Cursos de University of Michigan

The first course of the Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare specialization will first situate the role of public health in healthcare, and walk through important concepts and definitions that you will see throughout the course and subsequent courses. You will walk through the social and biological perspectives on the concepts of race and racism, and unpack the history of unequal treatment in the U.S. You…

This course is an interdisciplinary look at how we can make each day the best day of our lives by examining the question, “How can you be your most brilliant, passionate self?” You will be joined on this journey by our animated host, Lewis! You will envision your “perfect day” and then slowly deconstruct the elements of that day to better understand key elements such as finding your purpose, defining success, mental…

The impact of technology and networks on our lives, culture, and society continues to increase. The very fact that you can take this course from anywhere in the world requires a technological infrastructure that was designed, engineered, and built over the past sixty years. To function in an information-centric world, we need to understand the workings of network technology. This course will open up the Internet and…

The right questions make AI a valuable tool for decision-making. "Rethink How You Decide with AI" teaches you how to use AI as a thought partner, allowing you to make more intentional, informed decisions. Through guided activities, reflection, and hands-on AI exploration, you'll examine the habits, assumptions, and patterns that shape your choices. You'll identify the constraints and tradeoffs behind real decisions,…

Approximately 2 to 3 out of 1000 children in the United States are born with a significant hearing loss. Early identification and intervention of hearing loss is crucial to children’s lifelong learning outcomes. It is well documented that later identification of hearing loss can lead to significant delays in children’s speech, language, literacy, social and emotional development. This course addresses gaps currently…

This course introduces the dictionary data structure and user-defined functions. You’ll learn about local and global variables, optional and keyword parameter-passing, named functions and lambda expressions. You’ll also learn about Python’s sorted function and how to control the order in which it sorts by passing in another function as an input. For your final project, you’ll read in simulated social media data from…

“Statistics with Python Using NumPy, Pandas, and SciPy” explores how to apply statistical and mathematical techniques to data science problems. Throughout the first half of the course, you’ll work on reviewing vector dot products, interpreting text as vectors, and matrix multiplication. You’ll also explore the basics of probability, laying the groundwork for statistical analysis. In the second half, you’ll cover how…

Este curso irá aprimorar sua capacidade de influenciar pessoas em situações nas quais não é possível recorrer à autoridade formal. Você aprenderá formas eficazes de criar, desenvolver e manter uma base de poder em sua organização. Você aprenderá, também, táticas de influência com as quais estará apto a ser mais persuasivo e influente no trabalho com seus superiores, colegas e até mesmo subordinados. Além disso, você…

Neste curso, você aprenderá como construir sua equipe, melhorar o trabalho em equipe e a colaboração e sustentar o desempenho da equipe por meio de aprendizado e melhoria contínuos. Especificamente, você aprenderá as melhores práticas para compor uma equipe e alinhar as metas individuais e da equipe. Você também aprenderá como estabelecer funções, criar estruturas e gerenciar a tomada de decisões para que sua equipe…

In “Data-Oriented Python Programming and Debugging,” you will develop Python debugging skills and learn best practices, helping you become a better data-oriented programmer. Courses in the series will explore how to write and debug code, as well as manipulate and analyze data using Python’s NumPy, pandas, and SciPy libraries. You’ll rely on the OILER framework – Orient, Investigate, Locate, Experiment, and Reflect –…

This specialization helps you understand generative artificial intelligence’s role in creative work, including exploring AI tools, ethical and responsible use, and a big-picture look at AI’s impact on human expression. In each course, you will learn from video lectures featuring instructors and guest experts, reflective writing assignments, and hands-on work with AI tools. Through this material, you will explore the…

Feedback plays a key role in the development of students and professionals of all kinds. Yet few people are taught how to give effective feedback or how to receive it. This Feedback Loops specialization is designed to change that. Based on a popular class at the University of Michigan Law School that people have called “extremely useful,” “super engaging,” and “the highlight of my week,” it is full of evidence-based…

