale

160 ratings at Coursera

Build a working knowledge of economics across three courses: learn microeconomic business decisions, macroeconomic policy analysis, and the benefits of global trade.

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