University of California, Irvine Courses

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity

43 ratings

Learn to plan, prioritize, schedule, and delegate: build work plans, weigh time/money tradeoffs, journal energy levels to find peak hours, and beat distractions and multitasking.

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

Grammar and Punctuation

32 ratings

After completing this course, you will be able to: - identify the correct verb tenses to use - use commas effectively - utilize several different sentence types - write more effectively in English

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

Project Management: The Basics for Success

27 ratings

Learn project management fundamentals alongside team leadership: build a work breakdown structure, plan and schedule work, monitor progress, and handle difficult people on projects.

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

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Initiating and Planning Projects

19 ratings

Plan projects from the start: define the project manager's role, identify stakeholders and their information needs, and build a project charter, scope statement, and WBS.

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

Getting Started with Essay Writing

19 ratings

By introducing you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes, but anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course.

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

Tricky American English Pronunciation

14 ratings

In this course, you’ll practice the sounds of American English that might sometimes be confusing.

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

Finance for Non-Financial Professionals

14 ratings

Learn core finance and accounting concepts without a finance background: interpret financial statements, apply key ratios, manage costs and cash flow, budget, forecast, and improve profitability.

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

The Arduino Platform and C Programming

13 ratings

Program Arduino boards in C: install the IDE, write setup() and loop() sketches, control pins and shields, and debug embedded code over UART serial.

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

Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems

13 ratings

Explore IoT and embedded systems: define IoT's societal impact, identify microcontrollers and sensors, weigh hardware/software trade-offs, and explain protocol stacks, network layers, and MANETs.

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

Budgeting and Scheduling Projects

11 ratings

Plan and control project time and cost: decompose work packages into activities, build milestone schedules, find the critical path and float, and estimate resource budgets.

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

Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

11 ratings

Work through a four-step workplace problem-solving process: pinpoint root causes, generate creative solutions, apply decision-making styles, then implement and measure results with KPIs.

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

Fundamentals of Management

10 ratings

Learn how managers plan, organize, lead, staff and control: distinguish managers from leaders, set SMART goals, compare management styles, and build a professional network.

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

Managing Project Risks and Changes

9 ratings

Identify, prioritize, and respond to project risks while analyzing scope changes, building a communications management plan, and reporting on scope, schedule, and cost performance.

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

Introduction to Research for Essay Writing

8 ratings

This is the last course in the Academic Writing specialization before the capstone project. By the end of this course, you will be able to complete all the steps in planning a research paper.

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

The Art of Negotiation

8 ratings

Learn how negotiation differs from selling, how power, authority, and empowerment shape outcomes, which negotiation stances to adopt, and how to plan and prepare a session.

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