Governance Courses and Certifications

U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies

36 ratings at edX

Explore U.S. public policy with Harvard University's 4-week course. Learn about social, economic, and foreign policies, their impact, and the intersection with religion and politics.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Securing Digital Democracy

6 reviews

Learn about the security risks and future potential of electronic voting and Internet voting in this 5-week course from the University of Michigan. Explore election technologies, computer security, human factors, and public policy.

• Coursera
• 14 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health

6 reviews

Explore the U.S. food system's impact on public health, equity, and the environment. Learn from experts at Johns Hopkins University. 6 weeks.

• Coursera
• 1 day 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cities and Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation

Explore urban climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies with MIT's 12-week course. Gain insights from experts, study city-specific cases, and draft a Climate Action Plan.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Innovation Systems for Science, Technology, Energy, Manufacturing, and Health (Spring 2017)

4 reviews

This course focuses on science and technology innovation system, including case studies on energy, computing, advanced manufacturing, and health sectors, with an emphasis on public policy and the federal government's role in that system.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 31 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action

159 ratings at Coursera

Learn to address climate change at individual, community, and political levels in this 7-week course by the University of Michigan. Gain insights from social sciences to create effective change.

• Coursera
• 1 day 1 hour 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Exploratory Data Analysis for the Public Sector with ggplot

Learn to analyze public sector data using R and ggplot2 with this 4-week course from the University of Michigan. Gain skills in data visualization, trend analysis, and reporting.

• Coursera
• 18 hours 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Using Public Policy for Social Change

32 ratings at Coursera

Explore public policy's role in societal change with this 4-week course from the University of Michigan. Learn policy design, analysis, and advocacy skills to address social inequalities.

• Coursera
• 14 hours 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Assisting Public Sector Decision Makers With Policy Analysis

16 ratings at Coursera

Learn to support public sector decision-making with data analysis in this 5-week course by the University of Michigan. Gain skills in policy analysis, microsimulation modeling, and R programming.

• Coursera
• 16 hours 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Justice and Equity in Technology Policy

12 ratings at Coursera

Explore the intersection of technology, policy, and equity in this 6-week course by the University of Michigan. Learn how biases get embedded in tech and ways to address them. No technical background needed.

• Coursera
• 1 day 14 hours 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cybersecurity and Its Ten Domains

9 reviews

Explore the field of cybersecurity with the University System of Georgia's 7-week course. Learn about risk management, cryptography, network security, and more. No prior IT experience required.

• Coursera
• 23 hours 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies

2 reviews

This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and governments through a number of frameworks to describe and explain behavior at various levels of aggregation.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 25 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Making Government Work in Hard Places

2 reviews

Learn from people who have helped build better government in challenging settings around the globe, and develop your own ability to analyze and solve similar problems.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Comparative Political Systems

3 reviews

Explored through the lens of different political systems, this course provides the insights neededto understand Democracy today and the challenges faced by democratic governments.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Portfolio Management, Governance, & the PMO

14 ratings at edX

Learn how a Project Management Office (PMO) works, discover techniques to monitor and control projects and find out how to keep your project portfolio healthy.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)