Iceland Courses & Certifications

Sheep in the Land of Fire and Ice

58 reviews

What do sheep, volcanoes and glaciers have in common? Take this course to see how human land uses, like sheep grazing, over just a few centuries can be an equally strong driving force of landscapes as volcanoes and glaciers over millennia.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Monitoring Volcanoes and Magma Movements

22 reviews

The course covers magma movements in volcanoes and how they can be inferred from ground based and satellite monitoring techniques, including studies of earthquakes, ground deformation, and volcanic gas release. Case studies are presented.

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

• Best of All Time

Gender and Intersectionality

8 reviews

Gender intersects with everything. Using examples from popular culture, classical literature, and history, this course will teach you how to analyze religious texts and traditions, class divisions, racial inequality, sexualities and nationalism through a…

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

The Medieval Icelandic Sagas

18 ratings at edX

Learn about the Icelandic Sagas, the characteristic literary genre of Medieval Iceland comprising roughly 40 texts.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Gender and Development: Critical Theories and Approaches

9 ratings at edX

Learn about critical theories and topics in the field of gender and development

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

High Performance Computing

1 review

Comprehensive exploration of advanced parallel computing techniques, covering MPI, OpenMP, GPU acceleration, and applications in scientific domains. Includes hands-on exercises for practical skill development.

• YouTube
• 1 day 2 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Friendship machine: forming a new type of human connections

Explore the impact of video games on social connections, friendship formation, and loneliness in the digital age. Gain insights into the societal implications of virtual communities.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Paths to Peace and Conflict: From the Body to the International

Do you want to strengthen your understanding of peace and conflict processes? Join our course, where we explore peacebuilding with an inclusive and intersectional lens to shed light on ways we can strengthen peace processes.

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

University of Copenhagen;  University of Iceland

Personalised Medicine from a Nordic Perspective

46 ratings at Coursera

Explore personalized medicine's Nordic potential through data-driven approaches, biomarkers, and genetics. Learn about evidence-based practices, risk communication, and ethical considerations in tailoring healthcare.

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

Small States and Leadership

Do you want to learn about leadership in small states? Join our course, where we explore how small states can use clever leadership to transform smallness into an asset when promoting their interests at home and abroad.

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

Gender, Violence and Post-Conflict States

15 ratings at edX

Learn the core theories, case studies and policy frameworks necessary for understanding the interplay between gender and violence in post-conflict contexts.

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

Intercultural Competency in Education

11 ratings at edX

Do you want to learn practical skills to become interculturally competent and aware as an educator? Take this course and learn to develop strategies to deal with identities in a fairer and more coherent way.

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

Men, Boys and Masculinities

5 ratings at edX

This course provides a solid introduction to studies on men, boys and masculinities, and addresses gendered issues relating to men and boys across a variety of fields.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)