The University of Minnesota partners with Coursera to offer professional and personally enriching noncredit online courses taught by some of the University's most recognized faculty. With subjects as varied as cybersecurity and integrative nursing, U of M Coursera courses are available in a variety of areas. Schedules are flexible and learning is at your own pace, allowing you to take an individual course or choose a specialization (set of courses) to complete over time.
Courses, including those that are part of a specialization, may be taken individually. After the successful completion of a course or specialization, you will receive a certificate from Coursera that demonstrates your mastery of the material.
Tuition varies and financial aid is available.
Current University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff receive free access to Coursera for Minnesota specializations and courses.
University of Minnesota Alumni who are Association Life Members receive free access to Coursera for Minnesota specializations and courses.
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Coursera SpecializationAnalytics for Decision Making
Explore the fourth pillar in the field of analytics: prescriptive analytics, including predictive modeling, optimization, and simulation techniques used to formulate decisions.
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Coursera SpecializationAnalytics Project Ideation
This specialization will help learners develop these skills through four courses that demonstrate the design sprint process for different types of analytics projects. Each course will have three key components: fundamental concepts, use cases, problem identification, and solutions to develop analytics project ideas.
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Coursera SpecializationCybersecurity in the Cloud
Are you a novice software developer eager to try your hand at cybersecurity? This specialization delves into essential security concepts and how they apply to cloud deployments.
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Coursera SpecializationHealthcare Marketplace
Gain a solid understanding of the complex health care marketplace industry with courses such as Healthcare Marketplace Overview, Healthcare Delivery Providers, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Innovation, and Medical Technology and Evaluation.
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Coursera SpecializationHuman Resource Management
Open to anyone and particularly valuable for managers and entrepreneurs, this specialization provides an introduction to the fundamental principles, policies, and practices of human resource management.
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Coursera SpecializationInformation Systems
This specialization introduces the key principles and practices of information systems management, issues related to change management, and strategies and approaches to ensure successful implementations.
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Coursera SpecializationInformation Technology Entrepreneurship & Startup
Interested in launching an IT start-up? Gain insights from industry leaders and master the entrepreneurial journey from ideation to execution.
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Coursera SpecializationIntegrative Health and Medicine
Survey integrative therapies as you learn how to develop a plan of complementary therapies that fit patients' needs and preferences, and to educate and advise using clear, patient-centered language.
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Coursera SpecializationIntegrative Nursing
This specialization is for nurses and nursing students who would like to use the six principles of integrative nursing to develop a relationship-based approach to health and health care, as well as how to partner with patients to develop a plan of care that fits their needs and preferences.
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Coursera SpecializationIntroduction to Semiconductor and MEMS Fabrication
This specialization covers topics that range from fundamentals of fabrication building block technologies to device design principles and tools. Modules introduce the basic process techniques of deposition, lithography, and etching.
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Coursera SpecializationNursing Informatics Leadership
This specialization focuses on the history and development of nursing informatics leadership and the current and future challenges in the field.
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Coursera SpecializationAccelerate: Professional Development with an Advanced Degree
Whether you’re in academia, industry, or something in between, learn a strategic approach to professional development and career planning.
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Coursera SpecializationRecommender Systems
Intended for people with some related experience, these courses advance your skills in designing, building, and evaluating recommender systems for commerce and content.
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Coursera SpecializationSocial Determinants of Health: Data to Action
Explore the many dimensions of applied knowledge that relate to the social determinants of health. Each of the five courses in this specialization includes an applications module as you learn to analyze, interpret, and display data.
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Coursera SpecializationSoftware Development Lifecycle
Designed for those who are new to software engineering as well as those who have developed software, this specialization provides an understanding of the underlying context and theory of software development practices.
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Coursera SpecializationSoftware Testing and Automation
This specialization is for beginning to intermediate software developers who would like to master the theory, techniques, and tools of several types of software testing.
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Coursera SpecializationUser Interface Design
Advance your career in the growing field of User Interface (UI) Design by learning the industry-standard methods for designing a singular UI, as well as the key UI theories and frameworks that support contemporary UI designs.
On-Campus Component: No