This series of four courses models learning-by-doing through engaging, creative, and collaborative activities as well as conceptual videos that move beyond instructor lectures. The activities and exercise in this series will engage learners in the fundamentals of programming while encouraging creative expression through code. By the end of the series, learners will successfully answer the question - how do I express…

Suppose you were good with words. Suppose when you decided to speak, the message you delivered—and the way you delivered it—successfully connected with your intended audience. What would that mean for your career prospects? What would that mean for your comfort level in social situations? And perhaps most importantly, what would that mean for your satisfaction with the personal relationships you value the most? This…

Recent events have once again put a spotlight on 400+ years of racism that has deeply entrenched our everyday structures, notably healthcare delivery. There is a significant need to provide a deep skillset to learners who have significant potential to change this system towards equity. Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities is core to the mission of public health. The healthcare delivery system contributes to…

Learn how public policy, social work, community organizing, and sustainability leadership can support positive social change. This beginner-level Specialization helps you understand how change happens across communities, organizations, and public systems—and how you can contribute. Throughout the specialization, you’ll learn to: Explain how public policy is developed, implemented, and evaluated Analyze social issues…

Sports analytics has emerged as a field of research with increasing popularity propelled, in part, by the real-world success illustrated by the best-selling book and motion picture, Moneyball. Analysis of team and player performance data has continued to revolutionize the sports industry on the field, court, and ice as well as in living rooms among fantasy sports players and online sports gambling. Drawing from real…

An Introduction to Learning Experience Design will equip you with a broad knowledge of the field of learning experience design. This includes knowledge of key design activities, tools that learning experience designers (LXDs) use, and a look at the contemporary pedagogical, technological, and research information that designers need to stay current in the field. You’ll also hear from professional learning designers,…

Para hacer una buena recopilación de datos se necesitan buenas muestras. Pero las muestras pueden elegirse de muchas maneras. Pueden ser selecciones fortuitas o convenientes de personas, registros, redes u otras unidades, pero uno se cuestiona la calidad de tales muestras, especialmente cómo se relacionan estos métodos de selección con el hecho de sacar buenas conclusiones sobre una población tras la recopilación y…

Our brains process more information each day than any generation in history, making critical thinking one of the most valuable skills we can develop. This course invites you to strengthen your ability to use critical thinking skills and make sound decisions by adopting generative artificial intelligence to support and enhance your reasoning processes. By implementing the practical, actionable framework presented in…

En este curso, aprenderá a crear una visión compartida para su equipo y a comunicarla con eficacia a sus compañeros. También aprenderá a fijar metas y expectativas eficaces de un modo que le permita a su equipo alcanzar esa visión compartida. Por último, comprenderá las necesidades y los factores de desempeño más importantes en todas las culturas y aprenderá a alinear incentivos con conductas deseadas, para motivar…

This final course will cover more advanced aspects of bonds and stocks that will help you make smart personal decisions and develop a keen understanding of how governments and companies borrow from us. You will better understand stocks and bonds valuation and take a deeper dive using real-world problems. For stocks, you will review what you have already learned and understand valuation. You will learn about growth,…

Sports analytics now include massive datasets from athletes and teams that quantify both training and competition efforts. Wearable technology devices are being worn by athletes everyday and provide considerable opportunities for an in-depth look at the stress and recovery of athletes across entire seasons. The capturing of these large datasets has led to new hypotheses and strategies regarding injury prevention as…

Many of us spend our days sitting at a desk, looking down at our phones, or moving in ways that cause significant discomfort for our bodies. In the Alexander Technique: Balanced Posture for Ease and Comfort, explore how this novel approach to your body’s organization and coordinated movement can help relieve pain and tension, promote calm, improve sleep, and allow you to breathe fully and easily without effort. The…

