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Nanotechnology and Nanosensors, Part 2
by Prof. Hossam Haick- 4.8
Approx. 17 hours to complete
Learn about novel sensing tools that make use of nanotechnology to screen, detect and monitor various events in personal or professional life. Together, we will lay the groundwork for infinite innovative applications, starting from diagnosis and treatments of diseases, continuing with quality control of goods and environmental aspects, and ending with monitoring security issues....
世界文化地理 | Cultural Geography of the World
by Deng Hui- 0.0
4 Weeks
介绍世界文化地理的格局、形成、发展过程,培养学生用地理学的眼光去观察和分析世界上文化现象的发生、发展与空间分布特点。This course teaches an approach to spatial patterns and changing process of cultures through geographical perspectives. This course is presented in Mandarin. 《世界文化地理》是介绍世界文化地理的格局、形成、发展过程,培养学 生用地理学的眼光去观察和分析世界上文化现象的发生、发展与空间分布特点。 《世界文化地理》是北京大学最受本科生同学欢迎的通选课之一。课程内容信息量很大,包罗万象,把世界地理同世界历史、文化、艺术等融合在一起。任课教师带 领学生用地理空间的观点、时间变化的角度,去观察和分析世界上的文化现象。课程内容兼具科学性和趣味性,每年吸引了大量学生选课。 《世界文化地理》具体内容包括:世界文化地理的基本研究方法,世界文化区的划分,世界人口分布与人口迁移,农业的起源、传播与区域差异,城市的起源与扩 散,城市形态的区域差异与特点,世界主要语言、宗教、人种的空间分布及其相互关系,地理大发现与世界殖民体系的形成,世界地缘政治与世界地理系统的空间结 构特点,全球经济议题化、城市化现象及其伴随的政治、经济、社会问题,等等。 《世界文化地理》的授课内容兼及自然地理和文化地理两大方面,课程综合吸收国内外相关的最新教材和研究论著的内容,采取地图、照片、图表等表现形式,力图 生动浅显地展示世界文化地理格局的基本空间差异和变化过程,注意专题介绍与综合分析相结合,空间差异分析与世界变化分析相结合,重视培养大学生的两种能 力:运用地理学的、空间的眼光来观察、分析世界上文化现象的能力和从时间的角度来看待世界上文化现象发展变化过程的能力。 课程有期中和期末两次考试,最终有期末成绩。 点击上方绿色按钮报名。 Cultural Geography of the World is one of the most popular undergraduate courses at Peking University. The course will include a midterm and final exam....
Impact Evaluation Methods with Applications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by William Jack- 0.0
24 Weeks
Economic development is about making a difference in the lives of the poor, through interventions in the health, education, microfinance, transport, agriculture, and other sectors. This course will provide you with the experimental and statistical tools you need to measure the impacts you are hoping to see. What other quasi-experimental methods can be used?...
$139
The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future
by Katherine Richardson- 4.8
Approx. 10 hours to complete
Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries...
Impact Evaluation Methods with Applications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by William Jack- 0.0
24 Weeks
Economic development is about making a difference in the lives of the poor, through interventions in the health, education, microfinance, transport, agriculture, and other sectors. This course will provide you with the experimental and statistical tools you need to measure the impacts you are hoping to see. What other quasi-experimental methods can be used?...
$139
Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems: the Nexus between Water, Energy and Food
by Mario Giampietro , Andrea Saltelli , Tarik Serrano- 4.6
Approx. 23 hours to complete
Technological lock-in of agriculture The mission impossible of agriculture in modern times Multifunctional agriculture...
Big History - From the Big Bang until Today
by Esther Quaedackers- 4.6
Approx. 12 hours to complete
Welcome to this Big History course! In this course, renowned scientists and scholars from the University of Amsterdam and beyond will take you on a journey from the Big Bang until today while addressing key questions in their fields. Introduction How can we summarize 13. 8 billion years in one brief course?...
Water in the Western United States
by Eric Gordon , Anne U. Gold- 4.8
Approx. 24 hours to complete
Water Demand for Agriculture [OPTIONAL] Water to Supply the Land: Irrigated Agriculture in the Colorado River Basin...
English for Journalism
by John Cotton , Eve Litt- 4.8
Approx. 43 hours to complete
BASIC: With billions to feed, sustainable agriculture is not a luxury ADVANCED: With billions to feed, sustainable agriculture is not a luxury Check Your Understanding: "With billions to feed, sustainable agriculture is not a luxury"...
Digital Business Models
by Andreas Constantinou- 4.5
Approx. 11 hours to complete
Lesson 5: Case studies in the retail and agriculture industries...