MOOCs on Coursera

MOOCs on Coursera and edX:
Designed for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Coursera and edX Include many of the same features as other LMSs, plus expanded options for videos and transcripts; self-test questions, automatically graded quizzes and assignments, and large-scale peer review; and social/instructor features in discussion forums.

Platform: Coursera

Pricing Options with Mathematical Models

Pricing Options with Mathematical ModelsJaksa Cvitanic, Professor of Mathematical Finance.An introduction to the Black-Scholes-Merton model and other mathematical models for pricing financial derivatives and hedging risk in financial markets.

Current session: Available Now
Workload: ~ 10 hours per week

The Science of the Solar System

The Science of the Solar SystemMike Brown, Professor of Planetary AstronomyExplore the solar system using concepts from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. Learn the latest from Mars, explore the outer solar system, ponder planets outside our solar system, and search for habitability in the universe.

Current and Upcoming: A new cohort begins every 10 weeks
Workload: 5-7 hours per week

The Evolving Universe

The Evolving UniverseS. George Djorgovski, Professor of Astronomy.A survey of the physical universe and its constituents, including the formation, function, and evolution of stars, galaxies, black holes, quasars, and more.

On-Demand: Available Now
Workload: Self-paced

Getting started with cryo-EM

Getting started with cryo-EMGrant Jensen, Professor of Biophysics and Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Learn the fundamental principles underlying cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) starting with the basic anatomy of electron microscopes, an introduction to Fourier transforms, and the principles of image formation. Building upon that foundation, the class then covers the sample preparation issues, data collection strategies, and basic image processing workflows for all 3 basic modalities of modern cryo-EM: tomography, single particle analysis, and 2-D crystallography.

On-Demand: Available Now
Workload: Self-paced
Platform: Coursera, YouTube, and iTunes U [access ONLY with an iOS device with the iTunes U app installed]
YouTube: Getting started with cryo-EM

Previous Courses

Galaxies and Cosmology

Galaxies and Cosmology

S. George Djorgovski, Professor of Astronomy.An introduction to the modern extragalactic astronomy and cosmology, the physical universe, big bang, formation and evolution of galaxies, quasars, and large-scale structure.

Previous session: January - March, 2016
Workload: 6–9 hours per week

Caltech-JPL Summer School on Big Data Analytics

Caltech-JPL Summer School on Big Data AnalyticsS. George Djorgovski, Professor of Astronomy, and colleagues: Amy Braverman, Daniel Crichton, Scott Davidoff, Ciro Donalek, Richard Doyle, Thomas Fuchs, Matthew Graham, Ashish Mahabal, Chris Mattmann, David Thompson.This is an intensive, advanced summer school (in the sense used by scientists) in some of the methods of computational, data-intensive science. It covers a variety of topics from applied computer science and engineering, and statistics, and it requires a strong background in computing, statistics, and data-intensive research.

Previous session: September 2014
Workload: ~ 20-25 hours per week, or self-paced

Drugs and the Brain

Drugs and the BrainHenry Lester, Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering; Executive Officer for Neurobiology.The neuroscience of drugs for therapy, for prevention, and for recreation. You'll learn the prospects for new generations of medications in psychiatry, aging, and treatment of substance abuse.

Previous session: January - February, 2014
Workload: 4–6 hours per week