Effective communication is a core skill that nearly every health professional will need and use during their careers. Yet, few health professionals receive even basic training in how to design communications to be clear and successful. As “foundational skills,” the content in this course can be applied to both oral and written communication, within and beyond health. Learners will develop the skills to: analyze and…

This second course in the XR for Everybody specialization looks at how to design new user experiences for XR technologies. The course provides learners with a design thinking mindset and equips them with a fundamental toolbox for creating XR applications using rapid prototyping. It starts with a broad overview of the complete XR design process, discussing different paths to becoming an XR creator, what is generally…

Welcome to Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life: Living for What Matters Most! In this course, you’ll learn how science, philosophy and practice all play a role in both finding your purpose and living a purposeful life. You will hear from historical figures and individuals about their journeys to finding and living a purposeful life, and will walk through different exercises to help you find out what matters most to…

يبدو الأمر كما لو أنه باستطاعة الجميع إنشاء موقع ويب وذلك بفضل وجود عدد متزايد من البرامج التي تستخدم البرمجيات. ولكن ماذا لو كنت تود فعلًا معرفة طريقة إنشاء الصفحة؟ توجد كتب دراسية ومصادر إلكترونية جيدة لتعلم تصميم مواقع الويب ولن غالبية هذه المصادر تستلزم وجود قليل من المعرفة السابقة. هذا المساق مُصمم بغية مساعدة الشخص المبتدئ الذي يود اكتساب الثقة وجني المعرفة. سنعمل على اكتشاف الفكرة (ماذا يحدث فعلًا عندما تنقر…

This course provides a strong foundation in the history of smoking and other tobacco and nicotine use; the individual and public health impact; tobacco use prevalence trends in adults, youth and key subpopulations; and how cigarette smoking came to be, and remains to this day, the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. and globally, despite the fact that tobacco control efforts have collectively constituted…

What if you could become really good at both giving and receiving feedback? Imagine the effect that would have on your overall development, as well as on the various relationships you have in both your professional and personal life. Your ability to grow and improve would expand dramatically. So would the positive impact you could have on the people with whom you interact and collaborate the most. This first course…

How organizations and society respond to declines in environmental and social capital is the defining issue of our times. “Sustainability Leadership” explores and analyzes the concepts and application of leadership to empower you to be a positive change agent during this critical time. This course prepares current and future sustainability professionals to tackle “wicked problems” — challenges that are difficult to…

By the end of this second course in the Total Data Quality Specialization, learners will be able to: 1. Learn various metrics for evaluating Total Data Quality (TDQ) at each stage of the TDQ framework. 2. Create a quality concept map that tracks relevant aspects of TDQ from a particular application or data source. 3. Think through relative trade-offs between quality aspects, relative costs and practical constraints…

Gain a foundational understanding of key terms and concepts in public administration and public policy while learning foundational programming techniques using the R programming language. You will learn how to execute functions to load, select, filter, mutate, and summarize data frames using the tidyverse libraries with an emphasis on the dplyr package. By the end of the course, you will create custom functions and…

Perhaps the most important thing students and professionals of all kinds can do to improve their effectiveness is embrace the following advice: become good with words. This series of courses targets the writing side of that recommendation. The skills it focuses on include everything from how to arrange a complex set of information in a reader-friendly way, to how to give and receive high-quality feedback, to how to…

This Specialization covers the basics of how web pages are created – from writing syntactically correct HTML and CSS to adding JavaScript to create an interactive experience. While building your skills in these topics you will create websites that work seamlessly on mobile, tablet, and large screen browsers. During the capstone you will develop a professional-quality web portfolio demonstrating your growth as a web…

Learning the foundational elements of C can help anyone interested in programming increase their proficiency in languages like C++, Java, JavaScript, and Python. In C Programming for Everybody, you’ll learn the history of C and C syntax as you build foundational programming knowledge with C. Apply your knowledge to several exercises throughout each course as you move into more advanced concepts. This specialization…